Exhibit 10.2 BYLAWS
OF
ATS MEDICAL, INC.
(as amended February 13, 2007) ARTICLE I.
OFFICES, CORPORATE SEAL Section 1.01. Registered Office . The registered office of the corporation in Minnesota shall be that set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or in the most recent amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or resolution of the directors filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota changing the registered office. Section 1.02. Other Offices . The corporation may have such other offices, within or without the State of Minnesota, as the directors shall, from time to time, determine. Section 1.02. Corporate Seal . The corporation shall have no seal. ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 2.01. Place and Time of Meetings . Except as provided otherwise by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A, meetings of the shareholders may be held at any place, within or without the State of Minnesota, as may from time to time be designated by the directors and, in the absence of such designation, shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Minnesota. The directors shall designate the time of day for each meeting and, in the absence of such designation, every meeting of shareholders shall be held at ten o' clock a.m. Section 2.02. Regular Meetings . (a) A regular meeting of the shareholders shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors shall by resolution establish. (b) At a regular meeting the shareholders, voting as provided in the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws, shall designate the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors (subject to the authority of the Board of Directors thereafter to increase or decrease the number of directors as permitted by law), shall elect qualified successors for directors who serve for an indefinite term or whose terms have expired or are due to expire within six months after the date of the meeting and shall transact such other business as may properly come before them.
Section 2.03. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the shareholders may be held at any time and for any purpose and may be called by the President, Treasurer, any two or more directors, or by one or more shareholders holding 10% or more of the shares entitled to vote on the matters to be presented to the meeting. Section 2.04. Quorum, Adjourned Meetings . The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those present may adjourn the meeting to such day as they shall, by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment and the date and time at which such meeting shall be reconvened shall be mailed to each shareholders entitled to vote at least 5 days before such reconvened meeting. If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding of the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 2.05. Voting . At each meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy. Each shareholder, unless the Articles of Incorporation or statute provide otherwise, shall have one vote for each share having voting power registered in such shareholder' s name on the books of the corporation. Jointly owned shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the corporation receives written notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote those shares. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote and represented at the meeting at the time of the vote except if otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws. Section 2.06. Closing of Books . The Board of Directors may fix a time, not exceeding 60 days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board of Directors may close the books of the corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be the 20th day of preceding the date of such meeting. Section 2.07. Notice of Meetings . There shall be mailed to each shareholder, shown by the books of the corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at his address as shown by the books of the corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of each regular meeting and each special meeting, except where the meeting is an adjourned meeting and the date, time and place of the meeting were announced at the time of adjournment, which notice shall be mailed to all shareholders of record, whether entitled to vote or not, at least fourteen days prior thereto. Every notice of any special meeting called pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purpose stated in the notice.
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Section 2.08. Waiver of Notice . Notice of any regular or special meeting may be waived by any shareholder either before, at or after such meeting orally or in writing signed by such shareholder or a representative entitled to vote the shares of such shareholder. A shareholder, by his attendance at any meeting of shareholders, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, except where the shareholder objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the time may not lawfully be considered at that meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the item at that meeting. Section 2.09. Written Action . Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if done in writing and signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action. ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS Section 3.01. General Powers . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise permitted by statute. Section 3.02. Number, Qualification and Term of Office . Until the first meeting of shareholders, the number of directors shall be the number named in the Articles of Incorporation or, if no such number is named therein, the number elected by the incorporator. Thereafter, the number of directors shall be established by resolution of the shareholders (subject to the authority of the Board of Directors to increase or decrease the number of directors as permitted by law). In the absence of such shareholder resolution, the number of directors shall be the number last fixed by the shareholders, the Board of Directors, the incorporator or the Articles of Incorporation. Directors need not be shareholders. Each of the directors shall hold office until the regular meeting of shareholders next held after such director' s election and until such director' s successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until the earlier death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of such director; provided, however, that no director shall be elected to a term in excess of five years. Section 3.03. Board Meetings . Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at such time and place within or without the State of Minnesota as may be designated in the notice of such meeting. Section 3.04. Calling Meetings; Notice . Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board by giving at least twenty-four hours' notice, or by any other director by giving at least five days' notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each director by mail, telephone, telegram or in person. Section 3.05. Waiver of Notice . Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived by any director either before, at, or after such meeting orally or in a writing signed by such director. A director, by his attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, except where the director objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and does not participate thereafter in the meeting.
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Section 3.06. Quorum . A majority of the directors holding office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. Section 3.07. Absent Directors . A director may give advance written consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on at a meeting of the Board of Directors. If such director is not present at the meeting, consent or opposition to a proposal does not constitute presence for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum, but consent or opposition shall be counted as a vote in favor of or against the proposal and shall be entered in the minutes or other record of action at the meeting, if the proposal acted on at the meeting is substantially the same or has substantially the same effect as the proposal to which the director has consented or objected. Section 3.08. Conference Communications . Any or all directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action ...
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