Laserscope | Introduction
Introduction
3070 Orchard Drive
San Jose, California 95134-2011
U.S.A.
Telephone: (408) 943-0636
Toll Free: (800) 356-9630
Fax: (408) 943-9630
Web site: http://www.laserscope.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1984
Employees: 195
Sales: $57.4 million (2003)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: SCP
NAIC: 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Laserscope is a San Jose, California-based company that makes medical laser systems for a variety of uses. One of Laserscope's newer systems treats benign prostatic hyperplasia, a urological disorder that involves the enlargement of the prostate gland and mostly strikes men over the age of 50. Laserscope also offers systems with aesthetic applications, such as the removal of wrinkles, leg and facial veins, and unwanted hair. To a lesser degree the company's lasers find uses in such markets as ear, nose, and throat surgery; general surgery; gynecology; and photodynamic therapy. In addition, Laserscope sells products used by its systems: disposable optical fibers, side-firing devices, individual custom hand pieces required in some surgical applications, scanning devices, micromanipulators for microscopic surgery, and other accessories and procedure-specific kits. Laserscope products are sold through the company's own sales force in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, and marketed to the rest of the world through distributors. Laserscope is a public company, trading on the NASDAQ.