Plessey Semiconductors announced that commercial samples of
its award winning Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensors are now available. The first products are
optimised for use as an ECG sensor and provide a resolution as good as or better than conventional electrodes.
The EPIC sensors offer several advantages that save money and speed up taking readings. First, the EPIC sensors
are dry contact so that no gels or similar fluids are required to make contact. Second, the sensors can be simply
cleaned between uses - unlike conventional ECG sensors that have to be disposed of after every use at a cost of $2 a
set. Third, only a pair of sensors are required that are held in each hand which is very quick to do unlike the current
approach that requires seven or more leads to be carefully applied to specific locations on the body whilst the patient
lies down.
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PS25101
16 element array for EPIC
EPIC LICENSE SIGNED
Plymouth, England – 21 December 2010 – Plessey Semiconductors today signed a license agreement with
the University of Sussex to develop electric potential integrated circuit (EPIC)
sensors. The electric potential sensing technology was
developed and patented by a University of Sussex
research team lead by Professor Robert Prance, Professor of
Sensor Technology. Plessey is using its expertise in design
and semiconductor process technology to develop the Plessey
electric potential integrated circuit (EPIC) sensor for a
wide range of applications focusing on opportunities for
arrays of sensors on a single chip. You can read more about the signing
here
A full EPIC press media pack with high resolution photos in
compressed format can be downloaded from
here
Plessey Semiconductors announced that commercial samples of
its award winning Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensors are now available. The first products are
optimised for use as an ECG sensor and provide a resolution as good as or better than conventional electrodes.
