Wright Medical Group implantable orthopedic prostheses, bone grafting products, and soft tissue augmentation products. Wright provides bone graft substitutes and tissue augmentation products that are designed to provide a combination osteoinduction and osteoconduction guided bone regeneration. The items are manufactured from calcium sulfate and demineralized bone matrix and are bio-assayed to ensure its osteoinductive potential. The items are used in the implantation procedure for hip revision or knee revisions.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities utilized by SIU or U of I (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) Wright Medical implants have to do with direct patient treatment and care. Without access to these specific supplies, the Hospital would not be able to offer patient care that in turn would drive patients elsewhere and result in a loss of revenue to the Hospital.