Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Completes Sale of All of Its Cyberonics Shares.DALLAS -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (ANS (ANS Communications, Inc, Purchase, NY) An ISP, Internet backbone and provider of private data network services, founded in 1990 as Advanced Network & Services, Inc., by IBM, MCI and Merit (consortium of Michigan universities). ) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. ) announced today that it has completed the sale of all of the 3.5 million shares of the Cyberonics stock it purchased last summer, for a pre-tax profit of approximately $85.2 million. ANS bought 3.5 million shares last August at an average cost per share of $14.29. About Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Advanced Neuromodulation Systems designs, develops, manufactures and markets implantable systems used to manage chronic intractable pain and other disorders of the central nervous system. Fortune magazine recently ranked ANS as the 8th fastest growing small company in its annual list of the Top 200 Fastest Growing Small Companies in the United States. Forbes magazine recently recognized ANS as one of America's 200 Best Small Companies. Frost & Sullivan, an international strategic market research firm, also recently presented ANS with its Product Innovation Award, recognizing ANS as the technology innovation leader in the neurostimulation market and ANS' Genesis(R) Implantable Pulse Generator implantable pulse generator Cardiac pacing A pacemaker used for permanent pacing, which is placed inside a pocket under the skin; the leads are positioned in or on the heart system as the most advanced fully implantable spinal cord stimulator Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) or Dorsal Column Stimulator (DCS) is an implantable medical device used to treat chronic pain of neurologic origin. An electric impulse generated by the device near the dorsal surface of the spinal cord provides a paresthesia ("tingling") on the market. Additional information is available at www.ans-medical.com. |
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