History

MSI was founded by Dr. Bruce Bradley. As owner and active operator of a well known microbiology lab in the heart of southern Idaho, Dr. Bradley's laboratory served the dairy and food industries in that area for over 25 years. Since a major part of his business focused on solving an array of microbiological problems and related challenges in the food industry, diversifying into new and better ways to collect surface pathogen samples was a natural transition.

The original idea for the M-Vac surface pathogen collection technology came to Dr. Bradley in the early 1990 when Dr. Bradley concluded that surface sample acquisition was likely the "weak link" in the food safety environment, and a highly probable cause for undetected surface pathogens elsewhere. Since wet-vacuum systems were typically considered superior to other methods used to clean an array of surfaces, Dr. Bradley embarked on a long journey to perfect a relatively small, hand-held wet-vacuum system that would help solve many of the challenges of other methods. Instead of sampling a few square inches of surface area, this new technology would be able to sample a few square feet. The M-Vac would also be capable of suspending the collected pathogens in a liquid to preserve them for longer periods of time before lab analysis. Since then, many experts in food safety and security, counter-bioterrorism, first response, law enforcement, pharmaceutical, national defense, and homeland security have shared Dr Bradley's vision and offered multiple levels of input for continued development of the M-Vac technology and its additional application potential.