Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today that it will ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 16, 2006. Wright is celebrating its recent fifth anniversary as a public company. To mark the occasion, members of executive management will be joined at the event by numerous surgeons and patients who have benefited from Wright’s innovative products, including tennis great Jimmy Connors who recently received a Wright Medical total hip implant and is now part of a major patient education program launched by the Company.