Puritan Medical Products
Manufacturer of single-use swabs and specimen collection devices with integrated R&D, materials processing and custom manufacturing capabilities. Operates multiple manufacturing facilities in Maine, provides prototype-to-scale custom product development, transport-media formulation and filling, labeling/packaging and global distribution. Maintains third-party quality certifications and publishes technical/validation documentation.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
large (251-1000)
Puritan Medical Products
Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Patents
Products
Swabs and single-use specimen collection devices
Catalog of single-use swabs and applicators in multiple tip materials and geometries (foam, cotton, polyester, flocked) and handle types for clinical, forensic, environmental and industrial applications.
Collection and transport systems, media and sampling kits
Integrated collection and transport systems including media-preservation formulations, environmental sampling kits and assembled sampling products with available IFUs and CE/non-CE variants.
Swabs and single-use specimen collection devices
Catalog of single-use swabs and applicators in multiple tip materials and geometries (foam, cotton, polyester, flocked) and handle types for clinical, forensic, environmental and industrial applications.
Collection and transport systems, media and sampling kits
Integrated collection and transport systems including media-preservation formulations, environmental sampling kits and assembled sampling products with available IFUs and CE/non-CE variants.
Services
Design, prototype and manufacture swabs, applicators and single-use medical devices to customer specifications, supported by NDA and engineering consultations.
Formulation and commercial filling of viral, bacterial and molecular transport media for packaging with specimen collection devices, supported by microbiology staff.
On-site print shop and labeling services for custom branding, barcoding, UDI and traceability for devices and kits, including production of IFUs and package inserts.
Provision of components, labeling and assembly into finished kits per customer specifications, with fulfillment coordination from manufacturing sites.
Design, prototype and manufacture swabs, applicators and single-use medical devices to customer specifications, supported by NDA and engineering consultations.
Formulation and commercial filling of viral, bacterial and molecular transport media for packaging with specimen collection devices, supported by microbiology staff.
On-site print shop and labeling services for custom branding, barcoding, UDI and traceability for devices and kits, including production of IFUs and package inserts.
Provision of components, labeling and assembly into finished kits per customer specifications, with fulfillment coordination from manufacturing sites.
Expertise Areas
- Specimen collection device manufacturing
- Custom medical device design and scale-up
- Transport and preservation media formulation and filling
- Materials engineering for swab tips (foam, flocked, woven materials)
Key Technologies
- Flocked swab tip manufacturing
- Foam-tip applicator production
- Fiber carding and tip material processing
- Transport media formulation and stabilization
News & Updates
Exhibition/attendance at professional society meeting.
Article highlighting Maine-based manufacturing and global distribution.
Received an innovation award associated with development of a transport media system.
Expanded production capacity and opened additional manufacturing facilities in response to COVID-19 testing demand following a government request.
Celebrated 100 years in business and documented long-term production volumes and product diversification.
Press release announcing a new transport/collection product line intended for rapid diagnostics (company press release).
Exhibition/attendance at professional society meeting.
Article highlighting Maine-based manufacturing and global distribution.
Received an innovation award associated with development of a transport media system.
Expanded production capacity and opened additional manufacturing facilities in response to COVID-19 testing demand following a government request.
Celebrated 100 years in business and documented long-term production volumes and product diversification.
Press release announcing a new transport/collection product line intended for rapid diagnostics (company press release).