Angeion Corporation Introduces the
MedGraphics
CCM
Express®,
a New Product for the Critical Care Market
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. (October 3, 2007) — Angeion
Corporation (NASDAQ: ANGN) today announced a new product, the MedGraphics
CCM Express® monitor,
designed to measure the nutritional requirements of patients in hospital
intensive care units (ICU) and critical care units (CCU). The CCM Express
is significantly smaller, easier to use and more cost effective than
other products currently available. The system was demonstrated at
the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Society in Stockholm,
Sweden, and received great interest.
The CCM Express is an extension of MedGraphic’s core technology
and expertise in determining patients’ respiratory function.
This monitor is used to assess the caloric and supplemental nutrition
needs of hospitalized patients who can’t eat or those who require
intravenous or other specialized feeding techniques such as in the
intensive care or critical care unit.
The measurement is based upon the patient’s inhaled and exhaled
breath. This technology is used to accurately measure the optimal nutritional
requirements of acutely ill patients and to assist in transitioning
these patients from ventilator support to breathing on their own. “Underfeeding
or overfeeding is a common problem in critically ill patients,” Rod
Young, President and CEO, commented. “Better management of their
nutrition and body fuel needs can shorten their length of stay in the
ICU and reduce their hospitalization costs. The advanced technology
in CCM Express enables the product to take up less space in the ICU
or CCU and is much easier to use than other devices. These enabling
features are highly important in the high-tech ICU/CCU environment;
CCM Express represents a new generation of indirect calorimeters.”
According to market data, approximately 3,400 hospitals in the United
States have intensive care units with 4.5 to 5 million patients admitted
for intensive care annually. Research has shown that patients who received
correct nutritional support averaged a decreased length of stay in
the intensive care unit of approximately 1.5 days at a cost savings
to the health care system of approximately $4,000 per patient.
MedGraphics products are used in hospitals and physician offices around
the world for diagnosing and helping to manage therapy for patients
with cardiopulmonary diseases.
About Angeion Corporation
Founded in 1986, Angeion Corporation acquired Medical Graphics Corporation
in December 1999. Medical Graphics develops, manufactures and markets
non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under
the MedGraphics (www.medgraphics.com) and New Leaf (www.newleaffitness.com)
brand and trade names. These cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems have
a wide range of applications in healthcare as well as health and fitness.
The Company’s products are sold internationally through distributors
and in the United States through a direct sales force that targets
heart and lung specialists located in hospitals, university-based medical
centers, medical clinics and physicians’ offices, pharmaceutical
companies, medical device manufacturers, clinical research organizations,
health and fitness clubs, personal training studios, and other exercise
facilities. For more information about Angeion, visit www.angeion.com.
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