About ConMed
CONMED Corporation is a medical technology company that began more than 50 years ago and is headquartered in Largo, Florida, having moved from Utica, New York, in 2022. Its areas include orthopaedics and sports medicine, foot and ankle, general, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, gastroenterology and patient monitoring.
Milestones include the acquisition of Linvatec in 1997, SurgiQuest (AirSeal®) in 2016 and Buffalo Filter in 2019. In 2022 it acquired Biorez (BioBrace®) and In2Bones Global, Inc., the foot and ankle company based in Memphis, Tennessee, and in Lyon, France, which is now CONMED Foot and Ankle.
What Lavender Medical supplies
The CONMED Foot and Ankle range:
- cannulated compression screws: I.B.S. with NeoSys single-use instruments, I.B.S. Snap-Off screws, the IBS-B MIS bevelled screws and CoLag headed compression screws;
- forefoot and midfoot plating (CoLink XP) and ankle fusion plating (CoLink NeoFuse);
- superelastic compression staples (NeoSpan SE) and OS2 Akin staples;
- the DuaFit PIP implant for lesser-toe fusion;
- the CoLink Bone Graft Harvester;
- the Akilink system for minimally invasive Achilles tendon repair;
- the TriWay tibiotalocalcaneal nail;
- the PitStop subtalar implant;
- the Reference Toe System for 1st and lesser MTP joint replacement;
- burrs for minimally invasive foot surgery.
ConMed products

Akilink® Achilles Tendon Repair System
Single-use suture-targeting jig for minimally invasive repair of acute closed Achilles tendon ruptures through a 1.5 to 2 cm incision.
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CoLag® 6.7 mm Compression Screws
Headed, self-drilling Ø 6.7 mm titanium compression screws with differential-pitch threads, 30 to 115 mm, for hindfoot and ankle fixation.
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CoLink® Bone Graft Harvester
Sterile, single-use, pre-assembled harvester that morselises cancellous bone graft, in 6 and 8 mm diameters, driven by a power reamer.
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CoLink® NeoFuse – Ankle Fusion Plating
Anatomically contoured, low-profile anterior and anterolateral locking plates for ankle arthrodesis, with a guided 6.7mm compression screw.
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CoLink® XP Plates
Low-profile titanium plates with a transverse lag screw for compression across first MTP, Lapidus and midfoot fusions.
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DuaFit® PIP Implant
Radiolucent PEEK intramedullary implant for interphalangeal fusion of the lesser toes in claw, hammer and mallet toe deformities.
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I.B.S.™ Compression Screws – 4.5, 6.5 and 8.0 mm
Cannulated, self-drilling, self-tapping titanium alloy compression and neutralisation screws for the midfoot and hindfoot.
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I.B.S.™ Snap-Off Screws
Self-drilling titanium snap-off screws, 2.2 and 2.7 mm, for monocortical fixation of Weil and other lesser metatarsal osteotomies.
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IBS-B™ MIS Beveled Screw System
Cannulated, self-drilling titanium screws with a 45° bevelled head, in 3.3, 4.0 and 6.5 mm, for minimally invasive foot surgery.
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MIS Foot Surgery
Low-speed, high-torque burr system, burrs, rasps and IBS-B™ MIS screws available for hire for minimally invasive foot surgery.
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NeoSpan® SE Compression Staples for Foot
Superelastic compression staple with a stepped-tooth design for fractures, fusions and osteotomies of the forefoot, midfoot and rearfoot.
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NeoSpan® SE Compression Staples for Hand
Superelastic compression staple with a stepped-tooth design for fixation of fusions and osteotomies of the bones of the hand.
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NeoSys® – I.B.S.™ Screws with Single-Use Instruments
Cannulated, self-drilling I.B.S.™ compression and fully threaded screws, 2.0 to 3.5 mm, with a NeoSys® single-use instrument kit.
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OS2-VP™ and OS2®-V Akin Staples
Compression staples for Akin osteotomy, in radiolucent PEEK (OS2-VP) or 316L stainless steel (OS2-V), supplied sterile with their instruments.
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PitStop™ Subtalar Implant
PEEK subtalar arthroereisis implant press-fitted into the sinus tarsi for correction of pes plano valgus (flatfoot) deformity.
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RTS® 1st MTP Joint Replacement
Silicone elastomer implant with titanium grommets for first metatarsophalangeal joint replacement, with single-use instruments.
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RTS® Lesser Toe – MTP Joint Replacement
Silicone implant for replacement of degenerative, painful or malaligned lesser metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints.
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TriWay® Ankle Fusion Nail
Solid intramedullary nail with a 7° posterior offset for tibiotalocalcaneal (TTC) arthrodesis with multiplanar fixation.
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