bioMérieux INDUSTRY’s FIX SYSTEM™
Contact Plates Obtain Patent

HAZELWOOD, MO — bioMérieux INDUSTRY has announced issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,602,704 for the company’s FIX SYSTEM™ contact plates for use in environmental monitoring. The plates feature a specific design that prevents contamination caused by accidental opening while maintaining proper airflow for bacterial growth.

FIX SYSTEM contact plates offer safety, stability and ease of use. The lid design provides additional security during the sampling process by preventing accidental opening to reduce operator-related contamination. Because the lid remains on during normal use, FIX SYSTEM plates add stability to testing and monitoring procedures. They also improve storage stability and make transport easier. Although they are secure, the plates are easy to open and require no change in methodology.

For more information about FIX SYSTEM contact plates, call bioMérieux INDUSTRY at 1.800.634.7656.

About bioMérieux INDUSTRY
bioMérieux INDUSTRY provides product solutions to quality control and research microbiology laboratories. Applications served include environmental monitoring, sterility testing, pathogen screening, quality indicators, microbial identification, quality control organisms, microbial limits and preservative effectiveness testing.

About bioMérieux
A global leader in disease prevention and management, bioMérieux provides assays, reagents and instrumentation for clinical microbiology, coagulation, immunoassay, and nucleic acid diagnostics; and also for product quality control in the agri-food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Based in Marcy-l’Etoile, France, the company’s U.S. headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina.

With sales of 1 billion Euros in 2002, bioMérieux ranks as the eighth-largest biological diagnostics company worldwide. Over 81% of its activity takes place on an international level. Investment in research and development represents 13% of sales.

bioMérieux employs 5400 people throughout the world, including 3200 in Europe and 1500 in the U.S. The group has 15 production sites located in France, the United States, Brazil, Italy and the Netherlands, as well as an European logistics center in France.

Already present in over 130 countries, with more than 110 distributors and 32 subsidiaries, bioMérieux continues its international development by strengthening its presence in Latin America and Asia.

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