Longport Inc. makes announcement.SWARTHMORE, Pa.--(HealthWire)--May 19, 1995--Longport Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :LPTI) announced Friday the signing of a joint research agreement with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas Hospitals of London ("UMDS UMDS United Medical and Dental Schools "). The agreement establishes an exclusive two year research project on high frequency ultrasound imaging for wound assessment. Under the terms of the Agreement, Longport will have the exclusive rights to market any resulting products in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , with respect to the wound healing wound healing Physiology The repair of a wound Steps Inflammation, repair and closure, remodeling, final healing; repair of incisions may be either simple–'clean' wounds with little loss of tissue heal by 'primary intention', or 'dirty' wounds heal by applications. The research project will be performed under the supervision of Dr. Mary Dyson, the head of the Tissue Repair Research Unit for UMDS and a member of the editorial staff for Gray's Anatomy. Dyson has also agreed to become Longport's director of Medical Technologies. The company also announced that some of its key personnel and their role in the company's wound healing program, including Dyson, will be the subject of a segment appearing on the regional television news magazine PrimeTime. The show, produced by the Philadelphia area based ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. affiliate, WPVI-TV, will air on May 20 at 7 p.m. edt. For further information, contact James R. McGonigle, Longport's president, at 800/28-WOUND. CONTACT: Longport Inc., Swarthmore James McGonigle, president, 1-800-28-WOUND |
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