SonoSite Awarded Portable Ultrasound Contract with HealthTrust Purchasing Group

  
    
  
  
    
      SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in 
      hand-carried ultrasound at the point-of-care, today announced that 
      HealthTrust Purchasing Group has awarded SonoSite a contract for 
      portable ultrasound. The contract covers SonoSite’s M-Turbo®, S Series™ 
      and MicroMaxx® product lines.
    
    
      “We are very pleased to contract with one of the nation’s most respected 
      health purchasing groups,” said Kevin M. Goodwin, SonoSite President and 
      CEO. “SonoSite’s products provide medical professionals with the power 
      of ultrasound visualization and the benefits of hand-carried portability 
      in an easy-to-use, rugged design that comes with the industry’s only 
      standard 5-year warranty.”
    
    
      SonoSite’s portable ultrasound products provide point-of-care imaging 
      across multiple clinical applications. Using SonoSite hand-carried 
      ultrasound, the HealthTrust membership will have access at the 
      point-of-care to ultrasound diagnostic imaging and real-time visual 
      guidance for interventional procedures.
    
    
      About HealthTrust Purchasing Group
    
    
      HealthTrust Purchasing Group, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., is a 
      group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 not-for-profit 
      and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery 
      centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites. With an annual 
      purchasing volume by its members of more than $15 billion, HealthTrust 
      is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically-recommended 
      products, ensuring their timely delivery and continuously evaluating and 
      improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians it 
      serves. HealthTrust is located at 155 Franklin Road, Suite 400, 
      Brentwood, TN 37027. The Web site is www.healthtrustpg.com.
    
    
      About SonoSite
    
    
      SonoSite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) 
      is the innovator and world leader in hand-carried ultrasound. 
      Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by ten 
      subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. 
      SonoSite’s small, lightweight systems are expanding the use of 
      ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing 
      high performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. The company 
      employs over 600 people worldwide.