MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Medical, Inc. , a developer and manufacturer of the ATS Open Pivot(R) mechanical heart valve and related cardiac surgical technologies, today announced that it will present at the 18th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York City on Friday, December 1, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. EST. Michael Dale, President and CEO of ATS Medical, will present a review of the Company’s historical financial results and business strategy with attention to integration of the recently acquired ATS 3f tissue technologies.
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Attendance at the conference is by invitation only. A live audio-only webcast of the presentation will be broadcast via the Internet. Those interested in listening to the webcast may access it at ATS Medical’s website at http://www.atsmedical.com . An archived replay of the presentation will also be available approximately one hour following the live presentation at http://www.atsmedical.com and will remain accessible for 90 days.
About ATS Medical
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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CONTACT: Michael Dale, President-CEO, +1-763-553-7736, or Michael Kramer,Senior Director of Finance, +1-763-557-2222, both of ATS Medical, Inc.; orInvestors, Jennifer Beugelmans, +1-646-201-5447, or Doug Sherk,+1-415-896-6820, or Media, Steve DiMattia, +1-646-201-5445, all of EVCGroup, Inc.
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