UTICA, NY, Jul 06, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --

CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD) announced today that it expects to report second quarter 2010 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 29, 2010, and will also hold a conference call live over the Internet at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time that same day. This webcast can be accessed from CONMED's web site at www.conmed.com. Replays of the call will be made available through August 6, 2010.

The Company anticipates that forward-looking information and additional material details related to second quarter 2010 earnings and the Company's expectations on a prospective basis may be discussed during the call. Such forward-looking information may involve risks and uncertainties such as those described in the Company's SEC filings.

CONMED is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company's products serve the clinical areas of sports medicine-arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. Surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology use our medical devices. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the Company's 3,400 employees distribute its products worldwide from several manufacturing locations.

CONTACT:
CONMED Corporation
Robert Shallish
Chief Financial Officer
315-624-3206
FD
Brian Ritchie
212-850-5600

SOURCE: CONMED Corporation