Synergy News:

Synergy Life Science Partners Closes $143M Debut Medical Device Fund
January 8, 2008

Portfolio Company News:

TransEnterix, INC. Names Experienced Medical Device Executive Todd M. Pope As President, CEO
September 24, 2008

TransEnterix Secures $21 Million in First Round of Institutional Financing
January 9, 2008

InnerPulse Inc. Appoints W. Eugene Sanders, Jr., M.D. as Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
July 10, 2007

InnerPulse Inc. secures $50 million in new equity financing
January 29, 2007

Professional Organizations:

Cardiac Rhythm Management:
Heart Rhythm Society

Obesity:
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons

Ophthalmology:
American Ophthalmology Society

Surgery:
American College of Surgeons

Minimally Invasive Surgery:
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research

News Articles:

Cardiac Rhythm Management:
Frequently Asked Questions about SCF-HeFT

Obesity:
To Heal Diabetes, Doctors Push Weight-Loss Surgery
Obese Kids Face Higher Risk of Heart Disease in Adulthood

NOTES:
A Primer on Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery: Building a New Paradigm