MediPurpose® News: 2006 Headlines

Ed. note: As of August 2010, MediPurpose® medical products are no longer available at Walmart.

Patients and customers that wish to purchase boxes of SurgiLance® safety lancets may order them directly from MediPurpose®. Click here for information about ordering SurgiLance® safety lancets.

NORCROSS, Ga., June 20—Atlanta-based SurgiLance, Inc., announced today that beginning June 26, 2006, SurgiLance™ Safety Lancets will be available to consumers for the first time in a mainstream, retail setting at 1,000 Wal-Mart SuperCenters for OTC purchase.

This endeavor continues the company's push into the home-testing, point-of-care safety lancet market for infection control and diabetes.

SurgiLance™ Safety Lancets are a major improvement compared to the regular lancets currently being offered in the retail setting. Safety lancets are different in that they incorporate the lancing device and the needle into a disposable unit that is used only once. The needle is usually not exposed before or after use thus minimizing the risk of needlestick injury and cross contamination between different people.

SurgiLance CEO Patrick Yi commented, "According to the ADA, there are 20 million diabetics and an estimated 40 million pre-diabetic patients in the U.S. alone. SurgiLance is committed to providing those patients with innovative healthcare products that improve their quality of life. Having our product available at all Wal-Mart SuperCenters in the United States is a big step towards accomplishing that goal."

SurgiLance's grey 1.8mm safety lancet (SNL206)—which allows an adult finger stick blood flow of 10-20 microliters—will be packaged in boxes of 100 and is Medicare reimbursable.

Patients without convenient access to a SuperCenter can simply ask for the product by item number (3801817) at their local Wal-Mart store. Non-SuperCenter stores will be able to carry SurgiLance's products at the request of the individual store.

Ed. note: This release was published prior to MediPurpose® changing its name from its prior company name—SurgiLance—in 2006.