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Topic Name: Life-saving diabetes invention
Category: Biomedical
Research persons: Dr Nejhdeh Ghevondian and Professor Hung Nguyen
Location: Suite 212, National Innovation Centre,Australian Technology Park,Eveleigh, NSW 1430,, Australia
Details
A unique non-invasive hypoglycaemia monitor for insulin dependent type 1
diabetics will be fast tracked to commercial reality with Federal Government
backing.AiMedics Pty Ltd, a spin-out company of the University of Technology, Sydney,
has received a $2.76 million Commercial Ready grant to help develop HypoMon® – a
device for detecting hypoglycaemia via secondary body responses such as ECG and
skin impedence. Announcing the grant, Australian Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane, said
diabetes was one of Australia's fastest growing chronic diseases, with
hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar, the most feared complication."By using the HypoMon® device, diabetics can more safely intensify their
insulin therapy, which also benefits their long-term health," Mr Macfarlane
said.
"It is innovative in its non-invasive method for detecting hypoglycaemia and
is much more accurate in determining blood sugar levels in the lower range."
Hypoglycaemia can lead to coma, seizures or death, unless it is detected
early enough and counteracted with a sugar-based product such as orange juice or
intravenous glucose.
AiMedics CEO, Victor Skladnev, said the Commonwealth funding would complement
the significant investment in HypoMon® already committed by GBS Venture
Partners.
"The Commercial Ready grant will help us to get our valuable and potentially
life-saving device on the market and available to those suffering from
insulin-dependent diabetes," Mr Skladnev said.
HypoMon® was developed by Professor Hung Nguyen and then doctoral student
Nejhdeh Ghevondian in the Faculty of
Engineering. Dr Ghevondian is now AiMedics Chief Technical Officer.
The monitor, which is about the size of a remote control, uses wireless
technology to pick up signals from a thin belt strapped around the patient's
chest.
Sensors in the belt measure skin impedance and ECG signals, which are then
processed using a software program written by Ghevondian and Nguyen to predict
hypoglycaemia and alert the patient and their carer, if necessary.
The HypoMon® device has evolved through collaboration between UTS, Health
Care Technology Ltd and AiMedics Pty Ltd, which was established in 2001.
About Researchers
Professor Hung Nguyen
AM
Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123 Broadway Road, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
Phone: +612 9514 2451, Fax: +612 9514 2655
Email: Hung.Nguyen@uts.edu.au
Web: http://www.eng.uts.edu.au/~htn/
Dr Nejhdeh Ghevondian BE ME
PhD
Chief Technical Officer:
Nejhdeh Ghevondian has been involved in managing R&D projects throughout number
of biomedical and computer engineering companies. Nejhdeh has taken projects
from design concepts, right through to clinical data collection and production,
including systems such as breast cancer detection, ECG analysis and non-invasive
monitoring devices. He has vast project management and technical skills, with
specific expertise in product design, software engineering principles,
enterprise software architecture, complex mathematical computation and cluster
programming
Telephone: +61 2 9209 4514 or +61 2 9209 4510
Mobile (Cellular): +61 2 0438 241 680
Fax: +61 2 9209 4510
Funded-
The HypoMon® device has evolved through collaboration between UTS, Health
Care Technology Ltd and AiMedics Pty Ltd which was established in 2001.
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