Medtech Insight Announces ``Investment In Innovation: A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies'' Investment and Partnering Conference, to be held June 13-14 in San Francisco, California.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Medtech Insight has announced that it will host its upcoming "Investment In Innovation (In3): A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies" conference June 13-14, 2005 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. Medtech Insight's In3 and specialty investment and partnering conferences have established a reputation as the premier forum for senior executives in the medical device, diagnostics, biotech and investment communities to preview promising early-stage medical technology companies in need of funding, acquisition and/or strategic partnership.

The two-day San Francisco event will showcase nearly 60 innovative, emerging medical start-up companies from around the world that will present to an audience of over 400 senior executives, representing the top investment and medical technology firms. The forum will include focused 10-minute presentations by a senior executive from each presenting company, followed immediately by one-on-one meetings with company representatives in private breakout rooms. The meeting will also feature tabletop exhibits and product prototypes by presenting companies during a networking dinner, and featured presentations by respected industry opinion leaders.

Companies confirmed to date to present at the conference include: Biomarker Technologies, Cardiac Power, CoolTouch, Electrical Geodesics, FlowCardia, Grant Life Sciences, Intelligent Clothing, IYIA Technologies, LabNow, PulMedics, Smart Medical Technologies, Xilas Medical, and Viking Systems. Check the Medtech Insight website at http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-14.html for a regularly updated listing of presenters, their technology descriptions, and other event details.

The event will be kicked off by a keynote presentation by industry veteran Rodney Perkins, M.D., Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sound ID. Dr. Perkins has founded such well-known device companies as Collagen Corporation, Laserscope, ReSound Corporation, Cohesion Corporation, Novacept, and Pulmonx, he founded the California Ear Institute, is Chairman of Surgrx, and a Professor of Surgery at Stanford University.

In3 San Francisco 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 Kristy Grimes of Medtech Insight at 480-985-9512, e-mail [e-mail], or register on the Medtech Insight website at http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3-14.html. Through March 31st only, attendees registering for the conference can save $200 off the $1,495 registration fee.

Interested just in vascular or musculoskeletal companies and technologies? Make plans today to attend one of Medtech Insight's upcoming focused specialty investment and partnering events: "In circulation: Strategic Partnering and Investing in Circulatory Medicine" will be held April 27th in Chicago, IL and will feature over 35 innovative privately held companies developing technologies in interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, stroke management and peripheral vascular surgery. The "IN SPINE & ORTHOPEDICS: Strategic Partnering and Investing in Musculoskeletal Technology" conference will be held November 3-4 in North Dallas, TX, and will feature over 50 promising early-stage orthopedics and spine companies seeking strategic partners and/or funding.

To read what industry experts think of Medtech Insight's conferences, please visit http://www.medtechinsight.com/in3success.html. Co-sponsors for the In3 San Francisco event include AdvaMed, Battelle, Business Wire, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, Medmarc and The Hartford, PPD Medical Device, Reimbursement Principles, Ronald Trahan Associates, Teledyne Microelectronic Technologies, The MedTech Group, and Windhover Information.

About Medtech Insight

Medtech Insight, a division of Windhover Information Inc., 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.