LightLab Imaging and Lantis Laser Sign Optical Coherence Tomography Licensing Agreement.

Business/Technology Editors & Health/Medical Writers

WESTFORD, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 8, 2001

LightLab Imaging, LLC and Lantis Laser, Inc., today announced a licensing agreement related to the use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in the field of dentistry. Under

the terms of the agreement, Lantis Laser gains license to LightLab Imaging's intellectual property portfolio related to Optical Coherence Tomography in the field of dentistry for the life of the agreement. In exchange for these licenses, LightLab Imaging will receive compensation of an undisclosed amount.

"We are pleased to have reached this agreement with LightLab Imaging," said Stanley Baron, CEO of Lantis Laser. "This agreement provides Lantis Laser with access to a technology that will be an important part of the dental office of the future. Optical Coherence Tomography will provide dentists with an unprecedented level of image resolution to assist in the evaluation of periodontal disease, dental restorations and in the detection of caries. OCT is one example of the innovative technologies Lantis Laser is committed to bringing to dentists world wide."

Paul Magnin, Ph.D., president and CEO of LightLab Imaging, stated, "This agreement both acknowledges the strength of our enabling intellectual property and expands the breadth of clinical applications for Optical Coherence Tomography. Dentistry represents the third significant application area into which LightLab proprietary technology has been licensed, moving us one step

closer to our larger vision of establishing OCT as the sixth major imaging modality."

LightLab Imaging's technology is based on Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), a novel imaging modality utilizing broad bandwidth light sources and advanced fiber optics to achieve image resolution in the range of 10-12 micron. Optical Coherence Tomography and LightLab Imaging's fundamental technology was developed from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital

LightLab Imaging, LLC, based in Westford, Mass., is a privately held firm, specializing in the development and commercialization of Optical Coherence Tomography for medical and biological applications. For additional information regarding LightLab Imaging, please refer to the company's web site at http://www.lightlabimaging.com

An innovator in the dental industry, Lantis Laser is a pre-IPO stage medical device company developing the first laser light based early detection imaging system for teeth and gums to take advantage of the new non-invasive treatment modalities including laser treatment. For more information on Lantis Laser's products and service access the company's website at http://www.lantislaser.com