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ELECTROSCOPE, INC.


Patrick F. Crane, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Mr. Crane, who has more than 20 years of experience in the medical device 
industry, joined ElectroScope as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of 
the Company in May 1997.  From 1992 to 1997, he served in a variety of positions, 
including Vice President of Research and Development, at Ohmeda Medical 
Systems, a division of BOC Group.  Prior to that time, he served four years as 
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Cybermedic, Inc.  From 1983 
to 1987, he served as Vice President of Valleylab, a division of Pfizer, Inc.  From 
1976 to 1983, he served in a variety of leadership positions in research and 
development and marketing at Physio-Control Corporation. 

Mr. Crane holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the 
University of Detroit and a master of science degree in bioengineering from the 
University of Michigan.  He received a master of business administration degree in 
finance and marketing from the University of Puget Sound and has also completed 
the Stanford Executive Program.


David W. Newton, Vice President

A co-founder of the company, Mr. Newton has served as Vice President and a 
Director of ElectroScope since its inception in 1991.  From 1989 until 1991, he was 
President of Newton Associates, Inc., a contract engineering firm that he founded.  
From 1985 to 1989, he was President of Tienet, Inc., a developer of integrated 
computer systems.  From 1983 to 1984, he served as Vice President of Engineering 
for Western Laboratories Corporation.  From 1982 to 1983, he was President of 
Novamed, a start-up medical company engaged in the design of pulmonary testing 
instrumentation.  From 1971 to 1981, he was involved in the design of 
electrosurgical generators and related accessories at Valleylab, where, at the time of 
his departure in 1981, he was Technical Director of Surgical Products.  

Mr. Newton holds nine patents in the field of medical electronic equipment and has 
published several articles in medical and technical journals.  He holds a bachelor's 
degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado.


Karl D. Hawkins, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance and 
Administration

A California CPA, Mr. Hawkins joined ElectroScope in July 1997 as Chief Financial 
Officer and Vice President, Finance and Administration after serving as Chief 
Financial Officer at Blackfox Technology Group, a contract manufacturing 
company, for more than two years.  Other companies at which he has managed 
finance, accounting, and administration include NCUBE, Engineered Circuit 
Research, Cimage Corporation, and Forthright Systems.  Mr. Hawkins holds a 
bachelor of science degree from Florida Southern College and earned his master of 
business administration degree from the University of California at Berkeley.


David G. Shipps, Director of Market Development

Mr. Shipps has served as Director of Market Development for ElectroScope since 
August 1996.  From 1988 until 1996, he served as Vice President, Marketing and 
Sales, for Medical Safety Products, a start-up company specializing in accidental 
needle stick prevention and blood transfer products.  Concurrently, he was 
Principal of Dave Shipps & Associates, an executive recruiting and consulting firm 
specializing in marketing for the medical device industry.  From 1987 until 1988, he 
served as Director of Marketing for Bard Electro Medical Systems, an electrosurgical 
instrument company.  From 1978 until 1987, he worked at Valleylab in product 
management, marketing services, and market research, and he served as Valleylab's 
Director of Marketing from 1982 to 1987.  From 1968 to 1978, he served as Product 
Manager for Pharmaseal, a medical products company.  Mr. Shipps received a 
bachelor's degree in business administration from Transylvania University.


James R. Cartwright, Director of Manufacturing

Mr. Cartwright has served as Director of Manufacturing for ElectroScope since June 
1995.  From 1990 until 1995, he was Director of Technical Operations for Medex, 
Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of ambulatory and hospital infusion systems, 
where he was responsible for management of production, purchasing, shipping and 
receiving, manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance of equipment for the 
physical plant.  From 1989 to 1990, he was Vice President of Manufacturing for 
Ivion Corporation.  From 1977 to 1989, he was Director of Manufacturing, Infusion 
Systems for Valleylab, where he was responsible for production departments which 
built both electrosurgery and infusion product disposables.  Mr. Cartwright 
received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Wichita State University.


Marcia McHaffie, Controller

Ms. McHaffie has been ElectroScope's controller since June 1993.  Her other 
responsibilities include human resources management, benefits administration, and 
management of corporate information systems.  From 1990 to 1993, Ms. McHaffie 
served as controller for Beacon Laboratories, a medical device manufacturing 
company.  She served as controller for Collins Manufacturing in Boulder, Colo. 
from 1986 to 1990.



Board of Directors


Roger C. Odell, Chairman of the Board

A co-founder of ElectroScope, Mr. Odell served as Chief Executive Officer and 
President of the company for the first six years.  He has been a Director of 
ElectroScope since its inception in 1991.  From 1976 until 1991, he was employed at 
Valleylab, where he held increasingly senior clinical engineering positions.  Mr. 
Odell was a member of the subcommittee of the Association for the Advancement of 
Medical Instrumentation that established the first U.S. standard for electrosurgical 
devices (1980-1986).  He has published several chapters in medical textbooks and 
numerous articles in medical publications.  In addition, he has lectured at grand 
rounds, postgraduate surgery workshops, and major medical conventions.  Mr. 
Odell holds an associate of applied science degree in electrical engineering from 
Alfred State University.


David C. Auth, Ph.D.

Dr. Auth has served as a Director of ElectroScope since October 1996.  He has been 
a consultant to Boston Scientific Corporation since 1995.  In 1989, Dr. Auth 
founded Heart Technology, Inc., and served as its CEO until the firm was acquired 
by Boston Scientific Corp. in 1995.  He was Director of Biophysics International 
from 1985 to 1989 and Director, New Product Ventures from 1982 to 1985 for 
Squibb Medical Products.  From 1974 to 1982, Dr. Auth was Director of 
Bioengineering Research for Therapeutic Lasers for Endoscopy and Surgery at the 
University of Washington.  Dr. Auth has conducted research and published 
numerous articles and book sections in a number of medical specialties including 
electrosurgery, minimally invasive surgery, and the use of lasers in surgery and 
photocoagulation.  Dr. Auth holds 14 U.S. patents, many dealing with 
electrosurgery.  He received his bachelor's degree in physics from The Catholic 
University of America, and his masters degree and doctorate in physics from 
Georgetown University.


David W. Newton (see above)


Donald R. Temple, M.D.

Dr. Temple has served as a Director of ElectroScope since April 1993.  He has served 
on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine since 1975 and 
currently has a joint appointment in the Department of Cellular and Structural 
Biology and the Department of Transplant Surgery.  He completed a fellowship in 
1975 in transplant surgery at the University of Colorado under the renowned Dr. 
Thomas Starzl.  He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Kaiser 
Permanente award for teaching excellence in basic sciences, and has been elected to 
the Society of Clinical Anatomists.  Dr. Temple received his medical degree from 
Wayne State University.


Joseph W. Tippett, M.D.

Dr. Tippett has served as a Director of ElectroScope since July 1991.  He has been 
the President of Southeast Orthopedic Clinic, P.A., in San Antonio, Texas, since 
1972 and is currently also President of the Arthroscopy Association of North 
America.  He is President of Dale Energy Corporation and Chairman of D.O.C. 
Tunisia, both oil companies.  Dr. Tippett received a bachelor's degree in zoology 
and his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Robert D. Tucker, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Tucker has served as a Director of ElectroScope since February 1991.  Since 
1983, Dr. Tucker has been an Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology at the 
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  From 1978 to 1983 he was a Research 
Associate and Medical Fellow in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and 
Pathology at the University of Minnesota.  He has conducted extensive research in 
radio frequency electrosurgery, received several federal grants to study the tissue 
effects of electrosurgery, and authored numerous scientific articles on this subject.  
Dr. Tucker has developed a national postgraduate continuing education course for 
the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopists on endoscopic electrosurgery and has 
given numerous national and international lectures and seminars on the subject.  
Dr. Tucker received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from the 
University of Nebraska, a doctorate in biophysics from the University of Minnesota, 
and his medical degree from the University of Nebraska.


C. Randle Voyles, M.D.

Dr. Voyles has served as a Director of ElectroScope since July 1995.  He has 
practiced surgery in Jackson, Miss., since 1981, and he is also Associate Clinical 
Professor of Surgery at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.  In 1980, 
he completed a one-year fellowship in liver and bile duct surgery at the Royal 
Postgraduate Medical School's Hammersmith Hospital in London.  Dr. Voyles' 
numerous academic contributions include the practical aspects of laparoscopic 
surgery, electrosurgery, and management of complications.  He received his medical 
degree from the University of Mississippi.


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