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A new mobile device that is being developed has the potential to speed up traumatic brain injury diagnosis, fulfilling both 'market opportunity' and 'societal need', according to a technology development firm.

In September last year SFC Fluidics, LLC announced that it had received a contract for approximately $5 million (£3.1 million) from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for development of the handheld device for rapid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury.

The company is continuing to research and develop the technology and, speaking to Arkansas Business, Calvin Goforth, president of the technology venture development firm Virtual Incubation, said that the product has the potential to fulfil both a "big market opportunity and great societal need."

"It would improve the ability to distinguish head injuries as needing medical attention or not and what type of medical attention is needed," he added.

Someone that could possibly have benefited recently from SFC's product is professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce, who suffered a serious brain injury on December 31st while training at Park City, Utah.

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