by Robin Young, Orthopedics This Week

“LIT Surgical’s cordless, battery-powered head lamp for surgeons may not require a PMA, but it clearly struck a responsive chord among surgeons. The fact that a head lamp would share the stage with such high-end products as the Stabilimax, the M6 or Facet Solution’s ACADIA is testament to the importance of basic tools.”  Read the full article here…

ONE HEADLIT™ WINS IN DIAGNOSTICS & IMAGING CATEGORY

26 Technologies Receive 2009 Spine Technology Awards
L.I.T. Surgical wins in the Diagnostics & Imaging Category for its ONE HEADLIT™

WAYNE, PA – PR/NEWSWIRE (November 12, 2009) –Twenty-six new technologies for back care were selected as “Best New Technology for 2009″ by a panel of independent surgeon judges in San Francisco. Sponsored by Orthopedics This Week, the largest circulation weekly publication in the industry, the 2009 Spine Technology Awards received submissions from 83 outstanding technologies representing more than 300 individual engineers, inventors and surgeons.

OTM Spine Tech Award 11-2009

Read the full press release here

(Left to Right) - Joe Steinman -Vice Pres., Engineering, Gene Rogers - Dev. Engineer, Cedric Charles - Dev. Engineer, Austin Crowder - Founder/CEO, Steve Dunford - Vice Pres., Research & Development

RICHARDSON, TEXAS (August 28, 2009) – The Metroplex Technology Business Council held their Annual Gala commemorating this year’s finalists for Tech Titans awards.

With nominations over 100 for the Innovation Award, AMS/L.I.T. reached runner up status in 2009.

The Innovation Award recognizes the pioneering accomplishments of a person, team or group responsible for the creation of breakthrough ideas, processes or products which have advanced the discipline(s) of the arts, education, electronics, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, and/or science. Each year, the Tech Titan awards are presented to companies who make North Texas proud of our technological advances. AMS/L.I.T. is honored to be among such prestigious company in this category.

Tech Titans Finalist – Austin Crowder

Everyone knows the ONE HEADLIT provides better-than-xenon quality of light, but did you know that a few surgeons who normally wear lead are going lead-free because they can simply walk away when the x-ray is on?

Becker’s ASC Review highlights the cost savings, reliability, and consistency of LIT products from a surgeon who has decided to “shed the lead.” View PDF here

Surgical Products Magazine (March 2009 Issue) – LIT Surgical’s ONE HeadLIT™ system was spotlighted on the cover of Surgical Product Magazine’s March issue in conjunction with the product’s debut on March 17th at the 2008 AORN Congress in Chicago, IL. See Press Release in our News Section (March 17, 2009), our listing on Surgical Products Magazine’s website or download a PDF of the front-page spotlight.