FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT for Medtech Insight's 'Investment In Innovation (In3) EUROPE' Start-Up Medical Technology Investment and Partnering Conference, Sept. 20-21.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Medtech Insight:

Featuring 40 Emerging Medical Technology Companies
              The Crowne Plaza Brussels City Centre Hotel
                           Brussels, Belgium

E[acute accent]Medtech Insight, a leading provider of business analysis and information to the medical technology marketplace, is holding its premier "Investment In Innovation (In3) EUROPE: A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies" conference in Brussels, Belgium, in just one week, Sept. 20-21, 2005, at The Crowne Plaza Brussels City Centre Hotel. Forty early-stage medical technology companies from around the world are confirmed to present at the conference, seeking investment and/or strategic partners. Close to 70 percent of the presenting companies on the program are located outside of the U.S. and over 60 percent are presenting at a Medtech Insight In3 conference for the first time. E[acute accent]In3 EUROPE, Medtech Insight's first "Investment In Innovation" medical technology strategic partnering and investment event to be held outside of the U.S., and the company's 17th investment and partnering event, is designed to bring together emerging medical technology companies from around the world seeking funding, acquisition and/or strategic partnership with major medical technology and investment dealmakers. Medtech Insight and its parent company, Windhover Information, have established a reputation as holding the premier forums worldwide for senior executives in the medical device, diagnostics, biotech, pharmaceutical and investment communities to preview promising early-stage life sciences companies in need of funding, acquisition and/or strategic partnership, and to network with key decision makers from all the major healthcare investment firms and medical technology companies. E[acute accent]In3 EUROPE presenting companies include: ABMI, Aeres Medical, AI Semi, Andante Medical Devices, Aqueduct Medical, Ars Arthro, Biomedix, BIOPHAN Europe, Bioretec, Bioscan Technologies, Cardio3, Clearant, CoolTouch, Cybersensors, Degradable Solutions, Dialog Devices, Duke Vascular, EMcision, ERBLAN Surgical, Hemoteq, Innovate, Innovent Medical Solutions, LiverCyte, Medical Tactile, MINVASYS, Misgav Technology Center, NanoCyte, Novovascular, NuAce Technologies, PlaCor, QuiCare, Rcadia Medical Imaging, Scientific Intake, Sphere Medical, Spinelix, Suriasis, Valor Medical, Vascular Reconditioning, Veryan Medical and ViOptix. Regularly updated event details are posted on the Medtech Insight Web site at http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-europe-01.html. E[acute accent]The In3 EUROPE program will also feature presentations by Olav Bergheim, Founder and Managing Director of Fjord Ventures, and Stefan Widensohler, President and CEO of KRAUTH Medical. An informative and interactive industry panel discussion entitled "Venture Investing from a European Perspective" will conclude the event, featuring such distinguished panelists as Antoine Papiernik, Managing Partner at Sofinnova Partners; Berthold Hackl, Managing Partner at Heidelberg Innovation; Daniel Gottlieb, Group Manager, Business Development, International at Guidant Compass; and Herve de Kergrohen, MD, Venture Partner at CDC Enterprises Innovation. David Cassak, Managing Partner at Windhover Information, will be the session moderator. E[acute accent]The In3 EUROPE audience will represent most of the major investment firms and medical technology companies worldwide. Event co-sponsors include Battelle, Business Wire, Factory, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Ronald Trahan Associates, and TforG. E[acute accent]The company's past U.S. "Investment In Innovation" conferences have hosted over 560 early-stage presenting medical companies and more than 4,800 attendees, making it one of the most successful networking and partnering events in the medical device industry. For more information or to register to attend In3 EUROPE, contact Kristy Grimes of Medtech Insight at 480-985-9512, e-mail [e-mail], or visit the Medtech Insight Web site at http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-europe-01.html. E[acute accent]A division of Windhover Information Inc., Medtech Insight is the leading provider of business information and market intelligence for the medical technology marketplace. For more on the company's products and services, please see www.medtechinsight.com.