UTICA, N.Y., Feb 21, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CONMED Corporation (Nasdaq: CNMD) announced today that it will hold an Investment Community Luncheon on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, at 12:00 p.m., Eastern Time, during the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, which is being held in Washington, DC.

Mr. Joseph J. Corasanti, President and Chief Operating Officer, will host the meeting with presentations by management of the Company's Orthopaedic and Endoscopic Technologies product groups.

A simultaneous webcast of the meeting will be accessible via the Company's website at http://www.conmed.com. Replays will be made available through March 2, 2005.

CONMED Profile

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 arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. They are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the Company's 2,800 employees distribute its products worldwide from eleven manufacturing locations.

Forward Looking Information

The presentation referenced by this press release may contain forward- looking statements based on certain assumptions and contingencies that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and relate to the Company's performance on a going-forward basis. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results, performance or trends, to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements or in previous disclosures. The Company believes that all forward-looking statements made by it have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs or projections as expressed in the forward-looking statements will actually occur or prove to be correct. In addition to general industry and economic conditions, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) the failure of any one or more of the Company's assumptions to prove to be correct; (ii) the risks relating to forward-looking statements discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003; (iii) cyclical purchasing patterns from customers, end-users and dealers; (iv) timely release of new products, and acceptance of such new products by the market; (v) the introduction of new products by competitors and other competitive responses; (vi) the possibility that any acquisition (and its integration) or other transaction may require the Company to reconsider its financial assumptions and goals/targets; and/or (vii) the Company's ability to devise and execute strategies to respond to market conditions.

SOURCE CONMED Corporation

Robert Shallish, Chief Financial Officer of CONMED Corporation, +1-315-624-3206; or
Investors, Julie Huang or Lanie Marcus, or Media, Sean Leous, all of Financial
Dynamics, +1-212-850-5600, for CONMED Corporation

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