Laser Engineering, A Division of SSI (LEI) designs, manufactures, sells and services the LEI Ultra MD™ CO2 laser system and complete line of accessories for multi-specialty use in all surgical settings and disciplines. The Ultra MD™ offers unmatched precision, power and versatility backed by support services of a company with over 20 years of surgical laser experience. Our dedicated team of product specialists, training and service professionals bring reliable top-quality laser systems and service to benefit your surgical facility.

The LEI Ultra MD™ CO2 laser system was the first laser to incorporate the "sealed tube" technology. Today, LEI continues to lead the industry in the science of sealed laser tubes. With a focus on continued technological advances, it is the most reliable laser on the market today. Customers no longer worry about having to maintain a supply of gas tanks on hand for the laser. The expense and inconvenience of storage of the gas tanks are no longer a concern. The LEI Ultra MD™ laser system also utilizes a simple user interface which is microprocessor controlled making it easy and friendly to operate. The system is offered in 3 wattages: 40,60 and 80.

No laser system is complete without a full line of accessories to deliver laser energy to the patient. LEI also introduced a complete line of standard and optional accessories, including a choice of Micromanipulators for adapting the laser for use with surgical microscopes, a Touch Focus LAUP hand piece for ENT procedures, a Vector™ Laparoscopic Coupler and the Sure Scan™ automated scanner for skin resurfacing.

The LEI Ultra MD™ is used in multiple applications today including in ENT applications of Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery; Gynecology applications using a microscope and/or a Handpiece, and a laparoscope; and in multiple neurological applications working with a microscope and a micromanipulator.

LEI is a division of Specialty Surgical Instrumentation, Inc. (SSI). Founded in 1976, SSI is recognized as one of the finest specialty surgical distributors in the United States. SSI always seeks to bring the operating suite top quality products for surgery. SSI features highly specialized Ultra instruments, equipment and disposables for the key surgeries of Neuro Spine/Orthopedics-Eye-ENT-Plastics-Cardio/Peripheral Vascular-General-Gynecology and all Laparoscopic surgeries with Product Specialists in support of each specialty. A complete line of general and specialty Ultra instruments are of the highest German quality.

SSI is a privately held company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Laser Engineering Inc, (LEI) was founded by Robert Rudko, Ph.D., in 1981 to pursue applications for the sealed CO2 laser technology that he pioneered. This technological leap made the need for flowing gas or slipping gas technology obsolete with its heavy gas tanks and bulky vacuum pumps that are costly and difficult to maintain. The industrial and scientific community was first to recognize and accept this new technology. Early customers included household names and Fortune 500 companies such as Rockwell International, Boeing, AT&T, IBM and NASA.

LEI first entered the medical market through Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) relationships to design and manufacture surgical laser systems in the 1980s sold by Surgilase, Inc, Weck and LaserSonics. Beginning in 1988, LEI also marketed and sold surgical laser systems under its own name, Laser Engineering MD. LEI manufactured medical lasers are in use by hundreds of hospitals throughout the world.

In 1995, SSI acquired the patents and all technologies to manufacture the Laser Engineering MD CO2 laser system. Since that time, SSI has continued in advancing this technology, manufacturing and selling the sealed CO2 laser system under the name LEI Ultra MD™. In the fall of 2001, a new operating system enabling trouble shooting and problem solving on-line via the Internet will be introduced. This new capability will improve service providing our customers immediate analysis and problem resolution.

SSI remains committed to innovation and to serving our customers the most reliable user-friendly lasers backed by experienced teams of training and service professionals.

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