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COFFEE BREAK Wright offers Valor nail

Wright Medical Group Inc. has
launched a limited release of a
Commerce new product, the Valor Ankle
Fusion Nail.
The nail holds together three
Association bones in the foot and ankle in
surgeries for arthritis. skeletal
deformity or diabetes.

'Best Of is The addition of the Valor nail

to Wright's portfolio creates a
"one-stop-sbop" for surgeons

bogtisCaward treating these cases, the

company said.
The full roll out of the product
is expected in second-quarter
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DON'T BUY ]NTO "Best Of' S&N PUtty to treat troops

awards from the u.s. Commerce Smith & Nephew PLC will
Association, Better Business develop a "fracture putty" for the
Bureau of the Mid-South officials Department of Defense that may
say. lead to new ways to treat
The BBB said the awards are battlefield injuries.
part of ii' Widespread scheme to The Defense Advance Projects
sell companies awards of little or Agency, the DOD's researeh and
no value. development agency, asked
Businesses receive e-mails Smith & Nephew's Memphis·
claiming they have heen selected based orthopedics division for a
as an "outstanding local putty to treat the limbs of
business" in their industry and soldiers injured in combat. The
offer them the opportunity to company was the only One
buy trophies, awards Or plaques. selected to work on the DARPA
This is the BBB's second alert project.
against the organization this The putty would he used
year. The BBB has given the U.S. specifically for injuries sustained
Commeree Association an "F" from improvised explosive
tating for failure to reply to devices as they cause significant
complaints. losses of bone and tissue. The
U,S. Commerce Association is putty would give support to an
affiliated with another similar injured limb early in the healing
organization called U.S. Local process and reduce risk of
Business Association of further complications. The putty
Washington. D.C. would then dissolve over time.
IMagDent to open here
iMagDent plans to open a
$631,500 dental imaging center
early next year.
The Tennessee Health Services
Development Agency approved
the company's request to open
its office in the Atrium One
building at 6800 Poplar.
The office will be an
outpatient diagnostic center and
will offer cone beam computed
tomography, a process tbat
produces 3-D images to view on
a computer screen that can be
used for
diagnosis,
WEUSAID implant
Meryl Slreep:
planning,
orthodontic
records and
"TaD ,olD' heart virtual study
to work, and uk models.
the mat and ....t The
company
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tGO/' is faster than
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dental
imaging, uses less radiation and
is more comfortable because
nothing is inserted into a
patient's mouth.
The company now has six
total locations in Texas and
UJuisiaoa.
For details, go to
imagdent.com