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| Return to Supplier News Source: Summit Corporate Services SUMMIT CORPORATE SERVICES, INC. SIGNS CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH BACTERIN INTERNATIONAL BOZEMAN, MONTANA (August 4, 2005) – Summit Corporate Services, Inc. (SUMMIT), the nation’s leader in customized business and outsourcing solutions for the medical industry, is proud to announce it has signed an agreement to provide services for the Biologic Division of Bacterin International Inc. (BACTERIN), a developer and manufacturer of elutive bioactive coatings for medical devices. Summit will perform outsourcing services for Bacterin’s Biologic Division; services will include call center support, customer service, inventory management, billing/collections, logistical support, distribution, and records maintenance. Summit delivers customized business and outsourcing solutions to medical companies who offer highly complex and specialized products such as allografts, biologic and spinal implants. Summit’s business solutions are applicable to all industries and allow clients to focus on their core competencies. Summit’s outsourcing services help clients, including Bacterin and Stryker Spine, meet the needs of hospitals and physicians worldwide. Bacterin, one of Fortune Magazines “25 Breakout Companies of 2005,” has developed its own biologic line called OsteoSponge™. OsteoSponge™ is a human allograft consisting of 100% bone; it has the open, porous structure of cancellous bone, yet is compressible and elastic with sponge-like properties. Its unique handling characteristics make it ideal for numerous Orthopedic and Dental applications. Bacterin also supplies traditional allograft materials. Future products will combine the intellectual properties and patents of its bioactive coatings to enhance biologic implants. Biologic products will be managed at, and distributed through, Summit. Bacterin is the pioneer in biofilm science technology. Aside from being the leading independent testing facility for bioactive coatings; Bacterin also manufactures and licenses its own proprietary bioactive coating technology, suitable for a variety of medical applications. Bacterin’s anti-infective coatings inhibit microbial adherence and biofilm formation, thus preventing infection caused from an implantable medical device. Both companies are located in the Gallatin Valley.
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