FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or incorporated in this prospectus regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “positioned,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
Forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus include, for example, statements about:
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our ability to obtain adequate financing to fund operations and to develop or enhance our technology;
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the scope, scale and duration of the impact of outbreaks of a pandemic disease, such as COVID-19 (coronavirus);
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our ability to obtain or maintain regulatory approval to market our medical devices;
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our ability to complete clinical trials on a timely basis and that completed clinical trials will be sufficient to support commercialization of our products;
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the anticipated timing, cost and progress of the development and commercialization of new products or services, and improvements to our existing products, and related impacts on our profitability and cash position;
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our ability to effectively market and sell our products and expand our business, both in unit sales and product diversification;
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our ability to achieve broad customer adoption of our products and services;
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our ability to achieve anticipated synergies and benefits of, and maintain our current and future collaborations, joint ventures or partnerships;
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existing or increased competition;
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rapid changes in technological solutions available to our markets;
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volatility with our business, including long and variable sales cycles, which could have a negative impact on our results of operations for any given quarter or fiscal year;
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changes in our domestic or international sales and operations;
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our ability to obtain or maintain patent protection for our intellectual property;
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the scope, validity and enforceability of our and third party intellectual property rights;
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significant government regulation of medical devices and the healthcare industry;
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our ability to unwind our role with the joint-venture in China in accordance with regulatory requirements;
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outbreaks of a pandemic disease, such as COVID-19 (coronavirus);
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our customers’ ability to get third party reimbursement for our products and services associated with them; our failure to implement our business plan or strategies;
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our early termination of leases, difficulty filling vacancies or negotiating improved lease terms;