Toumaz adds Australian patent for core technology
Toumaz Technology, a provider of ultra-low power wireless infrastructure for body monitoring solutions, has secured a patent in Australia for its AMx™ (advanced mixed signal) technology used in its Sensium™ platform, adding to patents already granted in the UK and the USA.
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The company’s Sensium technology enables low-cost, non-intrusive wireless monitors for healthcare and lifestyle markets. It is building up its international patent protection for the core Sensium technology in the major global markets. Earlier this year, Toumaz announced an agreement with Healthe International – a health and wellness group operating in Australia and the Asia Pacific market – to develop Sensium-based applications for elite athlete training and optimisation of sports performance.
The Australian patent covers the core technology that enables the Sensium platform to operate using orders of magnitude lower power than previously required, enabling a dramatic reduction in battery size for portable devices. As well as enabling real time data measurement and processing, AMx offers designers greater efficiency, reduced complexity and reduced silicon area for many applications. The reduction in peak current allows new types of ultra small form factor/thin flexible batteries to be used – yielding months or years of operational life from a single battery.
“The protection of our proprietary core technology in the key markets across the world is fundamental as we move into this key phase of market development for Sensium-enabled products,” comments Keith Errey, COO for Toumaz.
The Sensium sensor interface and transceiver platform enables intelligent, real-time, ultra-low power wireless monitoring of multiple vital signs – such as ECG, heart rate, body temperature, respiration and physical activity – via standard handheld devices such as mobile phones.
The combination of ultra-low power wireless and signal processing in one small system-on-chip, allows the economies of scale of the semiconductor industry to be harnessed to provide highly functional, robust, low cost, disposable and non-intrusive monitors for a wide range of healthcare and lifestyle management applications.
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26 DEC 2007 |
