Press Release - January 19, 2011

Blue Ocean Biomedical Introduces Powerful New Software Package

Pembroke Pines, FL, January 19, 2011/ - Blue Ocean Biomedical is pleased to introduce CR Tools, a powerful new software package that allows users to develop their own applications on the company’s instruments.  “This is an exciting and necessary step which allows our customers to expand the test menu for our patented automated cytometry systems”, said Ernie Thomas, President of Blue Ocean Biomedical.

CR Tools software is available for the recently introduced CR 150 and CR 300 Systems.  It gives customers the flexibility to combine Blue Ocean’s fully automated load & go™ applications with additional application protocols that are user designed, thereby maximizing the potential test menu of the systems.

About Blue Ocean Biomedical

Blue Ocean Biomedical, an ISO 13485 certified and privately-held company based in Pembroke Pines, FL, specializes in the development of innovative, automated, load and go™ cell analysis systems for immune monitoring and related applications (www.blueoceanbio.com). Blue Ocean systems are optimized to address needs for moderate-to-high-demand applications where test results are desired in less time, with greater efficiency and at substantially lower costs. The company’s patented new CR Series Automated Cytometry Systems combine automated sample preparation and analysis in one system that is Simple, Smart, and Efficient.