Computer Motion Appoints New Vice President of Sales.SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 1999-- Computer Motion Inc. (Nasdaq:RBOT RBOT Rotating Bomb Oxidation Test ), the world leader in medical robotics, Friday announced that it has appointed Gregory J. Ruehle as its new vice president of global sales, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Robert W. Duggan. Ruehle comes to the company with considerable medical device experience, with particular expertise in cardiovascular sales. He was previously employed in senior sales management capacities by Cardiogenesis Corp., Aortech Inc., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical St. Jude Medical, Inc. NYSE: STJ is a $2.9 billion global cardiovascular device company, with headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. The company sells products in more than 100 countries and has over 20 operations and manufacturing facilities worldwide. Inc. "We are pleased to have hired a sales professional of Greg's caliber to further our transition from a technology-based company to a profitable sales and marketing-based company," stated Duggan. "As we focus more on the cardiovascular market as a company, we couldn't have a more knowledgeable person than Greg Ruehle. Greg has significant cardiovascular surgeon relationships throughout the world, particularly in the United States and Europe." Computer Motion is creating the cornerstone technologies and products for today's Intelligent Operating Room(TM). The company develops, manufactures and markets proprietary computer-enhanced and robotic surgical systems that enhance surgeons' capabilities, improve outcomes and reduce costs. Computer Motion's products include the AESOP Aesop (ē`səp, ē`sŏp), legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th cent. B.C. and eventually was freed by his master. (R) 3000, a voice-controlled endoscope endoscope, any instrument used to look inside the body. Usually consisting of a fiber-optic tube attached to a viewing device, endoscopes are used to explore and biopsy such areas as the colon and the bronchi of the lungs. positioning system; the HERMES(TM) Control Center, a centralized system that enables the surgeon to voice control a network of "smart" medical devices; and the ZEUS(TM) Robotic Surgical System for new minimally invasive microsurgery microsurgery or micromanipulation Surgical technique for operating on minute structures, with specialized, tiny precision instruments under observation through a microscope, sometimes equipped with cameras to show the operation on a monitor. procedures, such as endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (E-CABG(TM)). The ZEUS System is currently under an FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption An Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) allows the investigational device to be used in a clinical study in order to collect safety and effectiveness data required to support a Premarket Approval (PMA) application or a Premarket Notification [510(k)] submission to Food and (IDE) study and is CE Marked for commercial sale in Europe. The company's Internet Web site is www.ComputerMotion.com. |
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