EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., July 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As previously disclosed on its website, FedBizOps.gov, the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded CHF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHFS) a blanket purchase agreement from the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs to supply Aquadex FlexFlow consoles and blood circuit sets to the James A. Haley
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tampa, Florida (Tampa VAMC). The blanket purchase agreement allows, but does
not obligate, the Tampa VAMC to purchase up to a maximum of approximately $1.3 million per year (totaling up to a maximum of
approximately $6.5 million in the aggregate) of Aquadex FlexFlow consoles and blood circuit sets over a contract period of up to 5
years (structured as a base year plus four option years).
“We are pleased the Tampa VAMC is expanding the use of the Aquadex FlexFlow system into the outpatient setting,” said John Erb,
chairman and chief executive officer of CHF Solutions. “This provides another option for managing fluid in heart failure
patients without requiring an admission to the hospital.”
About CHF Solutions
CHF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHFS) is a medical device company focused on commercializing the Aquadex FlexFlow system for
Aquapheresis® therapy. The Aquadex FlexFlow system is indicated for temporary (up to eight hours) ultrafiltration treatment of
patients with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy and extended (longer than 8 hours) ultrafiltration treatment of
patients with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy and require hospitalization. All treatments must be administered by a
healthcare provider, under physician prescription, both of whom having received training in extracorporeal therapies. The company's
mission is to predict, measure, and control patient fluid balance through science, collaboration, and innovative medical
technology. CHF Solutions is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with wholly
owned subsidiaries in Australia and Ireland. The company has been listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market
since February 2012.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, including without limitation, the statement regarding the benefits from using the Aquadex FlexFlow for physicians
across the globe. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are
based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause
actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this release, including, without limitation, those
risk associated with our ability to execute on our business strategy, the possibility that we may be unable to raise sufficient
funds necessary for our anticipated operations, our post-market clinical data collection activities, benefits of our products to
patients, our expectations with respect to product development and commercialization efforts, our ability to increase market and
physician acceptance of our products, potentially competitive product offerings, intellectual property protection, our ability to
integrate acquired businesses, our expectations regarding anticipated synergies with and benefits from acquired businesses, and
other risks and uncertainties described in our filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date when
made. CHF Solutions does not assume any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACTS:
INVESTORS:
Claudia Napal Drayton
Chief Financial Officer
CHF Solutions, Inc.
952-345-4205
ir@chf-solutions.com
-or-
Bret Shapiro
Managing Partner
CORE IR
516-222-2560
brets@coreir.com
www.coreir.com
MEDIA
Jules Abraham
JQA Partners, Inc.
917-885-7378
jabraham@jqapartners.com
