LiDCO Group plc : Notification of major interest in shares

Lidco Group Ltd, formerly LiDCO Group Plc, is a United Kingdom-based supplier of non-invasive and minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring equipment to hospitals. The Company is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of cardiac monitoring equipment. It operates in the segment of supply of monitors, consumables and support services associated with the use of its cardiac monitoring equipment. The Company's products include LiDCOplus, a computer-based platform monitor; LiDCOrapid, a cardiac output monitor; LiDCOview, a graphical display, and LiDCOunity, which is its hemodynamic monitor. Its LiDCOrapid is designed for multi-parameter monitoring of both depth of anesthesia and fluids. Its products are used in the treatment of high-risk patients in both critical care units and in the operating theatre. They monitor the amount of blood flowing around the body helping clinicians and nurses to ensure that organs are kept perfused with oxygenated blood.