Bovie Medical Corporation to Open First European Headquarters.Business/Health Editors MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 4, 2000 Bovie Medical Corporation (BOVI: OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB), today announced the formation of a sales and marketing headquarters in Munich, Germany. It is anticipated the facility will commence business October 1, 2000. Manfred Sablowski, Bovie's vice president (of European sales and marketing) will head the new sales office. Mr. Sablowski previously managed the electrosurgery electrosurgery /elec·tro·sur·gery/ (-ser´jer-e) surgery performed by electrical methods; the active electrode may be a needle, bulb, or disk.electrosur´gical e·lec·tro·sur·ger·y n. sales efforts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for a large multi-national medical company. In addition to over 16 years of experience in electrosurgery product sales, Mr. Sablowski was also responsible for the introduction of many new products in the European marketplace. "The worldwide recognition of the Bovie name in electrosurgery was a key ingredient in our decision to establish a European headquarters. This is a strategically important step in the future growth of the Company, which should impact revenues later this year." Mr. Sablowski stated. He added, "Bovie continues to demonstrate leadership in the world electrosurgical marketplace. Recently, the Company announced FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval for its Bovie 2100, a 200 watt watt [for James Watt], abbr. W, unit of power, or work done per unit time, equal to 1 joule per second. It is used as a measure of electrical and mechanical power. generator used in hospital and out patient surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. , which will be launched shortly worldwide in conjunction with a complete line of electrosurgical pencils, electrodes Electrodes Tiny wires in adhesive pads that are applied to the body for ECG measurement. Mentioned in: Electrocardiography and return pads. This product adds to our extensive generator line as we work to offer our customers a full range of electrosurgical products." Bovie Medical Corporation is engaged in the engineering, marketing and manufacturing of electrosurgical medical products. This document may contain some forward looking statements, particularly regarding operational prospects in 2000 and beyond, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks are listed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings. |
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