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Friday January 25, 9:00 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Advan International Corporation

ADVAN Int'l Corp Announces ADVAN's 15" And 18" Medical Smart Station

Smart Station Saves Space/Desktop Clutter And Provides A Platform For HIPPA Security Compliance

ATLANTA, GA --(INTERNET WIRE)--Jan 25, 2002 -- ADVAN Int'l Corp, a leading supplier of Flat Panel, TFT/LCD display technology for medical systems, today announced that they have a Combination PC/Security System/Flat-panel monitor for Medical Grade, Hospital applications.

Named the Medical Smart Station, Advan is offering both 15-inch and 18-inch Flat Panel monitors with optional touch-screen capabilities. This lightweight unit is designed to eliminate desktop clutter and optimize space in hospitals, physicians' offices and medical imaging centers. The Medical Smart Station eliminates the use of a mouse and keyboard but provides full OS implementation with Windows NT/2000 /CE based systems using an a Transmeta Crusoe Processor inside the Flat Panel Monitor. Optionally a RF Communications and Smart Card security/ID capability solution is available for user identity/security issues, so vitally important today for meeting HIPPA Security compliance.

The ADVAN Medical Smart Station features advanced leading edge surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) touch-screen technology, which provides the brightest clarity of operation in touch-screen, and operates effectively with either a stylus or a finger with gloved hands. It is ideal for use in central information centers, for vital sign monitoring, and for other medical instrumentation systems. List price for the ADVAN Medical Smart Station with 128MB SDRAM Memory is $1995. OEM private labeling/OEM versions are available.

"Space is an issue in the medical profession, the Smart Station eliminates clutter in the work station for technicians and doctors since the unit is all in one in the flat panel display," said Kenzo Sudo, President and CEO of ADVAN Int'l Corp. "Our years of experience offering customized leading-edge touch screen capabilities to the medical industry has helped us to become a leader in the specialized medical computer applications market, while other flat panel manufactures focus on high volume, more consumer products, Advan has been able to address the special application needs of the medical market and continue to grow."

About ADVAN Int'l Corp

ADVAN Int'l Corp is a rapidly growing, leading supplier of TFT/LCD displays to the medical systems industry. A privately owned company in Fremont, CA, ADVAN's technology partners are Fujitsu and Sharp of Japan, LG/Philips, ESTO, and Korea Computer, Inc., of Korea, ELO Touch of Fremont, CA, GCX Corporation of Petaluma, CA, Sage Electronics of Fremont, CA, Pixelworks of Portland, OR, Westbrook of San Carlos, CA, and Ergotron of St. Paul, MN. ADVAN's significant growth and expansion in advanced TFT/LCD flat panel technologies for thr medical/hospital market. Advan along with the support of its OEM medical equipment partners, has been propelled to a leading product and technology position with flat screen displays in Monochrome and Color, up to a viewing area size of 23", over the past 4 years of its 20 years of technology history. Find us on the Web at: www.ADVANcorp.com or E-Mail us at sales.advancorp.com -- attention to Medical Marketing

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ADVAN's rapid growth and expansion in the TFT- LCD Monitor marketplace in the past few years, has now established ADVAN in the prestigious ranking of the "Top 10" TFT-LCD manufacturers in the world.

Additionally, ADVAN is outselling its competitors nationwide, due to its consistent high quality and product performance.
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