KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. Image 1(R) HD Video Platform Named Innovation of the Year by Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a global leader in endoscopy technologies and video imaging systems for more than 60 years, is pleased to announce that its Image 1® HD Video Platform has been recognized by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) as a 2007 Innovation of the Year. Recipients of this year’s Innovations of the Year were announced September 5, 2007, during the SLS 16th International Congress and Endo Expo in San Francisco.