PROTECT YOUR PHONE AND YOUR HEALTH
PRODUCT
01 / DEFINITION
SAR is the mobile telecoms industry standard measure of the rate of radiofrequency energy absorption by the body.
02 / PROBLEM
The cumulative effect of repeated exposure to the non-ionizing radiation from handsets is a global health concern.
03 / SOLUTION
SARgard’s technology blocks radiation and reduces SAR by introducing a printed radiation shield to a phone screen.
SARgard deflects up to 80% of the non-ionising radiation emitted by mobile phone handsets away from your head when in use, and away from your body when you carry it on your person.
Our Technology
Our technology comprises a novel Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG). An EBG is a pattern of small metal patches mounted on a dielectric substrate.
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Our EBG is designed to act as a shield. When placed between the phone and its user, the EBG deflects up to 80% of the radiation energy from the phone away from the user without any detrimental effect on signal strength or battery life.
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After considerable research and development, we can now print the EBG in translucent conductive ink. This means we can offer the shield as a built-in feature of a mobile phone screen protector. You will barely know it is there.
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The technology has patent-granted status in the US, EU, China, Japan, South Korea and India.
Our Vision
Protect your phone. And your health.
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SARgard deflects up to 80% of the non-ionising radiation emitted by mobile phone handsets away from your head when in use, and away from your body when you carry it on your person.
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This is a good thing. The cumulative effect of repeated exposure to the non-ionizing radiation from handsets is a global health concern. The World Health Organisation classifies mobile phone use as possibly carcinogenic.
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The world depends on mobile telecommunications for almost everything we do. We want everyone with a mobile phone to benefit from SARgard's protection.
Our Story
With a grant from the Yorkshire Investment Fund, we designed an EBG shield. We then built a bespoke mathematical modelling software and a dummy head to mimic brain volumes, density and electrostatic characteristics. We tested our prototype shield extensively in the anechoic chamber at the University of Bradford.
The results were good.
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We created SARgard Limited to commercialise the technology. Since then, we have submitted patent applications, written up extensive research programme protocols and undertaken considerable market research.
Thank you to the Centre for Process Innovation for assisting us in early-stage prototyping and assessing suitable inks. We also thank Conductive Transfers Limited for their help in pre-production prototype printing.
With more than a decade of preparation, we are ready to offer this technology to the world.
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Richard
Littlehales
TWO World Consulting Company founder. Ex CFO, M&A, start-ups. Medical & emerging technologies focus, AI, human health.
Russell
Hodgetts
Head of Commercial Innovation at the University of Bradford. Significant spin-out/early stage company & commercial experience.
Prof Raed
Alb-Alhameed
University of Bradford Professor of Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Engineering . Prolific research experience, richly published academic. Commercial success e.g. Arris/PACE.