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Sanara MedTech Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/25/24, at 4:02pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1493152-24-11128   ·   File #:  1-39678

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/25/24  Sanara MedTech Inc.               10-K       12/31/23   83:7.8M                                   M2 Compliance LLC/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.65M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     21K 
 8: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     42K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
14: R1          Cover                                               HTML     95K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    168K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     31K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    124K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     84K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    140K 
20: R7          Nature of Business and Background                   HTML     26K 
21: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    110K 
22: R9          Precision Healing Merger                            HTML     59K 
23: R10         Scendia Purchase Agreement                          HTML     48K 
24: R11         Applied Asset Purchase                              HTML     49K 
25: R12         Goodwill and Intangibles, Net                       HTML     53K 
26: R13         Investments in Equity Securities                    HTML     64K 
27: R14         Operating Leases                                    HTML     37K 
28: R15         Debt and Credit Facilities                          HTML     50K 
29: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     80K 
30: R17         Shareholders? Equity                                HTML     95K 
31: R18         Customers and Suppliers                             HTML     28K 
32: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     61K 
33: R20         Related Parties                                     HTML     39K 
34: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    160K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     63K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R23         Precision Healing Merger (Tables)                   HTML     48K 
37: R24         Scendia Purchase Agreement (Tables)                 HTML     42K 
38: R25         Applied Asset Purchase (Tables)                     HTML     41K 
39: R26         Goodwill and Intangibles, Net (Tables)              HTML     58K 
40: R27         Investments in Equity Securities (Tables)           HTML     46K 
41: R28         Operating Leases (Tables)                           HTML     31K 
42: R29         Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)                 HTML     38K 
43: R30         Shareholders? Equity (Tables)                       HTML     66K 
44: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     54K 
45: R32         Schedule of Computation of Diluted Net Loss Per     HTML     32K 
                Share (Details)                                                  
46: R33         Schedule of Revenue From Product Sales and          HTML     33K 
                Royalties (Details)                                              
47: R34         Schedule of Property and Equipment (Details)        HTML     54K 
48: R35         Schedule of Changes in Fair Value for Contingent    HTML     33K 
                Earnout Consideration (Details)                                  
49: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
50: R37         Schedule of Purchase Considerations (Details)       HTML     53K 
51: R38         Schedule of Purchase Consideration on Fair Value    HTML     63K 
                of Assets Acquired (Details)                                     
52: R39         Precision Healing Merger (Details Narrative)        HTML     70K 
53: R40         Scendia Purchase Agreement (Details Narrative)      HTML     53K 
54: R41         Schedule of Asset Purchase Considerations           HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R42         Applied Asset Purchase (Details Narrative)          HTML     37K 
56: R43         Schedule of Changes in the Carrying Amount of the   HTML     28K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
57: R44         Schedule of Finite Lived Intangible Assets          HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R45         Schedule of Future Amortization Expense (Details)   HTML     37K 
59: R46         Goodwill and Intangibles, Net (Details Narrative)   HTML     27K 
60: R47         Schedule of Investments (Details)                   HTML     34K 
61: R48         Schedule of Loss From Equity Method Investment      HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Investments in Equity Securities (Details           HTML     71K 
                Narrative)                                                       
63: R50         Schedule of Operating Lease Liability (Details)     HTML     45K 
64: R51         Operating Leases (Details Narrative)                HTML     43K 
65: R52         Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Details)                HTML     39K 
66: R53         Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Details)                HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
67: R54         Schedule of Maturities Outstanding Debt (Details)   HTML     41K 
68: R55         Debt and Credit Facilities (Details Narrative)      HTML     58K 
69: R56         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML    192K 
70: R57         Summary of Restricted Stock Activity (Details)      HTML     42K 
71: R58         Schedule of Stock Option Activity (Details)         HTML     56K 
72: R59         Schedule of Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R60         Shareholders? Equity (Details Narrative)            HTML    144K 
74: R61         Customers and Suppliers (Details Narrative)         HTML     31K 
75: R62         Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets (Details)           HTML     59K 
76: R63         Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Details)  HTML     57K 
77: R64         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     34K 
78: R65         Related Parties (Details Narrative)                 HTML     37K 
80: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    142K 
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79: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    170K 
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12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- smti-20231231_lab                     XML   1.29M 
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