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SafeStitch Medical, Inc. to Present at UBS 2008 Global Life Sciences Conference.


MIAMI Miami, cities, United States
Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə).

1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896.
 -- SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:SFES) (the "Company" or "SafeStitch") announced today that senior management will present at the UBS 2008 Global Life Sciences Conference on Monday, September 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM EDT. The conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, and SafeStitch senior management will provide a review of recent corporate developments.

The audio portion of the company's presentation will be webcast live through the UBS website. To access the audio webcast, go to www.ibb.ubs.com and click on the "Conferences" icon in the center right of the page. Follow the link for Webcast next to the "Global Life Sciences" Conference heading. An archived version of the webcast will also be available beginning at 7:00 PM EDT, and will remain available until October 25th.

SafeStitch Medical, Inc. is a medical device company developing endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical devices. The Company is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and also has a research and development office in Omaha, Nebraska. SafeStitch's product portfolio includes a gastroplasty device for endoscopic bariatric surgery (obesity surgery) and endoscopic repair of gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD GERD gastroesophageal reflux disease.

GERD
abbr.
gastroesophageal reflux disease


GERD 
), as well as an endoscopic device for excision and diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus. The Company also plans to market a standard bite block, as well as the first airway bite block, to be used during endoscopy, and is pioneering the Smart Dilator dilator /di·la·tor/ (di-lat´er)
1. a structure that dilates, or an instrument used to dilate.

2. dilator muscle.


di·la·tor
n.
1.
 for esophageal strictures. SafeStitch is also developing products for hernia repair and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery “NOTES” redirects here. For other uses, see Note (disambiguation).

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an experimental surgical technique whereby "scarless" abdominal operations can be performed with an endoscope passed through a natural
 (NOTES). Information about the Company may be found on its website at www.safestitch.com.
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