Symple Surgical Announces Collaboration and Development Partnership with Global Medical Device Manufacturer

Flagstaff, Arizona – August 28, 2016 – Symple Surgical Inc. (“SSI”) announced today the signing of a development agreement with a confidential strategic partner whose long standing market leadership position in endovascular device therapies makes it an ideal partner to continue development of novel microwave ablation technologies. As part of this agreement both parties will explore technological synergies and continue to develop pre-clinical evidence from SSI’s DirectAblate™ device platform.