EXHIBIT 10.16


                           GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT


     This Security  Agreement is made and entered into this 21st day of January,
2000,  by  and  between  Medical  Technology  &  Innovations,  Inc.,  a  Florida
corporation,  having a mailing address at 3725 Investment  Lane,  Riviera Beach,
Florida 33404 (hereinafter the "Debtor"), and International Investment Partners,
Ltd., a Delaware  corporation,  having a mailing address at 80 Abbeyville  Road,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603 (the "Secured Party").

                                    RECITALS


A.   Pursuant  to the Loan  Agreement  dated as of  January  21,  2000 (the Loan
     Agreement),  the Secured Party has agreed to make available to the Debtor a
     term loan of One Million Dollars  ($1,000,000)  (the "Loan") and has agreed
     to accept  in  evidence  thereof  a Term  Loan  Note  dated as of even date
     herewith in the original aggregate  principal amount of One Million Dollars
     ($1,000,000) (the "Note");


B.   The  Debtor  has  agreed  to issue the Note and  enter  into this  Security
     Agreement to induce the Secured Party to make the Loan to Debtor.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  subject to the mutual  covenants  and promises  contained
herein and with intent to be legally bound, the parties agree as follows:

     1.  Security  Interest.  The Debtor  hereby  grants to the Secured  Party a
security interest in all of Debtor's tangible and intangible assets,  including,
but not limited to, the following:

          (a) Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Equipment, Inventory ( whether
     held for  sale or lease or to be  furnished  under  contracts  of  service,
     including raw materials and work in process), Furniture,  Fixtures, General
     Intangibles,  Patents, goodwill,  supplies, Goods, Instruments,  Machinery,
     motor vehicles,  Securities,  books and records (including, but not limited
     to, manual records,  computer runs,  print outs,  tapes,  disks,  software,
     programs,   source  codes  and  other  computer  prepared  information  and
     equipment of any kind);

          (b) all other tangible and intangible  personal property,  whether now
     owned or hereafter  acquired,  including  policies of insurance thereon and
     all  insurance  proceeds  and  unearned  premium in  connection  therewith,
     together  with  all  accessions,   additions  to,   replacements   for  and
     substitutions of Collateral and all cash and non-cash Proceeds and products
     thereof,  whether now owned or hereafter acquired  (hereinafter referred to
     as the "Collateral"), to secure:



               (i) all  existing and future  extensions  of credit to the Debtor
          from the Secured Party;

               (ii) all  expenditures  by  Secured  Party for  taxes, insurance,
          repairs  to and  maintenance  of the  Collateral  and  all  costs  and
          expenses  incurred by Secured Party in the collection and  enforcement
          of the indebtedness of Debtor.

               (iii) Debtor's payment obligations under the Note; and


               (iv) all liabilities  of Debtor to Secured  Party now existing or
          hereafter incurred,  matured or unmatured,  direct or contingent,  and
          any  renewals  and  extensions  thereof  and  substitutions  therefor,
          including  without  limitation,  liabilities  under  certain  Guaranty
          Agreements  executed  and  delivered  by  Debtor  and  its  principals
          contemporaneously herewith.


     2.  Debtor's  Covenants.  The  Debtor  warrants,  covenants  and  agrees as
follows:

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          (a) Title. Except for the security interest hereby granted, Debtor has
     full fee  simple  title to the  Collateral  free  from any  lien,  security
     interest,  encumbrance, or claim, and the Debtor will, at the Debtor's cost
     and  expense,  defend any  action  which may  affect  the  Secured  Party's
     security  interest in, or the Debtor's title to, the Collateral except such
     priority  lien as may be evidenced by Financing  Statements  filed by First
     Capital Corporation or by financing statements included as exhibits hereto.

          (b)  Financing   Statement.   No  Financing   Statement  covering  the
     Collateral  or any part thereof or any  proceeds  thereof is on file in any
     public office except those filed in favor of First Capital  Corporation and
     as attached hereto,  and, at the Secured Party's  request,  the Debtor will
     join in executing all necessary  Financing  Statements in form satisfactory
     to the  Secured  Party  and will pay the cost of  filing  the same and will
     further execute all other  necessary  instruments  deemed  necessary by the
     Secured Party and pay the cost of filing the same.

          (c) Sale,  Lease,  or Disposition of Collateral.  The Debtor will not,
     without the written  consent of the Secured Party or in the ordinary course
     of business,  sell,  contract to sell, lease,  encumber,  or dispose of the
     Collateral or any interest  therein  until this Security  Agreement and all
     debts secured thereby have been fully satisfied.

          (d) Insurance.  The Debtor will insure the  Collateral  with companies
     acceptable to the Secured Party against such casualties and in such amounts
     as the Secured Party shall require with a clause in favor of the Debtor and
     Secured  Party as their  interests  may appear,  and the  Secured  Party is
     hereby  authorized  to collect  sums which may become due under any of said
     policies and apply the same to the obligations hereby secured.

          (e) Protection of  Collateral.  The Debtor will keep the Collateral in
     good order and repair and will not waste or destroy the  Collateral  or any
     part  thereof.  The Debtor will not use the  Collateral in violation of any
     statute or ordinance  and the Secured  Party will have the right to examine
     and inspect the Collateral at any reasonable time.

          (f)  Taxes.  The  Debtor  will pay  promptly  when due all  taxes  and
     assessments on the Collateral or for its use and operation.

          (g) Location and  Identification.  The Debtor will keep the Collateral
     separate and  identifiable  and at its principal place of business as shown
     above  and will  not  remove  the  Collateral  from  said  address  without
     notifying the Secured Party.

     3. Additional  Security  Interest.  The Debtor hereby grants to the Secured
Party a security  interest  in and to all  proceeds,  increases,  substitutions,
replacements,  additions, and accessions to the Collateral. This provision shall
not be  construed  to mean that the  Debtor is  authorized  to sell,  lease,  or
dispose of the Collateral without the consent of the Secured Party.

     4. Decrease in Value of  Collateral.  The Debtor  shall,  if in the Secured
Party's  judgment the  Collateral  has  materially  decreased in value or if the
Secured Party shall at any time deem that the Secured Party is insecure,  either
provide enough additional  collateral to reasonably satisfy the Secured Party or
reduce the total sum owed to Secured Party by an amount sufficient to reasonably
satisfy the Secured Party.

     5.  Reimbursement  of  Expenses.  At the option of the Secured  Party,  the
Secured Party may discharge taxes,  liens,  interest,  or perform or cause to be
performed  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  Debtor  any  actions  and  conditions,
obligations,  or covenants which the Debtor has failed or refused to perform and
may pay for the repair, maintenance, and preservation of the Collateral, and all
sums so expended,  including but not limited to,  attorney's  fees, court costs,
agent's fees, or commissions, or any other costs or expenses shall bear interest
from the date of payment at the rate of six percent  (6%) per annum and shall be
payable at the place designated in the above-described Note and shall be secured
by this Security Agreement.

     6.  Payment.  The  Debtor  will  pay any  indebtedness  hereby  secured  in
accordance with the terms and provisions  thereof and will repay immediately all
sums expended by the Secured Party in accordance  with the terms and  provisions
of this Security Agreement.

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     7. Change of Residence.  The Debtor will promptly  notify the Secured Party
of any change of the Debtor's principal place of business.


     8. Attorney in Fact.  The Debtor  hereby  appoints the Secured Party as the
Debtor's  attorney in fact to do any and every act which the Debtor is obligated
by this  Security  Agreement  to do, and to exercise all rights of the Debtor in
the Collateral and to make  collections  and to execute any and all property and
papers and  instruments  and to do all other  things  necessary  to preserve and
protect  the  Collateral  and to make  collections  and to protect  the  Secured
Party's security interest in said Collateral.

     9. Time of  Performance  and  Waiver.  In  performing  any act  under  this
Security Agreement, time shall be of the essence. The Secured Party's acceptance
of partial or  delinquent  payments,  or the  failure  of the  Secured  Party to
exercise  any right or remedy  shall  not be a waiver of any  obligation  of the
Debtor or right of the Secured Party or constitute a waiver of any other similar
default subsequently occurring.

     10. Default.  The Debtor shall be in default under this Security  Agreement
on the happening of any of the following events or conditions:

          (a) Default in the payment or performance of any material  obligation,
     covenant,  or liability  contained  or referred to herein,  or in any other
     agreement with Secured Party;

          (b) Any warranty,  representation,  or statement  made or furnished to
     the Secured  Party by or on behalf of the Debtor  proves to have been false
     in any material respect when made or furnished;

          (c) Any event which results in the acceleration of the maturity of the
     indebtedness  of the Debtor to others under any  indenture,  agreement,  or
     undertaking;

          (d) Loss, theft, substantial damage, destruction, sale, or encumbrance
     to or of a substantial  part of the  Collateral,  or the making of any levy
     thereon or seizure thereof;

          (e) Any time the Secured  Party  believes that the prospect of payment
     of any  indebtedness  secured  hereby or the  performance  of this Security
     Agreement is impaired; or

          (f) Death, dissolution, termination of existence, insolvency, business
     failure, appointment of a receiver, assignment for the benefit of creditors
     or the  commencement  of any pro ceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency
     law by or against the Debtor or any guarantor or surety for the Debtor.

     11.  Remedies.  On the occurrence of any such event of default,  and at any
time  thereafter,  the Secured Party may declare all obligations  secured hereby
immediately  due and payable and may proceed to enforce  payment of the same and
exercise  any  and  all of the  rights  and  remedies  provided  by the  Uniform
Commercial  Code as well as other rights and  remedies  possessed by the Secured
Party.

     The Secured  Party shall have the right to remove the  Collateral  from the
premises of the Debtor and, for purposes of removal and possession,  the Secured
Party or its  representatives may enter any premises of the Debtor without legal
process and the Debtor  hereby waives and releases the Secured Party of and from
any and all claims in connection therewith.

     The Secured  Party may require the Debtor to assemble  the  Collateral  and
make it  available  to the Secured  Party at any place to be  designated  by the
Secured  Party  which is  reasonably  convenient  to both  parties.  Unless  the
Collateral is  perishable  or threatens to decline  speedily in value or is of a
type  customarily sold on a recognized  market,  the Secured Party will give the
Debtor  reasonable notice of the time and place of any public sale thereof or of
the time after which any private sale or any other intended  disposition thereof
is to be made. The requirements of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice
is mailed,  postage prepaid, to the address of the Debtor shown at the beginning
of this  Security  Agreement  at least five days  before the time of the sale or
disposition.



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     Upon  default,  Debtor shall  reimburse  the Secured Party for any expenses
incurred in retaking, holding, preparing for sale, or selling the Collateral, or
the  like,  or in  collecting  obligations  owed by  Debtor  to  Secured  Party,
including the Secured Party's reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses.


     12. Miscellaneous Provisions.

          (a) Pennsylvania Law to Apply: This Agreement shall be construed under
     and in accordance with the Pennsylvania  Uniform  Commercial Code and other
     applicable laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

          (b) Parties  Bound:  This Agreement  shall be binding upon  respective
     heirs, executors,  administrators,  legal representatives,  successors, and
     assigns where permitted by this Agreement.

          (c)  Legal  Construction:  In case  any one or more of the  provisions
     contained  in this  Agreement  shall for any reason be held to be  invalid,
     illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,  illegality,  or
     unenforceability  shall not affect  any other  provision  thereof  and this
     Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid,  illegal, or unenforceable
     provision had never been contained herein.

          (d) Prior Agreements  Superseded:  This Agreement constitutes the sole
     and  only  agreement  of  the  parties  hereto  and  supersedes  any  prior
     understandings or written or oral agreements between the parties respecting
     the within subject matter.

          (e)  Definitions:  All terms  used  herein  which are  defined  in the
     Uniform  Commercial Code of Pennsylvania shall have the same meaning herein
     as in said Code.


Dated:  January 21, 2000.


ATTEST:                       MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS, INC.

 By /s/ Annalisa B.  Pegg     By /s/ Joseph R.  DelVecchio
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                              Name: Joseph R.  DelVecchio
                              Title: Ex V.P. / COO


ATTEST:                       INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD.

 By /s/ Annalisa B.  Pegg     By /s/ Brian A Auchey
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                              Name: Brian A Auchey
                              Title: Vice President




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