- Sensitive and objective system that minimizes false first and second degree errors.
- Reliable differential diagnosis between PD and its main alternative condition (essential tremor).
- Provides quantitative estimation of the patient's condition.
- Cost and time savings - Can be operated by a nurse/technician.
- Desk top and inexpensive.
- Easy to install and use.
About us
CTO - Prof. Shrapa Hocherman
, a renown scientist in the field of movement disorder, spent almost twenty years of research (the faculty of medicine, Technion, Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa, Israel) to develop a new sensitive computerized procedure for early and for differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD).
CEO - Eng. Shalom Green.
Shalom is Industrial Engineer by profession (Technion, Haifa, Israel). He has vast experience in Sales, manufacturing and managerial positions including Medical Device sector.Intellectual property
The system's physical characteristics and the method used are protected by US patent number 5,772,611, dated Jun. 30, 1998. A PCT application (number US95/17078 ) was filed on December 1995, and published in July 1996 (publication number WO 96/20643). An FDA 510(k) submission has received approval (K971549). The indication for use is as follows: "The VMT System is designed for the evaluation of visuo-motor performance disturbances".
