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New Device Puts Sensors At Your Fingertips Applications range from recording artists at work to providing an objective measure of pain, from infant CPR to gun grips Los Angeles, Calif. (June 28, 2006) – Pressure Profile Systems, Inc. (PPS) today announced a new line of “fingertip” sensors that can measure pressures which are difficult to gauge by conventional means. Named FingerTPS™, the tactile pressure sensors are designed to be worn on a person’s fingertips and palm, and to measure the pressures exerted while the person uses a tool or performs some other action. Applications are expected to be as diverse as recording a pianist playing his own composition, to training medical health practitioners in the proper palm or finger pressures to apply for infant CPR, to designing a better tool handle or computer mouse. FingerTPS could also quantify what has been an entirely subjective measurement – pain – by objectively determining the sensitivity of injured tissues to touch, as might be done for burn victims. FingerTPS sensors are stretchable and snugly fit the hand minimizing the loss of dexterity. Based on capacitive sensor technology, they can measure pressures up to 20 pounds per square inch (psi) in 0.1 psi increments . The system is USB powered for Windows PC’s and supported by PC-resident software which displays and tracks time-series, average, and peak pressures in easy to read color graphics. Currently available as a research and application development kit, users can choose to have up to four finger and palm sensors for each hand. In addition to the sensors, the systems contain a sensing circuit, USB interface electronics, and data acquisition software. Price and Availability Evaluation kits are priced from $2,995 for a single-hand system with two sensors. Prices for a two-hand evaluation kit begin at $3,995. Additional sensors can be added for $495 each. Volume prices for commercial forms of the product are available upon request. Integration of the fingertip sensors into task-specific gloves is offered on a custom order basis. About Pressure Profile Systems Pressure Profile Systems, Inc. (PPS) was formed in 1996 to design, develop, and manufacture high performance tactile sensing systems. PPS tactile sensing technology was originally developed at Harvard University and subsequently enhanced through funding from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, Army Research Laboratory, and National Institutes of Health. For more information on FingerTPS, Pressure Profile Systems, or PPS’ other products, contact PPS at 310.641.8100 or via e-mail at info@pressureprofile.com, or visit the company’s website at www.pressureprofile.com 
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