A jury in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, returned a verdict in the ongoing litigation between Luna Innovations Incorporated and Hansen Medical, Inc. The jury found in favor of Hansen determining that Luna Innovations breached its contract with Hansen as well as misappropriated trade secrets belonging to Hansen. The jury awarded approximately $36 million in damages to Hansen.

Luna Innovations is evaluating the outcome, will file post-trial motions and will make a determination as to whether it intends to appeal the outcome at a later date.

About Luna Innovations:
Luna Innovations Incorporated (www.lunainnovations.com) is focused on sensing and instrumentation, and pharmaceutical nanomedicines. Luna develops and manufactures new-generation products for the healthcare, telecommunications, energy and defense markets. Our products are used to measure, monitor, protect and improve critical processes in the markets we serve. Through its disciplined commercialization business model, Luna has become a recognized leader in transitioning science to solutions. Luna is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.

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