Baton Rouge-based medical supply manufacturer and technology firm Convergence Equity has entered into an agreement with medical materials company TrillaMed to provide new, level three-certified Ebola-resistant suits and protective gear to U.S. government agencies, as well as foreign and domestic health providers.
The companies announced the agreement this morning, but did not disclose financial terms. Convergence Equity says its current inventory of supplies includes more than 3 million suits, gloves, booties and other supplies, adding it has “millions more in its development pipeline.” It will provide TrillaMed with more than 1,000 personal protective equipment kits immediately, and it expects to fill thousands of more orders on an as-needed basis. Each kit contains up to 350 complete suits and gear, meaning the initial order of 1,000 kits will allow TrillaMed to provide approximately 350,000 Ebola-resistant protective suits.
Over the next three months, Convergence Equity says it has agreed to provide TrillaMed with up to $100 million in additional gear as needed, with options for more. Based in Michigan, TrillaMed has contracts to distribute products to more than 700 federal government facilities worldwide, including at the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Energy and more.
“In addition to having quality feedstock available to protect military and medical personnel on the front lines, we are going into full production mode at our facilities in Mexico, Alabama and Taiwan to ensure a global supply in case the Ebola crisis or any other biohazard crisis moves toward pandemic status,” says Convergence Equity spokesman Rob Hartwell in a prepared statement. “While we have the situation under close scrutiny here in the U.S., tens of thousands of health professionals and millions of citizens are at risk and are ill-prepared to ward off Ebola without adequate protective gear. We are fighting to alleviate such an intolerable situation.”
