TOTOWA, N.J., July 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Signs, Inc. (Nasdaq:VITL) today announced acquisitions of a sleep diagnostic company and a durable equipment supplier in its Sleep Segment business unit. Sleep Services of America, Inc. (SSA), a majority owned Vital Signs subsidiary, acquired the assets of Southern Sleep Technologies, LLC and Southern Home Respiratory Care LLC. Southern Sleep Technologies, LLC primarily provides sleep diagnostic services in both free standing and hospital owned sleep laboratories, and Southern Home Respiratory Care LLC is a provider of CPAP equipment to sleep apnea patients.