UROMED CORP
LETTER AGREEMENT WITH JOHN SIMON
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<DESCRIPTION>LETTER AGREEMENT WITH JOHN SIMON
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                                                                 Exhibit 10.27

                                       March 26, 2001

Board of Directors
UroMed Corporation

1400 Providence Highway Building
Norwood, Massachusetts 02062


Ladies and Gentlemen:

         This letter is to confirm that the  undersigned  hereby  agrees that he
will vote all of the  shares of UroMed  Corporation's  common  stock,  par value
$0.01 per share ("Common  Stock") held by him of record (and to cause any shares
of Common Stock held by his  affiliates  to be voted)  either (i) in  accordance
with  the  recommendation  of the  Board  of  Directors  of  UroMed  Corporation
(`UroMed") or (ii) in the same  proportion as UroMed's  unaffiliated  holders of
the Common Stock, with UroMed's Board of Directors having the right from time to
time to elect  between (i) and (ii)  above,  so long as Philip  Heintz,  Lillian
Heintz and the Heintz  Family  Trust- 1997 (the  "Trust")  are  obligated  under
Section 6 of that certain Registration Rights and Voting Agreement,  dated as of
the date herewith among UroMed,  Providence Merger  Corporation,  a wholly owned
subsidiary of UroMed,  the stockholders of SSGI, the Trust and Philip Heintz, as
representative of the stockholders of SSGI ("Registration  Rights Agreement") to
vote each of their shares of  Registrable  Securities,  as defined  therein,  in
accordance with Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement. This restriction
shall terminate upon the  undersigned's  transfer of shares of Common Stock held
by him of record (or held by his  affiliates)  to any third party that is not an
affiliate of the undersigned.

                                       Very truly yours,



                                       /s/ John Simon
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                                       John Simon
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