Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer Home Model Available at Target Stores

Boston, MA, September 16, 2002- Exergen Corporation, the industry's leading innovator of infrared medical thermometers for professional and home use, today announced that its state of the art TemporalScannerTM temporal artery thermometer is now available in Target stores. The TemporalScanner is a fast, accurate, 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 TemporalScanner is more accurate than ear thermometry and more accurate than rectal thermometer in responding to change in fever ; proven at least as accurate as rectal measurement by a study at the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto ; as accurate as a pulmonary artery catheter by a study at the Massachusetts General Hospital ; found to be "a rapid, noninvasive screening tool for detection of rectal fever" by a study by physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine; and found to be indispensable for pediatric practice use in a recent 2300 patient study by Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron. Further descriptions and clinical information are available at www.exergen.com. Professional TemporalScanner models, including the popular TAT-5000 with its lifetime warranty and no-disposable economy, are available from McKesson, Owens & Minor, Physicians Sales & Service, Allegiance, Caligor, and other leading medical supply companies. Exergen Corporation is world leader in the science and technology of non-invasive thermometry systems. Developed by a team led by Dr. Francesco Pompei, President, the TemporalScanner is protected by 20 US and foreign patents. Contact: Marybeth Pompei Vice President and Chief Clinical Scientist 617-923-9900, ext.202 mpompei@exergen.com 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 Schuh S, Komar L, Stephens D, Chu L, Read S, Allen U. Comparison of the arterial heat balance temporal artery, aural and rectal thermometry in children in the emergency department. Presented at the University of Toronto Emergency Medicine Research Academics Day, October 30, 2001. Carroll DL, Finn C, Gill S, Sawyer J, Judge B (Massachusetts General Hospital). A Comparison of Measurements from a Temporal Artery Thermometer and a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Thermistor. National Conference of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Poster Section, Atlanta, GA March 14-16, 2002. 5Siberry GK, Diener-West M, Schappell E, Karron RA. Comparison of temple temperatures with rectal temperatures in children under two years of age. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2002 Jul-Aug;41(6):405-14. 6Roy S, Powell K, Gerson LW. Non-invasive temporal artery temperature (TAT) measurements in healthy infants, children, and adolescents. European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2002 Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 29-31, 2002.