That’s a lot of young bells being rung.
One Seattle-based company, X2Impact, has developed a concussion-sensing mouthguard. How does it work?
“The information gathered by the X2 sensor modules is transmitted by our proprietary wireless protocol to the X2 access point located at the sideline, then via GSM up to our secure Internet database,” according to X2Impact’s website.
“Then we provide access to the player information to authorized mobile phones at the field of play or anywhere in the world,” it explained. “The X2 system notifies athletic trainers, coaches, parents and team physicians in real time about impacts to players’ heads, and provides a suite of tools supporting athlete assessment in bench versus play decisions, recovery and safe return to play protocols.”
The Stanford football team is believed to be the first squad to use the mouthpieces.
