ev3 Inc. Awarded Contracts by Novation

PLYMOUTH, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following an extensive competitive review process, ev3 Inc. (NASDAQ:EVVV) was awarded three, three-year contracts by Novation, the health care contracting and services company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances. Beginning Oct. 1, 2007, the nearly 2,500 hospital members and affiliates of VHA and UHC will have access to ev3’s comprehensive portfolio of peripheral vascular and neurovascular products through Novation’s peripheral interventional, thrombus management and neuro interventional contracts.