NuVasive Relocates To Expanded State-Of-The-Art Facility

NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today its relocation to an expanded state-of-the-art facility to accommodate future growth and the accelerating demand for surgeon education and training on its noninvasive spine surgery.

The three-story, leased building is located in San Diego and triples the Company¡¦s available space to 62,367 square feet. Conveniently situated in the Towne Centre Technology Park, this facility provides additional capacity to accommodate the warehousing and distribution of products, instrument sets and implants. It also triples our fabrication capabilities for instrument prototyping and it enhances our Absolute Responsiveness program to customers by providing custom features to their specifications.

The facility houses an expanded Cadaver Operating Theatre comprised of six surgical suites for the training of surgeons and sales representatives. The operating theater has been equipped with the state-of-the-art surgical and technological advancements, ensuring the most accurate and precise training experience using the Company¡¦s MASÆË platform.

Alexis V. Lukianov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, remarked, ¡§The continued momentum in surgeon adoption of our leading spine surgery products and technologies demands the increased warehousing, training and distribution capacity this new headquarters provides. We are particularly excited about our enhanced and expanded Cadaver Operating Theatre. It enables us to train six individual surgeons simultaneously and up to 24 surgeons in a classroom format. We believe our theatre is the finest corporate on-site spine training facility in the United States today.¡¨

As of January 24, 2005 the Company¡¦s new headquarters address and main telephone number will be:

NuVasive, Inc.
4545 Towne Centre Court
San Diego, CA 92121
858-909-1800
toll free: 800-455-1476