Sensitron (UK) PLC announces that Mr Stephen Barker, Senior Lecturer in Surgery at University College London and Consultant Surgeon to University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has joined the Board of Directors

Sensitron (UK) Plc, the wireless healthcare innovations company, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Stephen Barker, MB BS BSc MS FRCS, to its' Board as a Non-Executive Director. Currently, Stephen is Senior Lecturer in Surgery at University College London and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon to University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Stephen brings a vast range of experience from his activities in the fields of both medicine and business. He is a co-founder of Ark Therapeutics Group plc, a market leader in the development of gene-based medicines, which achieved a full FTSE listing in March 2004. More recently, Stephen has founded Antares Medical Ltd, specialising in implantable medical devices and utilising some of Stephen's 12 separate patents. He is co-developer (in association with UCL) of the Saphena range of anti-embolism hosiery, marketed to both healthcare and retail sectors.

In the private medical sector Stephen has founded, and runs, 'The University Hernia Clinic', specialising in the use of the 'mesh plug' technique for inguinal hernia surgery. In the NHS, he remains fully involved with the Vascular Surgery Unit at UCL, undertaking aortic, diabetic limb and emergency vascular surgery. In addition, he has developed a significant referral base for cervical sympathectomy (for hyperhidrosis and facial flushing) and for complex incisional hernia surgery.

Stephen has been awarded a number of fellowships including the DR Davies fellowship in anatomy, a Royal College of Surgeons of England 'Pump Priming' fellowship and both King's Fund and Ethicon travelling fellowships. He was the first surgeon to be awarded a British Heart Foundation Junior Fellowship. He has made significant contributions to both undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and examining, as well as to NHS management and a number of outside consultancies. Stephen has also published over 60 papers and book chapters.

Ed Cowdery, Chief Executive of Sensitron (UK) PLC commented, “ We are delighted to welcome Stephen to the Board; his in-depth understanding of the UK's medical industry, both from a surgical and commercial perspective, serves to bolster our technological expertise and brings to Sensitron a greater insight into the clinical needs of UK's medical professionals and their patients”.

For more information on careTrends" and Sensitron please contact Melaney Noon or Jessica Cotton on 020 7434 4100 or at melaney@ccdpr.com

Hospital Installs the ‘Missing Link’ in  Digital Healthcare Evolution

Sensitron (UK) PLC, the wireless healthcare innovations company, unveils the first technology to wirelessly capture patient data from virtually any vital signs monitor. Sensitron’s careTrends™ solution is the ‘wireless bridge’ between a hospital’s monitoring devices and their Clinical Information Systems.

Sensitron's careTrends™ solution enables vital signs monitors to transmit patients’ clinical data wirelessly to their electronic patient record. Being device and system neutral, Sensitron's patented system is compatible with virtually all monitors and electronic patient records, including a hospital’s legacy systems. Once the patients’ data is captured and the trends analysis is completed, the information is immediately available at the bedside, at the nurse’s station, on a consultant’s computer or even off-site through secured web access.

The Chaucer Hospital in Canterbury, part of the UK’s largest private hospital group BMI Healthcare, is the first UK recipient of careTrends™ and is initially benefiting from the system in 24 private rooms and 4 High Dependency Beds. The Chaucer is capitalising on the systems ability to enable temporary High Dependency Beds; increasing the hospitals capacity for surgical procedures.

By using Sensitron’s careTrends™ system, potential errors in data transcription are reduced whilst data is time and date stamped, creating an effective audit trail. The system has been designed to significantly reduce the time nurses spend collating and charting patient data, allowing medical staff to spend more time focussing on assessment and intervention, a vital step towards improving patient outcomes.

Stephen Gough, Executive Director of The Chaucer Hospital says, “The installation of careTrends™ allows our medical staff to electronically monitor their patients and record their outcomes accurately and efficiently. Our nurses have been ready converts as the system allows them more one-on-one time with their patients, something I believe is central to providing a higher quality of care, whilst ensuring patient safety.”

Edward Cowdery, Chief Executive of Sensitron (UK) Plc comments, “Sensitron offers a cutting edge technological solution to the growing issue of paper-based documentation in an age of digital healthcare, impacting on available nurse time, potential errors and access to real-time patient data. careTrends‘ is helping nurses to capture information more accurately, save time and deliver an even higher standard of care. Nurses can now spend more time with their patients and less time managing paper work.”

For more information on careTrends‘ and Sensitron please contact Melaney Noon or Jessica Cotton on 020 7434 4100 or at melaney@ccdpr.com

Sensitron Inc. Awards UK Distribution Rights for The Medical System careTrends™ Wireless Bridge to Sensitron (UK) Ltd.

Partnership Marks First International Market Entry

SAN MATEO, Calif, (August 26, 2004)—Sensitron, Inc., a wireless healthcare innovations company, awarded UK distribution rights for its careTrends™ Wireless Bridge to Sensitron (UK) Ltd., for upfront license fees and equity share in that organization. This partnership allows Sensitron Inc. to offer its services in the UK and creates a gateway into the European markets. The careTrends™ system makes it easier to move vital signs and other clinical data into clinical information systems—a feature that could benefit the National Health Service’s (NHS) implementation of its electronic medical records (EMR) systems. Rajiv Jaluria, the CEO and President of Sensitron Inc., stated, “Sensitron is pleased to have an agreement with a channel partner with knowledge of local infrastructure and logistics. We are now able to enter those market segments in the UK and European markets that are not part of the present US focus.”

The Efficient and Practical Software
Sensitron’s careTrends™ Wireless Bridge enables a wide array of vital signs’ and other clinical data to be wirelessly transmitted, via secure encryption, to a server based electronic patient record of choice. Potential errors are reduced in data transmission by dating and timing all data while creating an effective audit trail. The system directly links point-of-care devices with clinical information systems, thus reducing time, clinical risk and allowing clinicians to maintain a higher standard of clinical care. The careTrends™ system can support a large variety of applications for Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing and Long Term Care Homes, Homecare and Assisted Living, Occupational Health, Insurance Screening, and Correctional Facilities and Detention Centers.

Fulfills Healthcare Providers’ Demands
The careTrends™ System offers many advantages to address healthcare providers’ myriad needs, which include immediate access to information and a reduction in paperwork. Additional features include the wireless transmission of vital sign and other medical data, the transmission of data in real time via WLAN, WAN infrastructures, graphical data presentation, electronically organizing data population, integrating with any existing database system, communicating with any digital based monitoring device and the ability to link with multiple assessment tools. The data and trends can be presented intra-hospital, inter-hospital, at a clinician’s office, or via any web based PDA or telephone.

Uses The Latest Technology
The careTrends™ Wireless Bridge System uses a combination of wireless Bluetooth and 802.11b communications protocols to send data from any point-of-care medical device to any existing server based electronic patient record. A Bluetooth and 802.11b wireless enabled tablet PC or other similar windows based interface facilitates the data communications, allowing the caregiver to automatically transmit the vital signs data and relevant patient information, and view current and historical data. The enterprise software in the server collects the readings and records results according to parameters set by the clinician before presenting data to caregivers. The system is modular enough to accommodate multiple hospital facilities with data communication customized per patient. By combining vital signs information with other related clinical patient records, the clinician is armed with a complete view of the patient’s status, enabling him or her to make a better assessment of the patient’s overall health.

About Sensitron (UK), Ltd.
Sensitron (UK), Ltd. is a UK-based company that offers medical software solutions to the UK, Irish, and European healthcare markets. Sensitron (UK) mainly focuses on hospitals and clinics, nursing and care homes, and homecare and assisted living, among other sectors. The management team brings over 40 years of healthcare experience, along with dexterity in healthcare consultancy, strategic redesign, and financial management. For further information, visit http://www.sensitron.net