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-Number one patient complaint against mobile ECG/EEG
devices
-Need for new, patient-friendly, sensor technologies
-Large usability barrier outside of laboratory environments
ECG/EEG:
-Simple to build
-Inexpensive to use
-Non-invasive for the subject
-Widely used in clinical and research settings
-Diagnostically useful information
Motivation
January 18th, 2011
Cognionics Non-contact Sensors
Many different companies working in this space, yet none have achieved widespread market acceptance. All have significant issues with poor signal quality. There is no technology that can achieve a
good signal without the use of gels, through clothing and on freely moving subjects.
Cognionics has expertise and a new proprietary technology for high-quality, non-contact, through-clothing sensor. It is based on a patent-pending amplifier design from UCSD that overcomes many of the
practical limitations in this field.
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Cognionics Dry Contact Sensors
Conventional EEG electrodes suffer from similar usability problems as their ECG
counterparts – but on much larger scale (22 to 256 sensors vs. 10).
Prior dry electrode designs used hard metal pins
which were uncomfortable, potentially unsafe in
ambulatory use g.tec
Cognionics Flexible Dry
Electrode:
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UCSD Assistance
Advisor: Michael Elconin (now C.E.O.)
Development of market research and business plans
Assistance with securing university intellectual property
Critical outsider’s feedback and sanity check (!) on the technology
Assistance with business launch and funding strategy
Start-up business boot-camp for the engineering graduate student
Opportunity to practice pitches and test business plans
Many many events for learning, publicity and networking
Provided $45.5K of start-up funds and services to launch the company
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Company Milestones
First R&D lab in apartment bathroom – 10/2010
Officially started operations – 6/2011
Awarded DARPA research contract – 10/2011
Awarded NASA SBIR – 11/2011
First Licensing agreement – 5/2012
Awarded NIH SBIR – 7/2012
Moved into 2000 sq. ft. office – 12/2012
Selected for DARPA SBIR – 3/2013
About to first distributorship agreement with product
release mid-2013
7 patent applications filed
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