CPRGlove places second at Innovation Competition

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/CPRGlove-Team.jpg” caption=”Electrical and biomedical students Sarah Smith, Nilesh Patel and Corey Centen are pursuing the development and marketing of the CPRGlove through their company Atreo Medical. Photo courtesy of Faculty of Engineering.”]And the beat goes on for McMaster electrical and biomedical engineering students Corey Centen and Nilesh Patel. Their CPRGlove invention took second place at the annual IEEE Canada/TELUS Innovation Competition on Sept. 14 in Edmonton. They take home $5,000 for their efforts.

This is the fourth such recognition the CPRGlove has received in the past eight months. The CPRGlove won the Ontario Engineering Competition in February, placed second at the Canadian Engineering Competition in March and was selected as one of the Top 10 inventions of the year by Popular Science magazine in May.

The black, nylon, one-size-fits-all CPRGlove was invented by Centen and Patel to assist people successfully apply CPR in emergency situations.

The invention was inspired by a study showing that survival rates from cardiac arrest have not improved over time even though millions of people are trained in CPR annually. The CPRGlove features a series of sensors and chips that instruct the user to apply the proper frequency and depth of compressions via a small video screen and audible read out.

Centen and Patel have established Atreo Medical Inc. along with fellow student Sarah Smith to develop and market the CPRGlove. They have received some initial funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence and are planning to undertake clinical trials with the Center for Resuscitation Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

University of Alberta students Sean Dunn, Dale Krall, Stephen McFetridge and James Reid took home the $10,000 first place prize for their CompressAlert compressor monitoring unit. The third place award of $2,000 was presented to Cory Anderson, Rylan Grant and Herbert Mueller of the University of Saskatchewan for their WiFi Positioning System project.

The purpose of the IEEE Canada/TELUS Innovation Award is to offer student members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers the opportunity to engage individually or as a team in a significant information and communications technology project. The project should have a strong design and/or research component that embodies the spirit of innovation and has strong application in industry in the foreseeable future.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/CPRGlove-Team.jpg" caption="Electrical and biomedical students Sarah Smith, Nilesh Patel and Corey Centen are pursuing the development and marketing of the CPRGlove through their company Atreo Medical. Photo courtesy of Faculty of Engineering."]And the beat goes on for McMaster electrical and biomedical engineering students Corey Centen and Nilesh Patel.  Their CPRGlove invention took second place at the annual IEEE Canada/TELUS Innovation Competition on Sept. 14 in Edmonton.  They take home $5,000 for their efforts.<br />
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<p>This is the fourth such recognition the CPRGlove has received in the past eight months.  The CPRGlove won the Ontario Engineering Competition in February, placed second at the Canadian Engineering Competition in March and was selected as one of the Top 10 inventions of the year by <i>Popular Science</i> magazine in May.<br />
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<p>The black, nylon, one-size-fits-all CPRGlove was invented by Centen and Patel to assist people successfully apply CPR in emergency situations.  <br />
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<p>The invention was inspired by a study showing that survival rates from cardiac arrest have not improved over time even though millions of people are trained in CPR annually.  The CPRGlove features a series of sensors and chips that instruct the user to apply the proper frequency and depth of compressions via a small video screen and audible read out.<br />
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<p>Centen and Patel have established Atreo Medical Inc. along with fellow student Sarah Smith to develop and market the CPRGlove.  They have received some initial funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence and are planning to undertake clinical trials with the Center for Resuscitation Science at the University of Pennsylvania.<br />
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<p>University of Alberta students Sean Dunn, Dale Krall, Stephen McFetridge and James Reid took home the $10,000 first place prize for their CompressAlert compressor monitoring unit. The third place award of $2,000 was presented to Cory Anderson, Rylan Grant and Herbert Mueller of the University of Saskatchewan for their WiFi Positioning System project.<br />
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<p>The purpose of the IEEE Canada/TELUS Innovation Award is to offer student members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers the opportunity to engage individually or as a team in a significant information and communications technology project.  The project should have a strong design and/or research component that embodies the spirit of innovation and has strong application in industry in the foreseeable future.<br />
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