Date of dispatch of this notice: 04/03/2024
Expire date: 02/04/2024
External Reference: 1b40b77d-1dd8-403f-968c-8fe5f31243ea
Date of dispatch of this notice: 04/03/2024
Expire date: 02/04/2024
External Reference: 1b40b77d-1dd8-403f-968c-8fe5f31243ea
Official name: University of Exeter
Url: www.exeter.ac.uk
Address line 1: Finance Office
Address line 2:Northcote House, The Queen’s Drive
Town: Exeter
Postal Code: EX4 4QJ
Country: England
Contact person: Megan Brine
E-mail: m.brine@exeter.ac.uk
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Title attributed to the contract: Optical Electromyography Probe
Description:
A team of academics and clinicians from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and lead by the University of Sheffield have funding from the Medical Research Council DPFS to develop a device to perform an “optical EMG” to advance the diagnosis of nerve and muscle disorders. Nerve and muscle diseases (‘neuromuscular diseases’) comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders that can be difficult to diagnose, often requiring multiple tests and several years to arrive at a diagnosis. While many of these conditions are, at present, incurable, there are therapeutics undergoing clinical trials. As a result, biomarkers for the diagnosis and monitoring of neuromuscular diseases are more important than ever. In this project we propose an ‘optical EMG’, a combination of electromyography, a standard clinical test that records the electrical activity arising from muscle, and optical spectroscopy, a light-based technique that provides additional information on a sample using a laser. We are seeking to award a contract to a single supplier to produce these medical devices.
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