A Medical Device Daily

Scivanta Medical (Spring Lake, New Jersey) has entered into a development agreement with Sparton Medical Systems, (DeLeon Springs, Florida) a business group of Sparton Electronics Florida, (also DeLeon) which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sparton (Jackson, Mississippi).

Sparton will provide Scivanta engineering and development support for the hardware component of the Hickey cardiac monitoring system.

The services to be provided by Sparton include: planning and development of design control documents; concept development, including mechanical, electrical and software design; completion of a detailed design and an engineering model; assembly of proto-type models and preliminary design verification testing; the production of “pilot” devices using formal drawings and validated processes, and design verification testing on the “pilot” units. It is estimated that up to $1.65 million could be billed by Sparton for services and materials provided under the development agreement.

Scivanta has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to the Hickey cardiac monitoring system, a minimally invasive esophageal catheter that provides distinct economic and patient benefits compared with existing heart monitoring devices. Sparton Medical Systems partners with OEMs and emerging biomedical companies to interface core technology into a complex medical laboratory instrument or point of care device.