Sense Neuro Diagnostics, a medical technology company involved in improving outcomes for stroke and brain injuries, was awarded a $2 million contract by the Department of Defense (DoD), Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) via the Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBI PHRP).
The aim of the funding is to support clinical trials for Sense's...
The U.S. Department of Defense has picked Abbott Laboratories to develop a traumatic brain injury test in a one-bid contract.
Abbott has been working with DoD on similar projects that clinicians can use to conduct tests via mobile devices already in place since at least 2014. DoD put the new contract total at $11.3 million and said of that $2.5 million was obligated when it named Abbott.
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The US Department of Defense may soon start using smartphone-based diagnosis tools to detect traumatic brain injuries in soldiers on the battlefield. According to a post on its "Armed with Science" blog, the DoD is working with Bethesda, Maryland-based BrainScope to put its FDA-cleared Ahead 200 device into action.
Currently, it takes a CT scan to definitively establish the presence of a...
Attendees at Mad*Pow's Healthcare Experience Design (HXD) 2013 conference in Boston got one freebie that wasn't in the gift bag: an extra seven-and-a-half minutes of their life. At least, that's according to SuperBetter founder Jane McGonigal, who took attendees through a demo of the SuperBetter game in her morning keynote.
SuperBetter, a Rock Health startup that's received a fair amount of media...
