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RAYMEDICA® ANNOUNCES CLINICAL RESULTS OF HYDRAFLEX™ NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY™ TECHNOLOGY TO BE PRESENTED AT 7TH ANNUAL SAS MEETING

MINNEAPOLIS - April 24, 2007 - Raymedica, the Pioneer in Nucleus Arthroplasty, today announced it will present first phase clinical results from a 10-patient clinical evaluation of it’s new HydraFlex Nucleus Arthroplasty System™ at the 7th Annual Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS7) Conference in Berlin, Germany. Raymedica is evaluating the benefits of the HydraFlex Technology for patients with early degenerative disc disease. The clinical evaluation, conducted in Mexico City by Alejandro Reyes-Sanchez, MD, at the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación will be presented at the Raymedica SAS7 Workshop, May 2nd, Salon 16, Riga Room at 12:35 PM.

“We are pleased with the benefits that the patients receiving the HydraFlex Technology have achieved in our clinical evaluation; the results of clinical benefit and radiological findings suggest the HydraFlex technology is providing the benefits we were expecting in comparison to other currently available treatments,” stated, Alejandro Reyes-Sanchez, MD, Chief of the Spine Division, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación. “We will continue to carefully analyze the clinical data to determine the next steps in further advancing this technology into greater clinical applications.”

“Raymedica is committed to ensuring that physicians have the most advanced treatments to offer their patients that don’t compromise safety or the patient’s quality of life,” said John J. Viscogliosi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Raymedica, LLC. “We continue to invest in research and clinical studies to expand our Nucleus Arthroplasty Technology portfolio, a new non-fusion technology for the treatment of patients with early degenerative disc disease. We are excited to share at SAS7 the clinical results of the HydraFlex Technology performed by an industry leading physician, Dr. Reyes-Sanchez.”

About Raymedica
Raymedica, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the Pioneer in Nucleus Arthroplasty having developed the world’s first nucleus replacement device in 1996. Raymedica develops, manufactures and markets medical device systems designed to treat patients with degenerative disc disease that have been unresponsive to non-surgical treatment. Raymedica’s products are currently available in many countries worldwide, but are limited to investigational use only in the United States. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.raymedica.com.

About Viscogliosi Bros., LLC
Established by Marc R. Viscogliosi, John J. Viscogliosi and Anthony G. Viscogliosi in New York City in 1999, Viscogliosi Bros., LLC (VB) was the first venture capital/private equity and merchant banking firm dedicated to the musculoskeletal/orthopedics sector of the health care industry.
 
Today, VB is a leading independent firm with a mission to create, build and finance companies founded on innovations developed by surgeons and uniquely focused on "life changing" musculoskeletal/orthopedic technologies. VB has worldwide surgeon, industry and trade relationships and significant financial expertise in the musculoskeletal/orthopedic sector.

As principals of VB, the Viscogliosi brothers have a combined total of nearly half a century of experience analyzing and investing in the musculoskeletal/orthopedics sector, directing literally billions of dollars through the orthopedics industry.  They have pioneered innovative financial, strategic and management initiatives for nearly 150 companies in the sector, from start-up, seed and development stage all the way to exit, while helping thousands of people lead better lives through the orthopedic and spinal products marketed and sold by the companies they have assisted in developing and financing.

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