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NDH Medical appoints Minnesota Representative

St. Petersburg, FL – July 27, 2004

NDH Medical, Inc. has appointed Hurd and Associates, Inc. of Chanhassen, Minnesota its exclusive manufacturer’s representative covering the state of Minnesota for NDH’s line of custom extruded tubing and contract manufacturing services for the medical industry.

According to Geary A. Havran, President of NDH Medical, “The arrangement allows NDH to maintain personal contact with its customers in the region and enables both firms to gain a greater market share in an area known for its leading medical device companies.” 

Hurd and Associates represents companies that manufacture precision engineered plastic and metal components providing solutions to unique and demanding applications.

NDH Medical’s products include single and multiple-lumen tubing, paratubing, and co-extrusions in a variety of sizes and materials.  In addition to the extrusion operations, the company provides secondary operations such as insert molding, tip forming, printing, hole punching, and assembly.  NDH maintains in-house tooling capabilities to support manufacturing and reduce order fulfillment times to meet the ever-increasing demands of the medical industry.

NDH Medical Develops Novel Extrusion Process 

St. Petersburg, FL – January 6, 2004

Medical device contract manufacturer NDH Medical, Inc. has developed a novel extrusion process to produce unique catheter tubing for a new line of catheters.  The extrusion process produces multi-lumen catheter tubing with varying wall thicknesses.  Applications for patents on the process have been applied for in the United States and foreign countries.

NDH Medical utilized the new process for the development of the first product utilizing the FlatCath™ Hemodialysis Catheter technology under a development agreement with FlatCath, L.L.C. of Georgia.  “FlatCath™ embodies proprietary technology and design elements that are intended to improve catheter patency and longevity while minimizing vessel trauma and thrombus formation.  Large, multi-lumen catheters are regularly placed into the venous system to perform hemodialysis, infusion or aspiration.  Catheter placement often creates turbulence and sluggish blood flow resulting in a myriad of patient-related health concerns.  The FlatCath™ technology facilitates a significantly reduced cross-sectional catheter profile within the blood vessel when the catheter is not in use.  Consequently, this exceptional design reduces the likelihood of catheter-based complications resulting from thrombus formation,” commented Steven Hvozda, Executive Vice President, Hatch Medical, L.L.C.   

FlatCath, L.L.C. is a joint venture between medical device incubator and technology brokerage firm, Hatch Medical, L.L.C. and physician inventor, Aubrey Palestrant, M.D.  Dr. Palestrant is the inventor of the novel vascular access technology platform and several other inventions related to medical practice.  He predicts that, “These innovative catheters will have a major impact on what is now considered to be the standard of care in vascular access catheter technology.” 

Hatch Medical previously announced the licensing of the products to Medical Devices Technologies, Inc. for global marketing.  Under a separate agreement NDH Medical, Inc. has agreed to be the exclusive manufacturer of the hemodialysis catheters for Medical Device Technologies, Inc.

NDH Medical, Inc. is a St. Petersburg, Florida based medical device contract manufacturer focusing on extrusion, insert molding, and catheter manufacturing. 

Hatch Medical jointly develops and brokers minimally invasive medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular and oncological diseases through its network of product development experts. 

Medical Device Technologies (M D Tech) is a subsidiary of American Medical Instrument Holdings (AMIH), an operating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.

For additional information on this or other NDH Medical, Inc. products and services, e-mail the company at info@ndhmedical.com.  This release and other information about NDH Medical can be obtained by visiting the company’s web site at http://www.ndhmedical.com.

NDH Medical appoints California Representative

St. Petersburg, FL - July 23, 2001

NDH Medical, Inc. has appointed CT Sales of Mission Viejo, California its exclusive manufacturer’s representative covering the state of California for NDH’s line of custom extruded tubing and contract manufacturing services for the medical industry.

NDH Medical’s products include single and multiple-lumen tubing, paratubing, and co-extrusions in a variety of sizes and materials.  In addition to the extrusion operations, the company provides secondary operations such as tip forming, printing, hole punching, and assembly.  NDH maintains in-house tooling capabilities to support manufacturing and reduce order fulfillment times to meet the ever-increasing demands of the medical industry.

 CT Sales represents companies supplying materials and manufacturing services to the medical industry.

 According to Geary A. Havran, President of NDH Medical, “The arrangement allows NDH to maintain personal contact with its customers in the region and enables both firms to gain a greater market share in an area known for its leading medical device companies.”