News | August 31, 2007

RFID Healthcare: Solstice Medical Forms Alliance With Magellan Technology For Medical RFID Solutions

Solstice Medical, LLC, a leading medical device asset management company and provider of advanced RFID and software solutions for the medical industry, announced recently a new alliance with Magellan Technology. Magellan Technology, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a global leader in specialized High Frequency (HF) RFID technology and has selected Solstice Medical as a preferred integrator and sales agent for the medical device industry.

Magellan's PJM technology is able to scan more than 600 randomly organized products per second even when RFID labels are close to metals, liquids or other labels, and has proven in day to day operations its 100% identification accuracy, reliability and quality in the medical device industry.

"This alliance uniquely offers the medical device industry a single source for RFID systems engineering and integration for Magellan's Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) HF Technology and also Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Generation 2 technology," states Daniel Sands, President and CEO of Solstice Medical. "Our customers are asking for one integrated solution to address the diverse and challenging product tracking logistics in the global medical device industry, and our alliance answers this need."

"Magellan has delivered reliability and compelling cost savings for medical device customers that implement our ISO standardized PJM HF RFID technology," said Bodo Ischebeck, Chief Executive Officer of Magellan Technology. "We are extremely excited that our alliance with Solstice Medical delivers the best solution and support for the medical device industry."

About Solstice Medical
Solstice Medical, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a medical device asset management company that offers auto-identification technology systems from the earliest points of manufacture through point of care to reduce the cost and improve the safety of healthcare delivery. Solstice Medical is the developer of the DOCK to DOC system, a comprehensive asset management solution, and provides RFID tag engineering, single use and reusable medical grade RFID tags, site and enterprise tracking software, RFID hardware, systems integration, maintenance and support to enable total supply chain control. For more information regarding Solstice Medical, visit www.solsticemedical.com.

About Magellan Technology
Magellan Technology Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, is a technology developer, manufacturer and licensor of advanced read and write 13.56MHz RFID systems. Magellan designs and offer RFID chips, inlets and a complete reader portfolio for Magellan's Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) technology, which complies with the International Standard ISO/IEC 18000 Part 3 Mode 2. The PJM technology is more than 10 times faster than other existing HF technologies. Our PJM StackTag is unique in its capability to identify, read and write RFID tags even when they are deeply stacked together. PJM products are optimized for applications where many hundreds of tags are stacked tightly or need to be identified reliably in fast moving dynamic situations where tags are presented in all orientations. Further information is available at www.magellan-technology.com.

SOURCE: Solstice Medical, LLC