Medartis Hosts Workshop at 11th AnnualTrauma Symposium in Chicago

Medartis Serves as Sponsor at Symposium
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.--(Business Wire)--
Medartis,Inc. will be hosting a hands-on workshop at the 11th Annual Trauma
Symposium being held in Chicago July 30 - August 2. The Palmer House Hilton
serves as this year`s venue for the symposium, where over 300 surgeons from
across the country are expected to attend.

Dr. Alfonso Mejia, Program Director of UIC Orthopaedics at University of
Illinois- Chicago, will serve as the moderator of the Medartis workshop,
Surgical Treatment Options for the Distal Radius and Hand. The workshop will
take place on Thursday, July 30. According to Brad Bender, President of Medartis
US, "This is an ideal opportunity for leading trauma surgeons to learn how to
simplify a procedure when time is of the essence. The workshop will highlight
our APTUS Adaptive System- its simplicity and ease of use." Bradley Bender,
President of Medartis, Inc. US and Klaus Breuer, International Sales, of
Medartis AG Switzerland, will be on site throughout the show.

Since Medartis debuted their APTUS Adaptive Distal Radius System at the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon`s (AAOS) annual meeting last February, over 100
sets have been installed at hospitals around the country. The Adaptive Distal
Radius continues to set the standard for variable angle screw placement with
locked plating.

The Medartis expertise in metallurgy and fracture fixation has been honed for
over fifty years and now is being applied to the Medartis product line.
Medartis, Inc. is part of Medartis AG, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. The
Company is a global manufacturer of implants for the facial skeleton, forearm
and hand. Medartis AG has subsidiaries in five countries and in distribution in
twelve countries.

Media Contact for Medartis, Inc.:
Remington PR
Lisa Lamprich, 877-562-7347
llamprich@me.com

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