Smith & Nephew plc engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of medical devices. The company is headquartered in Watford, Hertfordshire and currently employs 19,012 full-time employees. The firm is engaged in developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling medical devices and services. The company is focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue. The company operates through three segments: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT and Advanced Wound Management. Its Orthopaedics segment includes a range of hip and knee Implants used to replace diseased, damaged or worn joints, robotics-assisted and digital enabling technologies and services that helps surgeons, and trauma products used to stabilize severe fractures and correct hard tissue deformities. Its Sports Medicine & Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) businesses offer advanced products and instruments used to repair or remove soft tissue. Its Advanced Wound Management portfolio provides a comprehensive set of products to meet broad and complex clinical needs, and to help healthcare professionals reduce the human and economic consequences of wounds.