Legal terms of use

“Sites” means this website and any other websites or online services that are owned, operated, branded, or controlled by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Edwards Lifesciences LLC, and their affiliated companies (collectively “Edwards Lifesciences,” “our,” or “we”).

By using these Sites, you signify your assent to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use these Sites. This Terms of Use Agreement may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of this Agreement at any time at:  www.edwards.com/legal-terms.

In addition, when using particular Edwards Lifesciences services or participating in Edwards Lifesciences-sponsored events, you and Edwards Lifesciences shall be subject to any posted guidelines, additional terms or rules applicable to such services or events. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Agreement.

Disclaimers

These Sites may contain information relating to various medical, health and fitness conditions and their treatment. This is for informational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professional. You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing a medical, health or fitness condition, or disease. You should always consult your own physician and medical advisors. Although Edwards Lifesciences may from time to time monitor or review the Content posted on its Sites, Edwards Lifesciences is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the Content contained in its Sites, or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within its Sites.

Edwards Lifesciences provides the contents of its Sites for informational purposes and for general interest only. The materials and related graphics published on the Sites or accessed via the Sites could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. By using the Sites, you agree not to rely on any of the information contained therein.

THE INFORMATION ON THESE SITES IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THESE SITES WILL BE TIMELY OR ERROR-FREE. EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED OR REFERRED TO, ON THESE SITES FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY MEDICAL, MEDICAL TESTING, HEALTH OR FITNESS PURPOSE. ALL SUCH MATERIALS, RELATED GRAPHICS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO SUCH INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHER ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THESE SITES.

Links to third party sites

The links on our Sites will allow you to leave our Sites and transfer to sites that are not under the control of Edwards Lifesciences. Edwards Lifesciences is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any links contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. Edwards Lifesciences is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Edwards Lifesciences of the site.

Privacy Statement

Our Privacy Statement as it may be updated from time to time, is a part of this Agreement.

Proprietary Rights

The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters related to the Site are protected under applicable intellectual property and other proprietary rights. Except as stated herein, you are strictly prohibited from the copying, redistribution, use, or publication of any part of the Sites. You do not acquire ownership rights to any content or materials viewed through the Sites.

Submissions

Edwards Lifesciences appreciates hearing from its customers, however, our policy does not allow us to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, inventions, or materials other than those we have specifically requested. Accordingly, we must insist that you do not send us any such original creative materials. If, despite our request that you not send us any creative materials, you send us ideas, notes, inventions, concepts, or other information ("Disclosures"), none of such Disclosures shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Edwards Lifesciences and Edwards Lifesciences shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Disclosures.

Forward looking statements

No confidential relationship shall be established in the event that any user of these Sites should make any oral, written, or electronic response to Edwards Lifesciences (such as feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, etc.). Such response and any information submitted therewith shall be considered non-confidential and Edwards Lifesciences shall be free to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use such information for any purposes, including without limitation, the research, development, manufacture, use, or sale of products incorporating such information.

Certain portions of these Sites may include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or experience to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Actual future results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including technological advances in the medical field, foreign currency exchange rates, product demand and market acceptance, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the effect of economic conditions, and other risks detailed in Edwards Lifesciences' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by management of the company as of the date of publication.

Content posted to Edwards Lifesciences' sites

Certain areas on our Sites may enable you to access on-line forums or message boards where you can post messages and read messages posted by other users ("Forums"). Edwards Lifesciences is not responsible for and does not endorse any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics or other materials, including without limitation any information relating to procedures or applications which are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (i.e. off-label uses) ("Content") submitted to us or posted on such Forums by Site users. By posting Content on the Sites, however, you grant Edwards Lifesciences a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, publish, translate, and otherwise use such Content for any purpose Edwards Lifesciences chooses, commercial, public or otherwise without compensation whatsoever.

You agree to be fully responsible for your own postings and agree to access and use the Forums at your own risk on an as-is basis. While Edwards Lifesciences has no obligation to monitor the Forums, it may, from time to time, monitor the Forums to determine whether postings comply with this Agreement, to guide the discussion on the Forums, or for other reasons. Edwards Lifesciences cannot and does not guarantee that it will post or continue to post every message or other Content that you or others submit to the Forums. Edwards Lifesciences reserves the right to edit or abridge postings for any reason and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or part, in Edwards Lifesciences' sole discretion. You must abide by the following rules in connection with your use of the Forums:

• You agree to post only messages that relate to the subject matter of the Forum.
• You agree not to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others. You agree not to impersonate any person or entity, including, for example, an Edwards Lifesciences employee or officer, a Forum leader, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
• You agree not to post messages that contain material that is inappropriate, profane, pornographic, threatening, defamatory, inflammatory, infringing, obscene, or indecent or that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or would otherwise violate the law. This includes any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any third party.
• You agree to give attribution to others when you quote or paraphrase materials owned by others, and to limit your quotations to no more than 50 words.
• You agree not to upload files, or cause others to upload files, that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may adversely affect the operation of another’s computer.
• You agree not to advertise or promote any goods or services in the Forums. This includes, among other things, “contests,” “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, and “pyramid schemes.”
• You agree to indemnify and hold Edwards Lifesciences harmless from and against any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post or transmit through Edwards Lifesciences’ sites, your use of the Sites, or your violation of any rights of another.

Applicable laws

These Sites are controlled and operated from the United States of America and Edwards Lifesciences makes no representations that materials in the Sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations. These Sites contain information about products which may or may not be available in any particular country, may be available under different trademarks or names and, if applicable, may have received approval or market clearance by a governmental regulatory body for sale or use with different indications and restrictions in different countries. Each country has specific laws, regulations, and medical practices governing the communication of medical information and information about medical products on Internet. You should not construe anything on these Sites as a promotion or solicitation for any product or for the use of any product that is not authorized by the laws and regulations of the country where you are located.

These Sites may link to other sites produced by Edwards Lifesciences' various operating divisions and subsidiaries. Those sites may have information that is appropriate only to the particular originating country or region where the site is based.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE, SHALL EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES OR ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, SUPPLIERS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, TRANSMITTING, OR DISTRIBUTING OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (A) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE(S); (B) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY PRODUCTS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SITE; (C) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (D) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE(S) OR (E) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE(S). SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

Indemnification 

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Edwards Lifesciences and its officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, affiliates and licensors harmless from all judgments, awards, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, and costs of litigation arising out of or based on (a) content you submit, post to or transmit through the Site, (b) your use of the Site, (c) your connection to the Site, (d) your violation of this Agreement, (e) your violation of any applicable laws in connection with use of the Sites or (f) your violation of any rights of a third party, including intellectual property rights.

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER

Last Updated: APRIL 20, 2026

Governing Law.

These Terms are governed by the laws of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. The Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., governs this Arbitration Agreement and preempts state law to the fullest extent permitted. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver.

YOU AND EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND AGREE TO BRING CLAIMS ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS — NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. If this waiver is found unenforceable, this Arbitration Agreement is void in its entirety and any class claims must be litigated in California state or federal court, stayed pending resolution of any individual arbitration claims.

Mandatory Arbitration.

Except as provided below, all disputes arising out of or related to the Sites, these Terms, or your relationship with Edwards Lifesciences — including disputes about formation, breach, validity, scope, or enforceability of these Terms or this Arbitration Agreement ("Covered Disputes") — shall be resolved by final, binding individual arbitration administered by ADR Services, Inc. ("ADR Services") under its then-current Rules (available at www.adrservices.com), except as modified herein. The arbitrator shall decide all threshold arbitrability questions. This Agreement applies regardless of the legal theory asserted.

Exceptions.

Either party may: (i) bring qualifying claims in small claims court; or (ii) seek interim injunctive relief from a California court to protect intellectual property rights pending arbitration.

Informal Resolution First.

Before commencing arbitration, the initiating party must send a written Notice of Dispute (name, address, facts, and relief sought) to the other party. Notices to Edwards Lifesciences must be mailed to:

Edwards Lifesciences

Attn: Legal Department

One Edwards Way

Irvine, CA 92614 U.S.A. 

The parties agree to attempt good-faith resolution for 30 days before filing for arbitration.

Arbitration Procedure.

Arbitration shall be conducted in English by a single arbitrator selected per ADR Services' Rules, in your county of residence, remotely, or at a mutually agreed location. The arbitrator may award any relief available at law or equity, except punitive or exemplary damages (which both parties waive). The award shall be final, binding, and accompanied by a written explanation, and judgment may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. All fees are governed by ADR Services' Rules.

Mass Arbitration.

If 20 or more similar demands are filed by or with the coordination of the same law firm or organization, ADR Services shall administer them in batches of 20, with a single filing and administrative fee per batch. This provision does not authorize class or mass arbitration. If found unenforceable, this Arbitration Agreement is void in its entirety.

Severability.

If any provision of this Section is unenforceable, it shall be severed and the remainder enforced, provided that no class or representative arbitration shall proceed.

Limitations.

Any claim must be brought within one (1) year of accrual or be forever barred.

Opt-Out.

You may reject this Arbitration Agreement by mailing a signed written notice (including your name and address) to Edwards Lifesciences, Attn: Legal Department, One Edwards Way, Irvine, CA 92614 U.S.A., postmarked within 30 days of first agreeing to these Terms. Opting out does not affect any other agreement with Edwards Lifesciences.

Changes.

Edwards Lifesciences may modify this Arbitration Agreement from time to time by posting an updated version on this site. Any such changes will be effective upon posting, as reflected by the Last Updated date on this site. No separate or individualized notice will be provided.  You may reject any modification by mailing written notice (with name, address, and signature) within 30 days of the effective date of the change, in which case the prior version governs your Covered Disputes.

Non-Arbitrable Claims.

Any Covered Dispute not subject to arbitration shall be litigated exclusively in California state or federal court.

Actions in response to intellectual property infringement

It is the policy of Edwards Lifesciences to respect intellectual property rights of others. Edwards Lifesciences will process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws.

Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to a Service Provider's Designated Agent Notification must be submitted to the following Designated Agent for these sites:

Service provider(s): Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Name of agent designated to receive notification of claimed infringement: Nolan Taira

Full address of designated agent to which notification should be sent:

Attn: Legal Department
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
One Edwards Way
Irvine, CA 92614

Miscellaneous

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions