Malvern, Pennsylvania, July 16, 2010: Siemens is proud to announce that its syngo® iFlow has been honored with a 2010 R&D 100 Award by the editors of R&D Magazine. syngo iFlow ˆ Dynamic Flow Evaluation won in the Bioscience category. The annual awards event ˆ now in its 48th year ˆsalutes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.

For use in the interventional suite, syngo® iFlow allows the creation of a static image displaying dynamic information, making flow visualization easier. syngo iFlow is a single image that shows the user the history of the contrast media through the vessels, in full color, at the click of a button. This dynamic flow evaluation provides a greater understanding of the contrast flow within the pathology, greater ease in visualizing the success of a procedure and assists the clinician in image review by showing a complete Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) run in a single image.

Winners of the R&D 100 Awards are selected by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine. Winners will be recognized at the R&D 100 Awards Banquet on November 11, in Orlando, Florida.

The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source ˆ from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 48,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. In fiscal year 2009 (to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 11.9 billion euros and profit of around 1.5 billion euros.

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