Computer Motion Executives to Present FDA Regulatory Clearance Status Information During Live Interactive Webcast.

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002

Minimally Invasive Surgery Technology Using

Computer-Assisted Tools Discussed

on One Year Anniversary of World's First Telesurgery Procedure

When: Thursday, September 26, at 2 PM EST

Where: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=8134

Hosts: Robert W. Duggan, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Computer
        Motion

       Joseph M. DeVivo, President and COO, Computer Motion

Guests: W. Douglas Boyd, MD, Director, Minimally Invasive and
         Robotic Surgery, Section Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland
         Clinic Weston

        Carlos Gracia, MD, Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery, UCLA
         Medical Center

Computer Motion, Inc. (Nasdaq:RBOT) will present information about the status of the company's FDA regulatory applications and introduce new members of the executive staff in a live interactive webcast from Los Angeles on Thursday, September 26, at 2 p.m. EST.

The company's ZEUS TS(TM) System was used to perform the world's first telesurgery, "Operation Lindbergh," on September 7, 2001, between New York and Strasbourg, France.

Dr. Boyd is one of the original pioneers in the field of robotic and telecollaborative surgery. He performed the world's first totally endoscopic beating heart coronary artery bypass with the ZEUS(R) system, and also performed the world's first transpacific telemedical procedure, telementoring a successful endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass.

Dr. Gracia is one of the world's leading general, vascular, and laparoscopic surgeons. He has consulted for the U.S. Surgical, Stryker, Karl Storz and Computer Motion, and was one of the lead investigators for the company's general surgery clearance clinical trial. Dr. Gracia is also a co-director of the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical Innovation and Technology (CASIT).

Computer Motion is the world's leading developer of surgical robotic systems serving over 900 customers and 3000 surgeons in 32 countries. Computer Motion's products include: the ZEUS(R) System for minimally invasive surgery, the HERMES(R) Control Center, the AESOP(R) Robotic Endoscope Positioner, the first commercially available surgical robot in the U.S., and the SOCRATES(TM) Telecollaboration System, the first device in the newly created FDA category of "Robotic Telemedicine Devices."

There will be an opportunity to submit questions to an onsite and "on-line" handler prior to and during the live webcast. The press is encouraged to arrange for personal interview appointments immediately following the webcast.

For pre-registration, interview appointments, and webcast information, please contact Jane Helmer or Juliana Minsky, SurfMedia Communications, at 805/962-3700. [e-mail]

(Schedule and participants subject to change without notice)

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