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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4,
2012.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: right;"><B>Registration
No. 333-_____________</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>____________________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>ANGEION CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Minnesota</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">41-1579150</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">350 Oak Grove Parkway</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0; text-align: center">Saint Paul, Minnesota 55127</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>ANGEION CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the Plan)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Copy to:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Robert W. Wolf</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Thomas G. Lovett, IV</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Lindquist &amp; Vennum, P.L.L.P.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Angeion Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">4200 IDS Center</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">350 Oak Grove Parkway</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">80 South 8th Street</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Saint Paul, Minnesota 55127</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">Minneapolis, Minnesota&nbsp; 55402</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">651-484-4874</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">612-371-3211</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(Name,
address and telephone</FONT> number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.1in">**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large
accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange
Act. (Check one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%; padding-bottom: 0.1in; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-bottom: 0.1in; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0.1in; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;<BR>
</FONT>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0.1in; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.1in; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Title of </B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Securities to be Registered</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">Amount to be<BR> Registered (1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Offering<BR> Price Per Share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">Amount of<BR> Registration Fee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">100,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">$5.68</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">$568,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">$65.09</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding-right: 0.5in">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the closing price of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on May
30, 2012.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0; text-align: center">INTRODUCTION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Angeion Corporation,
a Minnesota corporation, (&ldquo;Angeion&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) to register 100,000 shares of its common stock issuable
under its 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0; text-align: left">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0; text-align: center">INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
BY REFERENCE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Angeion Corporation filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on December 23, 2002 (File No. 333-102171) covering the registration
of 50,000 shares of the Common Stock under the Company&rsquo;s 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &ldquo;2003 Plan&rdquo;).
The Company filed a subsequent Form S-8 Registration Statements to register an additional 50,000 shares on May 19, 2003 (File No.
333-105387). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 and Rule 429, this Registration Statement is being filed to register
an additional 100,000 shares authorized under the 2003 Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statements are incorporated
herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0; text-align: left">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0; text-align: center">PART I</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8, the information required
by Items 1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">PART II</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
are hereby incorporated by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD>The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD>The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2012;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(c)</TD><TD>The Company&rsquo;s definite Proxy Statement dated April 11, 2012 for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held May 30,
2012;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(d)</TD><TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the year ended October
31, 2009; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(e)</TD><TD>The description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement is incorporated by
reference to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 0-17019), filed on October 28, 2002, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating this description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the completion or termination of this offering of shares
of Common Stock shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Item 4. Description of Securities</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock to be offered
pursuant to this Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as described in Item
3 of this Part II.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><U>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><U>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes and Article 5 of the
Company&rsquo;s Amended and Restated Bylaws require, among other things, the indemnification of any person made or threatened to
be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in the person&rsquo;s official capacity as an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) if the person
is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit, reasonably believed that such conduct was in the
best interests of the Company, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful. In
addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court. The Company also maintains insurance to assist in funding
indemnification of directors and officers for certain liabilities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><U>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><U>Item 8. Exhibits</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>Exhibit</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">4.1</TD><TD>Angeion Corporation 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive
proxy statement dated April 11, 2012, and filed with the SEC on April 17, 2012 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May
31, 2012.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">5.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Opinion of Lindquist &amp; Vennum P.L.L.P.</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">23.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Lindquist &amp; Vennum P.L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">23.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, the Company&rsquo;s Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">24.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><U>Item 9. Undertakings</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Vadnais Heights, State of Minnesota, on May 30, 2012.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">ANGEION CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 57%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">By&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D., President, Chief Executive Officer<BR> and Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned officers
and directors of Angeion Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D. and Robert W. Wolf, each acting alone,
with power to act as our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us
and in our stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent,
or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on May 30, 2012.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none">/s/ Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 52%; text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Chief Executive Officer, President</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">(principal executive officer), Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none">/s/ Robert W. Wolf</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Chief Financial Officer (principal financial</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">Robert W. Wolf</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">and accounting officer), Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in; text-autospace: none">/s/ Mark W. Sheffert</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">Mark W. Sheffert</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none">/s/ John R. Baudhuin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">John R. Baudhuin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none">/s/ Wendy D. Lynch</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">Wendy D. Lynch</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none">/s/ Robert E. Munzenrider</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">Robert E. Munzenrider</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none">/s/ Hendrik Struik</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">Hendrik Struik</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4,
2012.
Registration
No. 333-_____________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
____________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
____________________________
ANGEION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
41-1579150
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
350 Oak Grove Parkway
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55127
(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code)
____________________________
ANGEION CORPORATION
2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
____________________________
Copy to:
Robert W. Wolf
Thomas G. Lovett, IV
Chief Financial Officer
Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P.
Angeion Corporation
4200 IDS Center
350 Oak Grove Parkway
80 South 8th Street
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55127
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402
651-484-4874
612-371-3211
(Name,
address and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange
Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☒
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
100,000
$5.68
$568,000
$65.09
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on May
30, 2012.
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Angeion Corporation,
a Minnesota corporation, ("Angeion" or the "Company") to register 100,000 shares of its common stock issuable
under its 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
BY REFERENCE
Angeion Corporation filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on December 23, 2002 (File No. 333-102171) covering the registration
of 50,000 shares of the Common Stock under the Company's 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2003 Plan").
The Company filed a subsequent Form S-8 Registration Statements to register an additional 50,000 shares on May 19, 2003 (File No.
333-105387). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 and Rule 429, this Registration Statement is being filed to register
an additional 100,000 shares authorized under the 2003 Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statements are incorporated
herein by reference.
PART I
Pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8, the information required
by Items 1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2012;
(c)
The Company's definite Proxy Statement dated April 11, 2012 for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held May 30,
2012;
(d)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the year ended October
31, 2009; and
(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement is incorporated by
reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 0-17019), filed on October 28, 2002, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating this description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the completion or termination of this offering of shares
of Common Stock shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
.
The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered
pursuant to this Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as described in Item
3 of this Part II.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
.
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes and Article 5 of the
Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws require, among other things, the indemnification of any person made or threatened to
be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in the person's official capacity as an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys' fees) if the person
is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit, reasonably believed that such conduct was in the
best interests of the Company, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful. In
addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court. The Company also maintains insurance to assist in funding
indemnification of directors and officers for certain liabilities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
.
Exhibit
4.1
Angeion Corporation 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive
proxy statement dated April 11, 2012, and filed with the SEC on April 17, 2012 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May
31, 2012.
5.1
Opinion of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, the Company's Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings
.
(a)          The Company hereby undertakes to:
(1)          To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
(2)          That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3)          To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Vadnais Heights, State of Minnesota, on May 30, 2012.
ANGEION CORPORATION
By
/s/ Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.
Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D., President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers
and directors of Angeion Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D. and Robert W. Wolf, each acting alone,
with power to act as our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us
and in our stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent,
or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on May 30, 2012.
/s/ Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, President
Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.
(principal executive officer), Director
/s/ Robert W. Wolf
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial
Robert W. Wolf
and accounting officer), Corporate Secretary
/s/ Mark W. Sheffert
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mark W. Sheffert
/s/ John R. Baudhuin
Director
John R. Baudhuin
/s/ Wendy D. Lynch
Director
Wendy D. Lynch
/s/ Robert E. Munzenrider
Director
Robert E. Munzenrider
/s/ Hendrik Struik
Director
Hendrik Struik