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I have a new job! I am now working for MicroHealth as the Chief Governance & Compliance Officer. I start in December, 2011. I am a dentist and have been in the Air Force for the past 26 years and now am retiring out of a great job...the Chief Medical Information Office at the DHIMS program office where we build and maintain the military electronic health record. I am also back in school at the GWU Masters program in Information Systems Technology...great experience. In my spare time, I love to get creative and work with polymer clay and paint.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

New Biochip will Save Lives

Wireless EPIC device (10x10x3 mm)
Watch the Plessey EPIC video!


EPIC biochip... Superhero
EPIC...Just like a Superhero


What if a tiny device could locate a baby trapped under the rubble after a massive earthquake or help a firefighter find an unconscious victim in a burning building?  

Amazing? Yes and It is already here ready for sampling.  
What is EPIC? EPIC (Electric Potential Integrated Circuit) was designed by Plessy Semiconductors of England for EKG (electrocardiogram) readings on heart patients, but it can do so much more.  
How does EPIC Work?  This little device detects extremely small milivoltage changes in magnetic fields across the body's muscle (like your heart...yes it's a muscle) and nerves.  It is so sensitive it can even detect changes through walls!
Japanese Rescue Team
  • What in the world could we use this for? Let me count the ways!  
EPIC is a quick way to capture the patient's EKG.  This could be life saving for the paramedic responding to a heart attack victim.  In a hospital, EPIC will continually monitor the patient without all the pads stuck on their skin and cords attached to a machine.

EPIC could make the first responder a hero by locating human life after a natural disaster.  Global organizations like the Red Cross will pursue this technology due to the promise of drastic cost reduction and saving lives of those cannot help themselves...this is a WIN-WIN-WIN!
Holds promise for the disabled...EPIC can help a quadriplegic move a wheelchair through eye movements or help an amputee control their prosthesis through residual muscle activity. 

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  1. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Facinating! Wow Page your blog is really growing. Love the pictures and that you are exploring different topics and widgets. Great job!

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