ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug 4, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNO) will host a live Webcast of its fiscal third-quarter conference call on Wednesday, August 18, at 10:00 a.m. CT. Synovis President and Chief Executive Officer Karen Gilles Larson and Chief Financial Officer Connie Magnuson will discuss the company's results for the period ended July 31, 2004. The company will issue a pre-market earnings news release on Wednesday, August 18.

To access the live Webcast, go to the investor information section of the company's Web site, http://www.synovislife.com , on the day of the conference call and click on the Webcast icon. A Webcast replay will be available beginning at noon CT, Wednesday, August 18, 2004.

If you do not have access to the Internet and want to listen to an audio replay of the third-quarter conference call, dial (800) 405-2236 and enter access number 11005001. The audio replay will be available beginning at noon CT on Wednesday, August 18, through 6:00 p.m. CT on Friday, August 20.

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., based in St. Paul, Minn., is a diversified medical device company engaged in developing, manufacturing and bringing to market medical devices for the surgical and interventional treatment of disease. For additional information on Synovis Life Technologies and its businesses, visit the company's Web site at http://www.synovislife.com .

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