Clarus Medical Systems Receives Patent on New Surgical Instrument.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1998--Clarus Medical Systems Inc., a world leader in endoscopy endoscopy Examination of the body's interior through an instrument inserted into a natural opening or an incision, usually as an outpatient procedure. Endoscopes include the upper gastrointestinal endoscope (for the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum), the colonoscope (for the , today announced receipt of U.S. Patent No. 5,735,792 on a new surgical instrument including viewing optics and an atraumatic atraumatic /atrau·mat·ic/ (a?traw-mat´ik) not producing injury or damage. atraumatic not producing injury or damage. atraumatic adjective Without injury ball probe. This new instrument further complements Clarus' line of fiber-optic spinal endoscopy devices. This addition adds to Clarus' strong patent position in the field of endoscopically assisted surgery and to its ongoing efforts to pioneer less invasive invasive /in·va·sive/ (-siv) 1. having the quality of invasiveness. 2. involving puncture of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body; said of diagnostic techniques. surgical solutions. Clarus' proprietary designs and manufacturing technologies allow it to combine small size, flexibility, state-of-the-art image quality and interventional capability into competitively priced fiber optic endoscopes. "Clarus has patents that apply to all medical areas and we expect to license this technology to companies outside the spinal market while building our own spinal endoscopy product line," stated Tom Barthel, Clarus President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We licensed our line of intracranial intracranial /in·tra·cra·ni·al/ (-kra´ne-al) within the cranium. in·tra·cra·ni·al adj. Within the cranium. neuroendoscopes to Medtronic PS Medical in May, 1997 and the proceeds from that agreement have allowed Clarus to focus on the larger spinal market. Since then, Clarus' spinal products, including LASE(TM), SITEprobe(TM), PercScope(TM) and SITEtrac(TM), have put Clarus in the unique position of having endoscopic en·do·scope n. An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach. en systems that can enable or facilitate less-invasive surgery for virtually all of the 550,000 U.S. spinal surgeries. It is our goal to establish Clarus as The Spinal Endoscopy Company in the medical device market," said Mr. Barthel. Clarus Medical Systems Inc. is a world leader in the development and manufacture of small-fiber endoscopy equipment of minimally invasive surgical applications. The company is located in Golden Valley, MN. For further information, please contact Tom Barthel, President and CEO or Judy Folsom, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , at 612/525-8400. CONTACT: Clarus Medical Systems Tom Barthel, President and CEO or Judy Folsom, CFO 612/525-8400 |
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