Gish cardiopulmonary bypass equipment used in
pioneering transfusion-free surgery
7 February 2005
WILMINGTON, Mass, USA. CardioTech International, Inc. (AMEX:CTE)
announced that the Vision Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) equipment is being
used at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Orange
County, which has one of the nation's oldest transfusion-free surgery
programs.
The Vision CBP Equipment is manufactured and sold by Gish Biomedical,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CardioTech. The Vision CBP includes
oxygenators, reservoirs, filters and Cardioplegia units, which are now
considered mainstream components in transfusion-free surgeries specifically
targeted to Jehovah's Witnesses who adhere to a biblical admonition against
receiving blood.
The Los Angeles Times January 31, 2005 Health section featured an article
focusing on the growing trend towards transfusion-free cardiothoracic
surgery, not just for Jehovah's Witnesses, but for elective surgeries as
well. Pope John Paul II was ill for two months with symptoms similar to
mononucleosis or hepatitis, contracted from transfusions he received after a
1981 assassination attempt.
Douglas Whittaker, President of Gish Biomedical commented, "We are
gratified to have seen our equipment in use in one the L.A. Times color
photographs. Gish's cardiopulmonary products address a $500,000,000 annual
market worldwide. We are pleased to provide information concerning this
matter as a public service.
You can learn more about transfusion-free medicine at the following
websites: Jehovah's Witnesses health website:
http://www.noblood.org/; Gish Biomedical website:
http://www.gishbiomedical.com/; and the Society for the Advancement of
Blood Management:
http://www.sabm.org/.
Source: CardioTech International, Inc.
CONTACT: Investor contact: Dave Gentry of Aurelius Consulting Group,
+1-407-644-4256,
dave@aurcg.com
Website:
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