Depuy Mitek Launches Interactive Website For Health Professionals In Sports Medicine

Main Category: Sports Medicine / Fitness
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Article Date: 11 Dec 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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DePuy Mitek, Inc., a leading orthopedics sports medicine company, today announced the launch of its new corporate website, http://www.depuymitek.com. The website features advanced search functionality that gives health professionals speedy access to information about the company's nearly 1,000 products and quick retrieval and downloading of training videos, product and technique guides, clinical articles and professional and patient educational brochures.

"This website greatly enhances DePuy Mitek's online presence and should prove to be a valuable and highly efficient tool for those who require access to clinical information," said Ian Lawson, Worldwide President, DePuy Mitek. "DePuy Mitek has a tremendous amount of information about its products, surgical techniques and training opportunities and the web allows us to put it all out there in one place so health professionals can quickly and easily reference it whenever they need it."

Visitors will find product information, peer-reviewed articles and other resources by searching in a variety of ways, including by product family, procedure, catalogue number or material. Surgeons who register with http://www.depuymitek.com have the option of creating personalized pages, where selected information will be saved for easy reference every time they log onto the website.

The main sections of the website include:

- Products - fast, easy-to-search and interactive database of nearly 1,000 DePuy Mitek products; visitors can zoom in on product pictures for detail, drag and drop items for quick retrieval of information, download brochures and data

- Education & Training - a comprehensive list and schedule of available DePuy Mitek courses including hands-on courses on knee and shoulder repair, one-on-one or small group trainings with live surgical observation and webcasts featuring live interactive surgery demonstration from leaders in the field of shoulder and knee arthroscopy

- News & Events- features the latest information on DePuy Mitek product launches, campaigns, new clinical data and other company news

- Resources - search an extensive collection of online resources by keyword or dropdown box; includes downloadable step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques related to all DePuy Mitek products, interactive training sessions moderated by leaders in the field of orthopedic surgery, brochures, white papers, peer-reviewed journal articles

- Patients / Caregivers - links to DePuy company patient education websites on topics including shoulder pain, back and neck pain, ORTHOVISC® for treatment of osteoarthritis, joint replacement and normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH); provides information in layman's terms to encourage greater understanding and dialog with health professionals

About DePuy Mitek, Inc.

DePuy Mitek, a Johnson & Johnson company, is a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative orthopedic sports medicine products. The company offers minimally invasive, arthroscopic surgical solutions that address the challenges of soft tissue repair in the shoulder, knee and other joints, as well as non-surgical therapies such as ORTHOVISC®. The Company's mission is to improve patient quality of life by creating innovative, minimally invasive joint mobility therapies.

DePuy Mitek, Inc.

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