Governor Deval Patrick unveiled a new rapid response motion sensor system at the Metro West Medical Center in Framingham this week. At the unveiling of the system called EarlySense he said that Massachusetts had a high success rate of marrying technological advances to improve patient care and create jobs in the state.
The rapid response motion sensor system was developed by an Israeli company which is presently establishing its American headquarters in Waltham. The EarlySense system is made up of motion sensors that are placed beneath hospital beds. These sensors are used to track patient’s vital signs like heart rate, and respiratory rate to allow care givers enough time for setting up preventive care measures.
Gov. Patrick said that the things they were celebrating today was not only a more successful and more complete and more affordable system, but also how to bring entrepreneurs here whose business is helping us get to that destination. Gov Patrick added that this was part of a combined, comprehensive strategy.
EarlySense CEO Avner Halperin said that the company expected to employ 10 people in Massachussets by the end of 2011 and would probably add another 10 to 20 annually after than depending on how the business grew. The Metro West Medical Center has bought 30 EarlySense units that will be tested on one floor of the medical and surgical hospital beds as per the president of sales and marketing Ram Liebenthal.
Avner Halperin said that they had heard about the different opportunities for medical device companies here in Massachusetts, which is very important for them. Halperin added that the other thing important to them was the high quality of medical institutions here in Massachusetts. They are second to none.