RNS Number:5572R
LiDCO Group Plc
03 November 2003




                                LiDCO GROUP Plc


                       Japanese Launch of PulseCO Monitor


LiDCO, the UK-based, AIM-traded cardiovascular monitoring company, announces
that it has been informed by Nipro Corporation, its Japanese Distributor, that
it officially launched the PulseCO Monitor in Japan at the major congress of the
Japanese Clinical Anaesthesia Society. Already several important and influential
hospitals are evaluating the product with numerous other hospitals requesting
evaluations following the launch.


The market launch in Japan expands the Company's sales coverage into the world's
second largest market for the Company's products. As part of its marketing
plans, Nipro intends to exhibit the PulseCO Monitor extensively over the next
six months at major congresses and meetings in Japan, including at the Japanese
Society of Artificial Organ Transplant, Japanese Coronary Association, Japanese
Circulation Society, Japanese Surgical Society and the Japanese Society of
Anaesthesiologists. Nipro has 50 branch offices and a sales force of 200.


Mr Toshiaki Masuda, General Manager of Nipro's Intervention and Anaesthesiology
Products, commented "Nipro is delighted to offer its Japanese customers access
to the PulseCO technology. This is exciting technology that can have a
significant impact on patient care in Japan. Its minimally invasive and real
time approach to monitoring offers significant advantages over competitive
technologies."



Enquiries:

LiDCO Group Plc                                                  020-7749 1500
Terry O'Brien (CEO) terry@lidco.com                              020-7749 1502
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Richard Mills (FD) richard@lidco.com                             020-7749 1509
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Charles Ponsonby (PR) charles.ponsonby@bankside.com              020-7444 4166
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