BioSphere Medical Announces Year End and 4th Quarter 2002 Earnings Release.Business Editors ROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 BioSphere biosphere, irregularly shaped envelope of the earth's air, water, and land encompassing the heights and depths at which living things exist. The biosphere is a closed and self-regulating system (see ecology), sustained by grand-scale cycles of energy and of Medical (Nasdaq: BSMD), a medical device company that is pioneering the use of bioengineered microspheres to treat hypervascularized tumors and vascular malformations by occluding their blood supply, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 4th quarter and year-end results on Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. Central Time). This call is being webcast by CCBN CCBN Central Coast Bancorp CCBN Charles County Business Network and can be accessed at BioSphere Medical's web site at www.biospheremed.com. The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). About BioSphere Medical, Inc. BioSphere Medical, Inc., based in Rockland, Massachusetts Rockland is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,670 at the 2000 census. with 10,199 total registered voters as of December 31, 2005. , is a medical device company focused on embolotherapy, the treatment of tumors and vascular malformations by occluding their blood supply. The Company is pioneering the use of patented and proprietary bioengineered microspheres as a new class of embolics. BioSphere Medical has received approvals in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada and Australia which allow the Company to sell Embosphere(R) Microspheres for use in general embolization embolization /em·bo·li·za·tion/ (em?bo-li-za´shun) 1. the process or condition of becoming an embolus. 2. therapeutic introduction of a substance into a vessel in order to occlude it. procedures, including uterine fibroid embolization Uterine Fibroid Embolization Definition Uterine fibroids are growths in the muscular tissue of the womb (uterus). Uterine fibroid embolization is non-surgical removal of the growths through the use of a tubular device called a catheter. , and has also received CE Mark approval in the European Community. |
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