PRESS RELEASES

2008

January 29, 2008 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. TO ACQUIRE S.T.A.R. TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY

January 2, 2008 - NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE ON ORTHOPEDIC INDUSTRY LEADER, ANTHONY G. VISCOGLIOSI

2007

December 14, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. APPOINTS MICHAEL L. CONSILVIO AS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

October 24, 2007 - FROST & SULLIVAN LAUDS SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS' AGGRESSIVE GROWTH STRATEGIES IN THE ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICE INDUSTRY

October 19, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. ROLLS OUT NEXT GENERATION RINGFIX™ SYSTEM AND INTRODUCES FOREFOOT REPAIR SET

September 28, 2007 - SBI LAUNCHES RHEAD™ LATERAL RADIAL HEAD IMPLANT AND RHEAD™ PLATING SYSTEMS TO EXPAND ITS ELBOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

September 27, 2007 - SMALLBONE INNOVATIONS MAKES $250,000 RESEARCH GRANT TO THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

September 24, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS INTRODUCES NEW DISTAL RADIUS PLATING SYSTEM TO REPAIR COMPLEX FRACTURES

September 21, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS INTRODUCES THE ARTELON® STT SPACER TO INCREASE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR THUMB ARTHRITIS

September 17, 2007 - MORE THAN 1,000 SURGEONS REGISTER TO ATTEND SBi WORKSHOPS AT NEXT WEEK’S AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND CONVENTION


June 18, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS ADDS ARTELON® CMC SPACER ARTHRO TO THUMB OSTEO-ARTHRITIS IMPLANT LINE

June 1, 2007 - SCIENTIST’S DISCOVERY OF CRITICAL ROLE OF AQUAPORIN, A MEMBRANE PROTEIN, IN SPINAL INJURIES RECOGNIZED WITH RESEARCH FUNDING AWARD FROM VISCOGLIOSI BROS. LLC

May 2, 2007- RAYMEDICA® ANNOUNCES AUTHORS FOR VOLUME IV OF THE 4-PART SERIES ON “NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY ™ TECHNOLOGY IN SPINAL CARE”

May 1, 2007- RAYMEDICA® TO LAUNCH NEW PATIENT FOCUSED WEBSITE

April 30, 2007- PARADIGM SPINE RECEIVES CE MARK FOR DSS™ DYNAMIC STABILIZATION SYSTEM

April 30, 2007- RAYMEDICA® RELEASES VOLUMES II & III OF THE 4-VOLUME SERIES ON "NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY™ TECHNOLOGY IN SPINAL CARE"

April 27, 2007 - RAYMEDICA® REPORTS HIGHER-THAN-ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC ON NUCLEUSARTHROPLASTY.COM WEBSITE

April 26, 2007 - RAYMEDICA® WORKSHOP OFFERS LATEST CONCEPTS & CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE HYDRAFLEX™ NUCLEUS ATHROPLASTY™ TECHNOLOGY

April 25, 2007 - RAYMEDICA® RELEASES EVALUATION OF THE BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE HYDRAFLEX™ NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY™ TECHNOLOGY

April 24, 2007 - RAYMEDICA® ANNOUNCES CLINICAL RESULTS OF HYDRAFLEX™ NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY™ TECHNOLOGY TO BE PRESENTED AT 7TH ANNUAL SAS MEETING

April 23, 2007- RAYMEDICA® TO PRESENT AT THE 2ND ANNUAL SPINE TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT

April 3, 2007- SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. SECURES $20,000,000 DEBT FACILITY

March 29, 2007- VISCOGLIOSI ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP SEMINAR CONTINUES AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - DEARBORN

March 23, 2007- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK HELPS STUDENTS BONE-UP ON THE SECRETS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

March 14, 2007- SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. ANNOUNCES KEY LOWER LIMB
ACQUISITIONS & LICENSING AGREEMENTS

March 14, 2007- SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. INTRODUCES ITS NEXT GENERATION RINGFIX™ CIRCULAR EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM

February 15, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. ANNOUNCES IT’S NEW LATERAL rHEAD™ FOR TREATMENT OF RADIAL HEAD FRACTURES & DISEASES IN THE ELBOW

February 15, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. DEBUTS 17 NEW PRODUCTS AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING

February 12, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. TO PRESENT AT THE FIRST ALBANY CAPITAL 2ND ANNUAL ORTHOPEDIC CONFERENCE

February 12, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. TO PARTICIPATE AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING

February 12, 2007 - MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL REGULATORY ADVISERS, LLC (MCRA) HIRES DIRECTOR, ORTHOPEDIC REGULATORY AFFAIRS, HOLLACE RHODES

February 9, 2007 - MCRA UNVEILS NEW BUSINESS UNIT FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY AFFAIRS

February 9, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. TO PRESENT AT THE FIRST ALBANY CAPITAL 2ND ANNUAL ORTHOPEDIC CONFERENCE

February 9, 2007 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. SOLIDIFIES KEY BUSINESS FUNCTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT PROMOTIONS

February 5, 2007 - PARADIGM SPINE, LLC COMPLETES $13.9 MILLION SERIES D PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND ADDS HEALTHCOR EXECUTIVE TO ITS BOARD OF MANAGERS

January 9, 2007 - SBI INTRODUCES STABILITY SIGMOID NOTCH TOTAL DRUJ SYSTEM™

January 8, 2007 - FIRST SURGERIES COMPLETED USING SBI'S NEWLY INTRODUCED UNI-ELBOW RADIO CAPITELLUM SYSTEM™

2006

December 15, 2006 - PARADIGM SPINE RECEIVES CE MARK FOR COFLEX-F INTERSPINOUS FUSION DEVICE

December 7, 2006 - PARADIGM SPINE RECEIVES CE MARK FOR DYNAMIC CERVICAL IMPLANT

December 5 , 2006 - MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL REGULATORY ADVISERS, LLC (MCRA) HIRES PATENT AGENT, URMI CHATTOPADHYAY


December 1, 2006 - MCRA TO LEAD PANEL AT MEDTECH INSIGHT’S “IN-SPINE & ORTHOPEDICS” MEETING

December 1, 2006 - MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL REGULATORY ADVISERS, LLC (MCRA) NAMES ANGELA BYLAND AS DIRECTOR, BIOLOGICS REGULATORY AFFAIRS

November 29, 2006 - MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL REGULATORY ADVISERS, LLC (MCRA) NAMES TERESA M. SCHROEDER AS DIRECTOR, SPINE CLINICAL AFFAIRS

November 22, 2006 - MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL REGULATORY ADVISERS, LLC (MCRA) NAMES RICHARD JANSEN TO REGULATORY AFFAIRS STAFF

November 8, 2006 - FRANCE’S LEADING SPINE SURGEON, THIERRY MARNAY, MD RECEIVES FRAUENTHAL AWARD FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES

September 26, 2006 - RAYMEDICA® ANNOUNCES WEBSITE LAUNCH FOR "NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY™ IN SPINAL CARE.”


September 25, 2006 - RAYMEDICA® RELEASES 1st OF A 4-BOOK SERIES ON "NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY™ IN SPINAL CARE.”

September 1, 2006 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. EXPANDS ARTELON® BASAL THUMB ARTHRITIS IMPLANT LINE WITH ARTELON® CMC SPACER LG

June 29, 2006 - RAYMEDICA® RECEIVES FDA APPROVAL TO INITIATE PATIENT ENROLLMENT TO THE HYDRAFLEX™ NUCLEUS ARTHROPLASTY SYSTEM™ CLINICAL

May 22, 2006 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. HONORED AS ONE OF THE NATION’S LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

March 23, 2006 - BIODEGRABLE CMC SPACERS FOR BASAL THUMB OA DRIVE GROWTH AT SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC.

January 30, 2006 - MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL REGULATORY ADVISORS, LLC NAMES GLENN A. STIEGMAN, III AS VICE PRESIDENT

January 4, 2006 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. RECORDS LARGEST VENTURE CAPITAL TRANSACTION IN ORTHOPEDICS

2005

November 22, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS LAUNCHES TISSUE TECHNOLOGY UNIT FEATURING ReFIX™ AND ARTELON® BIOMATERIALS PLATFORMS

November 15, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS COMPLETES INTEGRATION OF ACQUIRED COMPANIES AND LICENSED PRODUCTS

November 8, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS LAUNCHES ITS UNVERSAL HAND SYSTEM™ – A MULTI-USE, MODULAR HAND FIXATION SYSTEM

October 25, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNNOVATIONS INKS NEW LICENSING AGREEMENTS WITH SWEDEN'S ARTIMPLANT TO DEVELOP AND MARKET FOUR NEW ARTELON¨ SPACERS FOR ARTHRITIS TREATMENT

August 29, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS. LLC PORTFOLIO COMPANY ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORP. TO MERGE WITH VANGUARD MEDICAL CONCEPTS

July 26, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI & COMPANY, INC. FORMED TO OFFER INVESTMENT BANKING SERVICES TO THE MUSCULOSKELETAL AND ORTHOPEDIC SECTORS OF THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY

June 7, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, LLC STRENGTHENS ITS FIELD SALES MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH TWO EXPERIENCED ADDITIONS

May 13, 2005 - SECOND ANNUAL ERICA NADER AWARD, SPONSORED BY VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC, PRESENTED AT AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION (ASIA) ANNUAL MEETING

May 5, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF PARADIGM SPINE, LLC - A NEW LEADER IN THE SPINE ARTHROPLASTY INDUSTRY

May 4, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ACQUIRES FIXANO, S.A., A LEADING FRENCH ORTHOPEDICS COMPANY

May 4, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, LLC EXPANDS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO WITH VB'S ACQUISITION OF FIXANO, S.A.


May 3, 2005 - RAYMEDICA HIRES NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING AND VICE PRESIDENT OF R&D/OPERATIONS

May 2, 2005 - RAYMEDICA HIRES NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER


April 22, 2005 - RARE SILK LOOM DONATED TO HENRY FORD MUSEUM BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIERS BORN IN DEARBORN

February 23, 2005 - SBI'S RADIAL HEAD IMPLANT SYSTEM BECOMES LEADING CHOICE OF SURGEONS FOR ELBOW AND FOREARM FUNCTION RESTORATION


February 23, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS TO MARKET AVANTA TOTAL WRIST IMPLANT

February 23, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNNOVATIONS LICENSES ARTELON® CMC-I SPACER TO TREAT ARTHRITIC THUMBS

February 21, 2005 - SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, LLC TO DEBUT AT AAOS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC

February 21, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ACQUIRES ENVISION MANUFACTURING, INC.

February 21, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ACQUIRES XTREMI-T, LLC

February 21, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC MAKES EQUITY INVESTMENT IN BIORTHEX, INC.

February 10, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THE BIORTHEX, INC. ACTIPORE TECHNOLOGY

February 10, 2005 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ACQUIRES AVANTA ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

2004

December 2, 2004 - AVANTA LICENSES SWEDISH HAND IMPLANT TECHNOLOGY - FOLLOWS FDA APPROVAL FOR ARTELONÂ CMC-I SPACER


October 25, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC COMPLETES ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SPINE NON-FUSION EXIT.

August 13, 2004 - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUM DONATES $100,000 TO THE SCHOOL.

June 30, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION (ASIA) ERICA NADER AWARD.

May 26, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF GARY L. LOWERY, MD, PhD. AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR

May 4, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC. PARTICIPATES IN $4.7 MILLION EQUITY ROUND FOR SPINE NEXT, S.A.

May 3, 2004 - SPINAL DISC REPAIR START-UP ORTHONICS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC AND GRA VENTURELAB

April 30, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC APPOINTS JOHN M. DONOVAN, ESQ. AS HOUSE COUNSEL AND COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

April 29, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC APPOINTS DONALD GUTHNER TO MANAGE NEW CLINICAL ADVISORY UNIT

April 29, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF A NEW COMPANY

March 10, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC. LEADS $2 MILLION EQUITY ROUND FOR SPINE NEXT, S.A.

March 9, 2004 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

March 8, 2004 - SPEAKERS TO FOCUS ON REGULATION IN THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SECTOR AND NEW NON-FUSION TECHNOLOGIES AT TWO INVESTOR MEETINGS SPONSORED BY VISCOGLIOSI BROS., LLC


2003

October 28, 2003 - DEARBORN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI GIVE $250,000 TO SUPPORT SCHOOL'S MODEL U.N. PROGRAM


October 23, 2003 - VISCOGLIOSI BROS. LEADS NEW ROUND FOR RAYMEDICA WITH $5 MILLION


April 4, 2005 - SPINE SOLUTIONS COMPLETES $350 MILLION MERGER WITH SYNTHES-STRATEC

February 6, 2003 - SYNTHES-STRATEC AGREES TO ACQUIRE SPINE SOLUTIONS, INC., A LEADING DEVELOPER OF TOTAL SPINE DISC REPLACEMENT


January 7, 2003 - SPINE SOLUTIONS REPORTS RAPID GROWTH IN PRODISC IMPLANTS AND QUALIFIED SURGEONS IN 2002

2002

November 14, 2002 - NEW PRODISC SURGERY RECEIVES $130,000 BOOST FROM MALAYSIA HEALTH MINISTRY


November 12, 2002 - SPINE SOLUTIONS INC. WINS PATENT CASE IN GERMAN COURT