Exhibit 99.1



                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

        In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report of Laserscope on
Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2002, I, Eric M. Reuter,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Laserscope, hereby certify pursuant to
18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

        (1)    such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended
               September 30, 2002 fully complies with the requirements of
               section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
               and
        (2)    the information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
               for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 fairly presents, in
               all material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of Laserscope.



Date:  November 13, 2002               By:   /s/  Eric M. Reuter
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                                           Eric M. Reuter
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer