Wright Medical Group, Inc. Announces Global Commercial Launch of the XPANSION(R) Micrografting System for Less Traumatic Split-Thickness Skin Grafting

ARLINGTON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today the commercial launch of the XPANSION® Micrografting System for split-thickness skin grafting via a minimized donor site. The XPANSION® System is a single-use disposable instrument kit for harvesting, expanding, and applying split-thickness skin micro-autografts for the treatment of chronic and acute wounds. The instruments were invented by Elof Eriksson, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Plastic Surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, and Professor at Harvard Medical School.