Cardica to Announce Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Financial Results on Thursday, October 29, 2009

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that it will release financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2009, on Thursday, October 29, 2009, after the markets close. Cardica's management will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the financial results and provide an update on the company's business.

Conference Call Details

To access the live conference call on October 29, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time via phone, please dial 866-713-8562 from the United States and Canada or 617-597-5310 internationally. The conference ID is 91147635. Please dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephone replay will be available beginning approximately one hour after the call through November 5, 2009, and may be accessed by dialing 888-286-8010 from the United States and Canada or 617-801-6888 internationally. The replay passcode is 59062423.

To access the live and subsequently archived webcast of the conference call, go to the Investor Relations section of Cardica's website at www.cardica.com. Please connect to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to allow for any necessary software downloads.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents at www.streetevents.com, a password-protected event management site.

About Cardica

Cardica is a leading provider of automated anastomosis systems for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. By replacing hand-sewn sutures with easy-to-use automated systems, Cardica's products provide cardiovascular surgeons with rapid, reliable and consistently reproducible anastomoses, or connections of blood vessels, often considered the most critical aspect of the CABG procedure. Cardica's C-Port(R) Distal Anastomosis Systems are marketed in the United States and Europe and its PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System is marketed in the United States, Europe and Japan. In addition, the company is developing the Cardica Microcutter, a true multi-fire endoscopic stapling device designed to be used in a variety of settings including bariatric, thoracic and general surgery.

SOURCE Cardica, Inc.