BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 19, 2012) - LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LMD) ("LED" or the "Company") announces that, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, it is undertaking a non-brokered expedited private placement of Common Shares at an issue price of $0.25 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $1 million. LED has, subject to TSX Venture Exchange Approval, completed the first tranche of the private placement of 3,350,000 Common Shares at an issue price of $0.25 for gross proceeds of $837,500.

All of the securities issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a restricted period that expires four months after the issuance date.

The proceeds will be used by LED to support product development, to purchase inventory and for working capital purposes.

LED paid finders' fees totaling $38,325 and granted 153,300 finder's warrants in connection with the first tranche of the private placement. Each finder's warrant is non-transferable and exercisable into one Common Share at $0.30 per Common Share for a term that expires 18 months after the issuance date.

About LED Medical Diagnostics Inc.

LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, LED Dental Inc., is the manufacturer of the Velscope Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment System. Velscope Vx devices, the first to apply tissue fluorescence visualization technology to the oral cavity, are used to conduct more screenings for oral cancer and other oral diseases than any other adjunctive device in the world. To date, the VELscope has sold over 12,000 units, and been used to perform an estimated 20 million exams. For more information, call +1 (604) 434-4614, or visit [ www.velscope.com ].

About the VELscope Vx

The Velscope Vx is a powerful FDA-approved tool used to screen for oral cancer. It saves lives and decreases mortality by helping clinicians detect early stage oral cancer, pre-cancer, and other abnormalities in the mouth such as viral, fungal and bacterial infections. For more information please call +1 (604) 434-4614, or visit [ www.velscope.com ].