There have been hundreds of articles written about ConforMIS, a disruptive orthopedic force that is now 15 years old. Let me share a different point of view.
TiVo changed the TV industry… forever.
Remember the first time you could “pause live TV” and “skip commercials”. It was magical. TiVo was a great disruptive company and even became a verb.
Fast forward to today and we find that the TiVo business model never worked. TiVo was “the first”, but they committed the deadly sin of not continuing to innovate. The TiVo product that exists today is essentially the product launched in 1999 with some new features for streaming.
Nimble technologies like Hulu and YouTube ultimately bypassed TiVo.
ConforMIS changed the way we all thought about custom joint replacements… forever.
They were “the first” custom implant company at scale.
They asked, “Why couldn’t primary total joint surgery be more customized?” What if the medial femoral condyle is a little wider? No problem. What if the tibial plateau has a strange shape? Done. What would an implant look like to correct varus or valgus? Done.
Today ConforMIS offers a range of custom knee and hip impl...
