NuVasive to Present at Cowen and Company 29th Annual Healthcare ...( SAN DIEGO March 11 /- NuVasive Inc. (...),Health

SAN DIEGO, March 11 /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 Patrick Williams, Vice President Finance is scheduled to present at the Cowen & Company 29th Annual Healthcare Conference at The Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 8:00 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 NuVasive's 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 on applications in the over $4.6 billion U.S. spine fusion market. The Company's current principal product offering includes a minimally disruptive surgical platform called Maximum Access Surgery, or MAS(R), as well as a growing offering of biologics, cervical and motion preservation products.

The MAS platform offers advantages for both patients and surgeons such as reduced surgery and hospitalization time and faster recovery. MAS combines four categories of current product offerings: NeuroVision(R) a proprietary software-driven nerve avoidance system; MaXcess(R) a unique split-blade design retraction system; biologics; and specialized implants, like SpheRx(R) and CoRoent(R), that collectively minimize soft tissue disruption during spine surgery while allowing maximum visibility and surgical reproducibility. NuVasive's product offering is also focused on cervical inte
'/>"/>