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Next Generation Stadiometer OTT#1476 TECHNOLOGY The next generation of stadiometry is here. Be the first to bring this technology to the market. Healthcare professionals at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Medical College of Wisconsin have developed an advanced stadiometer extension to improve health and the ability to care for patients with mobility issues. They recognized that an accurate is height critical to monitoring trends in growth, diagnosing weight status, and evaluating weight management interventions is difficult if not impossible to obtain for patients who are unable to stand independently. Height monitoring is equally important in establishing certain drug dosages and administering correct pulmonary tests. Historical heights, where available, are often used by healthcare professionals, otherwise arm span measurements are the most widely used surrogate measurement of height in clinical and research settings. To date, a stadiometer that incorporates both standing height and arm span measurements is not available. Current arm span measurement techniques are inaccurate, irreproducible, and require multiple clinicians, offering a poor standard of care. Our stadiometer offers the possibility of standardization and improved healthcare for mobility-impaired patients everywhere. Final regulations were issued by the US Access Board on January 9, 2017 to ensure that health care providers provide accessible medical and diagnostic equipment to individuals with disabilities. These standards were put in place by an amendment to Title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794f or “Section 510”) contained in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). This required that the Access Board, in consultation with the FDA, develop and promote regulatory standards meeting the minimum technical accessibility criteria for medical diagnostic equipment. The regulations with the technical requirements can be found at: 36 C.F.R. Part 1195. We envision two distinct product offerings: 1) a stand-alone, fully compliant stadiometer that also arm-span heights and 2) an arm-span upgrade extension for existing stadiometers. FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Improves the capacity to care for mobility-impaired patients – Designed to satisfy new ACA

regulations for accessibility, it provides a comparable option of height measurement for individuals who are unable to stand independently.

Accurate, comfortable and reliable - Calibrated to provide a reproducible measure of arm span for an individual while they are in seated position and/or wheelchair.

Easy to use – Mobile and operable by a single individual.

MEASUREMENT

BOARD

WALL

MOUNT

(OPTIONAL)

LEFT ARM

REST

RIGHT

ARM REST

ARMS

ABDUCT

AT 90°

ELBOWS

KEPT

STRAIGHT

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY A provisional patent application has been filed with the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. An initial prototype has been created at the UWM and we are looking for partners to aid in bringing this product to market from the prototyping phase. MARKET The global market for durable medical equipment (DME) is projected to be worth $242 billion by 2024 with the increasing geriatric population, prone to chronic health conditions driving global market growth. The long term care market fosters the use of DME many product focus here1. In the US, ACA standards implemented in January 2017 motivate the need for providing an equal and/or better standard of care for individuals who are disabled. All organizations and institutions with current use for a stadiometer comprise the target market including, but not limited to outpatient clinics, all departments within hospital systems (e.g. geriatrics, dieticians, rehabilitation and special needs), gyms, schools and athletic organizations. INVENTORS Dr. Michele Polfuss University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing Assistant Professor, Dr. Polfuss focuses her research on pediatric obesity and its related co-morbidities with a special interest in the role of the family through parenting and feeding behaviors and obesity within the special needs population. She is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner both in acute and primary care. Previous clinical experience includes working in pediatrics within the subspecialties of obesity, endocrinology, and cardiology.

Andrea Moosreiner Mrs. Moosreiner is currently the Program Manager of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Bionutrition Unit at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). She is also the State Regulatory Specialist for the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a community volunteer. Mrs. Moosreiner received her Masters of Public Health from the MCW after receiving her B.S. in Dietetics from Mount Mary University.

Bethany Forseth Ms. Forseth is currently a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She received her Bachelor’s in Exercise and Sport Science from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a Masters in Kinesiology from University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She has previously worked at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in the Cardiac Rehabilitation division.

For further information, please contact: Audrey Salazar, Ph.D. Licensing Associate UWM Research Foundation 1440 East North Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202 Tel: 414-906-4657 Please reference: OTT ID #1476

1 http://www.grandviewresearch.com/press-release/global-durable-medical-equipment-dme-market