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SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (SFES), will attend the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Conference (AWR) in Washington DC, June 14-16, 2012 to present the AMID Hernia Fixation Device (AMID HFD).

We are excited to be exhibiting at the AWR this year. The AMID Hernia Fixation Device is used for both inguinal and ventral hernia surgeries. We believe the ventral hernia repair market can benefit from the AMID HFD, said Jeffrey Spragens, President and CEO of SafeStitch Medical.

For inguinal hernia repair using the Lichtenstein method, the innovative design of the AMID HFD fixates mesh by delivering staples in a parallel plane to the femoral vessels, which may help avoid vascular injury. The AMID HFD allows for mesh manipulation, mesh fixation and skin closure.

Ventral hernia repair can be complex and time consuming. The AMID HFD is easy to use, has a stapler counter and mesh manipulators that position the mesh before staple firing. We believe the AMID HFD avoids the need for suture placement and tying and may make large ventral hernia repair simpler, said Dr. Charles Filipi, Chief Medical Officer of SafeStitch Medical.

The Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Conference is being held at the JW Marriot in Washington DC, June 14-16, 2012. Please visit booth #302 in the Capitol Ballroom to learn more about the AMID Hernia Fixation Device.

The AMID Hernia Fixation Device is sold nationwide.

About Dr. Charles Filipi

Dr. Charles Filipi is SafeStitchs Chief Medical Officer and Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He has published 101 peer reviewed articles and 50 book chapters. He has been the inventor on over 15 patents and five years ago became medical director of SafeStitch Medical, Inc. Dr. Filipi continues to see patients one day a week and devotes five days a week to research. His primary interests are intra-luminal surgery for the correction of gastroesophageal reflux disease and obesity, Barretts esophagus mucosal excision, stapled inguinal hernia repair and esophageal force feedback dilation.

About SafeStitch Medical, Inc.

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