SALT LAKE CITY, UT / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2017 / Utah Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTMD) announces that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-six and one-half cents ($.265) per share of common stock payable on October 3, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2017. This is a 2% increase over the dividend declared in the same quarter of the prior year.

Utah Medical Products, Inc., with a particular interest in health care for women and their babies, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of disposable and reusable specialty medical devices recognized by clinicians in over a hundred countries around the world as the standard for obtaining optimal long term outcomes for their patients. For more information about Utah Medical Products, Inc., visit UTMD's website at www.utahmed.com.

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Paul Richins
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SOURCE: Utah Medical Products, Inc.