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Founded in 2001, Aircraft Medical is an award winning medical device manufacturer headquartered in Edinburgh. It has strong IP and a expanding distribution network in North America and Europe. Aircraft's award winning management team are focused on developing a significant new brand in healthcare.
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Delphi Medical Systems is a world-class provider of technology, products, and product development and manufacturing for Dialysis, Infusion, Respiratory Care, Vital Signs Monitoring and Power Mobility. Its capabilities stem from Delphi's vast technology base, product development expertise and manufacturing excellence.
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ATS Medical keeps its products close to the heart. The company's main product is its ATS Open Pivot mechanical heart valve, which has been implanted in more than 140,000 patients worldwide. The valve was designed to lower the risk of blood clotting, reduce noise levels, and make the implantation procedure easier. ATS Medical sells the valve through a direct sales force in the US and some key international markets and through distributors elsewhere. The firm is diversifying its product offerings through acquisitions and marketing agreements. In 2006 it purchased medical device company 3F Therapeutics, which is developing biological tissue heart valves.
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ATS Medical, Inc. provides innovative products and services focused on cardiac surgery. The company, global in scope, has been headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota since its founding in 1991. More than 130,000 ATS Open Pivot(R) Heart Valves, which utilize a unique pivot design resulting in exceptional performance and low risk profile, have been implanted in patients worldwide. The ATS 3F(R) brand encompasses multiple tissue heart valve product offerings at varying steps from market introductions to clinical trials to development projects that incorporate less invasive valve replacement technology. ATS Medical's focus on cardiac surgery is further strengthened by offerings that include ATS Simulus(TM) annuloplasty products for heart valve repair, SurgiFrost(R) and FrostByte(TM) products for surgical cryoablation of cardiac arrhythmias, RTI-Cardiovascular for allograft tissue services, and the development of PARSUS blood filtration technology. The ATS Medical web site is http://www.atsmedical.com/.
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In the US, Verathon filed a patent infringement case against Aircraft Medical in Seattle in February 2006, almost a year before the McGrath(R) Series 5 was fully launched into the US. Aircraft Medical succeeded in having that case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Following this, in June 2006, Verathon filed again against Aircraft in Atlanta, Georgia. The federal court has since suspended the Atlanta litigation, because, at Aircraft's request, the U.S. Patent Office is re-examining the validity of Verathon's U.S. patent (number 6,543,447). In fact, at this point the U.S. Patent Office has declared that every claim in the issued '447 patent is invalid, representing a significant setback for Verathon.
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Children should be carefully screened, medical records taken and decisions made carefully - not in an ad hoc assembly-line clinic in a county courtroom and under the brutal watch of law enforcement. This is a man-made disaster ready and waiting to detonate. Children could receive a dangerous cocktail of several vaccines without proper examinations. "The procedure is reckless and subjects children to the risk of severe reactions. Physicians would not be allowed to treat children in this way, without individual histories and physical exams - or informed consent," said Jane M. Orient, M.D., AAPS Executive Director.
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