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Biotech / Medical : ATIS is on the move! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Marshall Teitelbaum who wrote (1573)	6/2/1998 9:41:00 PM
From: Dennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2205

Evening Marshall, was doing some history work on lifc and was surprised to find in my WOW that they came public back in 1992 at $16 per share. Do you know if this is right?? Sorry for posting on the wrong thread everyone.

To: Marshall Teitelbaum who wrote (1573)	6/4/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: Dennis	Respond to of 2205

HEY THREAD, FIRST EVER MEDICAL AWARD GIVEN TO ATIS !!!!! [ Business \| US Market \| Industry \| IPO \| S&P \| International \| PRNews \| BizWire \| Finance Home ] Thursday June 4, 9:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Winners Announced for First-Ever Medical Design Excellence Awards SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 4, 1998--Winners of the first-ever Medical Design Excellence Awards, a program honoring outstanding achievement in the design and engineering of medical products, were announced during a dinner and ceremony at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, June 3. A panel of six jurors selected 18 winning products in 12 categories from 230 entries. The winning products were selected based on criteria including functional improvement, benefits to patients and users, cost effectiveness, and user-friendly design. The Medical Design Excellence Awards are sponsored by Canon Communications, a leading publisher and trade show producer for high-technology industries. The awards are endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America. ''The medical device industry continues to set the standard for design innovation, generating products that advance the state of the art and improve our quality of life,'' said Canon president and chief excecutive officer William Cobert. ''The winning products cover every facet of the medical device field, demonstrating once again that design innovation in this industry is not limited to high-end procedures or large corporations. The awards program is a natural extension of Canon's core mission -- to promote and facilitate the advancement of medical technology. ''We fully expect next year's program to build upon this year's success as we continue to highlight the best and brightest in the medical device field,'' Cobert said. The winning products, grouped by their respective categories, are as follows: (many others were listed, I only included this one) IMPLANT AND TISSUE-REPLACEMENT PRODUCTS -- Dermagraft-TC Skin Replacement: Bioengineered human dermal tissue is combined with a synthetic epidermal layer for use in burn treatment. The design of the product's sterile cassette system facilitates seeding and growing of cells, cryogenic storage, shipment, and preparation for surgical use. Manufacturer: Advanced Tissue Sciences, La Jolla, Calif. Product Design: IDEO Product Development, Palo Alto, Calif.