John Thomas named CEO of Arizant Inc.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 12, 2003 – Arizant Inc.'s Board of Directors announced today that John Thomas has been named chief executive officer. Mr. Thomas has served as the company's president for the past eleven years and has been the lead executive for the past six months, following Dr. Scott Augustine's announcement that he would step down from that role in July of last year.

Arizant Inc., a privately-held medical device company that develops products to provide innovative, practical solutions to common medical problems, is the parent company of Arizant Healthcare Inc. and Augustine Medical, Inc.

About Arizant Inc.
The company's corporate predecessor, Augustine Medical, Inc., pioneered the concept of perioperative temperature management using forced-air warming with its Total Temperature Management system, which includes Bair Hugger therapy and the Ranger blood/fluid warming system. These products and the Bair Paws™ patient adjustable warming system are sold by Arizant Healthcare Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary. Arizant's Augustine Medical, Inc. subsidiary markets Warm-Up wound therapy, the only non-contact thermal wound care system available today. For more information on Arizant Inc., see www.augustinemedical.com.

Arizant Healthcare Inc. (successor to Augustine Medical, Inc.)