General Legal Disclaimers

LEGAL STATEMENTS

TERMS OF USE

1 You should assume that everything you see or read on this Internet Website (“Site”) may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use or in the text on the Site, without the prior written permission of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, or its affiliates (“Tyco Healthcare”).

2 Subject always to our Privacy Policy set out on this Site any communication or material you transmit to the Site, such as questions, comments, suggestions or the like, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

3 Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Tyco Healthcare. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorised by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms of Use or specific written permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorised use of the images may violate copyright laws, trade mark laws (see “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION” below), the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. No use of any of these may be made without the prior, written authorisation of the owners of this Site, except to identify the products or services of Tyco Healthcare.

4 Tyco Healthcare has not reviewed any or all of the sites linked to this Site and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of any off-site pages or any other websites linked to the Site. Your linking to the Site, off-site pages or other websites is done so at your own risk and without the permission of Tyco Healthcare.

5 Guidelines for Linking to this Site

ATTENTION: LINKING TO TYCO HEALTHCARE’S SITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT TYCO HEALTHCARE’S TERMS OF USE AND LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND THAT YOU WILL ABIDE BY THE GUIDELINES BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE GUIDELINES, DO NOT LINK TO THIS SITE.

If you link to Tyco Healthcare's Site, you agree that you:

May link to, but not replicate, Tyco Healthcare Site content;
Shall not frame or otherwise create a browser or border environment around Tyco Healthcare Site content;
Shall not imply that Tyco Healthcare is endorsing you or your products or services;
Shall not misrepresent your or your website's relationship with Tyco Healthcare;
Shall not present false, misleading or inaccurate information about Tyco Healthcare or Tyco Healthcare’s products or services on your website or otherwise disparage Tyco Healthcare’s products;
Shall not use Tyco Healthcare’s logos without express prior written permission from Tyco Healthcare;
Shall not include content on your website that is or could be construed as illegal, distasteful, offensive or controversial and shall include on your website only content that is appropriate for all age groups;
Shall not link to an internal page of this Site that is located one or several levels down from the home page or bring up or present content of this Site on another website without Tyco Healthcare’s prior written permission.

6 Tyco Healthcare may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms of Use to which you are bound.

DISCLAIMERS

Information, advice and opinions expressed in this Site should not be relied upon for personal, legal, financial or other decisions. You should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation. Neither is the information provided by this Site intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

The information, documents, graphics, images and other materials on this Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes may be made periodically to this Site at any time and without notice. However, we make no commitment to regularly update the information contained in this Site. We do not guarantee that this Site will operate uninterrupted or error-free or that defects will be periodically corrected.

Although Tyco Healthcare may from time to time monitor or review emails, discussions, postings, transmissions, and the like on the Site, Tyco Healthcare is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise break any law. Tyco Healthcare will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing it to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Tyco Healthcare makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the suitability, currency, completeness, reliability, timeliness and accuracy of the information, documents, graphics and images contained on this Site for any purpose and it shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to, or inability to access, this Site, or from your reliance on any information provided at this Site. Nothing will exclude your statutory rights as a consumer.

Tyco Healthcare does not guarantee that this Site is compatible with your computer, hardware and software or that this Site or its server is free of errors or viruses. Tyco Healthcare assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, browsing in the Site, or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

Your use of this Site is at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, neither Tyco Healthcare, nor any of its agencies, nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site will be liable to you or any third party for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages of any kind arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if you notified us of the possibility. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by Law, everything on this Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some or all of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

If you are dissatisfied with any portion of this Site, or with any of these terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using it.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS

We reserve the right to change these Terms of Use or any conditions or notices under which this Site is offered without notice. These Terms of Use cannot be altered by you unless it is agreed in writing by us.

WAIVER

If we decide to waive any breach of obligation arising under these Terms of use, then that does not mean that we have waived any other breach or future breaches.

OUR LOSSES

You agree to indemnify us against any claims, demands or proceedings brought against us by any third parties if they are a result of your use of this Site or your other actions or omissions. Your "use" of this Site includes any use by third parties where those parties access this Site using your computer. In such circumstances, you agree to pay us all costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) awarded against us or otherwise incurred by us, arising from any claims, or legal proceedings.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

This Site may provide links or references to other websites operated by third parties. Such links are provided for your convenience only. The owners of this Site do not control such websites, are not responsible for their operation or contents and shall not be liable for any damages or injury arising from that content. The inclusion of such links does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators or administrators.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION

The trademarks, tradenames, logos, service marks, get-up and products (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Tyco Healthcare and others. The trademarks, tradenames, logos, service marks, trade dress and products in this Site are protected in the United States and internationally.

Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of Tyco Healthcare or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your use of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except as provided in these Legal Statements, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Tyco Healthcare will strictly enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by law.

The materials of this Site are protected by Copyright and Trademark Laws of the U.S. and other countries and are owned by, or licensed to Tyco Healthcare. All content of this Site is owned or controlled by Tyco Healthcare. You may download content only for your personal use for non-commercial purposes but no modification or further reproduction of the content is permitted. The contents of the Site, including any images, text, executable code, and layout design may not be distributed, reproduced, publicly displayed, downloaded, modified, reused, re-posted, or otherwise used except as provided herein without the express prior written permission of Tyco Healthcare.

Tyco Healthcare neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Tyco Healthcare.

Tyco Healthcare maintains this Site for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site for personal, noncommercial use only provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, for any reason, distribute, modify, duplicate, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video without Tyco Healthcare's prior written permission.

GENERAL

Any dispute arising under or in connection with this Site and these Terms of Use shall be dealt with by the Courts of England in accordance with English Law. These Terms of Use and any other conditions and notices contained in this Site constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and us.

Our rights and remedies under these Terms of Use are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law or by any other agreement.

If any part of these Terms of Use are determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

A printed version of this Site and these Terms of Use (including any conditions or notices) and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of these Terms of Use or your use of this Site.

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