Kurin, Inc. has been named to Inc.’s inaugural Best in Business list in the Prosperous and Thriving category. Inc. created the Best in Business Awards to honor companies that have gone above and beyond to make a positive difference.

The list, which can be found in the Winter issue of Inc. (on newsstands December 29, 2020), recognizes small- and medium-size privately held American businesses that have had a superlative impact on their communities, their industries, the environment, or society as a whole.

“We are honored to be recognized by Inc.,” said Bob Rogers, CEO of Kurin. “Our organization is focused on making a difference by helping hospitals improve their clinical outcomes and stem their financial losses from blood culture contaminations. It is rewarding to see our efforts recognized by others. The pandemic has created new challenges but strong demand for Kurin blood culture collection sets remains, and indeed has increased our rapid growth as hospitals understand, more than ever before, that accurate testing is critical to optimal patient health.”

Kurin’s revolutionary approach to the contaminated blood culture problem is an elegantly simple and intuitive design that requires no additional user steps. Kurin is a passive device that sidelines potential contaminants during blood culture collection—simply better than conventional diversion. Contaminated blood cultures are a significant problem, as roughly one-third of the positive results are wrong, exposing these patients to unnecessary antibiotics, extending hospital stays and impacting larger community health issues, such as antimicrobial resistance and the life-threatening C. diff. infection.

Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc., says, “It’s been an incredibly challenging year for companies. Across industries, businesses have had to make brutally tough decisions and face unprecedented uncertainty. That’s why we knew 2020 called for a new recognition program, something to complement our annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. For Best in Business, companies have prioritized tackling today’s problems to lead us to a better future, even if they’ve struggled to stay in the black.” 

Instead of relying on quantitative criteria linked to sales or funding, Inc.’s editors reviewed the companies’ achievements over the past year and noted how they made a positive difference in the world. They then selected honorees in more than 30 different industries–health, software, retail, business services, and more–and in age- and revenue-based categories. The applicant pool was very competitive, with around 2,700 entries and an acceptance rate in the low single digits—a huge success for these honors in their inaugural year.

About Kurin, Inc.

Kurin Corporation, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is focused on the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of products that help healthcare providers reduce contaminated blood cultures. San Diego-based Kurin has received FDA 510(k) market clearance. For more information, visit the website at www.kurin.com.

>Kurin Inc., the inventor and manufacturer of the Kurin^® blood culture collection sets, announced that third quarter revenues exceeded 150% over the same period in 2019. Kurin also reports that in the third quarter of 2020 sales have surpassed total revenues for 2019.

“Given the unprecedented times in which we find ourselves, we are pleasantly surprised to see a continuance of the strong demand that is fueling our rapid growth,” said Bob Rogers, CEO of Kurin, Inc. “Although the hospital world has changed, we’ve seen many hospitals implement Kurin during the pandemic, as they did not want to wait any longer to address their contaminated blood cultures. We have also seen an increase in the use of Kurin in many facilities underscoring the importance in the efficient use of resources and the fact that accuracy of tests has never been more important.”

Kurin’s revolutionary approach to the contaminated blood culture problem is elegantly simple, an intuitive design that requires no additional user steps. Kurin is a passive device that sidelines potential contaminants during blood culture collection—a method simply better than conventional diversion. Contaminated blood cultures are a significant problem, as roughly one-third of the positive results are wrong, exposing these patients to unnecessary antibiotics, extending hospital stays and impacting larger community health issues, such as antimicrobial resistance and the life-threatening C. diff. infection.

About Kurin, Inc.

Kurin Corporation, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is focused on the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of products that help healthcare providers reduce contaminated blood cultures. San Diego-based Kurin has received FDA 510(k) market clearance. For more information, visit the website at www.kurin.com.

Kurin Inc., announced record monthly sales of the Kurin Lock^®, its revolutionary passive discard device that helps hospitals reduce contaminated blood cultures. July brought continued acceleration in Kurin sales and the company noted the importance of blood culture tests during the current pandemic. Although accurate testing is always important for the patient and the financial health of the hospital, optimally diagnosing bloodstream infections in highly vulnerable COVID patients is even more critical.

“Kurin has been instrumental for many hospitals in their efforts to provide excellent healthcare, especially in these trying times,” said Bob Rogers, CEO of Kurin. “We started this business to make a difference in healthcare and it is rewarding to see the belief that so many hospitals have in Kurin, as evidenced by our record sales.”

Kurin also addressed a recent court decision in one of Kurin’s false advertising suits against Magnolia Medical. In dismissing Kurin’s legal claims, the Court found that certain statements made by Magnolia regarding the efficacy of its Steripath product were “literally false,” and determined that various other Magnolia product claims are “puffery,” which the Court defined as “exaggerated advertising, blustering, and boasting.”

“While we are disappointed in the recent ruling and believe that the Court did not properly consider certain issues and evidence, Kurin initiated this lawsuit to address Magnolia’s use of false and misleading statements regarding both the efficacy and FDA status of its products.  As a result of the litigation, Magnolia has recently corrected their years of past misbehavior of selling without the necessary FDA clearances by seeking and finally receiving the FDA’s 510(k) clearance to market their Steripath products, modified its advertising, and provided important context for many of its product claims. In this respect, Kurin’s primary objective of establishing a more level playing field has been largely achieved. We believe there is a responsibility in the medical industry to maintain a high standard of integrity and feel the Court’s opinion, in fact, supports the merits of our false advertising lawsuit,” said Mr. Rogers.

“The more important lawsuit between our two companies is the patent lawsuit that is in process, and we remain very confident in prevailing in that matter,” said Mr. Rogers. “In the meantime, our focus remains on helping hospitals and we are pleased that hospitals continue to select Kurin over Steripath when directly competing. Dozens of hospitals that had used Steripath are now using Kurin, opting for a simpler, smaller, user-friendly, and more cost-effective solution to their contaminated blood culture problem.”

Kurin offers an initial specimen discard technology that automatically and passively sidelines potential contaminants during blood culture collection. When skin microbes enter into blood culture samples, false positive test results may misinform physicians and lead to unnecessary medical treatment and risk for patients and significant costs for the hospital.

About Kurin, Inc.

Kurin Corporation, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is focused on the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of products that help healthcare providers reduce contaminated blood cultures. San Diego-based Kurin has received FDA 510(k) market clearance. For more information, visit the website at www.kurin.com.

Kurin Inc., the inventor and manufacturer of 510(k)-cleared Kurin® blood culture collection sets, announced today that it has been awarded a contract for the Kurin Lock®, a blood culture optimization device designed to reduce contamination rates. Effective April 1, 2020, the new agreement offers Vizient members negotiated pricing and terms.

“We are pleased to have this agreement with Vizient,” said Bob Rogers, Inventor and CEO of Kurin. “Several Vizient member hospitals have already benefitted from sustained results in reducing their blood culture contamination rates with Kurin and formalizing this agreement will help additional hospitals add Kurin to their important work in protecting patients from harm. By providing this innovative solution at contracted pricing, Vizient and Kurin are helping to reduce overall healthcare costs.”

Kurin’s revolutionary and disruptive approach automatically and passively corrals potential contaminants during blood culture collection. Contaminated blood cultures are a significant problem, as roughly one-third of the positive results are wrong, exposing these patients to unnecessary antibiotics, extending hospital stays and impacting larger community health issues, such as antimicrobial resistance and the life-threatening C. diff. infection. Contaminated blood cultures also create a financial burden to hospitals by prolonging hospital stays.

Vizient is the largest member-driven performance improvement company in the country. Vizient’s diverse membership and customer base includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and nonacute health care providers.

About Kurin, Inc.

Kurin Corporation, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is focused on the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of products that help healthcare providers reduce contaminated blood cultures. San Diego-based Kurin has received FDA 510(k) market clearance. For more information, visit the website at www.kurin.com.

Kurin Inc., the inventor and manufacturer of 510(k)-cleared and patented Kurin® blood culture collection sets announced the hiring of Don Canal to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Operations. 

“Bringing Mr. Canal into Kurin is an important addition to our company,” said Bob Rogers, CEO of Kurin, Inc. “Demand for Kurin’s products is growing at a torrid rate. The addition of Mr. Canal demonstrates our commitment to excellence. Mr. Canal’s extensive medical device manufacturing, operations, and regulatory experience, including most recently our work together at Ivera Medical, builds on our ability to handle the rapidly increasing demand for Kurin.”                                                

Kurin’s Initial Specimen Discard (KISD) technology is superior to currently marketed diversion technologies, requiring no user interaction with complicated manual manipulations. The Kurin Lock® automatically and passively corrals potential contaminants during blood culture collection. Contaminated blood cultures are a significant problem, as roughly one-third of the positive results are wrong, exposing these patients to unnecessary antibiotics, extending hospital stays, and impacting larger community health issues, such as antimicrobial resistance and the life-threatening C. diff. infection.

About Kurin, Inc.

Kurin Corporation, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is focused on the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of products that help healthcare providers reduce contaminated blood cultures. San Diego-based Kurin has received FDA 510(k) market clearance. For more information, visit the website at www.kurin.com.