“geophysical data acquisition systems” for
new innovation from one Gainesville company stands to revolutionize how
security and surveillance.
hospitals track patient’s vital signs. Xhale’s Assurance® technology is a patient
monitoring sensor clipped onto the nasal ala, or the fleshy part of the side of the
“The other half comes down to
intuitive algorithms and advanced
nose, in order to read a patient’s pulse. Much like the types of sensors currently
in use that clip onto a patient’s fingertips, the Assurance Alar/Nasal SpO2
Sensor receives a better reading because the site of the nose is fed by both the
signal processing to relay
external and internal carotid arteries and is not as far from the heart as those
information from sensors quickly
University of Florida, is also looking at future sensor products that can monitor
and understand what it is telling
on a patient’s extremities. Xhale, which was originally a spinoff company of the
both pulse and respiratory changes all on one discreet device.
you,” said Quantum’s CEO Mark
Tinker, Ph.D. “No longer is just
the sensing element singularly
relevant.”
The Power of Partnership
The Florida Center for Advanced Manufacturing Research is a partnership
between Osceola County, the University of Central Florida and the Florida High
Tech Corridor Council. As well, the State of Florida, Kissimmee Utility Authority,
Quantum’s technology utilizes buried sensors
Toho Water Authority, the University of South Florida, the University of Florida and
to provide alerts of movement and perimeter
Florida International University have also pledged funds to the project.
breaches surrounding high-value assets and
critical infrastructure facilities such as power
“We’ve been saying for two decades that the strength of The Corridor lies
plants and substations. Not only are Quantum’s
in partnerships,” said Corridor Council President Randy Berridge. “In all that
sensors capable of distinguishing between a
time, I can tell you there’s never been greater proof as all three of The Corridor
person digging in the ground and an animal
universities have signaled their faith in this project … and they’ve even attracted
digging, but they can also be used to detect
support from Florida International University in Miami 200 miles away.
everything around a perimeter whether
underground, on land, in the air or in water.
“This is the single largest project in our 20-year history. One day people will look
back at this as they do at Walt Disney World today and say ‘I remember when
Sensors have proven to be extraordinarily
that was just a dream,’ but look at it now.”
valuable in the medical field as well, and a
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