TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - March 21, 2016) -  Titan Medical Inc. (TSX: TMD) (OTCQX: TITXF), a medical device company focused on the design and development of a robotic surgical system for a wide variety of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedures, today reported the successful unveiling of its SPORT^™ Surgical System to surgical community audiences at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) meeting last week in Boston. Over the course of three exhibit days, more than 800 surgeons viewed the technology and attended live demonstrations of Titan's SPORT^™ technology.

John Hargrove, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Titan Medical, said, "In my 40 years in the medical device industry, I have never experienced such a turnout and expression of interest as the Titan team did at SAGES. This was our first unveiling of the SPORT^™ Surgical System as well as demonstration of its capabilities. The overwhelming feedback from the surgical community at SAGES visiting our exhibit was that SPORT^™ could enable a new era of clinically capable, operationally efficient and ROI friendly robotic surgery."

About Titan Medical Inc.

Titan Medical Inc. is a Canadian public company focused on the design and development of a robotic surgical system for application in minimally invasive surgery ("MIS"). The Company's SPORT^™ Surgical System, currently under development, includes a surgeon-controlled robotic platform that incorporates a 3D high-definition vision system and multi-articulating instruments for performing MIS procedures through a single incision. The surgical system also includes a surgeon workstation that provides a surgeon with an advanced ergonomic interface to the robotic platform for controlling the instruments and provides a 3D high-definition endoscopic view of inside a patient's body. The SPORT^™ Surgical System is designed to enable surgeons to perform a broad set of surgical procedures for general abdominal, gynecologic, and urologic indications. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.titanmedicalinc.com.

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