Distribution Agreement

AORTECH INTERNATIONAL PLC
16 September 1999


        DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH MEDOS OF GERMANY

AorTech   International,  ('AorTech')  the  Scottish   based
manufacturer  of cardiovascular devices, announces  that  it
has  concluded a Distribution Agreement with MEDOS, a  major
cardiovascular device company in Germany.  The agreement  is
for  the  sale  of  AorTech's established replacement  heart
valve  products  i.e.  the Ultracor  Mechanical  Valve,  the
Tissue Heart Valve and the Mitral Repair System.


Eddie McDaid, AorTech's Managing Director commented:

  'We  are  delighted  to have concluded  this  Distribution
Agreement  with  MEDOS  who, with their  own  cardiovascular
devices  product range, have a significant market  share  in
Germany.  Our  core product range is presently  marketed  in
Germany  through a restricted number of Open  Heart  Centres
and  MEDOS, with their nationwide sales force, will be  able
to sell our complementary products into the rest of the Open
Heart Centres in Germany. The German heart valve replacement
market  represents approximately 26% of the European  market
and  is  the single most important market in Europe and  the
second  most  important in the world.  This Agreement  shows
continued acceptance of our product lines.'


Karl Heinz Hildinger, Managing Director of MEDOS, which  has
over  15%  of the German cardiopulmonary product market,  in
sales terms, said:

'We  are  pleased to have concluded a Distribution Agreement
for  AorTech's heart valve replacement products  which  will
complement  our own cardiovascular device sales in  Germany.
MEDOS  recognises AorTech's products as a quality  range  of
heart  valve  replacements and anticipate significant  sales
growth over the next two years.'

Enquiries:

AorTech International plc               Tel: [phone]
Eddie McDaid, Managing Director

College Hill                            Tel: [phone]
Michael Padley


Copies of this statement will be available for a period of
14 days from the Company's registered office: Phoenix
Crescent, Strathclyde Business Park, Bellshill, Scotland ML4
3NU.