NMT Medical to Present at The CIBC World Markets 18th Annual Healthcare Conference.Company to Broadcast Presentation Live via Webcast on November 6 BOSTON -- NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMTI NMTI Northwest Medical Teams International (Tigard, OR, USA) NMTI Node Management Terminal Interface ) today announced that the Company's executive management will be presenting at The CIBC World Markets CIBC World Markets is the investment banking division of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. It helps governments, large companies, and other large institutions obtain capital and credit and is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities. 18th Annual Healthcare Conference. The Conference will be held November 5 to 7, 2007 at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The Company's presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet on November 6, 2007 at 4:15 p.m. (ET). Presenting for NMT Medical will be President and Chief Executive Officer John E. Ahern. He will be accompanied by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Richard E. Davis. Individuals who are interested in listening to the webcast should log on to the "Investor Relations" section of NMT Medical's website at www.nmtmedical.com. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay of the presentation will be available on the Company's website. About NMT Medical, Inc. NMT Medical is an advanced medical technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary implant technologies that allow interventional cardiologists to treat structural heart disease through minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures. NMT Medical is currently investigating the potential connection between a common heart defect that allows a right to left shunt or flow of blood through a defect like a patent foramen ovale patent foramen ovale PFO Cardiology An opening between the left and right atria which allows blood to bypass the lungs in utero; the FO normally closes shortly after birth, but remains open in up to 20%; a PFO is, in absence of other cardiac defects, is of no consequence (PFO PFO Patent Foramen Ovale (defect of the heart) PFO Paphos, Cyprus - International (Airport Code) PFO Principal Federal Official (US Departement of Homeland Security) ) and brain attacks such as embolic stroke, migraine headaches and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). A common right to left shunt can allow venous blood, unfiltered and unmanaged by the lungs, to enter the arterial circulation of the brain, possibly triggering a cerebral event or brain attack. More than 25,000 PFOs have been treated globally with NMT's minimally invasive, catheter-based implant technology. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of disability in adults. Each year, 750,000 Americans suffer a new or recurrent stroke and an additional 500,000 Americans experience a TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. . The prevalence of migraines in the United States is about 10%. Of the 28 million migraine sufferers in America, those who experience aura and have a PFO may represent a three million patient subset. For more information about NMT Medical, please visit www.nmtmedical.com. |
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