With the Medical Device Design & Manufacturing Tradeshow kicking off,
Interlink Electronics, Inc. (OTC: LINK), a global leader in sensor and
human-machine interface technologies, today released an appropriate and
relevant White Paper, " Enhancing Medical Devices and Personal
Healthcare Products with Force Sensing Technology". The medical field
presents special challenges to equipment manufacturers. High reliability
is an essential characteristic of equipment and instrumentation that may
be used in life-or-death situations. This, in turn, places similar
reliability requirements on every component used in the manufacture of
such equipment, particularly the electro-mechanical components that
constitute the Human-Machine Interface (HMI). One category of HMI
components is the force sensor – a component that is also used widely in
the related and rapidly expanding market for personal healthcare
monitoring devices. Sensor devices collectively provide the technology
that underlies the recently coined term 'Quantified Self'. The paper
examines current applications of force sensors in medical and healthcare
products, and shows that evolving sensor technologies may be the key to
controlling the ever-increasing cost of the healthcare system. Finally,
it takes a brief look at what lies ahead for the industry. The full
White Paper can be accessed on the company’s website (http://www.interlinkelectronics.com)
About Interlink Electronics, Inc.
Interlink Electronics is a world-leading trusted advisor and technology
partner in the advancing world of touch-sensor and human-machine
interface technologies. Interlink Electronics has led the printed
electronics industry in its commercialization of the patented
Force-Sensing Resistor (FSR®) technology, which has enabled rugged and
reliable human-machine interface ("HMI") solutions. For over 29 years,
Interlink Electronics' solutions have focused on handheld user input,
menu navigation, cursor control, and other intuitive interface
technologies for the world's top electronics manufacturers. Interlink
Electronics has a proven track record of supplying human-machine
interface solutions for mission-critical applications in a wide range of
markets, including, but not limited to, consumer electronics,
automotive, industrial, and medical devices. Interlink Electronics
serves a world-class customer-base from its corporate headquarters in
Camarillo, California and offices in Japan, Hong Kong and China. For
more information, please see http://www.interlinkelectronics.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This release contains "forward-looking
statements" involving a number of risks and uncertainties as defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following are
among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements: historical losses and negative cash
flow, the success of business divestitures and acquisitions, the
ownership of the majority of our stock by a small group of investors,
our success in predicting new markets and the acceptance of our new
products, efficient management of our infrastructure, the pace of
technological developments and industry standards evolution and their
effect on our target product and market choices, the effect of
outsourcing technology development, changes in the ordering patterns of
our customers, a decrease in the quality and/or reliability of our
products, protection of our proprietary intellectual property,
competition by alternative sophisticated as well as generic products,
pending litigation against Interlink Electronics, historical weaknesses
in internal controls over financial reporting, continued availability of
raw materials for our products at competitive prices, disruptions in our
manufacturing facilities, risks of international sales and operations
including fluctuations in exchange rates, compliance with regulatory
requirements applicable to our manufacturing operations, and customer
concentrations. The forward-looking statements contained in this release
should be considered in light of these risk factors.
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