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RAYMEDICA® TO LAUNCH A NEW PATIENT FOCUSED WEBSITE

MINNEAPOLIS- May 1, 2007 - Raymedica, the Pioneer in Nucleus Arthroplasty, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new website, www.hydraflexnas.com to further the company’s position as the leader in Nucleus Arthroplasty™ Technology. The patient focused website presents information about a new clinical study using the HydraFlex™ Nucleus Arthroplasty System™. HydraFlex NAS™ is a surgical procedure utilizing a total-technology system incorporating a device, coupled with special instrumentation for implant, for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD).

“The whole idea is to put the enormous amount of patient information we have on the HydraFlex Nucleus Arthroplasty Technology into a single managed website,” stated John J. Viscogliosi, Chairman and CEO of Raymedica. Mr. Viscogliosi added, “We want to provide patient information that is available from our vast resources. There is no single website I know of that has the breadth of content Raymedica has available in Nucleus Arthroplasty.”

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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