Ragnar Bo - SINTEF

High Definition Ultrasound Indoor Positioning Systems™

Ragnar BoChief Executive Officer

Sonitor Technologies, Inc.8250 Bryan Dairy Road, Suite 120Largo, FL 33777, USACEO & President Terry Aasen ‐ Phone (845) 591 1945E‐mail : [email protected]

Sonitor Technologies ASForskningsveien 1BP.O.Box 124 Blindern, NO 0314 Oslo, NorwayCEO Ragnar Bo – Phone +47 909 44044E‐mail : [email protected]

www.sonitor.com


Indoor Positioning (IPS)

to locate, position and secureequipment and people inside complex buildings


The vision

“All important and expensive assets will soon be marked by a small, electronic tags for position, tracking and security purposes.”

Dr. Ole Hovind M.D.,M.P.H, Founder and Chairman

Sonitor Technologies

Show me how!

http://www.sonitor.com/animations


ROI Calculation New York community hospital (South Unit 5, Dyson Center)

The average time spent to search for specified Equipment per person and 12 hour shift is approx 3 hours; or 25% of the available time.

This represents approx 50,000 hoursper year!


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TechnologyMarket

Finance

UniquenessIntellectual propertyCompetitive edgeFurther development


Ultrasound signals fill a room and bounce off the walls, ceilings and floors, providing a nearly fail-proof position accuracy with room-level resolution

Radio frequency signals (RF) travel through walls, ceilings and floors resulting in high risk of room-level location resolution inaccuracy (possible 10-15 foot discrepancy).

Also, interference from metallic objects and other electronic equipment can result in inaccurate position readings.

Sonitor Ultrasound advantage:Using proprietary airborne ultrasound and DSP technology, the Sonitor IPS provides virtually 100% room-level location accuracy:


University of Maryland Medical Center

In a report published by Fremont & Associates, who was commissioned by University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) to conduct a study of six representatives of different indoor positioning technologies, Sonitor’s room-level accuracy leadership can clearly be recognized.

Room location correctly detected with doors closed

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Sonitor RFID 1 WiFi UWB RF+IR RFID 2

http://www.fremontassociates.com/downloads/publications/TechnicalReports/tr-20051130-01.pdf



Healthcare is the prime market in 2007


A research project funded by NIH (the National Institute of Health) and in collaboration with MIT and Harvard Medical School, selected and implemented the Sonitor IPS for tracking patients in the waiting room area of its Emergency Department (ED).

Brigham & Women’s HospitalHarvard Medical School + MITPatient Tracking in ED


RadiantWave will install Sonitor’s IPS hardware, and RedPrairie Mobile Resource™Solution in the first of their eight hospitals. Detectors will be installed in the entire hospital, and they will start by deploying 3,100 equipment tags; increasing over time to an estimated 10,000 tags. Seton forecasts the start of patient tracking in early 2007

Seton Medical CenterAustin, TexasEquipment & Patient Tracking


Awarix’ has experience delivering both WiFi and RF-based technologies, such as Radiance, Ekahau & Aeroscout. The Medical Center East is a 300-bed facility and will start tracking Medical Records. Awarix’ software and business model needs the room-level accuracy of Sonitor’s IPS technology. 8 sales people now promote Sonitor IPS only!

Medical Center EastBirmingham Alabama

Equipment & Patients


The Office of the Army Surgeon General, located in Pentagon Skyline, D.C. will implement IPS in their offices to learn about our IPS technology and demonstrate asset tracking for Army hospital managers.

US Army runs 101 Hospitals

US Army Office of the Surgeon GeneralPentagon, Washington DC, USATracking of equipment


First complete delivery to a US Hospital; Dec.8 2006


World wide interest from multi national companies;


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TechnologyMarket

FinanceRagnar Bo(1955)Global C.E.O. Business Economist from the Norwegian School of Management (BI) in 1982

Responsible for global strategic development of Sonitor

Jørn Husemoen(1964)

Chief Financial Officer

Norwegian School of Management BI (Diplomøkonom), 1988

Responsible for Finance, Business Administration, IT and Logistics

Terje “Terry” Aasen(1954)

President & CEOSonitor Technologies, Inc.

Degree in Business Administration and Finance from

Industrie & Handelskammer, Germany 1978.

Responsible for Sonitor’s operations in Americas

Wilfred Booij (1970)Chief Technology Officer

PhD from Cambridge University, where he graduated in 1997 on work involving the development of high speed superconducting digital devices, Master in Applied Physics

Responsible for Sonitor’s Technology development



The 4 best Indoor Positioning Systems:

• 1 UK based• 3 US based systems

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