SEGMENT INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

NOTE 11 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has organized its marketing and sales efforts based on four operating segments, which are aggregated into one reportable segment — the development, manufacture and marketing of disposable devices for less invasive surgical procedures.  Each of the Company’s business units has similar economic characteristics, technology, manufacturing processes, customers, distribution and marketing strategies, regulatory environments and shared infrastructures.    These operating segments are Sports Medicine - Americas, Ear Nose and Throat (“ENT”) - Americas, Other — Americas and International.

Product sales by operating segment and product area for the periods shown were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2011											Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Americas			International			Total Product Sales			% Net Product Sales		Americas			International			Total Product Sales			% Net Product Sales
Sports Medicine	$	33,251		$	18,850		$	52,101		65.6	%	$	40,029		$	16,944		$	56,972		68.6	%
ENT	20,046			4,851			24,897			31.3	%	19,379			3,636			23,016			27.9	%
Other	658			1,776			2,434			3.1	%	1,016			1,913			2,929			3.5	%
Total product sales	$	53,955		$	25,477		$	79,432		100.0	%	$	60,424		$	22,493		$	82,917		100.0	%
% Net product sales	67.9		%	32.1		%	100.0		%			72.9		%	27.1		%	100.0		%

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011											Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Americas			International			Total Product Sales			% Net Product Sales		Americas			International			Total Product Sales			% Net Product Sales
Sports Medicine	$	106,980		$	58,987		$	165,967		66.4	%	$	122,121		$	50,012		$	172,131		68.5	%
ENT	62,732			13,903			76,635			30.7	%	58,990			10,945			69,936			27.9	%
Other	2,203			5,059			7,262			2.9	%	3,115			5,965			9,081			3.6	%
Total product sales	$	171,915		$	77,949		$	249,864		100.0	%	$	184,226		$	66,922		$	251,148		100.0	%
% Net product sales	68.8		%	31.2		%	100.0		%			73.4		%	26.6		%	100.0		%

Revenues attributed to geographic areas as shown below are based on the country where the Company’s customer is domiciled (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
United States	$	50,579	$	56,889	$	161,427	$	175,241
Non-United States (1)	28,853		26,028		88,437		75,907
Total product sales	$	79,432	$	82,917	$	249,864	$	251,148

 (1) No additional locations are individually significant.

Long-lived assets by geography at the balance sheet dates shown were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
United States	$	22,436	$	27,285
Costa Rica	9,779		12,750
Other	5,522		5,729
Total long-lived assets	$	37,737	$	45,764