NuVasive to Present at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Healthcare ...( SAN DIEGO May 7 /- NuVasive Inc. (Nas...),Health

SAN DIEGO, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that Alex Lukianov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Kevin O'Boyle, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present at the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Healthcare Conference at The Palace Hotel in New York, New York on Thursday, May 14, 2009, at 9:20 a.m. ET.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available online from the investor relations page of the Company's corporate website at www.nuvasive.com. After the live webcast, the presentation will remain available on the website for 30 days.

About NuVasive

NuVasive is a medical device company focused on the design, development, and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders. The Company's product portfolio is focused primarily on the $4.6 billion U.S. spine implant market. Additionally, the Company has expanded into the $1.5 billion global biologics market, the $1.5 billion international market, and is developing products for the emerging motion preservation market.

NuVasive's principal product offering is based on its Maximum Access Surgery, or MAS(R) platform. The MAS platform combines four categories of products that collectively minimize soft tissue disruption during spine surgery with maximum visualization and safe, easy reproducibility for the surgeon: NeuroVision(R), a proprietary software-driven nerve avoidance system; MaXcess(R), a unique split-blade retractor system; a wide variety of specialized implants; and several biologic fusion enhancers. MAS significantly reduces surgery time and returns pati
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