Sports Medicine Sponsor QuikClot releases new product
QuikClot Sport goes Over the Counter.

Z-MEDICA CORP LAUNCHES FIRST TWO BLOOD CLOTTING PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMERS – INCLUDING FIRST ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATION

WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 25, 2007- Z-Medica Corporation (Z-Medica), a medical products company focused on innovative blood clotting nano-technologies, has launched its first two products for consumers, following the success of its products for the military, first responder and security markets. QuikClot Sport™ and QuikClot Sport Silver™ – the first QuikClot® brand hemostat formulation with antimicrobial properties – were created with the general sports and adventure enthusiast in mind, particularly those whose sports and outdoor activities carry the possibility of bleeding injury far from professional medical attention. Additionally, these products, available over the counter, will provide a level of safety and reassurance to anyone who might be at risk of bleeding without immediate access to medical care. The new products have received 510k clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

The product rapidly stops bleeding safely and effectively following simple package directions. Designed to fit easily into backpacks and first aid kits, QuikClot Sport™ and QuikClot Sport Silver™ come in 25gram and 50gram ‘clotting sponges’ that are packed into the wound. The potentially lifesaving sponges retail for as low as $9.99. The products will be available at retail stores and through catalogues this spring including at www.cabelas.com. For further information, visit www.z-medica.com/sportinfo.

In developing the QuikClot® consumer products, Z-Medica’s in-house product development team collaborated with Galen Stucky, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara and with the United States Navy, which provided support for Stucky’s research through the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and product testing at the Naval Medical Research Center.

“As we have transitioned our products from the military market to the first responder market, it has been an important goal of our company to get the lifesaving capabilities of QuikClot® into the hands of consumers,” said Huey.

“We targeted our first consumer products to the outdoor adventure and sports markets in response to countless inquiries from hunting, fishing, skiing, boating, cycling and other organizations,” Huey added. “We expect these products will find their way into homes and cars wherever people want the extra security and peace of mind that comes from having QuikClot® products at your fingertips.”

QuikClot® is proven to have saved scores of lives on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to the military products, various product versions are in use by first responders, safety and security organizations across the United States. It is the most widely used hemostatic first aid product available with more than one million units deployed worldwide.

Dr. Michael Given at ONR introduced Z-Medica to Stucky, having identified him as one of the top experts in zeolites, a mineral substance and the primary ingredient of QuikClot®. The development of the consumer products was built on the work done by Z-Medica and UC Santa Barbara, with the ONR. The work of Stucky and his UCSB research team led to the development of a “cooler formulation” of the product, eliminating the possibility of heat generation with improper use that existed in the first-generation formula. A Z-Medica team led by Director of Product Development Denny Lo, assisted by David Hajdu, scored a major technological breakthrough in the summer of 2006 and created another “cooler” version of QuikClot® that also maintains the product’s clotting power.

Dr. Galen Stucky’s team also created a QuikClot formulation with silver ions that provides enhanced clotting as well as antimicrobial properties to fight infection. His contribution to the understanding of the mechanisms of action of the clotting process represents a significant scientific advance.

QuikClot Sport™ and QuikClot Sport Silver™ are similar to the latest products for military and first responder users, in which QuikClotÒ is formulated into beads enclosed in a porous surgical fabric. When introduced into a wound, this sponge takes the shape of the injury, conforms to the wound and rapidly stops even severe venous and arterial bleeding. The sponge stays in place and is easily removed in the hospital setting.

About Z-Medica

Founded in 2002, Z-Medica Corporation is a medical products company focused on innovative blood clotting technologies -- hemostatic solutions that save lives. QuikClotÒ was developed in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the U.S. Marine Corps

Warfighting Laboratory, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command and university hospitals.

It represents the first and most effective solution to severe blood loss outside the operating room setting. Z-Medica serves several global vertical markets, including military, first responder, homeland and private security, and now consumer.

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