Triple Ring Technologies and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are collaborating to fill an unmet need in environmental sensing – providing a fieldable, portable microplastic sensor that quantifies the number of plastic particles in water. A comprehensive understanding of microplastic pollution is significantly hampered by the unavailability of low-cost, robust, accurate, and rapid analysis techniques. There is an urgent need for such measurement information, to inform the public and policy makers, and toward developing and managing effective mitigation strategies for plastic pollution in the world’s water bodies. With readout available in minutes, the sensor will ensure that field sampling time is maximally productive while also usable in a lab environment to significantly speed up sample testing.
The core technology was developed at WHOI in the laboratory of Dr. Anna Michel, Associate Scientist, Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, with doctoral student Beckett Colson. Developing the proof-of-concept into a rugged, fieldable unit is being performed by Triple Ring Technologies under the leadership of Dr. Sheila Hemami, Sr. Director of Growth Initiatives. To further develop the technology, Triple Ring Technologies has been awarded an SBIR Phase I grant by the Environmental Protection Agency entitled “A fieldable, portable, reagent-free microplastic sensor enabling rapid readout and modular operation” and will work with WHOI to execute the grant.
Drs. Hemami and Michel believe that this new tool will allow easy, widespread assessment of microplastic pollution in waterways, wastewater, stormwater, and other applications in which the presence of microplastics is a concern. “Combining WHOI’s core sensing technology with Triple Ring’s experience in delivering integrated products will significantly move the needle on the understanding of microplastic pollution and will drive data-based mitigation solutions,” said Dr. Hemami.
Dr. Michel added “My lab is especially interested in developing technologies that enable us to robustly count the number of microplastics in drinking water, ponds, lakes, and oceans. We need field-deployable sensors that provide us this information in order for us to understand microplastic pollution.”
About Triple Ring Technologies
Triple Ring Technologies is a co-development company headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Boston, Toronto, and Copenhagen. They partner with clients in medtech, life sciences, and sustainability & the environment to create new technologies, launch innovative projects, and start new ventures. Their capabilities span early R&D, product development, manufacturing, regulatory approval, market access, strategic investment, and incubation. For more information, please visit www.tripleringtech.com.
About Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is a private, non-profit organization on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education. WHOI’s pioneering discoveries stem from an ideal combination of science and engineering. WHOI is known for its multidisciplinary approach, superior ship operations, and unparalleled deep-sea robotics capabilities. For more information, please visit www.whoi.edu.
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Triple Ring is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded an SBIR Phase I grant by the Environmental Protection Agency entitled A fieldable, portable, reagent-free microplastic sensor enabling rapid readout and modular operation. This project is led by our Senior Director for Growth Initiatives, Dr. Sheila Hemami.
We are excited to be applying our deep technical and scientific expertise in support of our commitment to sustainability and the environment.
Triple Ring will take part in the upcoming virtual 2021 European Medical Device and Diagnostic Product Development and Product Management conference, where our experts will be hosting round table discussions on project risk management and prototype development.
Learn more about the virtual conference at their website.
Triple Ring is taking part in tonight’s US-Japan Healthcare Connection Virtual Conference, “The Coming Revolution in Healthcare”, beginning at 4:30PM PST.
The conference presents the latest developments underlying this transformation, with particular focus on “Hospitals at Home” and remote patient monitoring.
The US-Japan Healthcare Connection is a strategic alliance between the Japan Society of Northern California and US-Japan Medtech Frontiers.
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Kenneth Gotlieb, Ph.D., Senior Scientist from Triple Ring’s Photonics, Imaging, and X-Ray (PIX) team will be presenting the talk, “Industry R&D: Using Physics to Prototype New Medical Devices and Other Emerging Technologies”, on Tuesday March 16, at the American Physical Society’s March Meeting, in a session called “What Do Early-Career Physicists Do? A Diversity of Career Options.” His talk will highlight how much one can learn working at a place like Triple Ring, applying physics training to work on a whole range of new technologies.
Learn more at APS March Meeting
Scientists from Triple Ring’s Photonics, Imaging, and X-Ray (PIX) team have authored the paper, “An integrated Monte Carlo tissue optics simulation engine with Zemax OpticStudio for complete instrumentation development.”
The team has formed a method to combine specialized tissue simulation models with Zemax OpticStudio, and illustrate their approach with two case studies: a pulse oximetry sensor and a device to perform fluorescence guided surgery.
Triple Ring’s Photonics, Imaging, and X-Ray group is pleased to be connecting with the global photonics community at the Photonics West 2021 Digital Forum, where we will have a virtual exhibit.
Visitors can enter to win complimentary consulting time, to discuss project challenges with our expert staff in:
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Optical Engineering
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System Engineering
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Pathway to 510k or de novo
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Tissue Optics
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Optical Modeling
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Monte Carlo Simulations
Depending on specific needs, the best-suited Triple Ring professional will be assigned.
More information is here: Photonics West 2021
Senior Scientist Alex Margiott presented at the Zemax Envision 2020 Virtual Conference in October on Triple Ring’s Monte Carlo GPU-optimized light-tissue simulation, uniquely integrated with OpticStudio, for dramatically faster ray tracing, allowing for rapid design iteration and optimization in-silica. The talk was recently replayed, and can be heard here:
Triple Ring Technologies is pleased to announce that it is now operating in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. These two new locations are key to supporting Triple Ring’s clients throughout Europe and North America, and furthering the company’s reach as a top-tier Medical Device & Life Sciences co-development partner.
Triple Ring believes Denmark’s healthcare innovation ecosystem, built around world-class academic institutions, biopharmaceutical and medical technology industries, and tightly aligned hospital system, make it an ideal location to support the European market. The company has forged strong relationships with the Danish government, industry innovators, and academic institutions and their incubator facilities. Triple Ring has also hosted the US-Denmark MedTech Partnership Conference in Copenhagen and Silicon Valley, and plans to resume the conference series when conditions permit.
“We are very excited to have established Triple Ring’s presence in Copenhagen this year and look forward to growing our business into Scandinavia and the European Union,” said Christina Pedersen, Vice President of Projects. “This is an ideal base of operations for Triple Ring as we bring our world class co-development services to the continent.”
The Toronto, Ontario region is another dynamic healthcare innovation hub in which Triple Ring is excited to participate. Toronto has established an excellent technology development and investment community, with particular strengths in artificial Intelligence, by combining the efforts of government, academia, and industry. Triple Ring aims to contribute to the growth of this ecosystem through partnerships with top universities, major research hospitals, life science and medical device companies, and investment organizations. The company has already begun relationships with pioneers in the region, and it looks to continue to grow its presence in the ecosystem.
“It is gratifying to see Triple Ring’s international footprint grow, particularly in these two important geographies,” said Joe Heanue, CEO of Triple Ring. “We are excited by the opportunities this expansion provides in bringing critical innovation services to the medical device and life sciences industries.”
Scientists from Triple Ring’s Photonics, Imaging, and X-Ray (PIX) team contributed to the paper, “Inverse treatment planning for an electronic brachytherapy system delivering anisotropic radiation therapy“, accepted in peer-reviewed journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, and published on IOPscience. The paper details the inverse radiation treatment planning algorithm which the team designed for Sensus Healthcare’s Sculptura™ electronic brachytherapy system.
Other contributors were Sensus Healthcare’s Chief Technology Officer Russ Price, Chief Operating Officer Nicolas Soro, and former Chief Technology Officer Kalman Fishman.
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