John L. Bridge Named Chief Executive Officer at Teratech Corporation

Teratech Corporation today announced the appointment of John Bridge as Chief Executive Officer, reporting to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Bridge takes over the CEO responsibilities from Teratech’s founder, Dr. Alice M. Chiang, who will remain with the Company as Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer.

“I am very pleased that John has agreed to accept this enhanced role in shaping our strategy, guiding our management and directing our operations”, said Dr. Chiang. “John is a true leader and has made an important impact on Teratech since joining as President a year ago. I look forward to working with John in our new roles as we drive for industry recognition and leadership.”

“I am very pleased to take on this expanded role in helping to write Teratech’s next chapter of success”, said Bridge. “My goal is to work with Alice, our management team and employees to leverage Teratech’s unique capabilities into a value proposition that resonates with customers.”

Headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, Terason, a division of Teratech Corporation (www.terason.com), is a diagnostic ultrasound technology company setting new standards for image quality, ease of use, size and cost. Using breakthrough system integration technologies, Terason helps improve patient care by enabling compact equipment to generate diagnostic images previously possible only using large, expensive machines. The leading manufacturer of high performance laptop ultrasound imaging systems, Terason was established in 1994 as a spin-off of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory. Since Terason introduced its first product in 2001, thousands of ultrasound systems have been shipped throughout the world both to clinicians and to partners such as Siemens, BrainLab and Endocare. The company’s unique Teratech™ Architecture and Fusion™ Processor technologies enable exceptional image quality, system miniaturization and value.