LifeScience Alley(TM) Conference & Expo Showcase to Highlight Innovative New Technologies

Seven organizations will exhibit novel life science technologies.
MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
LifeScience Alley(TM) announced today that seven life science
organizations from around the Upper Midwest will be exhibiting novel
technologies at the association's Annual Conference on December 10 as
part of the New Technology Showcase. Three of these organizations will
be presenting their technologies/products during the mid-morning
President's General Session. The goal of the New Technology Showcase
is to highlight leading life science technologies with the potential
to greatly impact healthcare delivery.

The three presenting organizations -- Cardious, Inc. (St. Paul,
MN), EchoMetrix LLC (Mount Horeb, WI), and NanoInterventions LLC (St.
Paul, MN) -- will be showcasing a minimally invasive aortic valve
replacement therapy, a soft-tissue injuries ultrasound device, and a
mouse stent model for cardiovascular therapy screening, respectively.
These organizations will be joined in the New Technology Showcase
exhibit area by the other finalists: Immunochemistry Technologies LLC
(Bloomington, MN), Kinexum Metabolics (Burnsville, MN), NeoChord, Inc.
(Minnetonka, MN), and Vasamed, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN). These
finalists will be showcasing a non-invasive fluorescent detection
probe for live animal imaging, a peptide that stimulates stem cells in
the pancreas to develop into normal insulin secreting tissue, a
minimally invasive device to treat mitral valve regurgitation, and a
Peripheral Arterial Disease non-invasive diagnostic testing
technology, respectively.

Steve Mertens, Sr. Vice President of Research and Development with
the Cardiovascular division at Boston Scientific (who is sponsoring
the New Technology Showcase), said, "We focus our efforts on
developing and delivering innovative solutions at Boston Scientific.
Identifying and highlighting breakthrough technology is important to
driving the life science industry."

About the Selection Process

This year's finalists were selected by an expert industry panel.
Presenting and exhibiting organizations are selected based on the
novelty of their technology and the impact it represents to the life
sciences and healthcare.

About the LifeScience Alley(TM) Conference & Expo

The largest convocation of life science industry professionals in
the Upper Midwest, LifeScience Alley's annual conference attracts over
1,500 attendees from more than 25 states and 12 countries. The goal of
the conference is to convene the life science industry under one
umbrella to share new insights of emerging trends, technologies and
practices. The conference & expo will be held at the Minneapolis
Convention Center in downtown Minneapolis on December 10, 2008, and
will feature four general sessions, seven educational seminar tracks,
a new technology showcase, a state legislative hearing, a student
poster session, and an exhibit hall featuring over 160 exhibitors. For
more information, visit www.lifesciencealley.org or
www.lifesciencealleyconference.org.

LifeScience Alley
Ryan Baird, 952-746-3818
rbaird@lifesciencealley.org

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