Aethon to Demonstrate Enhanced TUG at AONE Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Mobile Autonomous Robots Provide Much Needed Nursing Support by Locating, Delivering and Recovering Hospital Equipment

SEATTLE -- Aethon, Inc., a leader in mobile autonomous robots for healthcare supply chain management, today announced that the company will demonstrate its TUG with enhanced navigation system at AONE 2008. Comprised of HOMER[TM], an RFID-based asset tracking system, and TUG[TM], the company's widely deployed mobile courier robot, the Aethon asset delivery and tracking system enables hospitals to ameliorate nursing staffing challenges by automating material deliveries and freeing nurses to spend more time on patient care.

TUG and HOMER help nurses remain on the unit with their patients by providing much needed support in locating, delivering and retrieving hospital equipment, food trays, medicine, records, blood products and laboratory specimens. In addition, TUG and HOMER increase job satisfaction for nurses by ensuring that departments receive what they need, when they need it. A University of Maryland study has shown that with TUG, nurse satisfaction with pharmacy service increased by 23% and confidence that pharmacists would promptly fill and deliver new medication orders grew by 50%.

Who: Aethon, Inc.

What: Meet TUG

When: April 25-29, 2008

Where: Seattle Convention and Trade Center, Booth # 907

"Hospitals are in the midst of the longest running nursing shortage in history and at the same time face mounting pressure to improve cost efficiency and patient safety and satisfaction. In order to retain highly skilled nursing professionals, hospitals are looking for innovative solutions that enable these employees to focus on their core responsibility: patient care," said Aldo Zini, chief executive officer of Aethon, Inc. "TUG and HOMER are significantly improving patient healthcare services at over one hundred hospitals across the country by allowing nurses to provide the best possible care to their patients rather than chasing after supplies."

TUG is an autonomous mobile robot that manages the delivery and recovery of hospital goods and supplies. It eliminates repetitive, mundane tasks, like pushing carts and running errands and ensures that nurses have what they need, when they need it. TUGs are currently used for numerous applications such as delivery and tracking of IV pumps, lab work, medical records, medications, dietary trays and linens. HOMER, which leverages the TUG platform, tracks hospital assets such as I.V. poles, pumps, wheelchairs, monitors and beds. Both robots offer a cost-effective and comprehensive solution to asset management and organization and require minimal installation.

About Aethon

Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aethon is a leader in affordable, autonomous mobile robots for practical business applications. In healthcare, the company's automated technology platform is redefining hospital supply chain logistics by automating the location, delivery and recovery of key assets. The net result of Aethon's low-cost, easy-to-install, RFID-based asset utilization solution is improved caregiver efficiency and satisfaction, increased asset utilization, decreased equipment rentals, increased patient safety and satisfaction, and improved regulatory compliance. More than 100 hospitals nationwide have deployed Aethon's robots. Aethon is a privately held, venture-backed company. It has raised $22.5 million from Innovation Works, Draper Triangle Ventures, Salix Ventures, Ascension Health Ventures and Pacific Venture Group, among others. For more information, visit www.aethon.com.