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Monday, June 9th, 2008

Free Safe Lifting Booklet Available to Help Healthcare Professionals Start-Up, Manage a Patient Safe Lifting Program

Franklin, Mass. – June 9. 2008 – A new, free educational booklet, compiling dozens of the most-asked questions by healthcare professionals about starting-up and managing a safe lifting program, is available for free download at: www.safeliftingportal.com/lift-doctor-booklet.

Titled, “Ask the Lift Doctor – Real-World Questions and Answers about Safe Lifting,” the booklet compiles two years worth of questions and answers sent in by healthcare professionals – nurses, nurse practitioners, administrators and others – to the Safe Lifting Portal injury prevention website’s (www.safeliftingportal.com) popular “Lift Doctor.”

The “Lift Doctor” is a panel of Liko Specialists which includes a sling application expert, bariatric specialist, lift system design consultant, risk management professional, safety director, and an overhead installation designer.

Designed to help those starting up and managing Safe Lifting Programs to prevent patient and healthcare provider injuries in healthcare facilities and hospitals, the 22-chapter booklet covers a wealth of topics related to patient-specific injuries, training, policies, procedures, and general patient lift usage.

The booklet is just one of the many available informational tools of the Safe Lifting Portal, the Liko North America-sponsored online resource to educate and guide healthcare professionals and administrators on a host of safe patient lifting and handling topics. The Safe Lifting Portal provides how-to information on creating a safe patient handling program, achieving caregiver buy-in, tracking legislative activities, and calculating the projected savings that can result from the implementation of a Safe Lifting Program.

Request a free copy of the “Ask the Lift Doctor – Real-world Questions and Answers about Safe Lifting” booklet, at http://www.safeliftingportal.com/lift-doctor-booklet or call 1-888-545-6671.

About Liko
Liko is one of the world’s leading suppliers of patient lift and transfer solutions. The company’s products include mobile lifts, overhead ceiling mounted systems, and a variety of injury prevention solutions. For more information on Liko’s sponsorship of the Safe Lifting Portal, contact Liko North America, 122 Grove Street, Franklin, MA 02038; telephone (888) 545-6671 or (508) 553-3993; fax (508) 528-6642; or visit the Liko website at www.liko.com/na.

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Liko Introduces New LowBase™ Model of Its Popular Golvo Mobile Lift

–New unit is designed to meet the needs of emerging low-profile beds and stretchers –

Franklin, Mass., USA – March 5, 2008 – Many of the newer model beds and stretchers emerging onto the healthcare market utilize components such as frames and drive mechanisms that are within just a few inches of the floor. This means traditional mobile patient lifts can be difficult to use because their legs normally are too high to extend under these beds and stretchers. Liko’s newly introduced Golvo LowBase™ model circumvents this problem with a lower total leg height, including wheels, of only 2 1/3 inches.

Liko’s Golvo is unique among mobile lifts due to its flexible lift strap, vertical lifting motion, and parallel widening base legs. Originally introduced in 1986, Golvo represented a breakthrough in mobile lift design because its unique telescoping mast and lifting strap enabled patients to be lifted vertically, similar to an overhead ceiling mounted lifting system.

The new Golvo 7007 LowBase™ model is an ideal solution for applications such as lifting or transferring patients to or from low profile beds or stretchers. In addition to its low bed compatibility, the Golvo 7007 LowBase™ is ideal for lifts to/from the floor, horizontal lifts, and ambulation assistance for patients weighing up to 440 lbs.

About Liko North America
Liko North America is one of the world’s leading suppliers of patient lifts, including mobile, overhead rail, sit-to-stand, and bariatric lifts, as well as a selection of more than 250 slings and accessories. The company is also the exclusive sponsor of the pro bono “Safe Lifting Environment” campaign designed to help prevent caregiver injuries (visit http://www.safeliftingportal.com/ for more details). For more information on Liko’s complete line of patient lifts, contact Liko North America, 122 Grove Street, Franklin, MA 02038. Telephone (888) 545-6671 or (508) 553-3993; fax (508) 528-6642, or visit the Liko website at http://www.liko.com/.

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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

New Online “Help Desk” Offers Safe Lifting Assistance to Healthcare Facilities

- Associated Forum Provides Resources for Healthcare Professionals, Industry -
Franklin, Mass. – December 4, 2007 – The Liko-sponsored Safe Lifting Portal today announced the launch of a safe lifting “Help Desk” for healthcare professionals worldwide.
In addition, an associated safe lifting forum, called “Safe Lifters,” will allow healthcare professionals to discuss their patient lifting challenges and successes with others, as well as support those who are getting started with a safe patient handling program.

Of the approximately 6,000 hospitals in the United States, fewer than 500 have instituted some type of safe lifting or caregiver injury prevention program. The new, community-based forum is designed to facilitate identification of problems and solutions for injury-prevention programs by connecting current and experienced professionals with those planning or implementing new programs.

The “Help Desk” and forum are the latest additions to the Safe Lifting Portal, a non-profit safe patient handling and injury prevention website sponsored exclusively by Liko. Other sections of the new “Help Desk” include a strategies and tips area, safe lifting starter-kit request page, and contact page for comments or questions directed to Liko and the Safe Lifting Portal.

“The addition of the forum to the Safe Lifting Portal marks a new era for the safe lifting community,” said Melissa Nowitz, Administrator of the Safe Lifting Portal. “Now healthcare professionals worldwide can learn from each other and move forward without waiting for individual state legislatures to enact laws.”

To contact the Help Desk, members or anyone with safe lifting questions, comments, or concerns can visit www.safeliftingportal.com/helpdesk or call 888-545-6671.
To access the new forum site, visit http://www.safeliftingportal.com/forum, or call 1-888-545-6671. Participation is free of charge.

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Thursday, November 8th, 2007

New, Free Safe Lifting Poster Available for Healthcare Facilities

Franklin, Mass. – November 8, 2007 – A new, free educational poster designed to caution healthcare professionals against the dangers of unsafe patient lifting is now available at: www.safeliftingportal.com/seven-deadly-sins.

Designed to maintain workplace visibility and awareness of caregiver injury prevention, the informative poster details crucial precautions that Liko North America has compiled while creating – and expanding – the Safe Lifting Portal (www.safeliftingportal.com).

The poster, titled “The Seven Deadly Sins of Unsafe Lifting,” depicts the common mistakes made during patient handling – and how to combat them.

“Safe patient lifting and handling has emerged as a leading issue for many healthcare professionals in recent years,” said Melissa Nowitz, administrator of the Safe Lifting Portal, “and we couldn’t be more happy to see that. However, there is still more that can be done to raise awareness and we are pleased to make this new poster available for use wherever patient handling takes place.”

Through the Safe Lifting Portal, healthcare professionals can also obtain other awareness materials, free of charge. Those include cafeteria tent cards, newsletter templates, and instructional materials to assist with the creation of injury prevention programs.

The Safe Lifting Portal is a Liko North America-sponsored online resource to educate and guide healthcare professionals and administrators on a host of safe patient lifting and handling topics, including: creation of a safe patient handling program, achieving caregiver buy-in, tracking legislative activities, and calculating projected savings.

To request a free copy of the “Seven Deadly Sins of Unsafe Lifting” poster, visit www.safeliftingportal.com/seven-deadly-sins or call 1-888-545-6671.

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Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Leading Dermatologists, Pathologists to Assemble for In-Depth Training Course on Confocal Diagnostic Image Interpretation

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – October 18, 2007 – Lucid, Inc. (www.lucid-tech.com) today announced that leading dermatologists and pathologists from around the world will be assembling in Modena, Italy for the 2nd Confocal Diagnostic Readers’ Two-Day Training Course. This will be the second in a series of international courses designed to educate diagnostic readers on the interpretation of in-vivo confocal images.

Instructors for the two-day training course will be Dr. Giovanni Pellacani from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Modena, Italy; Dr. Salvador González (Ramon y Cajal Madrid); Dr. Josep Malvehy (Hospital Clinic. Barcelona and CEDILP) and Dr. Susana Puig (Hospital Clinic. Barcelona and CEDILP). The event, to be sponsored in part by Lucid, developer of the VivaScope® confocal imagers and the VivaNet™ telemedicine information system, will be held at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, October 20- 21, 2007.

This training session will be held to support the 2008 commercial availability of Lucid’s VivaNet® telemedicine system throughout Europe.

“Lucid is delighted to provide the opportunity to educate confocal diagnostic readers. This educational process is a critical step if the dermatology community is to adopt in-vivo confocal imaging for widespread use in skin cancer screening,” said Jay M. Eastman, Chief Executive Officer of Lucid, Inc. He continued, “Due to the overwhelming demand, Lucid will offer a significantly expanded course schedule for imaging and diagnostic readers during 2008.”

Lucid’s non-invasive VivaScope® confocal microscopes provide cellular resolution images of skin that may be used by a physician to assist in forming a clinical judgment for a variety of skin conditions. Lucid’s VivaNet™, a HIPAA compliant DICOM-Network, is intended to provide fast, accurate, and secure storage, retrieval and transfer of VivaScope® digital cellular resolution images across the Internet to facilitate professional collaboration and consultation between the attending physician and confocal diagnostic readers.

For information on Lucid’s continuing series of courses and educational sessions, VivaScope® or VivaNetTM technology, contact Lucid by phone at 585-239-9800, by email at info@lucid-tech.com, or on the web at http://www.lucid-tech.com/.

About Lucid, Inc.
Lucid, Inc., based in Rochester, New York, USA, is a medical device and information company dedicated to deploying its innovative cellular imaging technology and using the VivaNet Internet based medical information system to securely deliver accurate, real-time VivaScope cellular resolution images to medical professionals. When coupled with its digital VivaNet system, the company’s ability to image in-vivo (living) tissue will aid medical practitioners and pathologists in skin cancer screening with clarity, speed and patient comfort. For more information about Lucid Inc., visit http://www.lucid-tech.com/ or call +1-585-239-9800.

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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

New Case Study Details How an Illinois Hospital Created a Safe Lifting Team that Dramatically Reduced Injuries, Increased Staff Satisfaction

Franklin, Mass. – September 12, 2007 – A new, free white paper details how OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois, has substantially reduced lift injuries while boosting staff satisfaction with the creation of a new lift team department that provides patient transfer and mobility assistance.

Available for free download at: www.safeliftingportal.com/st_francis, the paper is provided by the Safe Lifting Portal (http://www.safetliftingportal.com/), a pro-bono healthcare site designed to support safe lifting and caregiver injury prevention programs.

Titled, “Illinois Hospital Reduces Lift Injuries, Staff Satisfaction Soars with Lift Team Department and Liko Lifts,” the free case study describes how the new safe lifting department was originally created to curtail increasing lift injuries and growing worker’s compensation costs. It then evolved into a dedicated patient lift team department that provides 24/7 lifting assistance to the staff and patients in all areas.

Implementing the program at Saint Francis, a 616-bed, Level I, trauma facility, has reduced staff injuries associated with patient handling activities by 30%, slashed more than 1,200 restricted work days, and generated an estimated $400,000 in savings that has been re-invested back into St. Francis’s safe patient handling program and lift team department.

The case study details the design, development and implementation of the comprehensive program, including the tracking of injuries, rating and selection of lifting equipment, extensive training of staff to become “Lift Team Technicians,” education of patients and caregivers, and measurement of patient and staff satisfaction.

Download the free case study, “Illinois Hospital Reduces Lift Injuries, Staff Satisfaction Soars with Lift Team Department and Liko Lifts,” at: www.safeliftingportal.com/st_francis or call toll-free 1 888-545-6671.

The Safe Lifting Portal (http://www.safeliftingportal.com/) is sponsored by Liko North America, one of the world’s leading suppliers of patient lift and transfer solutions. Liko North America’s products include mobile lifts, overhead ceiling mounted systems, and a variety of injury prevention solutions. For more information, contact Liko North America, 122 Grove Street, Franklin, MA 02038; telephone (888) 545-6671 or (508) 553-3993; fax (508) 528-6642; or visit the website at www.liko.com/na.

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Monday, July 30th, 2007

Free Video DVD Available to Help Hospitals Inform Patients, Families about Safe Lifting Policies

Franklin, Mass. – July 31, 2007 – A new, free video clip is available to help hospitals and nursing homes inform patients and their families about safe lifting policies. The brief video can be viewed online — or may be requested as a DVD — from Liko, the pro bono sponsor of the healthcare industry’s popular “Safe Lifting Portal” injury prevention site.

The video, titled “Help Us Prevent Caregiver Injuries,” was produced by Liko to help hospitals inform patients or family members about being lifted or transported using a mechanical assistive device. Available at www.safeliftingportal.com/gettingstarted/patients.html, the video is designed to help inform patients and family members of an institution’s injury prevention policies and solicit their continued cooperation. The video is available in several versions including English and Spanish.

The video is a supplement to the “Safe Lifting Library,” an industry-leading resource of books, articles, and e-links ranging from nursing injury research studies to contemporary articles and legislative initiatives on the broad topic of preventing caregiver injuries incurred when lifting or repositioning patients.

Launched this spring, the Safe Lifting Library helps the staffs of hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities locate the background information and resources necessary to justify, initiate, and maintain safe patient handling programs.

The library also serves ancillary groups such as healthcare insurance providers, workers’ compensation agencies, risk management firms, and government organizations, with an interest in driving down nursing injury rates. At present, according to NIOSH statistics, nurses and other caregivers in the U.S. are among the most likely to incur musculoskeletal injuries during the course of their work.

Other sections of the Safe Lifting Portal cover topics such as deploying a program, achieving buy-in from caregivers, and calculating projected savings using an interactive return-on-investment calculator.

To view the free video, or request a free DVD, visit the Safe Lifting Portal at: http://www.safeliftingportal.com/gettingstarted/patients.html Visit The Safe Lifting Library at: www.safeliftingportal.com/safeliftinglibrary.

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Friday, July 27th, 2007

Dermatologists and Pathologists Assemble for In-Depth Training on Confocal Diagnostic Imaging Interpretation

ROCHESTER, NY – July 27, 2007 – More than two dozen dermatologists and pathologists assembled in New York City for the first in a series of in-depth courses to train future diagnostic readers on the interpretation of in-vivo confocal images of pigmented lesions.

Led by one of the world’s leading in-vivo confocal imaging medical researchers, Dr. Giovanni Pellacani from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Modena, Italy, the course was hosted by Lucid, Inc. (http://www.lucid-tech.com/), developer of the VivaScope confocal imagers and the VivaNet™ telemedicine information system.

“I am delighted to have the opportunity to educate confocal diagnostic readers. This educational process is a critical step if the dermatology community is to adopt in-vivo confocal imaging for widespread use in skin cancer screening,” commented Dr. Pellacani.

“Dr. Pellacani’s course topics ranged from an overview of confocal imaging technology to the technology’s application in the diagnostic imaging of pigmented lesions and melanomas,” said Jay Eastman, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of Lucid, Inc. He continued, “Dr. Pellacani’s course in New York was a day and a half of intensive introduction to diagnostic reading of in-vivo confocal images. Due to the enthusiasm and interest of the participants for further training, we are now working with Dr. Pellacani to formulate an advanced readers course to be held in the fall in Modena, Italy.”

Lucid’s non-invasive VivaScope® confocal microscopes provide cellular resolution images of skin that may be used by a physician to assist in forming a clinical judgment for a variety of skin conditions. Lucid’s VivaNet™ , a HIPAA compliant DICOM-Network, is intended to provide fast, accurate, and secure storage, retrieval and transfer of VivaScope® digital cellular resolution images across the Internet to facilitate professional collaboration and consultation between the attending physician and confocal diagnostic readers.

During a typical VivaScope® imaging session, both dermatoscopic quality, full color macroscopic pictures and microscopic, cellular resolution images of the patient’s skin are imaged. Once all of the images for a single session are completed, the images and patient related data are transferred for storage to the secure VivaNetTM server and are immediately available for retrieval by and transfer to authorized diagnostic readers for their review and collaboration with the attending physician.

About Lucid Inc.
Lucid Inc., based in Rochester, New York, USA, is a medical device and information company dedicated to creating innovative cellular imaging technology and using the Internet to securely deliver accurate, real-time VivaScope® cellular resolution images to medical professionals. When coupled with its digital VivaNetTM system, the company’s ability to image in-vivo (living) tissue will aid medical practitioners and pathologists in skin cancer screening with clarity, speed and patient comfort. For more information about Lucid Inc., visit http://www.lucid-tech.com/.

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