Medical Technology & Innovations Inc. Partners with the Tennessee Lions and Vanderbilt University to Save the Sight of Children

Business Wire, Nov 17, 1997

LANCASTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--Medical Technology & Innovations Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MTEN) announced Monday their participation in a statewide outreach program of the Tennessee Lions Eye Center at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to save the sight of Tennessee's children through early detection of vision disorders.

It is estimated that approximately three percent of the 1.5 million children in Tennessee have serious eye problems. Until now, no structured program existed to discover many of these problems early enough to offer remedial treatment.

A recent survey at the Tennessee School for the Blind indicated that more than one half of the legally blind students there could have avoided a lifetime of visual impairment or blindness had their disease been diagnosed and treatment provided early in their childhood.

With the help of the MTI PhotoScreener(TM) and the development of the outreach program in Tennessee it is now possible to rapidly identify and refer for treatment such children at risk. This ambitious project will travel throughout the state of Tennessee, including rural and distant communities with the goal of screening approximately 10,000 children ages 6 months to 4 years in the next 12 months.

Lions Clubs of Tennessee who raised $4 million to establish the Tennessee Lions Eye Center at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, home of the outreach program, funds the program through a statewide campaign.

"No where in the world has such a task been undertaken. The implications of this project are quite clear," said COO Robert D. Brennan, and president of Medical Technology & Innovations Inc. "The children of Tennessee will, of course, benefit from this endeavor, but this could well be the model for saving the sight of thousands and thousands of children worldwide."

Denis M. O'Day, M.D., chair, Vanderbilt Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, stated, "Many of us take our vision for granted, but for too many of Tennessee's children, vision defects stand between them and a full, productive life. All of these children could reach their full potential if the resources were available to identify them and provide them with proper cTI has received an initial order of MTI PhotoScreeners and film for the Tennessee Lions Eye Center for their first volunteer training session which took place on Sept often fail to detect serious eye problems. rvention is the key to catching disorders beforent often go on to enjoy a lifetime of good vichnology & Innovations Inc. is the parent compan("lazy eye") and other eye disorders in infant88

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