RTLS Solution: Intelligent InSites And Sonitor Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance For Real-Time Location Technology

Intelligent InSites, Inc. and Sonitor Technologies, Inc. recently announced a strategic alliance to market their combined real-time location solution to healthcare organizations. Under the agreement, Sonitor's ultrasound-based indoor positioning system (IPS) will become a preferred technology for providing accurate and reliable room-level location information to Intelligent InSites' integrated real-time location, communication, and workflow software used to track patients and assets. The companies will coordinate sales and marketing efforts for their integrated system to a variety of healthcare organizations, including hospitals, outpatient clinics, skilled nursing, and assisted living facilities.

"Sonitor's precision in providing room or sub-room-level location data along with the scalability of the technology provides an excellent complement to our desktop and PDA applications. Together, we provide healthcare workers the information they need in real-time at the point of care," said Mark Rheault, President and CEO of Intelligent InSites. "The strategic agreement with Sonitor provides an enhanced level of capability to our solution, combining Sonitor's innovative location-sensing hardware with Intelligent InSites' handheld PDAs and hosted software applications that integrate with the customer's existing systems."

"The integration of Intelligent InSites' communication and workflow solutions for the healthcare market with Sonitor's highly accurate indoor positioning technology provides a compelling offering that delivers significant improvements in organizational efficiency, patient safety, and provider effectiveness," said Terry Aasen, CEO of Sonitor Technologies, Inc. "The ability to quickly, accurately and reliably locate moveable medical equipment, patients or staff is one of the major issues facing healthcare facilities today. The alliance with Intelligent InSites allows Sonitor to expand into enterprise-wide healthcare markets with a proven and meaningful solution for medical facilities."

The Sonitor indoor positioning system (IPS) uses detectors and tags that are linked through the existing wired or wireless local area network (LAN) to a digital file containing all vital statistics and information about the item or person being monitored. The motion activated tag transmits a unique identification signal using ultrasound waves to special detectors that use Sonitor patented ultrasound signal Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms. The detectors transmit signals via an existing LAN to a central computer that stores the information about the tag's room-location and the time of receipt of the signal. Sonitor's ultrasound technology ensures that detectors interpret tag signals without risk of interference from any environmental noise or other signals, nor interfere with sensitive instruments. The system is designed for safety and all emitted sound pressure levels are within the international regulations for the safe use of ultrasound.

Intelligent InSites markets a suite of real-time location, communication, and workflow software tailored for each specific healthcare environment, including acute, clinic and long-term care. In addition to enabling staff to instantly locate patients/residents, equipment, and other staff members anywhere in the facility, the solution also provides the functionality of wireless nurse call, security and access control, wander prevention, and real-time voice and text communication all in one integrated system.

About Intelligent InSites, Inc.
Intelligent InSites is a leading developer of real-time location, communication, and workflow solutions for the healthcare market. The company's flagship offering combines innovative location-sensing hardware, handheld PDAs and hosted software applications that integrate with the customer's existing systems to deliver significant improvements in organizational efficiency, patient safety, and provider effectiveness. Intelligent InSites' solution is currently being marketed and sold to hospitals, clinics, long-term care, and assisted living facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Additional information is available at the company's website: www.IntelligentInSites.com

About Sonitor Technologies, Inc.
Sonitor Technologies is the developer, manufacturer and supplier of a proprietary ultrasound indoor positioning system (IPS) that automatically tracks precisely by room the real-time location of moveable equipment and people in complex indoor environments, such as hospitals. Sonitor Technologies was founded in Norway in 1997. To learn more about the Company and its ultrasound IPS, please visit the corporate website – www.sonitor.com.

SOURCE: Intelligent InSites, Inc. and Sonitor Technologies, Inc.