The devices treat a type of shinbone break and hindfoot injuries. Getty Images
After acquiring Paragon 28 earlier this year, Zimmer intends to maintain the foot and ankle specialist’s double-digit growth.
By Nick Paul Taylor , Contributor – October 10, 2025 –
Dive Brief:
- Zimmer Biomet has launched two orthopedic devices with Paragon 28, the foot and ankle specialist it bought for $1.1 billion early this year.
- The new products, which Zimmer reported Wednesday, add treatments for a type of shinbone break and hindfoot injuries to the company’s portfolio.
- Introducing the devices continues Zimmer’s efforts to maintain Paragon’s double-digit growth and expand its sports medicine, extremities and trauma (SET) business.
Dive Insight:
The newly launched devices are the Gorilla Pilon Fusion Plating System and the Phantom TTC Trauma Nail. Paragon’s Gorilla system is used in the stabilization and fixation of a range of fractures. The company received 510(k) clearance for the latest version of the device in July.
Zimmer’s launch announcement covered the use of the device in pilon fractures, which the company said account for 7% to 10% of shinbone breaks. Some patients with the fractures require primary ankle fusion.
