Toumaz Debuts New Sensium(T...
Embargoed Release: 0700hrs Friday 13th October 2006
Nanoscience Inc.
(`The Group')
Toumaz Technology Limited Debuts New Multi-Function Sensium™ Module for
Ultra-Low Power Wireless Vital Signs Monitoring
Nanoscience Inc, the specialist niche investor in emerging technologies with
strong commercial propositions from within the growing nanotechnology sector,
is pleased to announce the first availability of the Sensium™ modular system.
This system embodies a new ultra-low power wireless infrastructure for health
and lifestyle monitoring applications developed by the Group's wholly owned
subsidiary Toumaz Technology Limited (`Toumaz').
The wireless-enabled modules, incorporating Toumaz's ultra-low power Zoum™
transceiver platform, are now available to key customers in low volume orders
and the Group is currently seeking to expand its production capacity to meet
anticipated higher volume orders in due course. The Directors anticipate that
following testing and trials scheduled for the first quarter of next year, the
single chip Sensium will thereafter be ready for production engineering in
advance of mass production by Toumaz's subcontract manufacturing partner,
Infineon Technologies AG. The first demonstration of the new modular system is
currently taking place on Oracle's stand at The World of Health IT Conference
and Exhibition being held in Geneva, Switzerland (Geneva Palexpo, 10-13 October
2006, Oracle stand #315).
The ultra small size module can be attached to the body with a sticking plaster
to enable non-intrusive, continuous monitoring and analysis of the mobile
individual's ECG, temperature and at least one other vital sign, such as
respiration or activity level. The wearable sensor module incorporates Toumaz's
ultra low power Zoum RF transceiver to create a wireless data link and transmit
personal readings on to a Zoum-enabled SD card or USB module. The SD card plugs
into any standard PDA or cellphone running Windows Mobile 5, allowing the ECG,
temperature and other vital sign data to be received, processed and displayed
via Toumaz's ECGSoft application software. A sophisticated, real-time
arrhythmia detection algorithm continuously analyses the incoming data to
provide an intelligent ECG monitoring capability.
Due to the ultra-low power Zoum transceiver, the body-worn Sensium module is
capable of being manufactured in a small, non-intrusive form that can be
powered by a small, low cost zinc-air battery to provide multi-function
continuous monitoring for an average of approximately five days.
Toumaz's Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Professor Chris Toumazou,
commented:
`The Sensium module is delivering the wireless infrastructure for a new wave of
personalised care applications, and is now set to enable a real revolution in
areas such as continuous vital sign monitoring. By integrating with standard
mobile devices such as PDAs and cellphones, the Sensium is defining new
possibilities for low cost, disposable monitoring solutions for a whole range
of healthcare applications, including `at risk', post-operative and home
monitoring.'
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Further information
The World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition
http://www.worldofhealthit.org
Richard Rose Nanoscience 07836 250 474
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