Press Releases

BOTHELL, WA - January 20, 2011 - Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced that it will report the company’s fourth quarter and full-year financial results on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the close of market and will host a conference call at 1:30 pm PT/4:30 ET. The call will be broadcast live and can be accessed via Sonosite’s website at www.sonosite.com/investorinformation/webcasts .

A replay of the audio webcast will be available beginning February 17th at 5:30 pm PT and will be available until March 3rd at 9:59 pm PT by dialing (719) 457-0820 or toll-free (888) 203-1112. The confirmation code 2745372 is required to access the replay. The call will also be archived on Sonosite’s website.

About Sonosite Sonosite, Inc. ( www.sonosite.com ) is the innovator and world leader in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound and an industry leader in ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology and impedance cardiography equipment. 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.

US Sector Achieves an All Time High in Quarterly Revenues of $40 Million, Up 35% VisualSonics (VSI) Acquisition Delivers Second Consecutive Strong Quarter Company Experienced Improving Momentum and Market Dynamics

BOTHELL, WA – January 10, 2011 – Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced preliminary revenue results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

Revenue for the fourth quarter was approximately $89 million, an increase of 27% for the quarter. Full-year 2010 revenue reached $275 million compared to $227 million in 2009, an increase of 21%.

VisualSonics revenue was $8.8 million for the quarter, representing the second consecutive strong performance since the company was acquired in June 2010.

Sonosite revenue, excluding VSI, was approximately $80 million, an increase of 15% compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, and $257 million for the full-year, an increase of 13%.

US Revenue Up 17% International Revenue Up 7% VisualSonics Revenue Up 30% Conference Call Webcast Live Today at 1:30 pm Pacific/4:30 pm Eastern

BOTHELL, WA - October 21, 2010 - Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

REVENUE Revenue increased 28% in the third quarter to $68.5 million and increased 18% for the nine months of 2010 to $186.1 million, as compared to the prior year.

Revenue included $8.7 million for the third quarter and nine months from the recently acquired VisualSonics (VSI).

Excluding VSI, revenue in the third quarter was $59.8 million, an increase of 12% compared to the third quarter of 2009, and $177.4 million, an increase of 12% for the nine months just ended.

BOTHELL, WA - October 14, 2010 - Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced that its latest breakthrough in ultrasound imaging, Advanced Needle Visualization, will be featured at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting. This technology was first introduced in July 2010 and is a proprietary imaging algorithm that intensifies the brightness of the needle, making it clearly visible during a steep angle nerve block approach for deep targets, conditions under which the needle has previously been very difficult to image. The conference is being held in San Diego, California at the San Diego Convention Center, October 16-18, 2010

As a solution for the "lost needle phenomenon," which has been a well-known limitation in ultrasound needle imaging, anesthesiologists worldwide have quickly responded to Advanced Needle Visualization as a key tool for saving time, and improving patient safety. The algorithm enables physicians to increase confidence through visualization of the needle, which may result in less procedure time while maintaining fully-diagnostic image quality from near to far field, preserving anatomical detail.