Precept Medical Products, Inc. separates its Precept UltraGard LLC surgical pack, drape, and OR gown business (“UltraGard”) from its core Protective Apparel business (“Precept”)

Arden, North Carolina, October 1, 2008 – Precept Medical Products , Inc. today announced that it will separate its UltraGard surgical pack, drape, and OR gown business from its core Protective Apparel business effective November 1, 2008.

Precept Medical Products, Inc. will continue to manufacture and market the Precept® brand line of Protective Apparel products. These products have been sold under the Precept ® brand since the 1970’s, and include face masks, ice packs, isolation gowns, scrub apparel, coveralls, lab coats, and other products in its Protective Apparel catalogue. Precept serves the infection control product needs of its end user customers.

Precept UltraGard LLC (UltraGard) was formed in 2006 to own the UltraGard™ line of surgical pack, drape and OR gown products. These products were sold as the White Knight® brand since the 1970’s, and since 1998 as its UltraGard™ brand of SMS fabric products. It also offers surgical drape and OR gown products made from Dupont’s Softesse® fabric. UltraGard serves the sterile field product needs of its end user customers.

This separation will better align both businesses to better serve two separate customer product/market needs and distribution channels and will ultimately allow each business to be more focused and effective.

To answer any questions regarding this separation, please contact Michael Boyd at 828-681-0209 ext 423 or by email at mboyd@preceptmed.com.