The film, an official selection at the Vancouver Film Festival
and SILVERDOCS: the AFI/Discovery Channel Film Festival, offers a frank look
at this complex disease , dispels stigma and misconceptions surrounding
schizophrenia, and presents the challenges Smiley 's family has faced while
navigating the public health system.
"Creating Out of the Shadow has allowed me to translate my personal
challenges living with a loved one with schizophrenia into advocacy," said
Smiley.

Additional resources can be found at: http://www. ("Skip") Cummins , Cyberonics' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
will make the presentation.

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'Out of the Shadow ' Filmmaker to Discuss Her Mother's Illness and
Barriers to Care

ATLANTA, The award-winning documentary, Out of the
Shadow, which illuminates the national plight of schizophrenia through one
family's struggle, will be shown at a screening for 1000 mental health
professionals at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in
Atlanta , Georgia.
The film will be introduced by Dr.com .

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Duckworth will tackle issues
including:

* Access - Ensuring that all people living with schizophrenia have access
to integrated services and the latest, most-effective medications;
* Disease Management - While there is no cure for schizophrenia - with
comprehensive treatment schizophrenia can be effectively managed -
allowing people with this illness to live fulfilling and productive
lives; and
* Understanding - Raising public awareness of schizophrenia and reducing
the stigma associated with this challenging and compelling disease.

This disorder causes shifts in a person's mood state, energy level and performance ability.

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The film screening is supported by Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.com.

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Award-Winning Documentary on Schizophrenia to Be Screened at 2005 American Psychiatric Association Meeting

"The film demonstrates that schizophrenia can be effectively managed
when patients receive comprehensive psychosocial services, including safe and
stable housing, family support and access to the latest medications," said
Smiley.outoftheshadow .

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Cyberonics Announces Bear Stearns 18th Annual Healthcare Conference Presentation

The VNS Therapy System has been approved for sale in the European Economic
Area and in Canada as a treatment for depression in patients with treatment-
resistant or treatment-intolerant major depressive episodes , including
unipolar depression and bipolar disorder (manic depression) since 2001.

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Following the film, acclaimed filmmaker Susan Smiley will
participate in an 'up close and personal' question and answer session
moderated by Dr.com

About Janssen - Based in Titusville, N. Stimulation is delivered by the VNS Therapy System(TM), an implantable
generator similar to a cardiac pacemaker .

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cyberonics. The Company's initial market was epilepsy, a
disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. To date, more than 32,000 epilepsy patients in 24 countries have
accumulated over 100,000 patient years of experience using VNS Therapy.
The Company is headquartered in Houston , Texas and has an office in
Brussels, Belgium.

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The making of Out of the Shadow was a personal journey for
director/producer Susan Smiley, whose mother, Millie, lives with
schizophrenia. More than 2 million people in the United States live
with schizophrenia.

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"The film underscores the importance of access to quality care
and is a call to action for mental health professionals and policymakers
alike," he added.P.

ABOUT VNS THERAPY AND CYBERONICS
Cyberonics, Inc.

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CONTACT: Srikant Ramaswami Nicole Barsamian
Janssen Pharmaceutica Barsamian Associates
(609) 730-2612 (212) 595-5749
(609) 647-8195 (mobile ) (917) 692-5037 (mobile)

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com beginning on September 13, 2005 at 8:00 AM EDT. For more information on VNS
Therapy for treatment-resistant depression, including the contraindications,
warnings and precautions, see the Physician's and Patient 's Manuals and other
information at http://www.

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The post-film discussion with Smiley and Dr. For more information, visit
http://www.

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1-877-NOW 4 VNS . For additional information please visit us at
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HOUSTON, Cyberonics, Inc.
The VNS Therapy System was approved by the FDA on July 15, 2005 "as an
adjunctive long-term treatment for chronic or recurrent depression for
patients 18 years of age and older who are experiencing a major depressive
episode and have not had an adequate response to four or more adequate
antidepressant treatments.

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The event will take place on Monday, May 23, at 6:30 pm at
the Hyatt Regency Atlanta , Centennial Ballroom I/II. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director of the National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School. Pamela B. The VNS Therapy System is also approved for sale as a treatment
for epilepsy in all the European Economic Area, Canada , Australia and other
markets.

A combination of drugs and psychotherapy is widely prescribed and will return most patients to a productive life.

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P. Presentation
slides for this conference will be available on-line at
http://www. was founded in 1987 to design, develop and market medical
devices for the long-term treatment of epilepsy, depression and other chronic
treatment-resistant disorders using a unique therapy, vagus nerve stimulation
(VNS). Epilepsy is the second most
prevalent neurological disorder. The Cyberonics VNS Therapy System was
approved by the FDA on July 16, 1997 for use as an adjunctive therapy in
reducing the frequency of seizures in adults and adolescents over 12 years of
age with partial onset seizures that are refractory to antiepileptic
medications .

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"Out of the Shadow offers an honest portrayal of schizophrenia and the
profound challenges family caregivers face when navigating the public health
system on behalf of loved ones with this serious brain disorder," said Ken
Duckworth, MD. The VNS Therapy System delivers
preprogrammed intermittent mild electrical pulses to the vagus nerve in the
patient's neck 24 hours a day." As part of FDA's approval order, Cyberonics is
required to conduct a 450-patient post-market dosing study and a 1,000-
patient, five-year patient outcome registry.vnstherapy.

This illness is long-term but treatable.

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currently markets prescription medications for the treatment of
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Westbrook, Vice President Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer will be available for Q+A.

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Michael Hogan, Chair of the President's
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and Director of the Ohio Department of
Mental Health.
Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder that affects how a person
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(Nasdaq: CYBX)
today announced that Cyberonics' senior management will be attending the Bear
Stearns 18th Annual Healthcare Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York located
in New York City at 2:30 PM on Tuesday, September 13, 2005.