Head related traumas are some of the most common and most dangerous injuries that occur among athletes in the sports world. Often times, signs and effects from concussions occur days or even years after a hit. This is why identifying them is becoming more and more difficult for doctors, coaches, athletic trainers and parents. Luckily, Triax Technologies Inc., a company dedicated to developing and marketing products to ensure the safety of athletes, recently released two products, the SIM-G and SIM-P, to help monitor and prevent head injuries.

The SIM-G is a cloud-based radio frequency system that is designed to monitor an entire sports team by collecting real time data. The data is collected by a 1.27 inch monitor that is placed in a customized headband or skullcap. By using their smart phone or pad, a coach or athletic trainer is able to detect which players are getting hit and at what force in only 20 milliseconds. Thus enabling athletes to get immediate medical attention if a serious hit occurs during practice or a game.

“Most of our customers that use the SIM-G are at the college and high school level,” said Chad Hollingsworth, Vice President of Business Development and co-founder of Triax Technologies. “One thing we learned as we were running our testing early on was that there were a lot of parents coming up to us asking, ‘Hey could I buy one for my child?’ So we decided to take what we made for the team version and make a Bluetooth version for individual usage, called the SIM-P.”