Angeion Names Todd M. Austin Executive Vice President - Global Marketing and Corporate Strategy

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Angeion Corporation (NASDAQ: ANGN) announced today that Todd M. Austin has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President – Global Marketing and Corporate Strategy effective immediately. Mr. Austin will be responsible for creating and managing the global branding initiatives of the Company's product lines, and will play a key role in directing the overall corporate strategy for the Company.  He will report to Dr. Gregg O. Lehman, president and chief executive officer of Angeion Corporation. 

In a career spanning 20 years Mr. Austin is a globally recognized clinical and medical device industry expert and leader with extensive experience in product development and marketing, strategic planning, business development, P&L responsibility, and clinical consulting. In recent years Mr. Austin has provided clinical, strategic and tactical consulting services to senior management for a number of domestic and international healthcare companies, including Angeion Corporation.

From 2006 to 2010 Mr. Austin was Director of Marketing for CareFusion, a leading, global corporation serving the health care industry with products and services that help hospitals measurably improve safety and quality of care. Mr. Austin's responsibilities included overall marketing operations for respiratory diagnostic products supporting global sales in excess of $200 million annually, while coordinating product launch planning for more than 10 global markets. Prior to CareFusion Mr. Austin served as Vice President – U.S. Sales and Marketing for ndd Medical Technologies, a Zurich, Switzerland-based company. Mr. Austin also served as Group Product Manager for Yorba Linda, California-based VIASYS Healthcare and Customer/Product Support and Applications Manager for SensorMedics Corporation. Mr. Austin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Marty College.

Dr. Lehman commented, "We are pleased to have an industry executive the caliber of Todd Austin join our executive team. Todd has been an invaluable contributor as a consultant for the past couple of years and we are delighted that he has agreed to join us on a full-time basis to focus his expertise and energy on achieving the strategic goals of Angeion. We look forward to his leadership as Angeion continues to work to earn its place among the leaders in the medical device industry."

Mr. Austin said, "I am honored to have been invited by Dr. Lehman to join the company's executive team and to build a 'new' Angeion. I consider Angeion to be a company with the potential to become a leader in the medical device segment, which is an opportunity I could not pass up. There is a great deal of energy, passion and commitment from every employee in this company. I am dedicated to building a business that respects that energy and commitment and will handsomely reward our loyal shareholders in the coming years."

About Angeion Corporation
Founded in 1986, Angeion Corporation acquired Medical Graphics Corporation in December 1999. Medical Graphics develops, manufactures and markets non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under the MedGraphics (www.medgraphics.com) and New Leaf (www.newleaffitness.com) brand names. These cardiorespiratory product lines provide solutions for disease detection, integrated care, and wellness across the entire spectrum of health – whether managing chronic illness, promoting fitness, or training for the Olympics. The Company's products are sold internationally through distributors and in the United States through a direct sales force that targets heart and lung specialists located in hospitals, university-based medical centers, medical clinics and physicians' offices, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, clinical research organizations, health and fitness clubs, personal training studios, and other exercise facilities. For more information about Angeion, visit www.angeion.com.

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SOURCE Angeion Corporation

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