Optoacoustics

Optoacoustics Ltd
Private
Founded 2006
Headquarters Or Yehuda, Israel
Key people
 Dr. Yuvi Kahana
Dr. Alexander Kots
Dr. Alexander Paritsky
Products High performance optical sensing products and communications systems
Website http://optoacoustics.com

Optoacoustics Ltd[1] is a private company that makes fiber optic-based acoustic microphones, fiber optic microphones, headphones, accelerometers, sensors, telephony accessories, and other components, primarily for medical, industrial, environmental and research applications.

History

Established in 2006, Optoacoustics' founders are the inventors of the original fiber optical microphone.[2][3] The company pioneered the microphone's commercial manufacture, which is now in its third generation.

In 2008, Optoacoustics began installing the first fully optical fiber-based communication systems for interventional magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) at leading U.S. research and clinical hospitals.[4] This system enables doctors, staff and patients to converse normally while performing complex MRI medical procedures, safely abating noise levels of more than 120 dB commonly found in these environments.

Optoacoustics' fiber optical microphones are also used in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) environments to enable brain researchers to better understand the underlying workings of human speech and communications.[5][6]

Optoacoustics' products combine two physical disciplines, optics and acoustics, to meet requirements which cannot be addressed by conventional sensing solutions. In particular, Optoacoustics products do not react to or influence any electrical, magnetic, electrostatic or radioactive fields, offering complete EMI/RFI immunity. The company's technology is protected by over 20 international patents.

Products

References

  1. ↑ Optoacoustics Web Site
  2. ↑ Paritsky, Alexander; Kots, A. (1997). "Fiber optic microphone as a realization of fiber optic positioning sensors". Proc. of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 3110: 408–409.
  3. ↑ US patent 6462808, Alexander Paritsky and Alexander Kots, "Small optical microphone/sensor", issued 2002-10-08
  4. ↑ "Case Study: Can You Hear Me Now?". rt image. Valley Forge Publishing. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  5. ↑ NessAiver (Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Univ. of Maryland Medical School, Maryland, USA), M.; Stone, M; Parthasarathy, V; Kahana, Y; Paritsky, A (2006). "Recording High Quality Speech During Tagged Cine-MRI Studies Using a Fiber Optic Microphone". Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. January (1): 92–7. doi:10.1002/jmri.20463. PMID 16331589.
  6. ↑ M. Papoutsi (Centre for Speech, Language, and the Brain, Univ. of Cambridge, England), M.; De Zwart, JA; Jansma, JM; Pickering, MJ; Bednar, JA; Horwitz, B (2009). "From Phonemes to Articulatory Codes: An fMRI Study of the Role of Broca's Area in Speech Production". Cerebral Cortex 19 (9): 2156–2165. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhn239. PMC 2722428. PMID 19181696.

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