Implant Sciences Takes New Orders for 14 Quantum Sniffer(TM) Explosives Detectors; Quantum Sniffers to Be Shipped to Customers in the U.S., a Former Republic of the Soviet Union, Middle East, and Italy.WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : "IMX IMX In My eXperience IMX Interactive Music Exchange (TV show) IMX Integrated Multimedia Exchange IMX Industrywide Mortgage Exchange IMX Intermodal Marketing Extension IMX Inverse Multiplexor ", "IMX.WS") a developer and manufacturer of products for national security, medicine and industry, today announced new orders for fourteen (14) units of our Quantum Sniffer handheld and desktop explosives detection equipment to be shipped into the U.S. (1 unit), a former republic of the Soviet Union (10 units), the Middle East (2 units), and Italy (1 unit). The customers for these Quantum Sniffers include a U.S. based executive protection agency, a bank in the Middle East and the Italian military. Disclosure of the final disposition and use of the 10 units ordered for a former republic of the Soviet Union is not provided at the customer's request. Dr. Anthony J. Armini, PhD., CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Implant Sciences, commented, "To date we have now taken orders for 179 units of our Quantum Sniffer explosives detectors for use in approximately 13 countries throughout the world, of which a significant quantity have already been shipped in accordance with customer requirements. We believe we have demonstrated our technology to be a highly sensitive Adj. 1. highly sensitive - readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated" , non-contact device that accurately detects a wide array of explosive materials, including PETN PETN Pentaerythrite Tetranitrate (explosive) (the active component of Semtex), and is clearly differentiated from the competitive products. In the past week we also demonstrated our ability to produce and ship commercial quantities of the Quantum Sniffer. These new orders bring continued expansion of our geographic diversity of installations and increased awareness by government and private sector customers as to the possible security applications for our products. We are hopeful this awareness of the merits of the competitive differences of our technology will result in continued orders for our Quantum Sniffer explosives detection products." About Implant Sciences Implant Sciences, incorporated in 1984, is using its core ion technology to develop, manufacture and market products for the homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , semiconductor and medical device industries. The Company has developed and commercialized portable and bench-top detection devices to identify explosives which are distributed under the Quantum Sniffer(TM) brand name. The Company also provides state of the art ion implantation Ion implantation A process that utilizes accelerated ions to penetrate a solid surface. The implanted ions can be used to modify the surface composition, structure, or property of the solid material. and wafer analytical services for the semiconductor industry. The Company also develops, manufactures and sells radioactive products for the treatment of cancer, including sales of radioactive seeds for the treatment of prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. and development of a new, FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approved radioactive source for use in the treatment of breast cancer. For further details on the Company and its products please visit the Company's website at www.implantsciences.com. Implant Sciences believes that this release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to facts that could cause results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. For further information you are encouraged to review Implant Sciences' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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