MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI - News) -- The new ATS Open Pivot® AP360(TM) Heart Valve is being introduced at the joint meeting of the European Association for Cardio- Thoracic Surgeons (EACTS) and European Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (ESTS) September 9-13, 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. The EACTS/ESTS introduction follows recent CE approval for the ATS Open Pivot AP360 Heart Valve.