Investor Presentation
1 1816 RENE LAENNEC INVENTS THE STETHOSCOPE
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1846 JOHN HUTCHINSON DEVELOPS THE WATER SPIROMETER MEASURING VITAL CAPACITY
Respiratory Diagnostics Market Overview
Existing Lung Diagnostics.
are Failing Us
Over the last 200 years, advances in medical diagnostic
technology have delivered dramatic benefits for mankind
whilst advancements in lung diagnostics have stagnated.
The current gold standard modality to diagnose lung
dysfunction (Spirometry) was invented in the 1860s.
The most recent significant advance in lung diagnostics, the
CT, is 50 years old next year.
Billions in R&D has been poured into cancer, heart and brain
diagnostics, but lung health research has not increased at the
rate of lung disease.
99% of all lung diagnostics globally are made up of these four
tests:
Spirometry
X-ray
3 1895 ROENTGEN DISCOVERS THE USE OF X-RAYS IN MEDICAL IMAGING
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1903 WILLEM EINTHOVEN DISCOVERS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY (ECG/EKG)
1929 - HANS BERGER DISCOVERS HUMAN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
1953-MEDICAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY - INGE EDLER
1960 - ECHOCARDIOGRAM - EDLER AND HERTZ
1965 FIRST COMMERCIAL ULTRASOUND
1971 SIR GODFREY HOUNSFIELD INVENTS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CT SCANNER
1971 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - RAYMOND VAHAN DAMADIAN
1976-FIRST COMMERCIAL PET SCANNER
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1979 DEVELOPMENT OF SPECT
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1990 - SEIJI OGAWA DEMONSTRATES THE FIRST fMRI
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CT
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Nuclear Medicine
All trade off accuracy, sensitivity, cost and radiation
exposure, while failing to provide a comprehensive insight
into both the form and function of the patient's lungs.
Existing lung diagnostics are decades out of date, are not fit
for purpose and are ripe for displacement.
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