Puritan Medical Products, manufacturer of single-use medical products, has received a new United States patent for its high-performance PurFlock Ultra swab, marking the second collection device patent the company has been awarded for flocked swabs since December.
Puritan’s latest flocked swab application (No. 12/849,250) from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is for both inventing the PurFlock Ultra swab and for its manufacturing process. The U.S. patent that Puritan received for the HydraFlock swab in December (No. 8,334,134) was also for inventing the product itself as well as for the manufacturing method involved.
Puritan was previously awarded a Canadian patent (No. 2,744,282) for the HydraFlock swab as a product and for the manufacturing process in September. Patents for both the HydraFlock swab and PurFlock Ultra are also pending in other countries throughout the world. Both the PurFlock Ultra and HydraFlock swabs are used in viral and bacterial transport systems, and both have been validated around the world with automated and manual laboratory practices. Puritan now manufactures more than 35 types of swabs, including the PurFlock Ultra and HydraFlock swabs. Learn more about Puritan’s products for specimen collection.
