BrainScope Initiates Development of Pediatric Product for Objective Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, Including Concussion

BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#brain–BrainScope Company, Inc., the medical neurotechnology company which
created the first FDA-cleared handheld medical device, BrainScope One,
for assessment of the full spectrum of traumatic brain injury, announced
it will immediately commence development of a pediatric capability. The
pediatric product will be similar to the currently-available BrainScope
One
, which is a handheld, easy-to-use, rapid, objective capability
to aid the clinician in the assessment of mildly presenting adult head
injured patients at the point of care. It is designed to help the
clinician assess the full spectrum of brain injury, including whether a
patient has structural brain injury likely visible on CT, as well as
whether a patient has functional brain impairment, including concussion. BrainScope
One
measures and interprets the patient’s brain electrical activity
and neurocognitive function, and offers a panel of objective data to
help physicians make their clinical diagnosis.

BrainScope will begin recruiting leading clinical sites around the U.S.
to conduct clinical studies in a pediatric patient population for
development of this first-of-its-kind product to objectively assess the
full spectrum of brain injuries in adolescents and children.

“We are excited to start development of a pediatric capability very much
akin to that which we offer today with BrainScope One,” stated
Michael Singer, CEO of BrainScope. “There is an urgent, obvious need for
a rapid, objective medical device to help clinicians determine the
presence of brain injury, including concussion, that a pediatric patient
might sustain following head injury, particularly in sports environments
but also in everyday life. In addition to the national discussion on
concussions and their long-term consequences, clinicians are
particularly concerned about radiation exposure in children from
unnecessary head CT scans. This device has the promise to directly
address both significant concerns.”

There are currently over 44 million children participating in sports
such as football, soccer, lacrosse and many other sports where head
injury occurs each year in the United States. It is estimated that there
are up to 1.9 million sports- and recreation-related concussions in
children annually in the U.S. Currently, many of these concussions are
diagnosed using purely subjective, symptom-based methods. A recent study
by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council Committee
on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth noted, “As the diagnosis of
concussion is currently based primarily on symptoms, there is a major
need for objective diagnostic markers of concussion.”

BrainScope has announced several publications this year describing the
use of BrainScope One in a large (720 patient) multisite
independent validation clinical trial, demonstrating: a) 99% sensitivity
to the presence of the smallest amount of detectable blood (≥1cc) on an
independent read of the CT scan, with negative predictive value (NPV) of
98%; b) the potential reduction of one-third (33.3%) of unnecessary CT
scans of mildly presenting head injured patients in hospital emergency
rooms; and c) a significant relationship between BrainScope One’s
EEG-based Brain Function Index (BFI) and the severity of functional
impairment in mild head injured patients.

BrainScope has been the recipient of several prestigious awards over the
past few months, including the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Best Practices
Award for New Product Innovation in the Traumatic Brain Injury
Assessment Solutions Market, as well as a nomination for the 2017 Prix
Galien USA Best Medical Technology, regarded as the equivalent of the
Nobel Prize in medical technology research, with a winner to be chosen
in October.

BrainScope One is currently available to a cross-section of
market segments including urgent care clinics, occupational health
clinics, hospital emergency rooms, university and professional sports,
and the U.S. military and government.

References

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Hanley D, Prichep L, Bazarian J, Huff JS, Naunheim R, Garrett J, Jones
E, Wright D, O’Neill J, Badjatia N, Gandhi D, Curley K, Chiacchierini R,
O’Neil B, Hack D. Emergency Department triage of traumatic head injury
using brain electrical activity biomarkers: a multisite prospective
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Hanley D, Prichep LS, Badjatia N, Bazarian J, Chiacchierini R, Curley K,
Garrett J, Jones E, Naunheim R, O’Neil B, O’Neill J, Wright DW, Huff JS.
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Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth; Board on Children,
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About BrainScope

BrainScope Company, Inc. (“BrainScope”) is a medical neurotechnology
company that is developing a new generation of handheld, easy-to-use,
non-invasive devices designed to aid medical professionals in rapidly
and objectively assessing various neurological conditions, beginning
with traumatic brain injury (TBI), including concussion. The company’s
first product introduced in 2017, BrainScope One (FDA cleared as
Ahead 300), uses EEG-based technology that is non-invasive for mildly
presenting patients 18-85 years old and within 3 days after head injury.
BrainScope’s technology platform integrates databases of thousands of
brainwave recordings with advanced digital signal processing,
sophisticated algorithms, miniaturized hardware and disposable headset
sensors, which are all covered by an extensive intellectual property
portfolio of over 100 issued and pending patents. BrainScope has
received four FDA clearances and ISO 13485:2003 Certification.
BrainScope has partnered with the U.S. Department of Defense for the
development of its TBI assessment technology, and was named both an
original recipient and final awardee of the GE-NFL Head Health Challenge
I. BrainScope has also received significant funding from private
investors to accelerate its development efforts, with backing from
Revolution (created by AOL co-founder Steve Case), DBL Partners, ZG
Ventures, Maryland Venture Fund, Brain Trust Accelerator Fund, and
Difference Capital. For more information, please visit www.brainscope.com.

Contacts

BrainScope Company, Inc.
Laurie Silver, 240-752-7680
Laurie.silver@brainscope.com

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