Utah Medical Products, Inc. Raises Quarterly Dividend

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Utah Medical Products, Inc.
(Nasdaq:UTMD) announces that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash
dividend of twenty-three and one-half cents ($.235) per share of common stock
payable on December 30, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business
on December 16, 2009. This is a two percent (2%) increase over the dividend
declared in the same quarter of the prior year.

Utah Medical Products, Inc., with particular interest in health care for women
and their babies, develops, manufactures, assembles and markets a broad range of
disposable and reusable specialty medical devices.

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CONTACT: Utah Medical Products, Inc.
Paul Richins
(801) 566-1200