Harvest Technologies Expands its Licensing Agreement with Depuy Acromed For SmartPReP(TM) Platelet Concentrate System Marketed Under Depuy's Symphony(TM) Name For All International Markets

    PLYMOUTH, Mass., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Technologies announced
 that it has expanded its licensing agreement with DePuy AcroMed, Inc., a
 Johnson & Johnson company. The agreement provides DePuy AcroMed with exclusive
 rights for distribution in Worldwide Markets for the Harvest's SmartPReP
 Platelet Concentrate System, sold under the Symphony name in the
 orthobiologics market.
     Harvest's SmartPReP System, using a patient's own blood during surgery,
 harvests and concentrates platelet-rich plasma which contain naturally
 occurring growth factors and wound healing proteins. The SmartPReP(TM) is fast
 and easy to use and requires only a small blood sample to produce consistently
 high levels of platelet concentrate. Depuy has been successfully marketing the
 Symphony System in the US Market during the past two years.
     "Our expanded alliance with DePuy AcroMed is a natural extension of the
 success our two organizations have experienced in the US market, states Gary
 Tureski, co-founder and president of Harvest Technologies Corporation. "It
 will introduce Harvest's technologies into the worldwide orthopedic market
 place. This agreement also allows Harvest to focus its resources on developing
 the non-orthopedic soft tissue markets in Plastic, ENT, Oral Surgery and in
 the Acute Wound Care markets worldwide.
     Harvest Technologies Corporation designs, develops and markets unique
 systems that target the demand for surgical solutions using the patient's own
 blood. The company has its offices in Plymouth, MA as well as Munich, Germany.
     DePuy AcroMed, a Johnson & Johnson company, is based in Raynham,
 Massachusetts. The company is a spinal industry leader focused on the design,
 development, manufacturing and marketing of spinal products used by
 orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons worldwide.
 
      CONTACT:
      Kevin Benoit, General Manager
      Harvest Technologies Corp.
      781-982-1900
      pkbenoit@harvesttech.com
 
 
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SOURCE  Harvest Technologies Corporation