About Us
We are a Spin-Off company based on the advanced brain model technology developed at The Biomagnetics Laboratory of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
We create artificial anatomically, conductively, and mechanically accurate models of both human and rat brains, allowing for a fully synthetic and reproducible product that enables controlled experiments without the ethical and variability concerns of animal testing.
Our phantoms have been used in studies of traumatic brain injuries (TBI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), and more.
CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
Ravi Hadimani, Ph.D. has first a class honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kuvempu University, India, MS in Mechatronics from the University of Newcastle, UK and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cardiff University, UK. He has served as a Project Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Innovation of the University of Bolton, UK. He was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Iowa State University and was also an Associate of Ames Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy. Dr. Hadimani's research focus is on magnetic materials and devices for biomedical applications, magnetocaloric refrigeration and energy harvesting. He has developed a hybrid piezoelectric and photovoltaic energy harvester which is capable of harvesting electrical energy from solar, wind and rain energy.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Wesley Lohr, (Ph.D.) In his PHD research has designed realistic anatomical models known as phantoms, or surrogates. He and his PHD advisor Dr. Ravi Hadimani have created a spinoff company called RAM Phantoms that was created to commercialize patents produced from our research. Some research initiatives that he has been a part of include: Conductively Accurate Brain Phantoms for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Research and Training, Viscoelastic Human Brain Phantoms for Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Novel PET-Metal Fiber-Based Yarn Memristor as a Synaptic Device, Implantable Biocompatible RFID Tags for Healthcare Data Sensing, Conformable Shielding Permalloy Composite for Controlling Field Profiles of TMS Fields