Stentys Bifurcated Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation Broadcasted ‘Live’ During ‘TCT 2007' Scientific Symposium

PARIS--(Marketwire - October 30, 2007) - Stentys (http://www.stentys.com) announced today that its bifurcated stent was successfully implanted last week into a 55-year-old female patient at the HELIOS Heart Center in Siegburg, Germany. Dr. Ulrich Gerckens and Dr. Ralf Mueller of the HELIOS Heart Center performed the Stentys procedure ‘live’ via satellite transmission from their hospital’s ‘cath lab’ during the ‘TCT 2007' (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) scientific symposium in Washington, D.C., for an audience comprised of international cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and industry executives.

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