HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 June 2008-ConforMIS Says Its Patient-Specific Knee Surgery Technique Featured in Orthopedics Today(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

ConforMIS, a privately held company that develops and commercializes minimally invasive orthopedic devices,

The article, Uni-knee resurfacing with patient-specific implants and instruments, was written by Wolfgang Fitz, MD, and Tom Minas, MD, MS, both of Brigham and Women s Hospital in Boston, MA. Drs. Fitz and Minas described the surgical technique for a personalized knee implant that utilizes ConforMIS'advanced imaging technology. The patient-specific nature of the implant and its disposable, single-use instrumentation provides for greater bone preservation and a much simpler surgical technique for the surgeon.

We believe that ConforMIS'technology can change the way the orthopedic industry views knee replacement surgery, said Dr. Philipp Lang, CEO of ConforMIS. The advantages of a personalized implant make it an excellent option for early intervention patients and provide surgeons with a dramatically simpler surgical technique. Drs. Fitz and Minas do an excellent job of explaining how this is achieved in their article on customized knee surgery.

According to a release, the iUni is a unicompartmental resurfacing implant designed for patients whose arthritic damage is isolated to either the medial or lateral compartments of the knee, with little to no damage present in the other compartments and an intact ACL. The iUni is one of four patient-specific implants ConforMIS has developed for the treatment of osteoarthritis, the most common reason for knee replacement surgery. The implant is available for either the medial or lateral compartments and is 510(k) cleared for marketing by the US Food and Drug Administration and CE Marked for sale in Europe.

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