BILLERICA, Mass., July 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ConforMIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFMS), a medical technology company
that offers joint replacement implants customized to fit each patient’s unique anatomy, today announced that Dan Krupp has joined
the Company as its Senior Vice President of U.S. Sales, effective July 3, 2017.
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“The addition of Dan to our leadership team is another example of our commitment to developing additional expertise and support
that will help us execute our commercial strategy,” said Mark Augusti, Chief Executive Officer and President of ConforMIS. “We are
very excited to have Dan join us. His extensive experience in leading top-ranked sales organizations in startup, turnaround,
volatile, and growth markets will be a tremendous asset for ConforMIS.”
Mr. Krupp has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in medical devices and total joint arthroplasty. From
2002-2014, he held positions of increasing responsibility at DePuy Synthes, developing and executing sales strategies and managing
multiple new product launches. Most recently, he was Vice President, Sales and Marketing, at JACE Medical, where he
successfully managed the development and execution of a range of corporate and product branding initiatives.
“I am very pleased to be joining the outstanding team at ConforMIS and to play a role in reshaping the future of arthroplasty
with the company’s disruptive technology platform,” said Mr. Krupp. “I look forward to leading the U.S. sales force during what we
believe will be a transformative period in orthopedics.”
About ConforMIS, Inc.
ConforMIS is a medical technology company that uses its proprietary iFit Image-to-Implant technology platform to develop,
manufacture and sell joint replacement implants that are individually sized and shaped, or customized, to fit each patient’s unique
anatomy. ConforMIS offers a broad line of customized knee implants and pre-sterilized, single-use instruments delivered in a single
package to the hospital. In clinical studies, ConforMIS iTotal CR demonstrated superior clinical outcomes, including better
function and greater patient satisfaction, compared to traditional, off-the-shelf implants. ConforMIS owns or exclusively
in-licenses approximately 450 issued patents and pending patent applications that cover customized implants and patient-specific
instrumentation for all major joints.
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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ConforMIS’s commercial strategy, future results, and orthopedic and arthroplasty markets, as well as other statements containing
the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,”
“predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” or “would” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We may not actually achieve the
plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our
forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed
in the forward-looking statements we make as a result of a variety of risks and uncertainties, including risks related to our
clinical studies and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” sections of our public filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent
ConforMIS’s views as of the date hereof. ConforMIS anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause ConforMIS’s views
to change. However, while ConforMIS may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, ConforMIS
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing
ConforMIS’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
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