Endovascular - Micrus Endovascular to Present at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference

Micrus Endovascular Corporation (NASDAQ:MEND) today announced that Robert Stern, President and Chief Operating Officer, will present at the Piper Jaffray 21^st Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time (7:30 a.m. Pacific time). The conference is being held at The Palace Hotel in New York City.

A live audio webcast of the conference presentation will be available via the Internet by visiting the Investor Relations section of Micrus? Web site at www.micruscorp.com. An archive of the presentation will be available on the Web site for 14 days.

About Micrus Endovascular Corporation

Micrus develops, manufactures and markets implantable and disposable medical devices for use in the treatment of cerebral vascular diseases. Micrus products are used by interventional neuroradiologists, interventional neurologists and endovascularly trained neurosurgeons to treat both cerebral aneurysms responsible for hemorrhagic stroke and intracranial atherosclerosis, which may lead to ischemic stroke. Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke are both significant causes of death and disability worldwide. The Micrus product lines enable physicians to gain access to the brain in a minimally invasive manner through the vessels of the arterial system. Micrus? proprietary, three-dimensional microcoils anatomically deploy within the aneurysm, forming a scaffold that conforms to a wide diversity of aneurysm shapes and sizes. Micrus also sells stents, balloon catheters, access devices such as guide catheters, microcatheters, guidewires and accessory products used in conjunction with its microcoils. For more information, visit www.micruscorp.com.