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Guardian Technologies Expands Market Reach Through Distribution Agreement With Ultimate Medical Services (UMS); PremierScan Imaging Installs Guardian's FlowPoint(TM) Radiology Information System

Posted on: Thursday, 6 July 2006, 12:00 CDT

Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB:GDTI), a leading provider of high-performance security and healthcare solutions based on "Intelligent Imaging Informatics" (3i(TM)), today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Ultimate Medical Services Inc. that will make UMS the first distributor to offer Guardian's industry-leading healthcare solutions and future imaging informatics solutions in the United States. UMS, based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a value-added reseller offering a full range of medical-imaging modalities and best-of-breed technologies and services to the nation's healthcare industry.

Additionally, Guardian Technologies is pleased to announce that PremierScan Imaging, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, will install and go live with Guardian's FlowPoint(TM) 6.1 solution, under a fee-for-service model which provides a cost-effective structure for financing Guardian's Web-based technology., PremierScan has recently updated and modernized its entire facility with the latest in CT and MRI imaging systems and information technologies. The FlowPoint(TM) radiology information management system will streamline the workflow process to eliminate unnecessary costs and improve patient care.

"Approximately 30 days into our contract with Guardian, PremierScan has already experienced a reduction in costs through the simplification of operations," said Tim Cassady, Chief Operating Officer of PremierScan. "FlowPoint has eliminated paper from the workflow process, improved and streamlined workflow, and reduced redundancy and rework, while eliminating possible errors. In addition, FlowPoint has had a major impact on improving facility operations. The system is fully integrated with our imaging equipment and has simplified scanner operations, allowing our technologists to focus on patient care."

UMS will offer FlowPoint(TM) 6.1, Guardian's integrated, Web-based radiology information system that enables healthcare enterprises to combine patient medical data and radiology images into a single digital record. FlowPoint(TM) 6.1 provides for improved patient care, reductions in potential medical errors, and lower administrative costs. As part of the agreement, UMS will also offer customer service, installation, and training support for FlowPoint(TM) customers.

"We are impressed by FlowPoint's scalable, Web-services architecture and customizable workflow application for small-to-large institutions," said UMS Chief Executive Officer Kevin Fix. "We also chose Guardian because their business and technical teams are first-rate and very capable of executing on their commitments."

Prior to the execution of the agreement, UMS and Guardian Technologies worked jointly to demonstrate and propose FlowPoint(TM) to a significant number of strong customer prospects, and to date, the companies have received numerous expressions of interest.

Rich Borrelli, Guardian's Vice President of Business Development, said: "We believe the business development efforts that we have jointly pursued with UMS will result in many prospects becoming customers within the next 60 days. UMS has a strong sales and marketing team, and when combined with their market reputation, we believe we have developed a significant platform for revenue growth."

About Guardian Technologies International, Inc.

Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB:GDTI) employs high-performance imaging technologies and advanced analytics to create integrated information management products and services. Guardian's technologies are focused on two primary markets: Homeland Defense and Healthcare Solutions. Guardian's homeland defense security technologies provide highly accurate threat-item detection at the image-scanning level, and the company's Healthcare Solutions for radiology improve information and process flow with state-of-the-art RIS/PACS technology.

About Ultimate Medical Services, Inc.

Ultimate Medical Services, Inc. is a medical imaging company that provides sales and service for all medical imaging modalities, including PACS. Since its transition from regional to national representation of PACS in 2003, UMS has more than doubled the installed base of many of its vendors and has added over 54 dealers' offices. They also have been instrumental in working with manufacturers to develop additional products to support not only large, 1,000-bed hospitals, but also small rural facilities and imaging centers.

About PremierScan

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, PremierScan is a privately-owned MRI and CT facility dedicated to serving the community of physicians and their patients. PremierScan's goal is to be recognized as the premiere medical imaging company in the Silicon Valley.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from time to time by Guardian through its senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to the future events or financial performance discussed in this release, based on management's beliefs and assumptions and information currently available. When used, the words "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "should", "expect", "plan", "assume" and similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, in particular, the size and timing of contract awards, performance on contracts, performance of acquired companies, availability and cost of key components, unanticipated results from audits of the financial results of the Company and acquired companies, changing interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles, outcomes of government reviews, developments with respect to litigation to which we are a party, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, proprietary technology and changing competitive conditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel, ability to obtain project financing, general economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers, the unpredictable nature of working with government agencies and other risks, uncertainties and factors including those described from time to time in Guardian's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, Guardian's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Guardian expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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