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>>  1998
  • April   The Highland Innovation Centre is officially formed;June   Commence work on the UltraStethoscope;
  • August   Commence work on the PhonoJect.

>>  1999
  • April   Initial equity investment received;October   AngioTracker wins the regional John Logie Baird Award for Innovation;November   AngioTracker commended in National Final of John Logie Baird Award for Innovation;
  • December   Awarded SMART grant of £45,000 to further develop AngioTracker prototype.

>>  2000
  • March   Private sector equity Investment;July   Further private sector equity investment;September   Awarded SCIS grant to further develop PhonoJect prototype;
  • October   UltraStethoscope wins the regional Unisys John Logie Baird Award for Innovation.

>>  2001
  • May   First prototype BreastChecker is completed;June   AngioTracker prototype ready for preliminary testing;July   SMART technical assessment of AngioTracker and BreastChecker;August   £105,000 grant offered by SMART subject to balanced private sector funding;November   PhonoJect wins the regional Unisys John Logie Baird Award for Innovation;
  • November   HIC launch the highland-innovation.com website.