AMEDICA ANNOUNCES CORPORATE NAME CHANGE TO SINTX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amedica Corporation (NASDAQ: AMDA), a company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride for biomedical applications, announced that it has changed its corporate name to SINTX Technologies, Inc. in order to better reflect its focus on silicon nitride science and technologies and robust pipeline of silicon nitride based products in various biomedical applications. The company expects to change its trading symbol on the NASDAQ Capital Market to “SINT” in approximately 10 days. In the meantime, shares will continue to trade under the symbol “AMDA.”

“The previous name, i.e., Amedica, has transferred to CTL Medical, which is now CTL-Amedica. Our new corporate brand reflects both our core competence in the science and production of silicon nitride ceramics, as well as encouraging prospects for the future, as an OEM supplier of spine implants to CTL-Amedica, and several opportunities outside of spine,” said Dr. B. Sonny Bal, Chairman and CEO of SINTX Technologies. “As SINTX Technologies, we will focus on developing silicon nitride in terms of product design, and future biomaterial formulations, for a variety of OEM customers.”

SINTX Technologies is an innovative biomaterials and OEM company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride for various biomedical applications including the spine, dental, oral maxillofacial, podiatry, and arthroplasty markets.

In connection with its name change, the new CUSIP number for the Company’s shares of common stock is 829392109.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”) that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made and reflect management’s current estimates, projections, expectations and beliefs. A discussion of those risks and uncertainties can be found in Sintx's Risk Factors disclosure in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 29, 2018, and in Sintx's other filings with the SEC. SINTX disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Sintx undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this report.

Contacts:
SINTX IR 
801-839-3502
IR@SINTX.com

Released October 31, 2018