Concussions Sidelining Athletes - Brain Scan

Instead, much of the attention is fixated on an apparent increase in the number of head injuries, particularly in light of concussions sidelining Cole Harbour’s Sidney Crosby and Halifax Mooseheads star Martin Frk, among others, for extended periods of time.

However, a local company is developing a device that it hopes will be able to reduce the number of future head injuries.

In partnership with the National Research Council’s Institute for Biodiagnostics, Mindful Scientific is planning to release what it has dubbed the Halifax Consciousness Scanner sometime in 2012.

Christopher Barden, COO of Mindful Scientific, is fitted with sensors before demonstrating a prototype device designed to measure brainwaves and diagnose symptoms related to concussions Tuesday at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. (CHRISTIAN LAFORCE / Staff)

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