Novosound secures IP milestones as ultrasound sensor specialist begins R&D project with a Nasdaq-listed tech group

Novosound secures IP milestones as ultrasound sensor specialist begins R&D project with a Nasdaq-listed tech group

Scottish ultrasound sensor specialist Novosound has secured two intellectual property milestones, as the Dave Hughes-led company begins a digital healthcare R&D project with a Nasdaq-listed tech group.

Dave Hughes, CEO and co-founder of Novosound, said:

“With a full-stack acoustic sensor offering that is now well honed from sound-wave to computer screen, our ambition is to be one of the leading tech companies to come out of the ecosystem here in Scotland.  We’ve seen the success of peer companies like Current Health, and we have set our sights on achieving that kind of success too.”

While achieving a US trademark for its Kelpie product, one of its range of ultrasound sensors, the company has also been granted a European patent that covers its core high resolution sensor technology.

Dave Hughes added:

“On the back of recent contract wins with tier one aerospace groups including GE Aviation and BAE Aerospace, the trademarks and patents we are announcing today enable us to both increase international expansion into the US and Europe, and move into the wearable, consumer, and medical tech markets.”

Novosound began a medical wearable R&D partnership with the University of Central Lancashire in 2018, a partnership aimed at the healthcare sector that CEO Hughes says validated the wearable sensor platform prior to working with one of the world’s largest tech groups: “Our strategy was always around our ultrasound technology demonstrating wide ranges of uses in B2B and B2C markets, and we’ve been laying the ground for that in recent years.”

Novosound’s patented thin-film manufacturing process, which eliminates conventional limitations in ultrasound sensors including the high cost of high-resolution imaging, also underpins the company’s pioneering non-destructive testing (NDT) products – the Kelpie, Belenus, and Nebula.