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For Immediate Release
Date: April 10, 2004
Contact: Liz Lloyd, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: 800.871.8909 ext. 109

VersaTREK Receives Prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award

Cleveland, Ohio – April 10, 2004 – The VersaTREK Automated Microbial Detection System has been selected as a winner in the 2004 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition, the premier awards program for the medical technology community.

The MDEA is a prestigious award, which recognizes the design and engineering expertise that went into creating a winning product and enhances a product’s market reach among healthcare industry professionals.

Manufactured by Plexus Technology Group, the VersaTREK System features the latest technology in automated microbial detection systems and allows laboratories to conduct four tests on a single platform: blood culture, sterile body fluid culture, Mycobacteria detection and M. tuberculosis susceptibility testing. Designed for the best value, versatility, and ease of use, VersaTREK offers unique VorTrexingTM agitation, enhanced ergonomics, utilizes TREK’s “Any Bottle anywhere Concept”, and features Microsoft® Windows-based software with one-touch access to all patient information and reports. VersaTREK provides better recovery, simple ease of use, improved patient care, and greater value, making it the best solution for the demanding challenges of the diagnostic laboratory.

“We are extremely pleased with the performance of the system and the early market acceptance which further points to the excellent engineering done by Plexus and development by TREK, and validates how deserving this product design is of the award,” commented Mike Burke, President and CEO of TREK Diagnostic Systems.

Presentation of the 2004 MDEA awards will take place in New York City on Wednesday, June 16, in a ceremony at the Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) East 2004 Conference and Exposition.

Founded in January 1999, TREK Diagnostic Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of automated systems and consumable products for the microbiology diagnostic laboratory. Signature product lines include VersaTREK®, ESP®, Sensititre®, alamarBlue®, para-JEM®, YeastOne®, onSite®, and TREK Lab Services. TREK is committed to delivering the highest quality products and services to clinical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary diagnostic laboratories worldwide.