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HCi Viocare's (OTCQB: VICA) Health Tech Research Centre and P&O Clinic Opens in Glasgow, UK on the 25th September 2015
HCi Viocare's (OTCQB: VICA) Health Tech Research Centre and P&O Clinic Opens in Glasgow, UK on the 25th September 2015.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n HCi Viocare's (OTCQB: VICA) Health Tech Research Centre and P&O Clinic Opens in Glasgow, UK on the 25th September 2015\n \n \nHCi Viocare's (OTCQB: VICA) Health Tech Research Centre and P&O Clinic Opens in Glasgow, UK on the 25th September 2015\n \n GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Oct 1, 2015) - HCi Viocare (OTCQB: VICA), (the \"Company\") today announced that their cutting edge health tech research centre, set up in Glasgow to develop and commercialize smart sensors that help prevent diabetic foot ulcers and athletic injuries, is being officially opened today by First Minister and local MSP Nicola Sturgeon.\n The Company's new research and development centre was opened together with its first prosthetics and orthotics clinic. The Company has already brought substantial inward investment into the city's Govan area, having so far created five scientific and professional jobs at its dual facility, with more to come. \n Nicola Sturgeon said, \"I'm delighted to open this new facility and very much welcome HCi Viocare's investment in Govan. I congratulate everyone involved in establishing the centre and look forward to seeing how this innovative technology progresses.\"\n HCi Viocare's co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Christos Kapatos commented, \"Today's opening is an important landmark for HCi Viocare. As well as actively seeking partners to commercialise our smart sensors and other technologies internationally, we aim to extend prosthetics and orthotics clinics across Mediterranean Europe based on the model being established by our new Glasgow clinic.\" \n The Company's near-market innovations include patent-pending low cost, smart sensing systems, incorporated into insoles for monitoring and preventing diabetic foot ulcers, as well as for monitoring athletic performance and preventing common running injuries. Multiple adaptations of the technology exist in health and sports sectors, including smart mattresses for preventing pressure sores. \n HCi Viocare's prosthetics and orthotics clinic is the only independent provider in Scotland. As well as seeing clients from Scotland, the north of England and beyond, it will act as a centre of reference and training for the company's future clinics in European and Middle Eastern countries, where prosthetics and orthotics services are generally less devel...