Founded in 2012 by
Phil Prewett
Ejaz Huq
Incubation period
01-02-2013 to 30-11-2015
Alumni
About Oxford Micro Medical Ltd
Oxford Micro Medical Ltd is an STFC spin-out company created in 2011. The company utilises technology originally stimulated by the Rosetta Space Mission to develop a novel mass spectrometer for healthcare applications.
Contact info
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue
- OX11 0QX
- Harwell
- UK
- +44 7803 618920
The challenge
Oxford Micro Medical is developing an innovative technology for the detection of helicobacter pylori - a stomach infection that links to cancer. As this potentially life-threatening disease is more prominent in developing countries, Oxford Micro Medical are using the precision workshops at the Space Science facility at Harwell to develop a cheap, portable device that can be carried to remote areas.
The solution
Oxford Micro Medical is developing an innovative technology for the detection of helicobacter pylori - a stomach infection that links to cancer. The inclusion of electrodes within the detector ionises the breath. The properties of the ion, namely it’s mass and charge, influences how much it bends when deflected by a magnet, allowing easy analysis of the breath leading to possible detection of this illness. As this potentially life threatening disease is more prominent in developing countries, Oxford Micro Medical are using the precision workshops at Space Science facility at Harwell to develop a cheap, portable device that can be carried to remote areas. In the longer term Oxford Micro Medical hopes to further their research in disease diagnostics.