Sutura, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Abbott Laboratories And Perclose, Inc. (now Abbott Vascular Devices)

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 21, 2006 -- Sutura, Inc. ("Sutura") (OTCBB: SUTU), a California-based medical device company, announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories and its Perclose unit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. In its Complaint filed December 21, 2006, Sutura asserts that Abbott and Perclose have been infringing on Sutura's patents for vascular and cardiovascular suturing.