Exergen Wins New England Innovation Award

Boston, MA, May 23,2002-Exergen Corporation has been selected winner of the 16th Annual New England Innovation Award by the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE), for its development of the TemporalScannerTM temporal artery thermometer. As stated by SBANE, "The hallmark of the New England Innovation Award Winners has been the ability to transform innovation into financial success - to seize upon a great idea and use it to build a strong and profitable enterprise." Exergen was selected from 80 companies who were nominated for this year's award. The TemporalScanner is a fast, non-invasive method of taking temperatures by gently scanning the thermometer across the forehead over the temporal artery. Studies at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have proven that Exergen's temporal artery thermometer is more accurate than ear thermometry and more accurate than rectal thermometer in responding to change in fever ; and proven at least as accurate as rectal measurement by multiple hospital studies. Further descriptions and clinical information are available at www.exergen.com. SBANE was founded in 1938, and is a private non-profit association of 1000 member companies located throughout the six state region. Its sponsorship of the Annual New England Innovation Award supports and encourages innovation, stating: "Innovation has been the driving force of the New England economy. Supported and fueled by its world-renowned educational infrastructure, its entrepreneurial culture and its extraordinary diversity, New England innovation has been vital to the region's prosperity and a model throughout the world. Innovation has spawned and revitalized thousands of companies that drive New England's economic engine in both cutting edge and traditional industries - and, in turn, has produced jobs and wealth." Exergen Corporation is world leader in the science and technology of non-invasive thermometry systems. The TemporalScanner is protected by 20 US and foreign patents. Greenes DS, Fleisher GR. Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Accuracy of a noninvasive temporal artery thermometer for use in infants. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001 Mar;155(3):376-381.   Greenes DS, Fleisher GR. Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. When body temperature changes, does rectal temperature lag behind? PAS Annual Meeting, Baltimore MD, May 4-7, 2002. Contact: Cary J. Daniels Marketing Communications Manager Exergen Corporation 617-923-9900, ext.261 mpompei@exergen.com