Neuro Kinetics at Battlefield Healthcare Conference: 'Promising' Technology Can Aid...

Neuro Kinetics at Battlefield Healthcare Conference: 'Promising' Technology
Can Aid Brain-Injured Soldiers

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- With about 20% of combat soldiers
returning from Afghanistan and Iraq suffering from mild traumatic brain
injuries (mTBI), medical device manufacturer Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
(www.neuro-kinetics.com) next week will spotlight "promising" testing
techniques to screen and monitor afflicted military personnel.

The company will present data at the September 14(th)-17(th) Battlefield
Healthcare Conference (www.battlefieldhealthcare.com) in San Diego about the
use of tests incorporated in its I-Portal (R) NOTC (Neuro-Otologic Test
Center) and I-Portal(R) VNG (Video Nystagmography) systems for early detection
and tracking of mTBI.

Dr. Alex Kiderman, Neuro Kinetics' chief technology officer, will report on
data collected from varied sources, including a case study he co-authored
suggesting that specific oculo-motor, optokinetic and vestibular tests
conducted through the I-Portal systems can generate results that may identify
mTBI not observable by other evaluation technologies, including MRIs.

The tests Kiderman will review include spontaneous nystagmus, pendular
tracking, saccades, horizontal and vertical gaze, subjective visual vertical
(SVV) and subjective visual horizontal (SVH), head thrust test (HTT),
sinusoidal harmonic acceleration (SHA) and dynamic unilateral centrifugation
(DUC) tests among others.

Kiderman's case study -- co-authored by Brian J. McKinnon, MD, MBA, assistant
professor, Otology/Neurotology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck
Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, and clinical audiologist Terri E. Ives,
ScD, AuD, F-AAA, CCC-A -- is available on the Neuro Kinetics Web site.

"We believe that neuro-otologic testing can be the objective and important
contributor to the proper diagnosis and treatment of mTBI that returning
soldiers deserve," Kiderman said. "While we have more research to undertake,
the early indications are indeed promising."

Next week's presentation comes as a number of U.S. military facilities have
installed the I-Portal NOTC system to improve diagnosis and monitoring of
returning brain-injured military personnel.

In recent months, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the
Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton in California and Tripler Army Medical Center
in Hawaii have begun utilizing the I-Portal NOTC.

Numerous other federal government medical facilities, including those operated
by the Veterans Administration and the National Institutes of Health, also
rely on Neuro Kinetics' equipment for conducting daily clinical evaluations of
patients as well as undertaking a wide range of research projects.

Kiderman noted that while Neuro Kinetics is best known for its expertise in
offering equipment for testing across a range of balance and vestibular
disorders, the research into brain injury testing represents an important
strategic goal for the company.

"We continue to expand the clinical utility of our equipment," Kiderman said.
"Helping to improve the care of brain-injured soldiers is a top priority for
us."

ABOUT NEURO KINETICS, INC.

Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (www.neuro-kinetics.com) is a fast-growing manufacturer
of noninvasive medical test equipment used worldwide by audiologists,
neurologists, neuro-otologists, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists and other
medical specialists in the detection and evaluation of neurological,
otological and vestibular disorders. The privately owned company, originating
in the 1970s, pioneered the development of vestibular and neuro-otologic
testing equipment, including the renowned Barany (rotational) chair. The
company's patented products include the I-Portal(R) NOTC system
(Neuro-Otologic Test Center), I-Portal(R) VNG (Video Nystagmography) system
and I-Portal(R) VOG (Video Oculography) system, along with related
accessories, software, training and support services. Users include doctors
and researchers in universities and government facilities as well as
specialists in fields such as audiology, neurology, neuro-otology,
ophthalmology and otolaryngology.

PRODUCT INFORMATION
info@neuro-kinetics.com
+1 412-963-6649

MEDIA CONTACT
John Buckman
Buckman Communications, for Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
+ 1 412-381-2900 or jbuckman@buckman.biz

SOURCE Neuro Kinetics, Inc.

John Buckman of Buckman Communications, for Neuro Kinetics, Inc.,
+1-412-381-2900, jbuckman@buckman.biz