Tensys® T-Line® Enjoys Broad Adoption in Leading Regional Medical Centers

Scripps Green Hospital, Harris Methodist Hospital and Lahey Clinic All Acquire Tensys® T-Line® to Provide Staff With Better, More Effective Control Over Patient Safety

San Diego, CA | October 6, 2003 - Tensys® Medical, the leader in real-time blood pressure management, today announced that an additional three leading regional medical centers have acquired multiple Tensys® T-Line® systems. The additional centers include Scripps Green Hospital, in La Jolla, California; Harris Methodist Hospital, in Ft. Worth, Texas; and Lahey Clinic, in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The Tensys® T-Line® is an FDA-cleared medical device providing anesthesiologists better, more effective control over patient safety during surgery by allowing them to quickly monitor and manage blood pressure variations.

"The T-Line® has enjoyed rapid adoption across nearly all of our anesthesia staff," said Layne Rasmussen, Chief of Anesthesia at Green Hospital at Scripps Clinic. "The T-Line® has quickly become a sought after monitor; its daily utilization speaks well for the recognition of its positive impact on patient safety," continued Dr. Rasmussen.

"We have acquired over 35 new customers during the third quarter and are showing no signs of slowing as we head into the end of the year," said Michael Martin, CEO of Tensys® Medical. "This growing momentum and swift clinical adoption speaks volumes for the T-Line® and its positive impact on improving patient safety via real-time, non-invasive, continuous monitoring."

There are currently two primary methods used by anesthesiologists to monitor blood pressure during surgery. The T-Line®, via its continuous, real-time data, is far more effective than the traditional cuff method and has clinically equivalent accuracy to that of the arterial line (A-line). The Tensys® device uses a transdermal pressure sensor to continuously yet non-invasively measure blood pressure at the radial artery.

Tensys® Medical will be demonstrating the Tensys® T-Line® at booth #808 at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in San Francisco from October 11-15, 2003. For more information on the meeting, please visit www.asahq.org.

About Tensys® Medical

Tensys Medical, Inc. is the leader in real-time blood pressure management. The Tensys T-Line, the company's lead product, was cleared by the FDA in November 2002 as a medical device providing anesthesiologists with a non-invasive, continuous real-time blood pressure management tool.

The Tensys® T-Line® measures a patient's blood pressure at the radial artery. It offers anesthesiologists better, more effective control over patient safety during surgery by allowing them to quickly monitor and manage blood pressure variations. The T-Line®, via its continuous, real-time data, is far more effective than the traditional cuff method and has clinically equivalent accuracy to that of the arterial line (A-line). The device is based on Tensymetry®, the company's proprietary and patented technology, for non-invasively extracting the continuous, beat-to-beat pressure waveform from the radial artery without the use of any external calibration device. The science of Tensymetry® is broadly protected and is the result of over six years of research and development. Prior to its official product launch in March 2003, the Tensys® T-Line® was tested in approximately 500 surgical cases nationwide.

Tensys® Medical is based in San Diego, California and was founded in November 1995. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.tensysmedical.com.

Company Contacts:

Bill Markle
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
Tensys® Medical, Inc.
858.522.1941 x211
bmarkle@tensysmedical.com

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