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Monday, September 14, 2009 4:19:27 PM

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ASFX News -- American Scientific Resources Acquires Intellectual Property to World's Only
FDA Approved Home Needle Destruction Device



WESTON, Fla., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Scientific
Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ASFX) (the Company), is excited to announce that
it has acquired the intellectual property to the world's only FDA approved
home needle destruction device (NDD), the Disintegrator(TM) and Disintegrator
Plus(TM) (U.S. Patent No. 6,384,362 Patent Application No.: 09/500,504) (the
"Device Technology").

A formerly owned property of Safeguard Medical Technologies, American
Scientific Resources now holds the rights to the patent, which includes the
Device Technology Patent and all present and future developed information,
knowledge, experience and results.

As part of the agreement, all current contracts and future sales and contracts
pertaining to the Device Technology are the sole property of ASR. Rights to
such sales are worldwide with the exception of a single licensing agreement
covering the European Union region where Safeguard pays a consulting royalty
on sales.

Safeguard will receive stock, warrants, a convertible note and cash payments
based on sales performance. They will also provide ongoing production
engineering and quality control services to ASR for a fee.

ASR's plan is to introduce the product commercially in the fall/winter of
2009. The Disintegrator enables patients who give themselves injections,
including those suffering from multiple sclerosis or diabetes, to properly and
safely dispose of needles at home. The EPA and the American Diabetes
Association approve the device.

Dr. Christopher F. Tirotta, CEO of American Scientific Resources, states, "We
are overjoyed to have acquired the property rights to a product that we think
has enormous potential to be a worldwide leader in home needle destruction.
The product has already received a warm reception in the market."

Safeguard delivered a purchase order for 5000 units to one of the world's
leading healthcare enterprises in March of 2009; since then, the global
enterprise has placed an additional order for 2000 units which American
Scientific Resources will fill. Safeguard practices a form of just-in-time
productivity, matching production to its needs based on order size.
Production is planned to ramp up by year's end with full production capability
exceeding 25,000 units per month.

California State Senator Joe Simitian announced recently that his bill, SB
486, is headed to the Governor for review. The bill is designed to facilitate
the safe disposal of syringes and needles (also known as "sharps") by
requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers who sell specialty drug medications for
home use to provide information on their websites on safe needle collection
and disposal programs for their drugs. Over one million Californians who use
specialty injection drugs don't have a safe, legal way to dispose of their
sharps. Hence, approximately 386-million sharps are generated each year in
California that need to be disposed of.

"Given the need in the US for a safe way to dispose of sharps, we are hopeful
that the Disintegrator will eventually become a trusted household name,"
continues Dr. Tirotta.

Additionally, a congressional bill (S, 1312) is pending which would amend
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, as supplies
associated with the injection of insulin, of containment, removal,
decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other
sharps through a sharps decontamination/destruction device or similar program
under part D of the Medicare program.

About American Scientific Resources, Inc.
American Scientific Resources, Inc. is a holding company for two wholly owned
subsidiaries, Kidz-Med, Inc. and Heart Smart System. The Company's objective
is to locate and acquire innovative health and safety products that are
successfully sold abroad, and to introduce and promote them to the North
American market.

More information about the Company, including financial information, can be
found on the ASFX web site at www.americansci.com. For product information,
visit the Company's subsidiary, Kidz-Med, Inc. at www.kidzmed.com.

Safe Harbor
This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements contained in this
release that are not historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking
statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are
inherently uncertain. Actual performance and results may differ materially
from that projected or suggested herein due to certain risks and uncertainties
including, without limitation, ability to obtain financing and regulatory and
shareholder approvals for anticipated actions.

Contact
Americansci.com
Erika Stanczak
Phone:
847-386-1384 x.201
estanczak@americansci.com

SOURCE American Scientific Resources, Inc.

Erika Stanczak, American Scientific Resources, +1-847-386-1384 x.201,
estanczak@americansci.com

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