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The ANTHOLOGY  system is a hip stem (femoral implant with a neck and ball) used for primary hip replacement surgery.  The hip joint is a ball and socket joint, connecting the femur with the pelvis. The head of the femur, shaped like a ball, fits tightly into the acetabulum, forming the ball and socket joint of the hip, allowing the leg to move forward and backward, side to side, and rotate right and left.  Hip replacement surgery involves adding a femoral implant into the femur and adding an acetabular cup in the pelvis to help restore range of motion in the hip. The ANTHOLOGY hip system has integrated instruments designed for specific minimally invasive surgical hip approaches.

The BIRMINGHAM HIP^◊ Resurfacing (BHR^◊) System is a conservative approach to hip arthroplasty in which an all-metal bearing couple is used to preserve, rather than replace, a patient’s femoral head and neck. It was first implanted in July 1997, and was approved for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006. Since its introduction, there have been over 190,000 BHR implantations worldwide.

BICON-PLUS◊ cementless threaded cup system. In clinical use for over 25 years. The first generation of BICON-PLUS was introduced in 1992. In 2002, the second generation, with a closed shell rim, was launched. Today, more than 450,000 units have been sold all over the world.

RI.HIP NAVIGATION is a Smith+Nephew proprietary technology that is part of Real Intelligence, an ecosystem that creates a seamless connection through the continuum of care by combining robotics, software and data to improve outcomes.

RI.KNEE NAVIGATION puts the surgeon in control of assessing the individual patient disease state and predicting the knee stability over the full range of motion. Navigating gets even better* with a simplified, touch-free interface, pinless options and easy-to-use CLEARLENS arrays.