Tupelo, MS (Jan. 6, 2015) – BrainLinc, LLC, a joint venture between Tupelo-based Hyperion Technology Group, Inc. and Meridian-based Rush Sport Medical, Inc., will unveil the BrainLinc Collision Monitoring Athletic Mouthpiece at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week in a booth with Innovate Mississippi. This patented technology provides a simple and easy-to-use method to monitor athletes for the possibility of a concussion.
“The best way to monitor head motion is to get to as close to the center of the head as possible,” says Dr. Gus Rush, III M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon and BrainLinc Inventor. “You simply cannot get any better measurement than by using a mouthpiece that conforms to the roof of the mouth.” The patented BrainLinc system uses a conformal-fit mouthpiece with several embedded electronic sensors that can provide real-time data to coaches and parents as well as visual and audible alarms that can be seen and heard by the athletes and people on the sidelines. “Parents may fear the risk of a concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) which may result in young players not being allowed to play sports. If parents can monitor their kid’s brain impacts daily as they do their grades, then many will be allowed to play. We should think about it like this: you know you child’s ACT score, but do you know your child’s TBI score?” says Dr. Rush.
“The number of head injuries at all levels of play is staggering,” says Geoff Carter, President of Hyperion Technology Group, Inc. “We are always developing new sensors and technologies that will protect people and the BrainLinc mouthpiece is a game-changing technology that could have a direct impact on athletes that are at risk of head injury.”
The BrainLinc Collision Monitoring Athletic Mouthpiece has been in development and testing for over ten years, with the patent received in September of 2005. The BrainLinc system uses a number of sensors embedded in the mouthpiece that monitor the motion of the head, and can be used on individual players or in “Team Mode” where the entire team is monitored in real time allowing the coaches to make instant play decisions to protect the players from injury. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI), or concussion, occurs more than 3.8 million times per year, with many injuries never being diagnosed or reported.
Recent research indicates that the accumulation of impacts can result in a progressive neurodegenerative disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) can also occur when the brain swells rapidly after a second concussion before symptoms from an earlier concussion have subsided and can leave a person permanently disabled and can be fatal if not treated immediately. The BrainLinc mouthpiece developed by BrainLinc, LLC, can be used to monitor for these conditions and with the proper response could prevent permanent injury and death.
More information on the BrainLinc system can be found at www.brainlincsport.com.
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BrainLinc Collision Monitoring Athletic Mouthpiece
Dr. Gus A. Rush III, M.D., Inventor
