Terms of Service

Terms of Use

KCI Licensing, Inc. is a corporation registered in the State of Delaware with the Department of State: Division of Corporations File Number 3074314 and its physical address at 12930 W. Interstate 10, San Antonio, Texas 78249.

KCI Licensing, Inc., an KCI company, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates this Website. KCI owns other websites, but these Terms of Use describe rules for visitors to this Website and do not apply to other KCI-owned websites, unless otherwise stated. You should refer to the terms of use posted on other KCI websites when you visit them.

By using or accessing any portion of this Website, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them, as evidenced by your use and/or access of the Website.

CONTENTS

1. WHO TO CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY
2. ABOUT THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE
3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4. YOUR FEEDBACK, COMMENTS AND IDEAS
5. NO WARRANTIES
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
7. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
8. INDEMNIFICATION
9. APPLICABLE LAWS
10. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF USE
11. OTHER RULES ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

1. WHO TO CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY
This Website does not provide medical advice. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or local emergency response number immediately.

2. ABOUT THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE
This Website does not make sales; it is only intended to provide general company and global product information. Certain sections of this Website are intended exclusively for healthcare professionals and should not be relied upon by non-healthcare professionals in the general public.

This Website may contain information on medical and health-related topics. This information is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by a qualified doctor or other medical professional. Patients should always consult a medical professional, such as a doctor, to determine the proper diagnosis and what course of treatment may be appropriate for their particular situation. You should not use any information on this Website for diagnosing a health problem or disease but should always consult a doctor or other medical professional. The materials on this Website are for your general educational information only. Information you read on this Website cannot replace the relationship that you have with your medical professional. KCI does not practise medicine or provide medical services or advice and the information on this Website should not be considered medical advice.

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
KCI is the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in this Website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. Unauthorised use, copying or displaying of the content of this Website is prohibited.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from this Website for your personal use. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. KCI’s status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on this Website must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on this Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from KCI or its licensors.

4. YOUR FEEDBACK, COMMENTS AND IDEAS
While KCI is pleased to receive feedback, comments and ideas from visitors to this Website, we want you to understand that any information that you submit through this Website will be considered non-personal, non-confidential, and non-proprietary (other than personal data, as that term is defined in KCI’s Privacy Notice). If you transmit any ideas, information, concepts, know-how, techniques or materials to us through this Website, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby grant KCI an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable licence to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute them in any medium and manner, and agree that KCI is free to use them for any purpose (commercial or non-commercial).

5. NO WARRANTIES
To the extent permitted by law, the information on this Website is provided “AS IS” without any warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement, and KCI makes no representation or warranty that the information contained on this Website will be timely or error-free. The information on this Website is subject to change without notice.

KCI does not guarantee that this Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. KCI may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of this Website for business and operational reasons.

The views and opinions reflected in any articles, publications, and case studies included in or linked with this Website are not necessarily shared by KCI or its licensors.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the extent permitted by law, under no circumstances shall KCI, its officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, staff, suppliers, successors or assigns be liable for any losses or damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential losses, whether in contract, delict or tort (including negligence) or otherwise, arising from or in connection with the use of or inability to use this Website, or the use of or reliance on any content displayed on this Website.

7. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This Website may provide links to other websites and third party controlled materials and information. KCI has no responsibility for the content of any other website and is not responsible or liable for damages that may arise from the content of such websites or the use of any information you may submit to such websites. KCI does not review, monitor or control the privacy practices of websites operated by others that may be accessed through a link on this Website. These links do not indicate any endorsement by KCI of the content of these websites or third party controlled materials. These links are provided merely for your convenience.

8. INDEMNIFICATION
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold KCI, its officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, staff, suppliers, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all liabilities, claims and expenses, including legal fees that arise from your use of this Website or its content, including without limitation, your violation of these Terms of Use.

KCI reserves the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you agree to cooperate with KCI in asserting any available defences.

9. APPLICABLE LAWS
This Website contains information about products which may or may not be available in any particular country and if applicable, may or may not have received approval or market clearance by a governmental regulatory body for different indications and restriction in different countries. Each country has specific laws, regulations and medical practices governing the communication of medical or other information about medical products on the Internet. Nothing herein should be construed as a solicitation or promotion of any product or of an indication of any product which is not authorised by the laws and regulations of the country where the reader resides.

Without affecting your statutory rights, these Terms of Use and the use of this Website are governed by the laws of the United States of America and of the State of Texas. Any and all legal action relating to this Website shall be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts of competent jurisdiction in the State of Texas. Notwithstanding the foregoing, KCI is entitled to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.

10. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF USE
At our sole discretion, KCI may make changes to these Terms of Use from time to time. When these changes are made, KCI will make a new copy of the Terms of Use available on this Website. All changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Website and will apply to all access and use of the Website from that point onward. You acknowledge and agree that if you access this Website after the date on which the Terms of Use have changed, KCI will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms of Use.

11. PRIVACY AND OTHER RULES ABOUT THIS WEBSITE
Please read KCI’s Privacy Notice to learn how we handle and protect personal data.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision.

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