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Trend to Reduction in Hospital Stay vs. Traditional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

US Wound Care Physicians Introduced to CelluTome™ Epidermal Harvesting System

Patients in Japan to Benefit from Innovative, Lightweight and Portable ActiV.A.C.^® Therapy System

Authors Conclude Significantly Greater Success with Ultimate Closure after Open Abdomen Management Compared to Barker Vacuum Pack Technique

Approximately 3.7 Million People Gain Access to Effective Treatment Option for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery

Timothy E. Guertin Selected to Join Board of Directors

Study Shows Positive Results for Prevena™ Incision Management System in Management of Closed Surgical Incisions for Obese Patients.

V.A.C.Ulta^™ Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System Combines Proven V.A.C.^® Therapy with New V.A.C. VeraFlo^™ Therapy to Cleanse, Treat and Heal Wounds

Sale finalized November 8th to Getinge AB

Information for Customers and Patients affected by Hurricane Sandy

Global Leader in Wound Management will Provide Specialist Training to Local Healthcare Professionals to Improve Patient Outcomes

Skin IQ^™ 1000 Microclimate Manager Offers Alternative to Conventional, Low Air Loss Therapy Mattresses

World Union of Wound Healing Societies Commitment Includes Access to Review Articles on Recent Evolution of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Therapeutic Support Systems™ business to Getinge AB.

Mathews to Lead Commercial Business Activities in International Markets

Results from clinical study demonstrated a significant patient benefit in using Prevena™ Therapy on this patient population.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its proprietary Vacuum Assisted Closure^®, or V.A.C.^® Therapy System, for the management of closed surgical incisions.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that Peter Arnold has been named Senior Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Marketing.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that James (Jim) Cunniff has been named Senior Vice President of the Americas.

Approximately 7.5 Million People Gain Access to Proven Safe, Effective Treatment Option for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that an abstract referring specifically to the KCI ABThera^™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System (ABThera^™ OA NPT), states that this "prospective cohort study observed a reduction in mortality (RR 0.48, 95% CI 0.25-0.92) and an increased fascial closure rate (RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1 – 2.0) in patients who received the ABThera^™ versus [Barker's technique] vacuum pack."

The parent company of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) and LifeCell Corporation today announced that Joseph F. "Joe" Woody and Lisa N. Colleran will join the parent company's board of directors. Additionally, Ronald A. Matricaria has stepped down from the board as of March 31.

KCI Awarded Three-Year, Single Source Contract by Novation for NPWT Products

The Board of Directors of the parent company of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and LifeCell Corporation today announced that Ronald A. Matricaria has joined the Board of Directors and will serve as its Chairman.

KCI today announced a $20,000 gift to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital Foundation to support many of the hospital's multidisciplinary programs for young patients in San Antonio and South Central Texas.

Kinetic Concepts , Inc. today announced the selection of Joseph (Joe) Woody as Global President of Active Healing Solutions™ (AHS), the company's advanced wound healing business. Woody is expected to join the KCI team in late November.

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2008 (the "Indenture"), by and among Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (the "Company"), KCI USA, Inc., and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the "Trustee"), relating to the Company's 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (CUSIP No. 49460WAF6) (the "Notes").

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of a consortium comprised of investment funds advised by Apax Partners

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today provided notice to holders of its 3.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes due 2015.

Transaction Has Now Been Endorsed by Three of Nation's Top Proxy Advisory Firms

Merger also receives all required regulatory approvals

Meeting Scheduled for October 28, 2011

KCI today announced that its V.A.C.Via^™ Therapy System was named one of the "Top Ten Innovations in Podiatric Technology" by trade publication Podiatry Today.

Information for Customers and Patients affected by Hurricane Irene

KCI Shareholders to receive $68.50 per share in cash

V.A.C.Via^™ System Has the Potential to Save National Health Service Money; Provides Benefits to Patients and Clinicians

Facilitates Improved Patient Care and Access; Positions KCI as a Leader in the Region

Registry to Provide Clearer Insights Into Economic and Clinical Outcomes; Set to Debut at 2012 WUWHS Congress

Donation Helps Area Health Care Providers Treat Those Injured in the Disaster

AtmosAir^™ Fit MRS Sets a New Benchmark in the Challenge to Ensure Skin Integrity and Pressure Ulcer Prevention for Morbidly Obese Patients

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors of KCI has determined that it will amend KCI's By-Laws prior to the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders to declassify the Board of Directors.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that John Bibb has been promoted to general counsel for the company.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a global leader in healing and regeneration, today announced plans for and broke ground on a new global headquarters in San Antonio.

Company Also Ready to Donate Medical Equipment As Needed

Deal Enables Full Commercialization of Regenerative Tissue Matrix Technology for Wound Care Patients, Including Those with Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Pressure Ulcers that can benefit from NPWT represent $1 Billion Market Opportunity in the U.S.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and intellectual property of TechniMotion Medical, an Austin, Texas-based company that designs and develops innovative and ergonomic patient handling systems for acute and post-acute patient care.

Smith & Nephew's NPWT Products Found To Infringe

Skin IQ^™ Microclimate Manager Helps Reduce Skin Moisture, Temperature, Friction and Shear

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has issued a decision in the patent litigation between Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI), Wake Forest University and Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Prevena^™ Incision Management System now available to all U.S. hospitals

Court Finds Smith & Nephew's Renasys EZ Product Infringes KCI Patent; Issues Injunction

UK High Court of Justice Enters Injunction Against Smith & Nephew’s NPWT Products; Injunction Stayed Pending Expedited Appeal

Innovation Center to Accelerate Company Mission of Making Healing Possible; New Organization Will Fuel Product Development and Commercialization

KCI to Continue as Supplier for More Than 30,500 U.S. Health Care Facilities Affiliated with VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, LLC

UK High Court of Justice Finds Smith & Nephew's Products Infringe Two NPWT Patents Exclusively Owned By KCI

Designed to Help Manage Patients' Incisions Successfully Following Surgery

Postsurgical Incision Management Represents $1 Billion Global Market Opportunity: U.S. Approval Follows Prevena^™ System Launch in Europe and Canada

Move Signals KCI's Support of FDA's Goal of Ensuring Strong Standards for Patient Home Use

Extends KCI's Reach Across All Three Major Chronic Wound Types

New insights from global experts on pressure ulcers to be released at the 20th Conference of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) in Geneva

KCI will launch its full range of new NPTP products and support the release of a consensus document on pressure ulcer prevention titled International Review - Pressure, Shear, Friction and Microclimate in Context

Latest Innovation Provides Groundbreaking Design in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

KCI issued a statement today from Catherine Burzik, KCI president and CEO, regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) medical device home use initiative.

Latest Innovation Provides Groundbreaking Design in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Will Oversee Global Market Development for Negative Pressure Technology Platform

Negative Pressure Symposium and Conference Exhibit to Focus on KCI's Ongoing Commitment to Improve and Simplify Negative Pressure Treatments

Launch of Innovative Therapy Represents First Step in Broader Product Introduction and Market Development Strategy

Prevena^™ System First and Only Powered Negative Pressure Product Designed to Manage Incisions at Risk of Complication

United States District Court Jury Finds that Smith & Nephew’s Product Infringes Wake Forest Patents Licensed to KCI

Reimbursement Clears Way to Commercialize KCI’s Revolutionary V.A.C.^® Therapy System in Japan

New Site, RotoProne.com, Dedicated to Clinician Education on Managing Patients with Severe Respiratory Distress

KCI Shows Commitment to Product Education by Accreditation through Nursing Skills Competency Program

Disaster has a way of bringing us together. Today KCI has come together as a company to address the significant needs of the people in Haiti. As you know, KCI has been able to donate our products, and now we’d like to help stretch the impact of donations employees may choose to make to the Haiti relief efforts.

KCI Donates its Signature V.A.C.^® Therapy and Other Wound Care Products; In-Kind Donation Valued at More Than $2 Million

2009 Nursing Education Needs Assessment Survey

Click the link below to listen to KCI Analyst Day 2009 held 11/09/2009 in New York, NY 11/09/2009. 

Analyst Day 2009

Formal regulatory approval enables commercialization of innovative V.A.C.® Therapy System in Japan.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today reported third quarter 2009 total revenue of $504.4 million, compared to $503.3 million reported for the third quarter of 2008.

Grant celebrates the conception of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Hosts Open Abdomen Management Symposium Featuring Top Surgical, Critical Care Experts

Full Court of The Federal Court of Australia, Victoria District Registry has lifted a temporary injunction in KCI’s patent litigation with Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN).

Company Also Introduces New U.S. Open Abdomen Management System Clinical Guidelines

Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim, the eight-year-old craniopagus twins successfully separated during a well-documented and risky 34-hour operation in 2003, will visit Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) Friday for a celebratory reunion.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) will sponsor a CME-accredited panel discussion, “The Role of NPWT in the Team Approach to Limb Salvage: Case Studies,” at the 3rd Annual Georgetown Diabetic Limb Salvage conference September 24-26.

KCI announced today that it has been informed by the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency in Japan that in October the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will grant regulatory approval for KCI to begin market development activities in Japan for its innovative V.A.C.^® Therapy product.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) today announced that Catherine Burzik, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI), today announced the official launch of ABThera™ open abdomen negative pressure therapy system, the latest addition to its Negative Pressure Technology Platform (NPTP).

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Office actions confirming the validity of three separate patents licensed to KCI by Wake Forest University Health Sciences in re-examination proceedings.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today that Michael Genau has joined the Company in the newly formed position of Global President, Wound Therapy.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today that the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has revoked a patent licensed to KCI from Wake Forest University.

Improving wound care in the community may be the fastest route to reach some of Lord Darzi’s proposed quality improvements for the NHS. And using KCI’s V.A.C.®

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI), today announced that it will report its second quarter 2009 financial results on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at 6:00 a.m. EDT.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today that The Federal Court of Australia, Victoria District Registry, issued a temporary injunction prohibiting Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) from selling foam dressing kits for negative pressure wound therapy in Australia until the court can rule on the patent infringement action brought against Smith & Nephew by KCI.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. in conjunction with The York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) will launch a new Budget Impact Model (BIM) for wound care surfaces at the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Conference in Helsinki .

KCI announced today the U.S. market launch of its new V.A.C.^® GranuFoam™ Bridge Dressing, further expanding the portfolio of dressings used in the treatment of chronic wounds. This new dressing is expected to simplify application in chronic wounds, especially Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) where it is compatible with off-loading devices.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) announced today that a temporary injunction against Smith & Nephew has been granted by the Specialist Patents Court in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) today announced that Catherine Burzik, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 27th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.