Scott Huennekens, President and CEO of Volcano Corporation, added, We believe that clinicians will increasingly demand advanced tools such as IVUS to assist in proper stent deployment, expansion, apposition, and lesion coverage. GE Healthcares decision to include IVUS cabling in its standard installation will make it easier for a greater number of physicians and their patients to benefit from Volcanos IVUS technology.

Innova IVUS is currently available for sale to new and existing GE Healthcare customers and will be co-marketed by the GE and Volcano sales and marketing organizations in the United States, Europe, certain markets in Asia and other world markets. GE will also collaborate with Volcano to provide unparalleled cath lab design, installation and field repair/service of this new system. Customers will be able to contract with one vendor, GE, for their purchasing, installation and field service needs.


About Volcano Corporation
Volcano Corporation (VOLC), which completed its IPO in June 2006, offers a broad suite of devices that facilitate endovascular procedures. Volcanos products enhance the diagnosis of vascular and structural heart diseases and guide optimal therapies. The companys IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) product line includes ultrasound consoles that can be integrated directly into virtually any modern cath lab and single-use phased array and rotational IVUS imaging catheters. Volcano also has unique advanced functionality options like VH tissue characterization and IVUS and angiography co-registration. Volcano also provides functional measurement (FM) consoles and single-use pressure and flow guide wires. Currently, more than 2,000 Volcano IVUS and FM systems are installed worldwide, with nearly half of its revenues coming from outside the U.S. For more information, visit the companys website at www.volcanocorp.com.

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