NDS Surgical Imaging Expands Medical Visualization Informatics Capabilities with the Acquisition of Rivulet Communications; Forms New Network Visualization Group and Announces Development of New Networking Product Line

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) today announced the acquisition of the technology
and other assets of Rivulet Communications and the creation of its new Network
Visualization (NetViz) Group. With this acquisition, NDSsi will be developing a
network product to deliver a compelling high-definition end-to-end solution that
will display, stream, capture, archive, and remotely access surgical image data.

The newly formed NetViz Group will be led by Chris Roller, Vice President of
Engineering, NetViz Group, and will include a number of former Rivulet
employees. The Rivulet team previously developed a patented Quality of Service
(QoS) solution for congested IP networks to provide the level of quality
required for the demanding application of high definition medical-grade video
delivery in real time.

Chris Roller stated, "Rivulet has provided customers with a well integrated and
very reliable system for managing medical multimedia within the hospital
environment. We are excited to integrate network visualization into NDSsi`s
market-leading surgical, diagnostic and wireless visualization technology
portfolio."

Jens Ruppert, Vice President and General Manager of the Surgical Business Unit,
said, "Our customers will now be able to provide products that will allow the
surgeon and OR staff to securely view, edit and access surgical images at any
time and from anywhere - whether it is immediately inside the OR at the end of a
case, days later from the doctor`s home office, or via live video to a
conference room."

NDSsi`s networking products will be purpose-built for recording, inter-hospital
and extra-hospital streaming, network distribution of live surgical video, and
will deliver a high performance and reliable solution for today`s surgical
environments. This new offering is expected to improve patient outcomes and help
drive OR productivity by providing instant and multiple access points to
clinically relevant video and images. The complete solution will offer greater
flexibility to clinicians from pre-operative diagnostics, to intra-operative
endoscopy, and on to post-operative evaluation.

John Murphy, President and CEO of NDSsi, explained, "As a medical visualization
innovator that strives to enable new clinical imaging solutions and fuel
collaborative medicine, this new development is very exciting as it continues to
build on our long term vision of medical visualization informatics. The
acquisition of Rivulet`s technology, along with Dome and TZero before it,
positions NDSsi within the medical industry as a world leader in interwoven
specialties that include Surgical Visualization, Diagnostic Visualization,
Wireless Visualization, and now Network Visualization. These four technology
pillars, applied exclusively to clinical applications, together create the
unique differentiation we desire in serving our customers."

About NDS Surgical Imaging

Based in Silicon Valley, California, NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) provides
visualization systems that enable medical and surgical imaging solutions from
the radiology reading room to the OR, surgical and interventional suites. NDSsi
products have revolutionized medical imaging applications for more than 12
years.

As the company moves into the next decade of innovation, the core focus remains
to deliver cutting-edge visualization display products and informatics
appliances that enable new clinical imaging solutions and fuel collaborative
medicine. NDSsi is a privately-held company with US-based R&D and manufacturing
and a global presence, with 200,000 systems installed in more than 35 countries
worldwide. For more information, visit www.ndssi.com.

NDS Surgical Imaging
Jenna Kuhl, 408-776-0085
Marketing Communications Manager
jkuhl@ndssi.com

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