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Intelligent Ultrasound Group Plc | LSE:MED | London | Ordinary Share | GB00BN791Q39 | ORD 1P |
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Medaphor Group PLC
23 November 2017
MedaPhor Group plc
("MedaPhor" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Innovate UK Grant Award
Conditional award to fund development of virtual reality aid for ultrasound-guided needling
MedaPhor Group plc (AIM: MED), the intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, announces that it had been awarded a conditional grant offer from Innovate UK to fund the development of a new augmented reality imaging device to improve ultrasound-guided needling.
The grant of GBP464,000, which is conditional on a financial review by Innovate UK, was awarded as part of Innovate UK's Digital Health Technology Catalyst competition. The grant will part-fund the development of MedaPhor's NeedleGuide(TM) product, which the Company believes has the potential to revolutionise interventional ultrasound-guided needling.
Doctors use interventional needling in a variety of medical procedures including tissue biopsy, cannula insertion and administering regional anaesthesia, in a procedure known as peripheral nerve block (PNB). For many of these procedures, including PNB, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that ultrasound guidance should always be used.
The NeedleGuide(TM) product, which is in the early stages of development, combines existing technology developed by MedaPhor, with expertise brought to the Group through the recent acquisition of Intelligent Ultrasound Ltd. The augmented reality headset projects the ultrasound view over the patient's anatomy, highlighting the pathway the needle needs to follow to the target and then automatically tracks the needle tip to ensure that the operator is always aware of the needle's position in relation to the key anatomical structures. This minimises the potential for user error and offers the opportunity for considerable savings to the hospital.
Commenting, Nicholas Sleep, Chief Technology Officer of MedaPhor, said: "We are delighted to have been awarded the Innovate UK grant, which will not only cover the majority of our development costs, but also provides strong external validation of our technology and market need. NeedleGuide(TM) has enormous potential to improve patient outcomes, reducing the time and cost of these difficult procedures. We believe that this technology could reduce the cost of needling to all hospitals and have significant export potential as a new and world-leading digital health technology."
Enquiries:
MedaPhor Group plc www.medaphor.com Stuart Gall, CEO Tel: +44 (0)29 2075 Nicholas Sleep, CTO 6534 Cenkos Securities Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8900 Camilla Hume/Bobbie Hilliam (Nominated Advisor) Michael Johnson / Julian Morse (Corporate Broking) Walbrook PR Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or medaphor@walbrookpr.com Paul McManus / Anna Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / Mob: Dunphy +44 (0)7876 741 001
About MedaPhor (www.medaphor.com)
MedaPhor (AIM: MED), the intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, develops advanced hi-fidelity haptic and manikin based training simulators, clinical image analysis software tools, augmented reality based needle guidance software and artificial intelligence based automated scanning software for all medical practitioners.
Based in Cardiff and Oxford in the UK and Atlanta in the US, MedaPhor is split into two divisions:
Ultrasound Simulation and Training
Focuses on hi-fidelity ultrasound education and training through simulation. Its three main products are the ScanTrainer(TM) OBGYN and General Medical simulator training platform, the HeartWorks(TM) echocardiography simulator platform and the BodyWorks Eve(TM) Point-of-Care simulator platform (launching January 2018). Over 500 MedaPhor simulators have been sold to over 300 medical institutions in over 30 countries around the world.
Intelligent Ultrasound
Focuses on developing augmented reality and deep-learning based algorithms to make ultrasound machines smarter and more accessible. ScanNav(TM) uses machine-learning based algorithms to automatically access and grade ultrasound images to provide scan assessment and audit of obstetric scanning. NeedleGuide(TM) aims to simplify ultrasound-guided needling by using deep learning and augmented reality to provide the user with pathway guidance and automated tracking for a range of medical procedures.
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