HealthTronics to Present at Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference

    Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

    AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2005--HealthTronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTRN) today announced that Brad A. Hummel, President & CEO and John Q. Barnidge, Senior Vice President & CFO, will present at the Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at approximately 12:00 noon ET.
    The audio/visual presentation will be webcast live via the Investors section of the Company's web site at www.healthtronics.com. To listen to the live webcast, go to the web site at least 10 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. If you are unable to listen live, the meeting will be archived on the Company's web site.

    About HealthTronics, Inc.

    HealthTronics provides healthcare services, primarily to the urology community, and manufactures medical devices as well as specialty vehicles used for the transport of high technology medical and broadcast & communications equipment. For more information, visit www.healthtronics.com.
    Statements in the presentation referenced in this press release that are not strictly historical, including statements regarding plans, objective and future financial performance, are "forward-looking" statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although HealthTronics believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the expectations will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from HealthTronics' expectations include, among others, the existence of demand for and acceptance of HealthTronics' services, the integration of Prime's and HealthTronics' businesses, regulatory approvals, economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, financing efforts and other factors described from time to time in HealthTronics' periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: HealthTronics, Inc., Austin Brad A. Hummel or John Q. Barnidge, 512-314-4554 www.healthtronics.com or Investor Relations Counsel: The Equity Group Inc. Loren G. Mortman, 212-836-9604 LMortman@equityny.com or Lauren Barbera, 212-836-9610 LBarbera@equityny.com www.theequitygroup.com

KEYWORD: TEXAS NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL MEDICAL DEVICES BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCT SOURCE: HealthTronics, Inc.

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