Collaborators:
Simbionix has been fortunate to work together with several excellent partners as we develop our products both in the fields of simulators and endoscopic visualization systems. The following are some of those with whom we have collaborated:

Industry:

• Cordis Endovascular Collaboration in development and marketing of the ANGIO Mentor.
  
• eTrinsic, Inc. A partnership of Simbionix and eTrinsic develops the new generation of educational, assessment and simulation technologies for the medical device and physician education market.
  
• Cook Urology supplies endourology tools for the URO Mentor™ simulator. They have been active in both the development side and marketing side of activities relating to the URO Mentor and collaborate with us in marketing promotion activities including participation in Cook Urology booths at major exhibitions.
  
• Pentax GmbH supplies endoscopes and collaborates with us in promotional activities.
  
• Pentax USA collaborates with us in promotional activities in the USA.
  
• Wilson-Cook supplies tools for the GI Mentor and collaborates with us in marketing promotion activities.
  
• Ascension Technology Corporation supplies the sensors for the modified endoscopes used in our simulators.
  
• PolyDimensions collaborating with us on the creation of human anatomy models using CT and MRI images.
  
• Kobi Kor Industrial Design Collaboration in design and production of our Mentor simulators line

Medical Institutions:

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, which is a shareholder in Simbionix, has been instrumental in the company’s move to Cleveland and integration into the local medical community. In addition, the MIS Department collaborates with us in the development and medical validation of several of our products.
  
• University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital. conducts courses using the GI Mentor and is heading a multinational study on training with Simbionix simulators.
  
• MUSC, (Medical University of South Carolina) collaborates with us on development of advaqnced modules for the GI Mentor simulator and on advancing the institutionalization of computerized simulators as effective training tools.
  
• MSR, Medical Simulation Center at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel is creating a virtual hospital for training purposes. A Simbionix GI Mentor? is installed there and being used for training of physicians.

The following physicians and medical centers have collaborated with us on medical development for the GI Mentor™:

• Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam, Holland, Jelle Haringsma, M.D. collaborated in medical QA and GI Mentor II evaluation.
  
• Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sven Adamsen, M.D. and Soren Meisner, M.D. collaborated on the Emergency Bleeding module.
  
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Jeffery L. Ponsky, M.D. collaborates on medical evaluation and validation.
  
• Endoscopy Unit, Institute Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France, Marc Giovannini, M.D. Head, collaborates on the EUS module.
  
• General Hospital of Vienna, Austria, Rainer Schoefl, M.D. published a validation study on the GI Mentor.
  
• Hopital E. Herriot, Lyon, France, Thierry Ponchon, M.D. is collaborating on advanced features for ERCP and colonoscopy modules.
  
• Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France, Christian Florent, M.D. collaborated on the Second Upper and Lower GI modules.
  
• Klinikum Meiningen in Germany, Michael Keymling M.D. collaborated on the ERCP module.
  
• Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, David Fleischer, M.D. and Darius Sorbi, M.D. collaborate on the Flexible Sigmoidoscopy module and the EUS module.
  
• MUSC Digestive Disease Center (Medical University of South Carolina) Robert Hawes, M.D. collaborates on the EUS module.
  
• National Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway, Ronald Marvik, M.D. Head, is collaborating with us on the connectivity feature of the GI Mentor.
  
• NYU Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Jonathan Cohen, M.D. is conducting validation studies.
  
• Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Simon Bar-Meir, M.D. Director, Department of Gastroenterology, serves as a consultant to Simbionix.
  
• University of Miami School of Medicine, Brian Dunkin, M.D. is conducting a multi-center international validation study.

The following physicians and medical centers have collaborated with us on medical development, preparation of cases or validation of the URO Mentor™:

• Center for Minimal Invasive Urology, University Medical Center St Radboud, the Netherlands, Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette, M.D., PhD, Director
  
• Department of Urology, Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, Thierry Flam, M.D.
  
• Department of Urology, Klinikum Manheim, Germany, Maurice Stephen Michel, M.D. Head of the Research & Scientific Laboratory
  
• Department of Urology, St. Joseph’s Health Center, London, Ontario, Canada, John Denstedt, M.D. Division Chief
  
• Department of Urology, the University of Wisconsin, Stephen Y. Nakada, M.D. Chairman
  
• Division of Urology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada, John Honey, M.D. Head
  
• Salvator Hospital, Marseille, France, Eric Lechevallier, M.D. Department of Urology
  
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, Margaret Pearle, M.D. and Jeffery Cadedu, M.D.

The following physicians have contributed to the medical development of our LAP Mentor™:

• Dr. Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
  
• Dr. Amir Szold, Head of Surgical Endoscopy unit, Sorasky Medical Center Tel-Aviv.
  

The following physicians have contributed to the medical development of our ANGIO Mentor™:

• Jay Yadav, MD, Director of Vascular Intervention, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
  
• Dr Casserly Ivan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  

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