Boston, MA, August 28, 2003 - Exergen Corporation, the industry's leading innovator of infrared medical thermometers for professional and home use, announced that its state of the art temporal thermometer is now available in Shoppers Drug Mart stores throughout Canada as the Accu-Care Temporal Artery Thermometer. With more than 800 stores and 40% of the Canadian market, Shoppers Drug Mart is the largest retail pharmacy chain in Canada.
The TemporalScanner is a fast, accurate, non-invasive method of taking temperatures by gently scanning 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; proven at least as accurate as rectal measurement; 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.
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,
Exergen's temporal artery thermometers are protected by 20 US and foreign patents.
Contact:
Marybeth Pompei
Vice President and Chief Clinical Scientist
617-923-9900, ext.202
mpompei@exergen.com