UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
7043 South 300 West
Midvale, Utah 84047
Telephone: 801-566-1200
FAX: 801-566-2062
NASDAQ Symbol: UTMD
www.utahmed.com

PRESS RELEASE

Government Not Appealing Court Dismissal of FDA Charges

December 15, 2005

(801) 566-1200

Salt Lake City, Utah - Utah Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTMD) announces that its legal counsel was notified today by Department of Justice legal counsel that the “Government is not appealing the Utah Medical decision.”

This is in reference to the October 21, 2005 Federal District Court decision dismissing the lawsuit filed by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2004 that alleged UTMD is not in compliance with CFR 21 Part 820, the Quality System Regulation. The District Court disagreed with all of the FDA’s allegations, and stated in its order, “It makes no sense for the court to order Utah Medical to do something they are already doing.”

Utah 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, proven safe and effective, disposable and reusable specialty medical devices.