EDINA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tornier, a global leader in extremity orthopaedics with U.S. headquarters in Edina MN, today announced that surgeons in the United States have now implanted more than 3,000 Salto Talaris Total Ankle Prostheses. The Salto Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis is a member of Tornier’s Salto family of ankle arthroplasty systems which have been designed for the treatment of patients as an alternative to ankle fusion for patients with intractable ankle pain. The original Salto Total Ankle Prosthesis, a three part mobile-bearing implant, has been in use in Europe since 1997.
