Billerica, MA - October 24, 2009 - AST Products, Inc. (AST), a global leader in water-based hydrophilic coatings for medical devices, announced today the completion of a licensing agreement with Stuart, Florida-based Keller Medical, Inc. (Keller Medical), for the use of its LubriLAST™ lubricous hydrophilic coating on Keller Medical's unique and innovative tool, the Keller Funnel™ for breast augmentation procedure.

Keller Medical uses LubriLAST™ to coat its Keller Funnel™, which are designed for improving the process of inserting silicone gel implants during augmentation mammoplasty. The Keller Funnel™ is unique and has 5 unmet advantages: (1) it employs no-touch delivery technique, (2) it decreases surgery time and physician fatigue, (3) it limits local stress on implant shell which may lead to rupture, (4) it may reduce incision lengths and (5) it may lessen trauma to patient tissue. LubriLAST™ coating provides the exceptional lubricity necessary for the Keller Funnel™ to easily propel the silicone gel via a pushing and squeezing motion. LubriLAST™ is a water-based biocompatible coating technology that is not only flexible and durable, but also hemocompatible, making it ideal for coating medical devices. LubriLAST™ has enjoyed a successful track record and is currently in use on a variety of FDA approved medical devices. Because it is a water-based coating, there are no concerns about any residual solvents on a device, allowing device manufacturers and health care professionals alike to feel safe and confident in its use.

Commenting on the agreement, AST's President, Carl Cummings said, "We have been working together with Keller Medical on this project for more than a year and we are extremely excited that we finally have a win-win result. The Keller Funnel™ is a unique advanced device and we take great pride in knowing that our coating can add value to it. Furthermore, we believe that our relationship with Keller Medical reflects the high quality of our line of medical coatings."

About AST

AST Products, Inc., headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, offers water-based, solvent free coatings for medical devices. Since 1989, AST has partnered with numerous companies through licensing agreements for its LubriLAST™ medical coating technology. AST has a strong history in advanced research and development with an emphasis on providing customized, innovative coating solutions. The company also manufactures state-of-the-art plasma processing equipment for surface modification, as well as surface analysis instrumentation. AST licenses its coating technologies on both an exclusive and non-exclusive basis. For more information about AST Products please visit its website at http://www.astp.com/ or http://www.lubrilast.com/.

About Keller Medical

Keller Medical, Inc. was founded in May of 2008 for the purpose of developing and commercializing a simple, yet innovative, device that makes the insertion of silicone breast implants easier, quicker, and safer than current practices. The genesis of this company grew from the creativity and perseverance of Dr. Kevin Keller, a community-based plastic surgeon in Greenville, South Carolina, who developed the initial prototypes, procedural techniques, and patent claims which are the basis of this company. Faced with the daily problem of manually manipulating and pushing non-rigid silicone implants through minimally-sized incisions, Dr. Keller conceived a better solution and reduced his concepts to working prototypes based on the simple concept behind pastry bags used in the food industry. For more information about Keller Medical, please visit its website at http://www.kellerfunnel.com/.

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