Document:

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
------------------------      -----------------------------------------
                              Name: Joseph R.  DelVecchio
                              Title: Ex V.P. / COO

ATTEST:                       INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD.

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

                                        4EXHIBIT 10.17

                        GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP AGREEMENT

          THIS GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP  AGREEMENT (this  "Guaranty"),  made this
     21st day of January, 2000, by Steridyne Corporation,  a Florida corporation
     (the "Guarantor"),  in favor of International  Investment Partners, Ltd., a
     Delaware corporation (the "Lender"), recites and provides as follows:

RECITALS:

     A. By Note of even date herewith made by Steridyne  Corporation,  a Florida
corporation  (the  "Borrower"),  and  payable to the order of the Lender (as the
same may be amended,  modified or  supplemented  from time to time, the "Note"),
the Lender has agreed to make a Loan of $1,000,000 to the Borrower  (capitalized
terms which are not defined  herein shall have the meanings  assigned to them in
the Note and the other Loan Documents).

     B. The Guarantor has received and reviewed copies of the Note and the other
Loan Documents.

     C. The  execution  and  delivery  by the  Guarantor  of this  Guaranty is a
condition to the Lender's  obligation  to make the Loan to Borrower  pursuant to
the Note.

     D. The Guarantor expects to derive financial benefit from the making of the
Loan by the Lender to the Borrower.

GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP:

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of $10.00 and other good and  valuable
consideration,  the receipt and  sufficiency of which is hereby  acknowledged by
the Guarantor, and intending to be legally bound, the Guarantor hereby agrees as
follows:

1.   The Guaranty.

          (a) Guaranteed  Obligations.  The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
     irrevocably  guarantees to the Lender and becomes  surety to the Lender for
     the due,  punctual and full payment and  performance of, and covenants with
     the Lender to duly,  punctually  and fully pay and perform,  the  following
     (collectively, the "Guaranteed Obligations"):

               (1) All  indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lender  evidenced by
          the Note, both principal and interest, and all other amounts due or to
          become  due  under  the Note and the  other  Loan  Documents,  and any
          refinancing  or refunding  thereof,  whether now existing or hereafter
          arising, contracted or incurred; and

               (2) All covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the
          Borrower  under the Note and the other  Loan  Documents,  whether  now
          existing or hereafter arising, contracted or incurred,

           as and when such payment or performance  shall become due (whether by
           acceleration  or otherwise) in accordance  with the terms of the Loan
           Documents.

          (b) Unconditional Guaranty. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
     are   continuing,   absolute  and   unconditional,   irrespective   of  any
     circumstance  whatsoever  which  might  otherwise  constitute  a  legal  or
     equitable  discharge or defense of a guarantor or surety.  Without limiting
     the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
     shall remain in full force and effect  without  regard to, and shall not be
     released, discharged or in any way affected by:

               (1) Any amendment,  modification or supplement to the Note or any
          other Loan Document;

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               (2) Any exercise or  nonexercise  of or delay in  exercising  any
          right,  remedy,  power  or  privilege  under  or in  respect  of  this
          Guaranty, the Note or any other Loan Document (even if any such right,
          remedy,  power or  privilege  shall be lost  thereby),  or any waiver,
          consent, indulgence or other action or inaction in respect thereof;

               (3)  Any  bankruptcy,   insolvency,   arrangement,   composition,
          assignment  for  the  benefit  of  creditors  or  similar   proceeding
          commenced by or against the Borrower;

               (4) Any  failure  to perfect or  continue  perfection  of, or any
          release or waiver of, any rights  given to the Lender in any  property
          as security for the performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

               (5) Any  extension of time for payment or  performance  of any of
          the Guaranteed Obligations;

               (6) The  genuineness,  validity  or  enforceability  of the  Loan
          Documents;

               (7) Any  limitation  of  liability  of the  Borrower or any other
          Guarantor contained in any Loan Document;

               (8) Any  defense  that may arise by reason of the  failure of the
          Lender to file or enforce a claim  against the estate of the  Borrower
          in any bankruptcy or other proceeding;

               (9) Any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,  dissolution,  sale
          of all or  substantially  all of the property of the Borrower,  or any
          marshalling  of assets and  liabilities,  or other similar  proceeding
          affecting, Borrower or any of its assets;

               (10) The  release of the  Borrower  or any other  Guarantor  from
          performance or observance of any of the agreements,  covenants,  terms
          or conditions contained in the Loan Documents by operation of law; or

               (11) The failure of the Lender to keep the  Guarantor  advised of
          Borrower's  financial  condition,  regardless  of the existence of any
          duty to do so.

           No set-off, claim, reduction or diminution of any obligation,  or any
           defense of any kind or nature which the Borrower or the Guarantor now
           has or  hereafter  may have  against the Lender,  shall be  available
           hereunder to the Guarantor against the Lender.

          C. No Notice or Duty to Exhaust Remedies.  The Guarantor hereby waives
     diligence,  presentment, demand, protest, the benefits of the homestead and
     all other exemptions provided to the Guarantor and all notices of any kind,
     and waives any requirement that the Lender exhaust any right or remedy,  or
     proceed first or at any time,  against the Borrower or any other  guarantor
     of, or any security for, any of the Guaranteed  Obligations.  This Guaranty
     constitutes  an agreement  of  suretyship  as well as of guaranty,  and the
     Lender may pursue its rights and remedies under this Guaranty and under the
     other Loan  Documents  in whatever  order,  or  collectively,  and shall be
     entitled to payment and performance  hereunder  notwithstanding  such other
     Loan  Documents  and  notwithstanding  any  action  taken by the  Lender or
     inaction by the Lender to enforce any of its rights or remedies against any
     other guarantor or any other person or property whatsoever.

          (d) WAIVER OF  SUBROGATION.  GUARANTOR  HEREBY WAIVES AND RELEASES ANY
     AND ALL RIGHTS OF  SUBROGATION  AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO ENFORCE  ANY REMEDY
     WHICH LENDER NOW HAS OR MAY HEREAFTER HAVE AGAINST BORROWER AND ANY BENEFIT
     OF, ANY RIGHT TO  PARTICIPATE  IN, ANY SECURITY  NOW OR  HEREAFTER  HELD BY
     LENDER.

          E. No Waivers Generally. The Lender shall not be deemed to have waived
     any of its rights or remedies  hereunder  unless such waiver is express and
     in writing.  No delay or failure by the Lender on any one or more occasions
     to exercise its rights hereunder or at law or in equity (including, without
     limitation,  the right of acceleration) shall be construed as a novation of
     this Guaranty or shall waive or prevent

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     the  subsequent  exercise of such  rights.  An express  waiver of any right
     shall  not be  construed  as a  waiver  of the  Lender's  right  to  insist
     thereafter upon strict compliance with the terms hereof. No exercise of any
     right by the Lender shall constitute or be deemed to constitute an election
     of remedies by the Lender precluding the subsequent  exercise by the Lender
     of any or all of the rights,  powers and remedies available to it hereunder
     or at law or in equity.  No course of  dealing of the Lender in  exercising
     any right,  power or privilege  under this Guaranty,  the Note or under any
     other Loan Document shall affect any other exercise  thereof or exercise of
     any other right, power or privilege.

2.   Representations and Warranties.

          (a)  Contained  in  the  Loan  Documents.  The  Guarantor  represents,
     warrants  and  certifies  to  the  Lender  that  the   representations  and
     warranties  made by the Borrower with respect to such  Guarantor  under the
     Note and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on the date hereof.

          (b) Corporate Existence.  The Guarantor is a corporation duly created,
     validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Iowa.

          (c)  Power,  Authority  and  Binding  Effect.  The  Guarantor  has the
     corporate  power to execute  and  deliver  this  Guaranty  and the  persons
     executing  this  Guaranty  on  behalf  of  the  Guarantor  have  been  duly
     authorized so to do. This Guaranty constitutes the valid, legal and binding
     obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

3.   Covenants. The Guarantor hereby covenants to the Lender that:

          (a) Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, the Guarantor shall give the
     Lender  notice  of  (i)  the  commencement,  existence  or  threat  of  any
     proceeding  by or before any  Governmental  Authority  against or affecting
     Guarantor which, if adversely decided, would have a material adverse effect
     on  the  business,  operations,   condition  (financial  or  otherwise)  or
     prospects  of  the  Guarantor  or on its  ability  to  perform  obligations
     hereunder or (ii) any material adverse change in the business, opera tions,
     condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Guarantor.

          (b)  The  Guarantor  shall  permit  such  persons  as the  Lender  may
     designate  to  examine  Guarantor's  books  and  records  relating  to  the
     Guarantor's  financial condition and take copies and extracts therefrom and
     to discuss  the  affairs of  Guarantor  with its  officers,  employees  and
     independent  accountants  at such  times  and as  often as the  Lender  may
     reasonably   request.   The  Guarantor  hereby  authorizes  such  officers,
     employees  and  independent  accountants  to  discuss  with the  Lender the
     affairs of the Guarantor.

          (c) The Guarantor  shall not dissolve,  merge or consolidate  with any
     other person or entity or sell,  transfer or otherwise  dispose of all or a
     substantial  part of its  assets,  and  shall  continue  to  engage  in its
     business  substantially  as currently  conducted and operated and shall not
     engage in any other business.

          (d) There shall be no change in the  ownership of the  Guarantor  from
     the date hereof.

4.   Effect of  Bankruptcy  Proceedings.  This  Guaranty  shall  continue  to be
     effective,  or be automatically  reinstated,  as the case may be, if at any
     time payment, in whole or in part, of any of the Guaranteed  Obligations is
     rescinded  or must  otherwise  be  restored  or returned by the Lender as a
     preference,  fraudulent  conveyance  or  otherwise  under  any  bankruptcy,
     insolvency or similar law, all as though such payment had not been made. If
     a default or an Event of Default  at any time  shall have  occurred  and be
     continuing and declaration of default or acceleration under or with respect
     to any of the Loan  Documents  shall at such time be prevented by reason of
     the  pendency  against  the  Borrower  of a case or  proceeding  under  any
     bankruptcy or insolvency  law, the Guarantor  agrees that,  for purposes of
     this  Guaranty  and  the  Guarantor's  obligations  hereunder,   such  Loan
     Documents  shall be deemed to have been declared in default or  accelerated
     with the same effect as if such Loan Documents had been declared in default
     and  accelerated in accordance  with the terms  thereof,  and the Guarantor
     shall  forthwith pay the  Guaranteed  Obligations  in full without  further
     notice or demand.

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5.   Further  Assurances.  From time to time upon the request of the Lender, the
     Guarantor shall promptly and duly execute,  acknowledge and deliver any and
     all such further instruments and documents as the Lender may deem necessary
     or desirable to confirm this Guaranty,  to carry out the purpose and intent
     hereof or to enable the Lender to enforce any of its rights hereunder.

6.   Notices.   All   notices,   requests,   demands,   directions   and   other
     communications  (collectively,  "notices")  under  the  provisions  of this
     Guaranty  shall be in  writing  and  shall be sent (i) by  first-  class or
     first-class express mail, certified with return receipt requested,  or (ii)
     by fax  with  confirmation  in  writing  mailed  first-class,  or  (iii) by
     guaranteed  overnight  delivery service with receipt  therefor,  or (iv) by
     hand, in all cases with charges prepaid, and any such properly given notice
     shall be  effective  when  received or when such  delivery is refused.  All
     notices shall be sent,

 If to the Lender:            International Investment Partners, Ltd.
                              80 Abbeyville Road
                              Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
                              Att'n: Brian Auchey
                              FAX: (717) 892-6788

 If to the Guarantor:        Steridyne Corporation
                             3725 Investment Lane
                             Riviera Beach, Florida 33404

                             Att'n: _________________________________
                              FAX: (___) ___-____

     or in accordance with the last unrevoked  written direction from such party
     to the other  party  hereto.  The Lender may rely on any notice  (including
     telephoned  communication)   purportedly  made  by  or  on  behalf  of  the
     Guarantor,  and shall have no duty to verify the  identity or  authority of
     the person giving such notice.

7.   Miscellaneous.

          (a).  Amendments.   This  Guaranty  cannot  be  amended,  modified  or
     terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties.

          (b) Expenses;  Taxes;  Attorneys' Fees. The Guarantor agrees to pay or
     cause to be paid and to save the Lender harmless against  liability for the
     payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees
     and expenses of counsel for the Lender, incurred by the Lender from time to
     time,  (i) in  connection  with the  preparation,  execution,  delivery and
     performance of this Guaranty or any other Loan  Document,  (ii) relating to
     any requested amendments, waivers or consents to this Guaranty or any other
     Loan  Document and (iii) in  connection  with the Lender's  enforcement  or
     preservation of rights under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, (iv)
     in defense of any claim relating to or affecting any Loan Document, (v) the
     perfection of any liens on or security  interests in any collateral for the
     Note or this Guaranty,  and (vi) the preservation,  care and custody of any
     collateral  for the Note or this  Guaranty and the  collection of insurance
     proceeds or condemnation  awards related  thereto.  The Guarantor agrees to
     pay all stamp,  document,  transfer,  recording or filing taxes or fees and
     similar impositions now or hereafter determined by the Lender to be payable
     in  connection  with this  Guaranty  or any other Loan  Documents,  and the
     Guarantor hereby indemnifies and saves the Lender harmless from and against
     any and all present or future claims, liabilities or losses with respect to
     or  resulting  from any  omission to pay or delay in paying any such taxes,
     fees or  impositions.  All  amounts  payable  by the  Guarantor  under this
     paragraph  shall be paid  within  five (5) days after  demand by the Lender
     with  interest,  until paid, at the Default Rate, if any,  specified in the
     Note or, otherwise, at the rate of interest provided in the Note.

          (c)  Severability.  If any term or provision  of this  Guaranty or the
     application  thereof to any person or  circumstance  shall to any extent be
     invalid  or  unenforceable,   the  remainder  of  this  Guaranty,   or  the
     application  of such term or  provision to persons or  circumstances  other
     than  those  as to which  it is  invalid  or  unenforceable,  shall  not be
     affected  thereby,  and each term and provision of this  Guaranty  shall be
     valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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          (d) Governing  Law. This Guaranty  shall be governed by, and construed
     in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

          (e) Time of Essence;  Duration;  Survival. Time is of the essence with
     respect to all of the  Guarantor's  obligations  under this  Guaranty.  All
     representations  and warranties of the Guarantor contained herein or in any
     other Loan  Document  or made in  connection  herewith or  therewith  shall
     survive the making,  execution  and delivery of this  Guaranty or the other
     Loan Documents,  any  investigation by the Lender or the making of any loan
     advance  under the Loan  Documents.  All  covenants  and  agreements of the
     Guarantor  contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall continue in
     full force and effect from and after the date hereof until  payment in full
     of all the Guaranteed Obligations.

          (f) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  THE GUARANTOR  HEREBY  KNOWINGLY WAIVES ITS
     RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION  BROUGHT BY OR AGAINST  THE  GUARANTOR
     RELATED  TO OR  ARISING  OUT OF  THIS  GUARANTY  OR ANY OF THE  OTHER  LOAN
     DOCUMENTS.

          (g) Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty shall apply to, inure to the
     benefit  of and  bind  each of the  parties  hereto  and  their  respective
     successors and assigns.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed
by its duly authorized representative.

ATTEST:                                STERIDGYNE CORPORATION

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

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