Kyphon Inc. To Present At 24th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kyphon Inc. today announced that Arthur Taylor, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the 24th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (2:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Thursday, January 12, 2006, at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on Kyphon's corporate Web site at www.kyphon.com. An archive of the presentation will be available for replay following the conference.

About Kyphon

Kyphon develops and markets medical devices designed to restore spinal function using minimally invasive technologies. The company's KyphX line of products are used in Balloon Kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive procedure to treat spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis or cancer. For more information, visit Kyphon's Web site at http://www.kyphon.com .

NOTE: Kyphon and KyphX are registered trademarks of Kyphon Inc.

CONTACT: Julie D. Tracy, Vice President, Investor Relations and CorporateMarketing of Kyphon Inc., +1-408-548-6500, or jtracy@kyphon.com

Web site: http://www.kyphon.com/