News/Events

  10/1/2008:
Empirical Technologies launches the ETCMouse non-invasive and wireless physiological monitoring system for rodents and particularly mice. The technology was developed with the support of an NIH-sponsored SBIR Phase I/II program. Marketing of the technology will be in conjunction with Vivometrics Inc.

   8/1/2008:
Empirical Technologies launches the pre-clinical version of the CareTaker non-invasive and wireless physiological monitoring system. Original research and development studies were conducted with funding provided by the Office of Naval Research. OTTC/CCAT at the University of California, Santa Barbara provided advanced prototype and business development funding while the National Institutes of Health provided funding for dialysis and central line comparison studies.

  5/30/2008:
Empirical Technologies introduces pre-production model of HRWatch, an autonomously operating watch-like device that tracks, besides time, heart rate and activity. The device is presently being tested at several different sites.

   4/4/2007:
VivoMetrics, Inc. and Empirical Technologies announce a collaborative breakthrough in physiological monitoring which will enable the addition of continuous non-invasive beat-by-beat monitoring of blood pressure to VivoMetrics' LifeShirt(R) Preclinical System. Click here for the press release.

  12/18/2006:
“Non-invasive BP Monitor Provides Beat-by-Beat Readings”. Click here for the press release.

   10/1/2006:

Beta release of PDA® (Pulse De-Composition Algorithm) for continuous blood pressure monitoring as well as vascular assessment. The BPGuardian system is currently being evaluated at several university hospitals, the Naval Hospital Medical Research in San Diego, the Office of Naval Research, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, US Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston, SunTech Medical, University of Virginia Health Center, and others.

   9/1/2006:
ETC wins Phase II NIH funding for development of a wireless physiological sensor for mice/rats and two studies at the University of Virginia Medical Center (mouse models for myotonic dystrophy type 1 and asthma)

    8/23/2006:
Phase II SBIR Option funding for “Anti-Terrorism-Consequences and Recovery” Office of Naval Research - Development of hemorrhagic shock monitor.

   8/14/2006:
Invited poster for Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care Conference (www.usaccc.org/ATACCC/index.htm).

   7/21/2006:
Invited presentation at the Biocentric Technology 6.2 Review, Office of Naval Research.

   6/1/2006:
ETC introduces wireless & Bluetooth-based BPGuardian wrist sensing unit

   4/1/2006:
Follow-on funding for “Wristwatch Physiological Monitor” Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC), Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT), California State University at San Bernadino (http://ottc.csusb.edu/).

   3/13/2006:
SunTech Medical, the world leader in motion-tolerant, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring products and technology, acquires an equity position in Empirical Technologies Corporation. Click here for the press release.

   1/15/2006:
ETC releases a new slim-profile wrist pulse sensor (see photograph on Home Page) for testing at client sites.

   1/1/2006:
Clinical study of ETC’s blood pressure monitor commences at the Kidney Center of the Department of Nephrology of the University of Virginia.

    12/1/2005:
ETC’s NIH-sponsored clinical study of a sensorized mattress for the detection of cardio-respiratory signals in neonates commences at the University of Virginia Health System NICU. As part of the validation study data from over 400 infants will be collected. For images of pre-production mattress models as well as a sample of preliminary data, click here.

   8/1/2005:
ETC concludes successful feasibility study of first-generation gait monitor in conjunction with the Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Gait Laboratory at the University of Virginia Health System. For data samples, click here.

   6/20/2005:
Funding received for “Wristwatch Physiological Monitor” Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC), Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT), California State University at San Bernadino (http://ottc.csusb.edu/).

   4/5/2005:
Phase II SBIR awarded for “Anti-Terrorism-Consequences and Recovery” Office of Naval Research - Development of beat-by-beat blood pressure monitor.