WARSAW, Ind., March 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symmetry Medical Inc. (NYSE:SMA), a leading global source of innovative medical device solutions, including surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, and sterilization cases and trays, announced today it has launched twelve new line enhancements to the BOOKWALTER Retractor System through its hospital direct surgical instrumentation division, Symmetry Surgical. The new BOOKWALTER technology will be featured at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN), which will take place on March 26 to 29, 2012 in New Orleans. The BOOKWALTER Retractor System, which was included as part of Symmetry’s recent acquisition of the surgical instrument portfolio of Codman & Shurtleff, is the one of the leading surgical retraction systems in the industry.
