Home of the Life Support for Trauma and Transport (LSTAT).

Paul K. Carlton, MD, FACS, Lt. Gen. USAF-Ret , former Air Force Surgeon General, has joined the Company’s Board of Advisors. Dr. Carlton is currently the Director, Homeland Security, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center.

......OF SPECIAL NOTE

LSTAT was recognized with a 2005 Homeland Security Award in Emergency Response from the Congressionally-established Christopher Columbus Foundation.

IMS became a member of the research consortium Center for the Integration of Medicine and Technology (CIMIT). Membership affords the opportunities for collaborative research with CIMIT members.

LSTAT has been accepted for listing on the government-sponsored Responder Knowledge Base website. When first responders check the website for approved capabilities such as stretchers/litters or for related grant/funding opportunities for these, they will be linked to an LSTAT page.

LSTAT was featured on the Discovery Channel’s Military Channel program “WARBOTS”.

USS Saipan and USS Kearsarge casualty receiving and transport ships deploy with LSTATs.

U.S Air Force in Hawaii accepts LSTATs for evaluation, exercises and training.

DARPA awards IMS $1.3M under DARPA’s Trauma Pod program. IMS’ role is to develop the patient registration platform using LSTAT, and integrate advanced imaging systems.

U.S. Army targets LSTAT for integration of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) technology under an Army Small Business Technology Transfer project involving for robotic-assisted surgery.

The Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically-Underserved Areas (CERMUSA, Loretto, PA) accepts LSTAT for evaluation, exercises and training.

India military receives LSTATs via IMS distributor Consolidated Products, Ltd.

VHA, a private for-profit cooperative of 2,200 not-for-profit community-based healthcare systems, published “Transforming Critical Care: Survival Planning for 2015” which, while they do not mention brand names as a matter of policy, do describe LSTAT among examples of designing flexible facilities as a key “survival strategy”.

Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine recognizes the government-industry LSTAT G5 team among the best design teams in the nation for 2005.

Los Angeles Business Journal lists IMS among Top 25 Biomed/Biotech companies in Los Angeles County.

Army trained 25th Infantry Division (Afghanistan) which has four LSTATs being used on patients. January 2005.

THE COMPANY

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc. (IMS) is the leading innovator in the development of fully integrated products for critical care. Our firm, whose principal shareholders include Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), is committed to the rapid deployment of products that include portable intensive care systems, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices, telemedicine networks, and related information systems.

IMS was spun-out from one of its major shareholders, the Northrop Grumman Corporation, and is positioned to respond to the needs of a variety of users in military and civilian applications both domestically and internationally. The LSTAT system represents a revolutionary advance in integrated medical systems focused on improving patient and economic outcomes associated with trauma treatment.

The U.S. Army and the Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Northrop Grumman to develop the LSTAT system under the guidance of the U.S. Army's Walter Reed Army Institute for Research (WRAIR), based upon defined mission needs. The FDA cleared LSTAT is currently being evaluated at various military and civilian locations across the globe. LSTAT can play a critical role in saving lives during military operations like Kosovo, FEMA response to chemical-biological terrorism and accidents, and U.S. support after global natural disasters.

IMS remains anchored in Southern California, home to 20% of the nation's medical device industry and a region that leads the nation in the number of new medical device companies and products.

LSTAT Vital Signs:
Length...............220.21 cm (86.6 inches)
Width.................57.91 cm (22.8 inches)
Height (at foot end)..12.70 cm (5 inches)
Height (at head end)..33.52 cm (13.2 inches)
Weight................75.00 kg (165 pounds)
For additional information contact:
Dr. Matthew Hanson
email: info@lstat.com
voice: 562-498-1776 ext 203
fax: 562-597-6423

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc.
1984 Obispo Avenue
Signal Hill, CA 90755