Date: April 13, 2004
Closure Medical Corporation wins Medical Design Excellence Award with the help of Flying Foto Factory, Inc.

Closure Medical Corporation (Nasdaq:CLSR) announced today that it has received a Medical Design Excellence Award from Canon Communications, (the publisher of Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Journal) for its design of the Dermabond ProPen XL Applicator System.

Prior to entering the competition Closure Medical Corp. selected Flying Foto Factory, Inc. to produce and direct a DVD based presentation of DERMABOND ProPen XL Applicator System’s design features and improvments for submission to the awards competition. The goal of the DVD presentation was to showcase improved functionality and design features of the Dermabond Applicator system in addressing the wound closure needs of healthcare providers and patients. In designing and producing the DVD, Flying Foto Factory, Inc. created 3D models of the DERMABOND ProPen XL, animated internal and external parts and functionality of the applicator system, scripted and recorded narration and music, completed final editing, compression and interactive programming of the DVD for final submission to the competition.

The Medical Design Excellence Awards competition is the only awards program exclusively recognizing the contributions and advances in the design of medical products. A multidisciplinary panel of third party judges with expertise in biomedical engineering, human factors, industrial design, medicine, diagnostics, and medical packaging evaluates products on a broad range of criteria to assure the product meets its clinical objectives.

“We're delighted our digital production work for Closure Medical Corporation assisted them in winning this international award for design of the DERMABOND ProPen XL applicator system” said Casey Herbert, President of Flying Foto Factory, Inc. “while our goal was to produce an award-winning communication tool, this award illustrates Closure Medical’s commitment to excellence and success in product design of biomaterial based medical devices. We’re delighted to have collaborated with such a leader in the field.”

Flying Foto Factory, Inc. is a 20-year-old multi-award winning production; multimedia and communications co. specializing with an expertise in producing detailed 3D computer animation. The company’s services now include a full range of digital production and communications services. From concept stage to final distribution of digital and interactive content of all types of digital media: web, video, & HDTV. Our clients include major corporations, national and international broadcast and cable networks and educational clients such as The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, Discovery Health Channel, CBS News, PBS, BBC, ITV, GlaxoSmithKine, Closure Medical Corporation, Ralston Purina, John Deere and others.