1. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Uro-Gynecological Surgical Devices Market Alternatives to Hysterectomy Creating a Dynamic Uro-Gynecological Surgical Devices Market Healthcare Group “With the drawbacks and side effects of hysterectomies, patients are slowly opening up to alternative techniques such as endometrial ablation, hysterescopies, and myomectomy, which drastically cut down the in-patient time and enable quick recovery.”

2. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends Favorable demographics and patient attitude gives rise to heightened activity at the physician end, motivating the manufacturers to spur supply and product development Women patient associations becoming increasingly pro-active in deciding the future course of the market Increasing patient population positively influences growth in procedures and requirement for surgical devices Availability and preference of ‘new age’ alternatives to hysterectomies beginning to change physicians’ mindset and surgical products profile Trend towards minimally invasive surgeries drives growth Cost containment pressures on clinics pushing margins down

3. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Key Features Frost & Sullivan Provides: Detailed insights into recent developments and trends Drivers, restraints, challenges, and strategic recommendations Analyst insights on ‘hot topics” and emerging trends in the uro- gynecological surgical devices market Market sizing and competitive analysis Market forecasts and opportunity analysis Quarterly assessments End user analysis within each report

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5. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Who Will Benefit? Current Market Participants Find out how you compare to the competition Assess current and future drivers and restraints Determine and exploit new market share opportunities New Entrants Analyze challenges associated with the industry Calculate time scales for strategy implementation Position yourself to capitalize on the market’s unmet needs Investment Community Analyze long-term strategies of participating companies Determine which participants will outperform the competition Assess attractiveness of investing in the uro-gynecological surgical devices market

6. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included Total uro-gynecological surgical devices market Urological surgical devices Gynecological surgical devices Gynecological endoscopes Generation II ablation devices Hysteroscopy systems Fluid management systems Curettage systems Trocars Tubal occlusion systems Sling systems Suspension systems

7. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. ACMI Corp. American Medical Boston Scientific CR Bard, Inc. Caldera Medical Conceptus Cook Urological Cytyc Corp. Ethicon Femcare Key Market Participants Karl Storz MDMI Technologies Mentor Microsulis Novasys Richard Wolf Rochester Stryker Corp. U.S Surgical/TYCO

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