HEALTHTRONICS GAINS EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF HMT'S UROLOGY DEVICES -- PLANS TO PURSUE NEW MARKETS TO ENHANCE MARGINS

HealthTronics recently announced that it acquired all of the patents and other intellectual property for the urological devices formerly manufactured by High Medical Technologies of Lengwil, Switzerland. The acquisition ensures HealthTronics' exclusive ownership and control of the patents, trademarks and manufacturing rights pertaining to the LithoDiamond and LithoTron lithotripters and the patent-protected electrodes utilized by these devices.

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