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Profile
Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices
Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices (SIMD), is a business/clinical
engagement and commercialisation vehicle for medical technologies,
including sensors, emerging from the University of Strathclyde - not
least its long established EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medi-
cal Devices and Health Technologies.
SIMD’s role is in supporting the translation of medical technology
research into clinical and commercial outcomes.
Our medical technology sensor interests encompass point of care
diagnostics (POC), particularly non or minimally invasive electronic
sensor systems.We have commercialised POC systems on wound
hydration monitoring and developed a system for monitoring wound
pH and tested it in Qatar.
We have developed, and in some cases conducted clinical studies on,
transdermal POC systems.A range of small molecules (glucose, lactate,
vitamins) and ions can be continuously monitored. A recent electro-
lyte/hydration monitor based on this technology formed the basis of
a wearable device for athletes.
Finally, we have also developed a label and reagent free POC technol-
ogy for bacterial infection monitoring.At the moment this has been
used in the context of Cystic Fibrosis - accurately detecting the pres-
ence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with high specificity - though it is ex-
pected that a similar rationale can be applied to other bacterial agents.
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