Room to Grow: Emerging Growth Orthopedic Companies (ODTMag)
This is the fifth year, as part of our Top Company Report issue, that Orthopedic Design & Technology has profiled small and midsize emerging growth firms positioning themselves alongside (perhaps with the goal of overtaking or being acquired by) larger market leaders. This year’s installment provides an overview of four orthopedic companies vying for rank, digests their technologies, examines their sectors and what’s kept them busy during the past year.
ConforMIS
Leadership:• Philipp Lang, M.D., Chairman, President & CEO• Paul Weiner, Chief Financial Officer• Daniel Steines, M.D., Chief Technology Officer• Matthew Scott, Sr. VP, Operations• Amita Shah, Sr. VP, Regulatory and Quality Affairs• John Slamin, Sr. VP, Knee Implant EngineeringSector: Knee ImplantsLocation: Bedford, Mass. & Burlington, Mass. (manufacturing) Online: www.conformis.comNo two knees are exactly alike. Each of the planet’s 841 million sets of aged knee joints have subtle differences, whether it’s the size or shape of the femur and tibia (or both, in some cases), or form of the ligaments. Men, for instance, typically have larger femurs than...
