Medical Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Triage

NoMo Diagnostics is developing the first embedded brainwave sensor system for real-time concussion detection addressing a significant unmet medical need for contact sport athletes and military personnel. Sport-related concussion is a common mild traumatic brain injury affecting roughly 1,200,000 Americans annually yet only 300,000 are diagnosed. Depending on the sport, it is estimated for every 1 concussion diagnosed 4-5 concussions go unrecognized leaving the majority vulnerable to repetitive concussions and increased risk (50-300%) for musculoskeletal injury. When left untreated, repetitive concussions can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) causing significant neurological health issues ranging from mood disorders to dementia. Our technology will provide an immediate physiologically relevant assessment on the field of play or during military conflict via a miniaturized quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) with novel biosensor system which will be sent to the sideline or military command center through telemetry prompting immediate action by health personnel. The program incubated at Columbia University under the Columbia-Coulter Translational Research Partnership through a grant from the Coulter Foundation.