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OmniCorder Technologies Adds New Sensor Technology Patent from California Institute of Technology.


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EAST SETAUKET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 29, 2003

OmniCorder Technologies (OTCBB OTCBB

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 - PMOS (Positive channel MOS) Pronounced "p-moss." A type of microelectronic circuit in which the base material is positively charged. PMOS transistors were used in the first microprocessors and are still used in CMOS. .OB) today announced the addition of a new infrared sensor patent to its growing portfolio of intellectual property. The patent entitled "Dual Band Focal Plane Array" was granted to scientists developing this new generation of QWIP QWIP Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
QWIP Quantum Well Infrared Photoconductor
 (Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector A quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP), is an infrared photodetector made from semiconductor materials which contain one or more quantum wells. These can be integrated together with electronics and optics to make infrared cameras for thermography. ) infrared sensors at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation).

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 (JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. ), Pasadena, CA and at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL ARL - ASSET Reuse Library ), Adelphi, MD. The patent was assigned to the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20.  (Caltech). OmniCorder Technologies owns the exclusive world-wide rights to this and other infrared sensor patents, for biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal
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1. Of or relating to biomedicine.

2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences.
 applications, through a license agreement with Caltech. QWIP sensor technology is used in the BioScanIR(R) System, the company's medical imaging product.

Commenting on the news, Mark A. Fauci, OmniCorder Technologies' President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "This patent represents another important advance in the company's core sensor technology, which is being developed for future versions of the BioScanIR(R) System. It promises to be a very valuable addition to our growing portfolio of intellectual property."

The further development of high performance multi-band infrared sensors has been one of the central components in the company's research and development efforts. On October 27, 2003, the company announced that it was awarded a contract from the Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency (MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. ) to develop a four-band QWIP infrared sensor. QWIP technology was originally developed by the scientists at JPL. OmniCorder is collaborating with these same scientists at both JPL and ARL on this most recent project. Multi-band infrared sensors have a number of unique capabilities which will make many powerful medical imaging applications possible. These include complex, real-time, in vivo analysis of gases, fluids and other diagnostically important characteristics of living tissue.

About The BioScanIR(R) System

The Company's BioScanIR(R) System, which is available commercially in the U.S. and Europe, detects diseases that affect changes in blood perfusion by detecting minute changes in the pattern of infrared photon emissions over time. The detector technology used in the system, known as a Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP), was originally developed for the department of Defense's Ballistic Missile Defense Initiative. The Company owns an exclusive, worldwide license to use the technology for biomedical applications. OmniCorder believes that the BioScanIR(R) System will improve disease detection and disease management capabilities in many vascular and cancer medical applications. Both cancer and vascular disease are associated with abnormal blood flow in tissues and organs.

About OmniCorder Technologies

OmniCorder Technologies is headquartered in East Setauket, NY. OmniCorder is a leading developer of medical imaging applications using advanced infrared focal plane arrays. OmniCorder provides imaging technology for clinicians and researchers for drug discovery, disease detection and disease management applications. The Company recently announced a $7.8 million funding coinciding with a reverse acquisition and public trading of shares, which are quoted on the Over-the-Counter (OTC OTC

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) Bulletin Board under the symbol PMOS.OB.

OmniCorder's mission is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare services and research through identifying, acquiring and adapting military and aerospace technology for biomedical applications.

This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe", "estimate", "project", "expect" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's products and services in the marketplace, the ability of the Company to develop effective new products and receive governmental approvals of such products, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
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