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Advanced Medical Electronics Wins U.S. Government Research Grants
Sep 08, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --
IntriCon, a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of body-worn medical and electronics devices, recently announced that its partner, Advanced Medical Electronics (AME), is participating in two new research grants from the U.S. Government.
The first, from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), supports development of an ultra-miniature, body-worn technology platform for recording signals from skin electrodes. This core capability can be applied to:
-electrocardiography (ECG), measuring the heart's electrical activity;
-electromyography (EMG), gauging the electrical activity of skeletal muscles;
-electroencephalography (EEG), measuring electrical activity in the brain; and
-skin impedance recording, measuring electrical and temperature changes at the skin's surface.
In addition to further development of this core recording platform, the grant will support testing and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submission.
"The funding that AME received will be used to further advance and commercialize our ultra-low power PhysioLink wireless technology platform," said Mark Gorder, president and CEO of IntriCon. "This includes aggressive development of the electronics and device enclosure that will comprise our ambulatory ECG products, among other body-worn monitoring applications."
In addition to the NIBIB funding, AME also is a collaborator on a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). This phase-one grant is for additional research and feasibility testing for solid-state sensor technology that will replace aging telecoil sensor technology in hearing aids.
According to Gorder, the two new grants will provide IntriCon access to approximately $900,000 of funded research and development over the next two years. In collaboration with AME over the past three years, IntriCon has received the benefits of grant funding for 15 development programs.
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