GE Healthcare, NFL Fund 5 Emerging Companies Attempting A Better Test For Concussion

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The device that Cortical Metrics is developing looks like a computer mouse but is designed to some day change the way doctors detect and diagnose concussion.

The University of North Carolina spinoff is one of five companies (plus 11 university and medical school-based research groups) just awarded $300,000 in funding from GE and the National Football League. A panel of judges chose the 16 projects as finalists for phase one of GE and the NFL’s $20 million Head Health Challenge, an initiative the duo hopes will speed diagnosis and improve treatment for traumatic brain injury.

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