About Us
In 1993, on the initiative of Ukraine Academician Boris E. Paton, a group of employees of the Paton EW Institute together with the surgeons of the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Surgery of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine carried out experiments which proved the feasibility of welding a variety of soft tissues using high frequency bipolar electricity.
In 1996, Consortium Service Management Group, Inc., CSMG Technologies, Inc. located in Corpus Christi, Texas began working with the Paton Institute to further the research surrounding tissue welding and to commercialize a host of tissue welding instruments for use in surgery.
Since 1996, over 10,000 human surgical procedures have been performed in Eastern Europe, in a variety of surgical applications. This experience forms the foundation of LTC’s technology today and continues to guide our development efforts.
To facilitate these commercialization efforts, in 2007 CSMG established a medical device company based in Santa Barbara, California, Live Tissue Connect Technologies.
LTC is currently marketing the BioFuse generator and forceps in the United States and to over 30 countries throughout Europe for vessel sealing up to 7 mm in diameter. This reflects LTC’s commitment to be a global organization with worldwide distribution.
LTC has been granted an exclusive license to this technology through an assignment from its parent CSMG Technologies, Inc. for all countries except those of the former Soviet Union. LTC currently holds a total of 16 patents and 15 patent applications pending worldwide relating to the LTC Bipolar System, including 12 patents and patent applications in the United States and 19 in other countries, including Russia, Japan, Australia, Ukraine, the European Union, Canada, India and China.
We are a physician focused company dedicated to the development of specialized 3rd Generation bipolar devices. Consistent with this focus we have established 6 divisions focusing on procedure specific product designs.
Live Tissue Connect’s Divisions:
- General Surgery & Gynecology Medical Group
- Orthopaedic Tissue Sciences
- Colorectal Connection Management
- Pulmonary Sealing Sciences
- Urologic Tissue Welding
- Aesthetic Tissue Welding