UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

UM PR Logo.jpg (12597 bytes)CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
7043 South 300 West
Midvale, Utah 84047
Telephone: 801-566-1200
FAX: 801-566-2062
NASDAQ Symbol: UTMD
www.utahmed.com

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PRESS RELEASE

 

Utah Medical Products, Inc.: FDA Trial Concluded

 
Contact: Paul O. Richins

October 5, 2005

(801) 566-1200

Salt Lake City, Utah - Utah Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:UTMD) announces that the trial for the lawsuit filed fourteen months ago by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, has concluded.

The Court has indicated that it would need a few days for consideration before it renders its decision.

UTMD remains confident that there will be no interruption to its business.

Utah Medical Products, Inc., with particular interest in health care for women and their babies, develops, manufactures, assembles and markets a broad range of well-established, proven safe and effective, disposable and reusable specialty medical devices.