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Posted: OCT 17, 2006
CSMG
Technologies Live Tissue Connect Subsidiary Completes
Duct and Vessel Sealer Prototype
Expects to File For U.S. and European
Marketing Early 2007
Corpus Christi, TX, October 17, 2006 -- CSMG Technologies,
Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: CTUM
- News),
a technology management company focused on commercializing
human live tissue bonding devices and renewable energy
landfill gas production systems, announced that its
Live Tissue Connect ("LTC") technology subsidiary has
completed its duct and vessel sealer prototype. This
is the first specific procedure device of some 13 specific
procedure devices LTC has identified from over 80 procedures
performed by the technology's universal device used
in Ukraine. LTC will begin the second prototype specific
procedure device for end-to-end, end-to-side and side-to-side
anastomosis (reconnection) of intestines which should
be completed in about four months.
LTC expects to complete a U.S. and European regulatory
device meeting FDA and European CE Mark standards, respectively,
and file with the two entities early next year.
"The challenge was to isolate the duct and vessel
sealing capabilities of the technology from other procedures
on the universal device, make the procedure automatic
so that once the surgeon grasps the tissue and activates
the energy switch the automatic control system takes
over and completes a consistently reliable leak proof
seal without charring. We used the automatic control
procedure in more than 120 bursts strength tests of
vessels between 3.5 to 14 mm in diameter and averaged
1,030 mm Hg burst strength. The significance of the
automatic controlled system is we are able to achieve
the same burst strength on 14 mm diameter vessels as
we were on 3.5 mm diameter vessels. To our knowledge
it has been problematic for our competitors to achieve
consistently reliable burst strength on vessels over
9-10 mm in diameter. We are excited about licensing
or bringing this product to market," said Donald
Robbins, president and CEO of CSMG Technologies.
About CSMG Technologies' Tissue Welding/Bonding
Technology
Surgeons at 27 Ukraine hospitals and clinics are using
the tissue welding/bonding technology in clinical trials.
They have completed more than 6,000 human surgeries
using more than 80 types of open and laparoscopic surgical
procedures, demonstrating the technology is universal
in its ability to repair soft biological tissue. These
surgeries included lung, neuro-surgery, nasal septum,
intestine, stomach, skin, gall bladder, liver, spleen,
blood vessels, nerves, alba linea, uterus, bladder,
gynecological, fallopian tube, ovary and testicles and
dura-matter. Cosmetic surgeries conducted with this
technology include breast reduction, breast implants,
mastopexy and abdominal plasty. The procedure involves
little or no scarring, while restoring the normal function
of the body organ or tissue.
The LTC tissue bonding / welding device is a platform
technology that bonds and reconnects living soft biological
tissue through fusion without the use of foreign matters
or conventional wound closing devices such as sutures,
staples, sealant, or glues.
The technology was invented and developed at the internationally
renowned E.O. Paton Institute of Electric Welding, National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, headed
by Professor B.E. Paton. U.S. and Australia patents
have been issued, a patent in the European Union has
been approved, and additional U.S. and foreign patents
are pending.
About CSMG Technologies, Inc.
CSMG Technologies is a technology management company
that finances, owns, develops, licenses and markets
innovative advanced technologies and business opportunities
created in the Ukraine through a network of scientific
institutes and private organizations. CSMG has three
subsidiaries, Live Tissue Connect, Inc., CSMG Gastech,
LLC and Anaerobic Farm Waste, Inc.
For further information on CSMG Technologies and its
various subsidiaries, please visit our website at www.ctum.com.
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