NuVasive Focused On Surgeon Support And Showcasing Industry-Leading Products At North American Spine Society 29th Annual Meeting

NuVasive, Inc.

("NuVasive or the "Company"), a medical device company focused on developing minimally disruptive surgical products and procedures for the spine, today announced that it will attend the 29th North American Spine Society ("NASS") Annual Meeting, held November 12-15, 2014, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The Company's attendance underscores NuVasive's ongoing commitment to surgeon support through numerous educational workshops and the exhibition of several of the Company's products and procedures that have revolutionized the spine industry. "Absolute Responsiveness™ to our surgeon customers and rapid, differentiated innovation has and will always be a cornerstone of NuVasive's mission to deliver superior clinical outcomes and transform the quality of patient health care," said Alex Lukianov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NuVasive. "This year at NASS, we are tremendously excited to provide surgeons with educational opportunities on our product suite, while also showcasing the breadth of our procedurally integrated solutions. Our portfolio of innovative spinal solutions is robust, placing us in an exceptional position to drive the next wave of innovation with a cutting-edge, truly integrated approach." Lukianov continued, "Proper alignment of the spine is the most correlative driver to positive long-term outcomes and is of extreme importance to overall health. Our latest innovations address deformity with an integrated assembly of technology that provides an unprecedented global approach to spine surgery. This level of maintaining and improving alignment is the critical next step in revolutionizing spine surgery as we remain dedicated to delivering even better clinical outcomes for our surgeon customers and ever-improving patient results." NuVasive's NASS Exhibit Booth Details Surgeon support and collaboration will be central to NuVasive's presence at NASS as the Company exhibits products and procedural innovations that align closely with surgeon needs. Surgeon education will also be a central focus with the Company providing hands-on, in-booth product demonstrations, numerous surgical workshops and other learning opportunities. In addition, the Company will present its products and procedural innovations that have enabled NuVasive to become the third largest player in the $8.7 billion global spine market. Recently launched products like the Bendini® Spinal Rod Bending System and the XLIF® Decade™ Plate, and new procedures like ALIF and XLIF ACR™ to correct sagittal alignment will be showcased at the NuVasive exhibit booth (#1719). NuVasive will also feature its industry-leading Precept® for posterior fixation, Armada® for deformity, MAS® TLIF, MAS PLIF, XLIF and ALIF products, along with its comprehensive cervical portfolio and NVM5® neuromonitoring system, at its NASS exhibit. NuVasive's in-booth presentations at the NASS Annual Meeting include: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. PT: XLIF Applications 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. PT: Anterior Column Realignment (ACR): Techniques to Restore Global Alignment 3:05 - 3:35 p.m. PT: XLIF Single Approach Surgery Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:10 - 9:40 a.m. PT: Surgical Accuracy and Efficiency with Computer-Assisted Rod Bending 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. PT: Anterior Column Realignment (ACR): Techniques to Restore Global Alignment 3:10 - 3:40 p.m. PT: Single Approach Anterior Cervical Multi-Level Reconstruction Friday, November 14, 2014 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. PT: The Better Way Back®: Getting XLIF Patients Back in the Game 12:00 -1:00 p.m. PT: The Better Way Back: How to Support Your Patients To reference the NASS program, please visit: https://www.spine.org/Documents/Annual%20Meeting/FinalProgram2014.pdf For more information about NASS please visit: https://www.spine.org/AM/Pages/NASS2014.aspx