ZOLL Medical Selects Camstar's Software to Manage Production of Cardiac Resuscitation Devices.

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CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2003

Project Integrates Quality Management with Good Manufacturing

Practices in a Paperless Environment

Camstar, a leader in enterprise manufacturing performance management, today announced that ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq: ZOLL), a manufacturer of cardiac resuscitation devices, has selected Camstar's InSite Medical Device Edition(TM) software. This software provides ZOLL with additional tools to monitor product quality and manufacturing efficiencies.

"After extensive research and evaluation, we selected the Camstar solution as the best-of-class manufacturing compliance and performance management system," said Ed Dunn, vice president operations, ZOLL Medical. "At ZOLL, we are committed to providing the highest level of product quality. The Camstar solution is a further step in advancing our manufacturing processes."

ZOLL Medical Corporation designs, manufactures and markets an integrated line of proprietary non-invasive cardiac resuscitation devices, disposable electrodes, mobile ECG systems, and EMS data management solutions. Used by healthcare professionals to provide both types of cardiac resuscitation - pacing and defibrillation - these products are essential in the emergency treatment of cardiac arrest victims, both inside and outside the hospital.

Camstar's InSite Medical Device Edition provides an "out of the box" software solution to rapidly enable compliance with FDA Regulations 21 CFR Part 11 and 820. InSite provides the comprehensive enterprise data infrastructure that manufacturers need to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance, operational excellence, supply chain optimization, and continuous improvement.

About Camstar Systems, Inc.

Camstar is a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing performance management systems for life sciences, semiconductor, electronics, and other global industrial manufacturers. Camstar's InSite(TM) product manages, monitors, and synchronizes manufacturing activities across globally distributed plants, and integrates them in real-time with core business processes. It automates the task of creating and managing paperless device, lot, and batch history records. The system enables customers to respond rapidly to changing demand, optimize the use of production assets, and quickly ramp the production of new products. More than 100 leading companies, including IBM, Corning, Kodak, Hitachi, Lexmark, ALZ Steel and La-Z-Boy, rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.

Camstar's solutions for the life sciences industry support FDA Regulation 21 CFR Part 11 requirements such as Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures as well as the Good Manufacturing Practices outlined by FDA Regulation 21 CFR Part 820. The software system simplifies the process of collecting and maintaining device history records (DHR), and includes tightly integrated enterprise Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) functionality.

For more information about Camstar and its InSite product solution, call 1-408-559-5700 or 1-800-237-2841 or visit www.camstar.com.