Sharing the history of Wright Medical up to the 2000's. This history will set the table for my next article about the Wright Mafia, a group of young leaders from Wright who left and made major contributions to Orthopedics.
Key Dates:
1950: Company is founded to market its rubber heel product.
1970: Wright Manufacturing begins marketing the Swanson Finger implant.
1977: Dow Corning acquires Wright Manufacturing two years after the founder's death.
1986: Dow Corning Wright forms a plastic surgery division to manufacture and market new silicone breast implant technology.
1990: A breakthrough in knee replacement, the Whiteside Modular Knee, is introduced.
1993: A group of investors acquires the company, which is renamed Wright Medical Technology.
1996: The Food and Drug Administration approves OsteoSet, a biological bone graft substitute.
1999: New owners and management focus the reincorporated Wright Medical Group on core markets.
2001: New products result in significant sales in extremity repair and bioorthopaedic markets.
2002: Wright introduces REPIPHYSIS artificial limbs that can be lengthened electromagnetically as patients grow.
Company History:
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