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$3.7M Military Contract Supports IR Brain Injury Scanner

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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2, 2014 — The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy have awarded InfraScan a $3.7 million contract to upgrade its handheld IR brain hematoma detector for use on the battlefield. Infrascan already offers a commercial device, the Infrascanner, that can detect the presence of a brain hematoma based on difference in near-infrared light absorption between normal and injured brain tissue. The military contract will support the development of new, integrated capabilities including detection of oxygen saturation in brain and extremity tissues, edema and concussion to aid assessment and triage of brain-injured...Read full article

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    Published: October 2014
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