Angeion Corporation’s Medical Graphics Business Offers Additional Choice of Diffusion Technology

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Graphics Corporation, a subsidiary of Angeion Corporation (NASDAQ: ANGN), now offers hospitals, healthcare clinics and private practices assessing pulmonary function, Real Time Diffusion (RTD) based on MultiGas Technology, delivering rapid measurement, clinically significant graphic data and immediate results. Known globally for Reference Standard Gas Chromatography, the MedGraphics® brand now provides choice of diffusion technology: both meet or exceed International guidelines and are verifiable by Hans Rudolph DLco Simulator recognized as the Laboratory Quality Control for single-breath diffusion systems.

“We are delighted to provide our worldwide customers choice between two superb technologies for single breath assessments further expanding our cardiorespiratory diagnostic services,” said Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D., Angeion’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “With our proprietary technology platform and real-time sensor quality assurance, RTD MultiGas Technology provides accurate, immediate results, eliminating the need of repeating tests. We believe that the addition of RTD to our product family will provide access to markets which MedGraphics® may have been previously excluded.”

For both new and existing customers, RTD MultiGas Technology provides cost savings in time, consumables and increased quality, allowing customers to test more patients, with less costs and higher confidence. RTD MultiGas Technology is available as a diffusion option for MedGraphics Ultima PF System and award-winning Platinum Elite Series Body Plethysmograph (body box).

MedGraphics systems provide essential clinical information to healthcare professionals through non-invasive cardiopulmonary assessment to improve care of patients in leading hospitals, clinics, and physician offices throughout the U.S. and in more than 75 countries.

MedGraphics portfolio includes:

• Pulmonary function from simple spirometry tests (breath flow and volume) to plethysmography for advanced diagnostic assessments;
• Exercise assessment in rehabilitation and therapeutic monitoring centers for evaluating respiratory and cardiac capacity to perform activities of daily living; and
• Indirect Calorimetry combined with respiratory measurements to determine essential nutritional requirements for patients in critical care/cardiac units.

MedGraphics products incorporate information management and connectivity solutions for electronic medical record systems to improve workflow and enhance data access.

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 names. These cardiorespiratory product lines provide solutions for disease detection, integrated care, and wellness across the entire spectrum of health whether managing chronic illness, promoting fitness, or training for the Olympics. 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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