08 Aug 2011
FinSMEs
PneumaCare Ltd., a Cambridge UK-based company providing clinicians with respiratory diagnostic and monitoring equipment using novel 3D-imaging technology first developed by the University of Cambridge, has completed a £2.0m funding round.
The financing was led by new investor Sud Investments, with participation from existing shareholders Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Capital Group and members of the Cambridge Angels group.
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04 Aug 2011
Cambridge First - New funding boost for PneumaCare
Duxford company PneumaCare has received a new funding boost to help it develop a monitoring device for sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to use at home.
It is one of eight companies selected to receive funding worth up to £100,000 from the East of England Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI East).
The news comes just days after the company announced a successful £2 million financing round.
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07 Jun 2011
PneumaCare wins two Medical Futures Innovation Awards
A device developed by a University of Cambridge spin-out company, which uses video motion capture technology to diagnose and treat lung and respiratory disease, won two top prizes at the Medical Futures Innovation Awards ceremony in London.
PneumaScan, a device developed by PneumaCare Limited, came out on top in the respiratory category, and was also named as having the best business proposition of all the winners.
PneumaCare's products enable clinicians to evaluate a broad range of patients, many of whom are unable to use current techniques for monitoring lung function.
Using PneumaScan, patients can be assessed while breathing naturally or performing exercises without the need to directly interact with or contact the monitoring device.
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24 Mar 2011
Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards
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PneumaCare is a finalist in the Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards. This is the 18th year of what are recognised as the premier business awards for the region and which culminate in a tremendous night in the Great Hall at King’s College with the gala dinner and awards presentation.
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10 Mar 2011
Cambridge Wireless: Ehealth markets in three countries
Meet PneumaCare at Cambridge Wireless' SIG; 'Ehealth markets in three countries: Japan, India and China'
28th April 2011, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0FY
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10 Mar 2011
MEDTEC Europe 2011
Visit PneumaCare in Stuttgart, Germany 22-24 March 2011
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08 Mar 2011
Future of Wireless Technology
PneumaCare will be presenting at the Innovation Hothouse during the Cambridge Wireless, Future of Wireless International Conference in June.
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01 Jan 2011
Bloomberg Business Week - Private Company Snapshot
PneumaCare Ltd. develops non-invasive assessment and monitoring systems that enable doctors to assess and monitor lung function of babies, intensive care patients, and the elderly. Its PneumaScan, a structured light plethysmography (SLP) system assesses and monitors lung function by scanning motion capture, as well as measures the movement of the chest and abdominal wall during breathing for modeling the thoraco-abdominal volume. PneumaCare was founded in 2008 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
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01 Dec 2010
Network World - Innovative start-ups get rewarded
Five innovative wireless companies snapped up awards after displaying to panel of judges the worth of their wireless-based products. Discovering Start-Ups 2010, run by Cambridge Wireless and supported by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) attempted to find the five most original uses of wireless technology.
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01 Dec 2010
CamTechNet
The five winners of of Discovering Start-Ups 2010 were selected from 25 budding entrepreneurs who pitched their innovative wireless technologies and business plans to the likes of Google, Microsoft and Orange, along with some of the world’s leading angel and VC investors.
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01 Jul 2010
Cambridge Network - PneumaCare helps patients breathe easier
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge will be the first to use the PneumaScan platform, an innovative non-contact approach to the diagnosis and treatment of lung and respiratory disease, developed by PneumaCare Limited.
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21 Jun 2010
Cambridge News - 3D scan is good news for patients
A new device using technology developed in the computer game and film industries will help patients at Addenbrooke’s. The hospital is the first in the world to use the device which monitors breathing without any contact with the body. Until now it has been impossible to monitor premature babies, young children, or chest injury patients accurately without using invasive procedures such as placing a tube in their airway.
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01 Jun 2010
Addenbrooke's Matters: Every Breath you take ...in 3D
Patients at Addenbrooke's will be the first in the world to benefit from a device that monitors breathing with out any contact to the body. Known as PneumaScan, it is based on 3D motion capture technology developed in the computer game and film industries.
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20 Apr 2010
CIE Components in Electronicsm - Plextek helps medtech start up PneumaCare turn concept into reality
Dr Colin Smithers, Managing Director, Plextek, “PneumaCare is a very exciting Cambridge-based start-up with a truly innovative concept and enormous commercial potential. We’re delighted that our design skill, knowledge and experience is helping the company on its road to success and that we will be continuing to play a pivotal role moving forward.”
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01 Mar 2010
PneumaCare answer call for battlefield monitor
PneumaCare, the Cambridge-based high tech company are an example of how collaboration and innovation can work together and create life saving technology. With partners Cambridge University and Plextek Ltd and support from the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE), they have produced a regulatory approved lung function monitor within 24 months with potential for monitoring casualties during evacuation from the battlefield.
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01 Jan 2010
Research Horizon
PneumaCare is solving the problem of how to monitor lung function in babies, children and chronically sick patients using a non-invasive medical device. The idea for the device, which combines innovative image processing with technologies from the gaming and movie industry, has been developed by a consortium of experts that includes Dr Joan Lasenby at the Department of Engineering, Dr Richard Iles at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Colin Smithers of Plextek Ltd
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01 Jan 2010
Silicon
Motion capture may be common in movie making, but plans are afoot to use the technology to scan soldiers for lung injuries. The PneumaScan system uses digital cameras to map light reflected off a casualty's chest and create a model of the patient's chest wall volume while they are breathing.
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