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Sutura Announces Key Sales Success.


FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. -- Sutura, Inc. ("Sutura")(OTCBB OTCBB

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:SUTU SUTU Subsea Umbilical Termination Unit ), a California-based medical device company, announced today that its U.S. sales team has introduced the SuperStitch vascular suturing device to 75 key medical facilities. These product demonstrations are the direct result of efforts by the Company's recently expanded SuperStitch sales force.

Anthony Nobles, President and Chief Executive Officer at Sutura, Inc. stated, "Introducing the SuperStitch to these key medical facilities is a significant milestone for Sutura. Among these facilities are some of the top medical institutions, universities, training facilities and cardiology centers. The newly formed sales team has spent the past three months targeting key institutions and has made significant inroads inroads
Noun, pl

make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings

inroads npl to make inroads into [+
, which the Company believes will lead to increased penetration of this market. We now believe we are in a strong position to roll out the SuperStitch to the full medical community over the next several months."

"As these introductions and evaluations conclude, we are seeing more and more conversions to Sutura's SuperStitch device," says Tom Lindsey, Vice President Sales and Marketing at Sutura. "These new customers are telling us that our vascular suturing device is performing to the high level expected in the Cath Lab and we believe this will lead to increased sales of the product as we expand our sales efforts to additional facilities."

About Sutura, Inc.

Sutura(R), Inc. (www.suturaus.com) is a medical device company that has developed a line of innovative, minimally invasive, vascular suturing devices to suture suture /su·ture/ (soo´cher)
1. sutura.

2. a stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound.

3. to apply such stitches.

4.
 the puncture created in arteries during open surgery and catheter-based procedures. The Company's line of SuperStitch medical devices provide sutured closure of the arteriotomy site utilizing the existing catheter sheath introducer or cannula cannula /can·nu·la/ (kan´u-lah) a tube for insertion into a vessel, duct, or cavity; during insertion its lumen is usually occupied by a trocar.

can·nu·la or can·u·la
n. pl.
 during fluoroscopically guided procedures and directly through the open arteriotomy during open surgical procedures.

Within the United States the 8F & 6F SuperStitch devices are available for use in performing vascular stitching in general surgery, including endoscopic en·do·scope  
n.
An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach.



en
 procedures. It is not intended for blind closure of an arteriotomy site. The SuperStitch 8F & 6F is approved in the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the

European Community
 and CE marked with the indication for use as follows: The SuperStitch is indicated for use in performing vascular stitching in general surgery, including endoscopic procedures. In the EU there is no requirement for the use of fluoroscopic Fluoroscopic (fluoroscopy)
An x-ray procedure that produces immediate images and motion on a screen. The images look like those seen at airport baggage security stations.

Mentioned in: Hypotonic Duodenography
 guidance. Sutura's headquarters are in Fountain Valley, California Fountain Valley is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 54,978 at the 2000 census. History
The city was incorporated in 1957, before which it was known as Talbert (also as Gospel Swamp).
. "Sutura(R)" and "SuperStitch(R)" are registered trademarks of Sutura, Inc.

Forward-Looking Information Is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty

Certain statements in this press release may contain projections or "forward-looking" information (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995) that involve risk and uncertainty. The words "aim", "plan", "likely", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "will", "should", "could", "may", "appears", and other expressions that indicate future events and trends identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guaranties of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what we express or forecast in these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they were made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Our actual results and future trends may differ materially from our forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors including the acceptance of the SuperStitch(R) devices by medical providers and the marketplace in general and the success of the proposed sales and marketing plan, the continued growth of the vessel closure marketplace and the company's ability to continue to expand and protect its technology patents.

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