Legal Information
Welcome to the Chase Medical website, https://chasemedical.com, (“Site”). Please carefully read and review the Terms of Use, (“Terms”) contained herein. Usage of this site constitutes acceptance of the “Terms” by the user. If the user does not agree to these terms, he or she should not use this site. Chase Medical does not provide any representation or warranty regarding the accuracy of information presented on this site. Information may be changed or updated by Chase Medical at any time. Information contained within this site may contain inaccuracies or errors. Under no circumstances, shall Chase Medical nor any party involved with this site be held liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of, or inability to use the site, or any errors or omissions in the content of the site.
This site has been designed to provide general information about Chase Medical and its products and not to provide medical advice or instructions on the use of its products. The information provided on this site is not intended nor recommended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider regarding any medical condition or treatment. Nothing contained on this site is intended to be for medical diagnosis or treatment. Chase Medical shall not be held responsible for any action taken that is based on the information obtained from the site. To the extent that this site contains links to other websites Chase Medical assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained within such other sites.
Information, reference guides, product information and clinical data provided to healthcare professionals are tools, and are not intended to give professional medical advice. Physicians and other health care providers should always exercise their own clinical judgment for any given situation.
Limitation of Liability
Your use of this site is at your sole risk. Under no circumstances, shall Chase Medical, its affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, or agents, be held liable for any direct or indirect losses or damages arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use this site or your reliance on any information provided on this site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all losses and damages of any kind whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, general, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or otherwise, including without limitation, loss of data, revenue or profits. This limitation of liability applies whether the alleged liability is based on contract, negligence, tort, strict liability or any other basis and even if an authorized representative of Chase Medical or its affiliates has been advised of or should have known of the possibility of such damages.
Some states do not allow the limitation of liability set forth above, so this limitation of liability may not apply to you. If any part of this limitation of liability is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the aggregate liability of Chase Medical and/or its affiliates under such circumstances for liabilities that otherwise would have been limited shall not exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
Trademarks, Registration, and Copyrights
2009 Chase Medical. Chase Medical, the Chase Medical logo, Surgical Ventricular Restoration, SVR are registered service marks of Chase Medical. Mannequin is a trademark of Chase Medical. All rights reserved. The absence of a trademark name on this site does not constitute a waiver of any intellectual property rights that Chase Medical has in its product, company name or logo. The entire content of the Chase Medical site, including any images or text, is copyrighted. No portion of the information contained in this site may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, modified, posted or transmitted or otherwise used except as provided herein without the express written permission of Chase Medical. The use or misuse of these copyrights, trademarks, or other materials, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of copyright law, trademark law, and other laws, statutes and/or regulations.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at chase@chasemedical.com.
Privacy/U.S. Health Information Privacy (HIPAA)
We understand that most of our U.S. customers are “Covered Entities” under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy regulations. As a HIPAA Covered Entity, our customers are legally obligated to maintain the privacy of all patient information that they create or receive. While Chase Medical is not a HIPAA Covered Entity (except for certain portions of our group health plan), we recognize the impact that the HIPAA privacy regulations have on our customers. We wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that Chase Medical remains committed to interacting with you and your patients as responsible professionals who are dedicated to maintaining the privacy of information that we receive on the job, consistent with applicable law and regulations. To perform our jobs, Chase Medical employees may create, develop or receive information about patients’ experiences with our medical devices in a variety of activities:
- We provide information or technical support for our products.
- We receive questions and suggestions about our products and services from patients, nurses, physicians and other health care providers.
- We enroll patients in clinical registries and studies we sponsor.
- We collect information as required by the FDA and other governmental authorities relating to the quality, safety and efficacy of our devices.
- We collect, analyze and re-analyze our data in a continuous effort to improve the design, quality and functioning of our devices.
We have made available to our employees training materials on the HIPAA privacy regulations, and expect our employees to respect our customer’s explicit and implicit instructions regarding incidental exposure to protected health information while visiting a customer’s site.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at cust_svc@chasemedical.com.
Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Consistent with the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), Chase Medical will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.