ID Biological Systems’ Dried Biological Specimen Collection Kit to Use SurgiLance® Safety Lancets

June 17, 2010 - PRLog -- GREENVILLE, S.C. and NORCROSS, Ga.—MediPurpose®, a medical device innovation and medical product distribution company, today announced that its popular SurgiLance® safety lancets have been selected for inclusion in the ID Biological Systems’ Dried Biological Specimen Collection Kit.

ID Biological Systems provides a complete, turnkey kitting service solution for customers requiring the collection of dried biological specimens. Each collection kit utilizes the new Grade 226 filter media for the collection of blood, urine and oral fluid.

Customers of ID Biological Systems are now using this complete service for their collections and analysis of HIV, A1c, lipid profiles, DNA and IgG allergy testing.

“The SurgiLance® safety lancet provides our customers with a high quality, easy-to-use, and affordable device for fingerstick collections,” said ID Biological Systems President Brad Davin. “Customers who sampled the SurgiLance® lancet have switched to this device for all fingerstick blood sample collections.”

MediPurpose’s vice president of blood collection and analytics, Mark Stoppenbach, said, “We’re excited about the opportunity to work with ID Biological Systems on this and future projects. It’s always a pleasure to work with diagnostic kit manufacturers, especially those that truly recognize the value and quality of our safety lancets.”

About ID Biological Systems

ID Biological Systems was formed with the sole purpose of producing newborn screening, DNA and other custom medical collection devices utilizing filter paper.  ID Biological Systems has brought a completely new and validated filter paper to the market.

ID Grade 226 is a highly absorbent and uniform filter paper specially selected for newborn screening. It complies with all Centers for Disease Control (CDC) standards for newborn screening and is FDA-approved for use (registered as a Class II IVD Medical Device).

The president and owner of ID Biological has more than 30 years of experience in newborn screening, with a focus on the design and production of medical collection devices for dried biological specimens.

For more information about ID Biological Systems, please visit http://www.id-biological.com.

About MediPurpose

Founded in 1999, MediPurpose is a leading medical device company headquartered in Singapore, with offices the United States and Europe.

Known for its innovation of the SurgiLance® Safety Lancet, MediPurpose has leveraged its success in the medical device industry to become a master medical product distributor.

MediPurpose also offers angel funding, medical product development and medical device consulting for medical device inventors and medical product companies seeking entrance or expansion into the medical device markets.

For more information about MediPurpose's medical products, medical distribution channel management services and medical product development services, please visit http://www.medipurpose.com.

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Founded in 1999, MediPurpose is a leading medical device company based in Singapore, with offices the United States and Europe. Known for its innovation of the SurgiLance® Safety Lancet, MediPurpose offers funding, development and distribution support.