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03-25-2005, 12:36 PM
Shriners Hospitals for Children Licenses Improved Motion Analysis Tool to C-Motion, Inc.
TAMPA, Fla. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2005--Shriners Hospitals for Children ("SHRINERS") and C-Motion, Inc. (CMI) announced jointly today the signing of a worldwide exclusive license agreement for a new SHRINERS developed dynamic pointer for virtual marker identification.
As a result of executing this license agreement, CMI would own the worldwide exclusive license to this new SHRINERS developed technology. The technology was invented by Roy B. Davis, Ph.D. at the SHRINERS in Greenville, South Carolina.
According to Dr. Davis, "This is a motion analysis tool that represents an advancement over previous devices of this type by allowing the clinician to identify multiple anatomical landmarks, or virtual markers, in a single subject data capture."
The dynamic pointer consists of two reflective markers mounted on a rod that telescopes in and out of its handle. In use, the clinician places the tip of the rod on an anatomical landmark of interest, pushes the handle toward the landmark, and the camera-based motion measurement system in the laboratory then measures the spatial location of the two reflective markers. Formerly, the technology employed use of a straight rod with two markers mounted along the rod some fixed distance apart. The added capability to change the distance between the two markers on the device during its use allows the clinician to communicate to the motion measurement system that they are targeting an anatomical landmark.
Scott Selbie, CEO of CMI says: "This dynamic pointer will help advance the real-time building of biomechanical models based on locating anatomical landmarks. This improved tool will reduce the number of markers that must be applied manually to a patient and will allow for the more precise identification of hard to reach landmarks while providing feedback through a real time interface."
According to Anne Yadley, Ph.D., Corporate Director of Research Programs at SHRINERS: "SHRINERS consist of a dedicated system of hospitals that help children receive state-of-the-art care in orthopedics, burns and spinal cord injuries. We are enthusiastic about the potential for this technology to improve the quality of patient assessment and care."
"UTEK Corporation is pleased to have facilitated the transfer of a new virtual marker identification technology developed by Shriners Hospitals for Children to C-Motion, Inc.," commented Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D., CEO of UTEK Corporation.
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TAMPA, Fla. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2005--Shriners Hospitals for Children ("SHRINERS") and C-Motion, Inc. (CMI) announced jointly today the signing of a worldwide exclusive license agreement for a new SHRINERS developed dynamic pointer for virtual marker identification.
As a result of executing this license agreement, CMI would own the worldwide exclusive license to this new SHRINERS developed technology. The technology was invented by Roy B. Davis, Ph.D. at the SHRINERS in Greenville, South Carolina.
According to Dr. Davis, "This is a motion analysis tool that represents an advancement over previous devices of this type by allowing the clinician to identify multiple anatomical landmarks, or virtual markers, in a single subject data capture."
The dynamic pointer consists of two reflective markers mounted on a rod that telescopes in and out of its handle. In use, the clinician places the tip of the rod on an anatomical landmark of interest, pushes the handle toward the landmark, and the camera-based motion measurement system in the laboratory then measures the spatial location of the two reflective markers. Formerly, the technology employed use of a straight rod with two markers mounted along the rod some fixed distance apart. The added capability to change the distance between the two markers on the device during its use allows the clinician to communicate to the motion measurement system that they are targeting an anatomical landmark.
Scott Selbie, CEO of CMI says: "This dynamic pointer will help advance the real-time building of biomechanical models based on locating anatomical landmarks. This improved tool will reduce the number of markers that must be applied manually to a patient and will allow for the more precise identification of hard to reach landmarks while providing feedback through a real time interface."
According to Anne Yadley, Ph.D., Corporate Director of Research Programs at SHRINERS: "SHRINERS consist of a dedicated system of hospitals that help children receive state-of-the-art care in orthopedics, burns and spinal cord injuries. We are enthusiastic about the potential for this technology to improve the quality of patient assessment and care."
"UTEK Corporation is pleased to have facilitated the transfer of a new virtual marker identification technology developed by Shriners Hospitals for Children to C-Motion, Inc.," commented Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D., CEO of UTEK Corporation.
About Shriners Hospitals for Children
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050325005076&newsLang=en
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