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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000706698
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				870342734
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7043 S 300 WEST
		CITY:			MIDVALE
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84047
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8015661200
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>EXHIBIT
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Salt
        Lake
        City, Utah - On July 15, 2005, Utah Medical Products, Inc. (UTMD) filed an
        administrative claim with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
        the
        parent of the U.S. Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA), under the Federal Tort
        Claims Act (FTCA), alleging abuse of process in relation to the negligence
        and
        wrongful acts of FDA employees while acting within the scope of their employment
        during the inspections, review and subsequent enforcement actions taken and/or
        attempted, including public statements, during the period of 2001 through
        2005.
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
        February 14, 2006, UTMD received a letter from HHS dated February 10,
        2006,</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;This
        letter constitutes the notice of final determination on this claim, as required
        by 28 U.S.C. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: WP TypographicSymbols">'</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1346(b).
        Your client&#8217;s [UTMD&#8217;s] claim is not cognizable under the FTCA. Accordingly, the
        claim of Utah Medical Products, Inc, is hereby denied.&#8221;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        claim
        that UTMD filed is now available to the public on UTMD&#8217;s website </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>www.utahmed.com</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        or by
        contacting Kevin Cornwell.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">It
        remains UTMD&#8217;s conviction that the claim is valid. The very misleading August
        10, 2004 press release which appeared on the official FDA website is a good
        example. The Company believes that it has proof of fraudulent reports by
        inspectors, reviewers and other FDA employees which led to an ordeal in which
        the Company prevailed, but was significantly damaged.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">According
        to Judge Bruce S. Jenkins, in the &#8220;Memorandum Opinion &amp; Order&#8221; dated October
        21, 2005,</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;The
        court has been impressed as well by Utah Medical&#8217;s design of product, its
        record-keeping of each step along the way, the acceptance in the market of
        its
        products, the Company&#8217;s uniform processing of complaints, and the manner in
        which change is made in practice and procedure as a result of complaint
        handling.&#8221;</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>*****</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;It
        makes
        no sense for the court to order Utah Medical to do something they are already
        doing.&#8221; </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">According
        to CEO Kevin Cornwell,</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;We
        were
        hoping that independent and objective representatives of the executive branch
        of
        government would have been assigned to investigate this claim, and be willing
        to
        discuss a constructive settlement with UTMD. Such a settlement would include
        restoring our reputation for manufacturing high quality products, rectifying
        a
        permanent public record that is incorrectly disparaging of UTMD, actually
        conducting the UTMD requested investigation in which FDA claimed it found
        no
        evidence of inspector bias but has been proven never to have happened, and
        repaying UTMD&#8217;s totally unnecessary costs of litigation that resulted because no
        one in FDA wanted to open a dialogue regarding UTMD&#8217;s responses to predetermined
        inspectional observations. It continues to be disappointing that officials
        in
        our government prefer to hide than to admit any wrongdoing. It&#8217;s not hard, with
        an effective quality system, to do the right thing necessary to take corrective
        actions, and appropriate preventive actions for the future. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
        is
        much more of a story here of systemic corruption than has been publicly
        disclosed to date. Fraud, which according to a dictionary is &#8220;deliberate
        deception for unfair gain,&#8221; is not included in the discretionary function
        privilege of the government.&#8221;</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">UTMD
        now
        is free to file suit against the FDA in the federal district court, or file
        a
        request for reconsideration, before August 10, 2006. The Company will carefully
        consider all of its options.</font></div>
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        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 disposable and reusable specialty medical devices designed
        for
        better health outcomes for patients and their care-providers. For more
        information about Utah Medical Products, Inc., visit UTMD&#8217;s website at
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