30 Early-Stage Medtech Companies Already Confirmed to Present at Windhover Information and Medtech Insight's Emerging Medical Technology Investment Conference.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Oct. 21-22, 2004, The Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston

Medtech Insight, a division of Windhover Information Inc. and a leading provider of business information on new trends, technologies and emerging companies in the medical device industry, is holding its 12th "Investment In Innovation (In3): A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies" conference on Oct. 21-22, 2004 at The Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston. The company will host approximately 60 early-stage medical technology companies and 400 senior executives from the leading healthcare investment firms and medical device companies at the Boston event. Nearly 30 companies have already been confirmed to present at the conference; see http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-12.html for the growing list of presenters, and registration information.

Medtech Insight is a leading provider of business information on emerging technologies, companies and market opportunities in the medical device industry. The company's In3 conferences bring together small emerging medical technology companies, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and corporate business development executives, for funding, acquisition, and/or strategic partnership opportunities. The Boston event promises to draw the largest audience of deal makers in the medical technology industry, so make plans to attend today.

Among the presenting companies confirmed thus far for the Boston event (many more being added; see http://www.medtechinsight.com/ for an updated listing) include: Acta Vascular Systems, Adiana, Affinergy, Alveolus, Argentum, BioCare Systems, BioniCare Medical Technologies, Bone Solutions, Cardiac Assist, Cardio-Optics, Eunoe, LifeAssays, Matryx Group, MDMI Technologies, MedSignals, MicroMRI, MINRAD, MiTiHeart, Monteris Medical, Nervonix, RX-SPINE, SafetyNet, Veryan Medical, and ZARS. The Boston event will also feature presentations by a number of medtech industry thought leaders, and an informative and dynamic industry panel discussion (speaker information to be announced soon).

In3 Boston is a must-attend event for anyone interested in emerging medical technology. To register to attend, or if your company is interested in presenting, call Medtech Insight at 949-219-0150, or 888-290-2225 toll-free in the United States, or register on the Medtech Insight Web site, at http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-12.html. To read what industry experts think of Medtech Insight's In3 events, please visit http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3success.html.

Co-sponsors for the Boston In3 event include: AdvaMed, Business Wire, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Medmarc and The Hartford, The MedTech Group, PPD Medical Device, Reimbursement Principles, Ronald Trahan Associates Inc., and Underwriters Laboratories.

ABOUT MEDTECH INSIGHT

Recently acquired by Windhover Information Inc., publisher of IN VIVO: The Business & Medicine Report, Start-UP: Windhover's Review of Emerging Technologies, and IN VIVO EuropeRx, Medtech Insight is a leading provider of business information for the medical technology marketplace. The company publishes the "medtech insight" newsletter, a monthly publication covering the latest trends and innovations in the medical technology industry. The company also publishes analyses of medtech markets through its Market & Technology Reports group, offers custom consulting and market research, and holds "Investment In Innovation" conferences several times a year. To register for the Boston conference or for more information on Medtech Insight, please call 949-219-0150 or 888-290-2225 toll-free in the United States, fax [phone], e-mail [e-mail], or visit http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-12.html. Visit the company's Web site at www.medtechinsight.com to read more about In3 conferences, view tables of contents for published and upcoming reports, and download a sample issue of the "medtech insight" newsletter. Windhover Information Inc. (www.windhover.com), based in Norwalk, Conn., is a leading provider of information products and services to senior executives in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries.