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About This Web Site. This web site relates to the VNS Therapy System offered by Cyberonics. The materials on this web site are for your general educational information only. If you are a patient or care giver, the information you read on this web site cannot replace the relationship that you have with your health care professional. If you are a health care professional, the information on this site is not sufficient to train you to implant or program a VNS Therapy System. In either case, this web site provides means for obtaining additional pertinent information. Cyberonics does not practice medicine or provide medical services or advice, and the information on this web site should not be considered medical advice. You should always talk to your health care professional for diagnosis and treatment.

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Other Rules. In addition to the rules in these Terms of Use and the Privacy Statement, you may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas in this web site, such as when you follow a link from this web site to VNSTherapy.com or our international web site. Please read our Privacy Statement to learn how we protect and use information that we gather through this web site.

Your obligations under this section and the sections called "Your Comments and Ideas", "Exclusion of Implied Warranties" and "Limitation of Liability" will survive termination of these Terms of Use.

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Cyberonics, Inc.
100 Cyberonics Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77058
Email: Tim.Sandberg@cyberonics.com