Therapeutic Hypothermia - Heat Therapy - Cold Therapy - Patient Warming - Durable Medical Equipment

(PRLEAP.COM) LOUDON, TN, USA, July 20, 2005 - MTRE Advanced Technologies (www.mtre.com), hypothermia therapy and temperature management medical device provider, and Adroit Medical Systems , a premier manufacturer of patient warming systems, today announced a partnership to offer non-invasive cooling therapy medical system, to the US healthcare market. The partnership between Adroit Medical Systems, and MTRE resulted in a successful contract award with Premier Inc. (www.premierinc.com), one of the United States' largest purchasing organizations for hospitals and medical facilities.

Adroit Medical and MTRE worked together to close the multi-million dollar deal for external heating and cooling medical systems that regulate patient temperature during surgery, and that can also be used to induce hypothermia in patients to improve neurological recovery.

Neuro-protection by hypothermia has taken a giant step into the future. Today, cooling therapy is used for various applications following the process of ischemia. Clinical studies show that cooling improves neurological outcome and reduce mortality.

MTRE has 17 clinical publications showing that its technology is one of most effective thermal regulation systems available in the world today. Adroit Medical pioneered patient heating/cooling systems in the US, and combined its market experience and expertise with the advanced systems of MTRE to create one of the most comprehensive product lines and information databases available.

"Truly a lot of blood, sweat, and tears has gone into the relationship between our companies," said Scott Gammons, Vice President, Adroit Medical Systems. "The trust and cooperation we have developed over a three year period is deep and secure. I know, without a doubt, that MTRE's technology gave us the leg up over our competition for this contract. It's been a long time coming, but a year from now, both Adroit and MTRE will be recognized as world leaders in thermal regulation and body temperature therapy products. We views this contract with Premier as just the first in a series of our major achievements to come."

"Adroit's knowledge and experience in the U.S. medical device market is opening doors for MTRE's technology," said Amir Shiner, MTRE CEO. "Together, we are developing the next generation of devices to meet the ever-increasing needs for product performance and patient safety. We are already benefiting from the synergy between our two companies and look forward to a prosperous future ahead.

" Adroit Medical Systems and MTRE develop, manufacture, and market conductive (water-based) and convective (air-based) thermal regulation systems. These systems serve all patient care settings from hospital to homecare. Popular applications include heating and cooling the human body for: surgical procedures, intensive care, sports, and localized pain relief. Portable cooling systems help reduce pain and swelling after orthopedic surgery, and provide personal cooling for a variety of occupations. (CONTINUED>>)