RBCC: Mobile Technology May Help Reduce Athletes' Risk of Brain Injury

NOKOMIS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

As Rainbow Coral Corp. RBCC works to help eliminate the public health threat posed by traumatic brain injury (TBI), a new smartphone app could prove key to reducing the serious risk of concussion faced by athletes in contact sports.

Thanks in part to a $1.5 million government grant, Hockey Canada has developed a new smartphone app aimed at keeping players safe from brain injury. The app includes medically approved information on everything from concussion symptoms to return-to-play protocols, designed to help coaches, trainers and players quickly diagnose concussions suffered in the course of play and respond accordingly.

Available across all mobile platforms, the app can be updated immediately with the latest advances in TBI research, helping to keep athletes as informed on concussions as leading doctors are.

“The potential for this technology to change the way concussions are handled in sports is huge,” said RBCC CEO Patrick Brown. “Apps can be customized not only for hockey, but for football and other rough sports and deployed on sidelines and trainers' rooms around the world instantaneously. It's precisely the kind of technological advance that could help eliminate the risk of TBI to our athletes.”

RBCC is striving to capitalize on the growing demand for effective new treatments for TBI and other neurological health issues. The company is continuing discussions with the license holders for a NASA-developed bioreactor that assists in the expansion of adult stem cells useful in the development of potential cures. Such treatments could give RBCC access to markets in excess of $100 billion.

Rainbow BioSciences is dedicated to developing new medical and research technology innovations to compete alongside companies such as Amgen Inc. AMGN, Cell Therapeutics, Inc. CTIC, Abbott Laboratories ABT and Affymax, Inc. AFFY.

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