Can ConforMIS Recharge Resurfacing with Custom Implants

Privately held ConforMIS Inc. is reintroducing customization to the large joint. It launched two new resurfacing tools this year and hopes to introduced a third, called iTotal, next year as a potential alternative to total knee implants.

Tom Salemi

Conventional wisdom advises us not to judge a book by its cover. But that's exactly what Philipp Lang, MD, wanted potential investors to do when he started his company, ConforMIS Inc. As part of the materials used in his investor road show, Lang carried along a tiny box that once held his infant daughter's shoes

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