NOVEMBER 2010

KEIR SURGICAL LTD. SEALS DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS FOR LIQUIBAND® PRODUCTS

Keir Surgical Ltd. announced it has been awarded with Canadian distributor rights to Advanced Medical Solutions' (AMS) LiquiBand® and LiquiBand® Flow Control products. AMS is a world leader in topical skin adhesives through its technology in cyanoacrylate-based medical adhesives.

LiquiBand® and LiquiBand® Flow Control topical skin adhesives are used for the closure of topical skin wounds including laparoscopic incisions and trauma-induced lacerations in areas of low skin tension. The LiquiBand® product range provides advantages in speed of closure, precision, and control and is suitable for use in the Operating Room, Ambulatory Care/Outpatient Facilities, and Emergency Room.

"This new partnership introduces a unique and complementary product line to the Keir Surgical's current product mix," states Michael Fish, President of Keir Surgical. "We are proud to be a source for AMS's skin adhesive products in Canada."

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About Keir Surgical Ltd.

Keir Surgical Ltd. is a Canadian owned and operated surgical products company dedicated to providing its customers with quality products and service. For more than 85 years, Keir Surgical has been supplying Canadian hospitals with high quality instrumentation, specialty surgical devices, and sterile monitoring devices.

About Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc.

Established in 1991 in Winsford, Cheshire, AMS is a world leader wound care and topical skin adhesive technology and has developed the LiquiBand® range to provide cutting edge wound closure products to the global medical device market. The LiquiBand® range of wound closure is uniquely designed to meet the needs of the growing demand from clinicians for safe, secure and effective wound closure.