Hong Kong, Nov 21, 2005 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Premier Bionics (ASX: PBI) wholly owned subsidiary Medic Vision Pty Ltd ("Medic Vision") is pleased to announce the official opening of the Minimally Invasive Surgical (MIS) Skills Training Centre, designed by Medic Vision and located at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.

The Prince of Wales Hospital is a leading health facility and the main teaching hospital for the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The MIS skills training centre is the latest to be completed by Medic Vision and incorporates many innovative technologies applied to the teaching of surgeons and medical practitioners in a patient-free environment.

"We designed into this skills centre leading edge simulation technology so that doctors can train on computer-based simulated patients before carrying out procedures on actual patients. We also incorporated a simulated operating theatre for the whole Operating Theatre (OT) team to train together in an OT environment. This skills centre represents the very latest in technology and joins the growing list of facilities in which Medic Vision has played a major part in the conception, design and facilitation." commented Ross Horley, CEO of Medic Vision.

About Medic Vision:
Medic Vision is a technology based company specialising in the application of technology for surgical and medical skills training. Medic Vision provides consulting services in the development of skills training centres as well as developing and deploying computer-based surgical and medical high fidelity simulators.

Contact

Ross Horley CEO
Medic Vision
Tel: +61 3 8508 8200
or +61 400 209 899

Peter Marks
Executive Chairman
Tel: +61 3 9824 8166


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