#831: Orpyx: More Applications For SurroSense RX

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Dr Breanne Everett

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Orpyx Medical Technologies is a Calgary start-up that has developed a foot sensor for people with diabetes and neuropathy.

Dr. Breanne Everett is the company’s CEO.

Now she’s expanding on applications to her core technology

DR BREANNE EVERETT:   We’ve started to actually expand some of our testing into looking at the ability of the device to affect faster healing in people who do have existing wounds.  And then outside of the SurroSense RX umbrella, we’ve started to look at ways that we can actually  use the similar core technology in different applications.   So one application of that has been a system called the Logger System.  which is a kit that we sell to researchers that enables them to collect data from the foot that basically provdes the sensor feed that shows where the foot is in time and in space.   And so any type of research application where the researcher might benefit from knowing how the human body is moving on a mobile individual has potential use for a system like this.

Dr. Breanne Everett says Orpyx has succeeded because of support from Alberta Innovates, NRC-IRAP and MITACS.

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In March, 2016 the consolidation of Alberta Innovates was announced and on November 1, a single, integrated innovation powerhouse, Alberta Innovates, was formed. Two applied research subsidiaries – Innotech Alberta and C-Fer Technologies –  serve public and private sector interests.

The Alberta Innovates system was first created in January 2010, as part of an overall innovation framework developed within the Alberta Research and Innovation Act. At that time, four corporations were established:

  • Bio Solutions
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  • Health Solutions
  • Technology Futures.

The Alberta Innovates system has a 90-year legacy. Our expertise is built on the successes of:

  • Alberta Institute for Agriculture
  • Forestry and the Environment
  • Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
  • Alberta Forestry Research Institute
  • Alberta Life Sciences Institute
  • Alberta Ingenuity
  • Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
  • Alberta Research Council
  • iCORE
  • nanoAlberta
  • Alberta Water Research Institute (AWRI)
  • Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI)
  • Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA).

 

Program Date: 2016-12-13