LAS VEGAS, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc. (NMT), an award-winning company engaged in pioneering highly advanced remote patient monitoring solutions, today announced that Ann McCaughan, NMT's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, will be honored with the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Lifetime Achievement Award in the North American Remote Patient Monitoring Market. The award will be conferred at the annual Excellence in Healthcare Innovation Awards Banquet to be held on November 11, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.

Frost & Sullivan, a global market research and growth consulting firm, stated, "A leader in innovating novel remote patient monitoring devices, and a proponent of research and philanthropic activities, Mrs. McCaughan has had a powerful influence on the remote patient monitoring industry. In leading NMT, she has made invaluable contributions to the industry by pioneering future technologies. Mrs. McCaughan's career is a true example of invention, innovation, dedication, leadership, mentorship and commitment to social causes. For all these factors, Mrs. McCaughan is the most ideal choice for the Frost & Sullivan Lifetime Achievement Award in the North American Remote Patient Monitoring Market."

The Frost & Sullivan Lifetime Achievement Award is bestowed each year upon the individual whose career is characterized by a legacy rich in accomplishment and positive influence. This Award acknowledges the person's vision, style of management and dedication to making a difference to his/her industry that have been instrumental in spurring excellence and innovative technology-based solutions for the community. Frost & Sullivan seeks to identify an individual whose risk-taking and leadership traits have had a profound effect on performance of the company or the industry as a whole, and stands out among his/her peers.

"We are so very pleased that Frost & Sullivan has recognized Ann's many accomplishments and distinguished her as the true industry pioneer she is," noted Ronald McCaughan, Chairman and CEO of NMT. "Her vision, leadership, fearlessness, and, on occasion, sheer will have long been major driving forces at NMT, helping to inspire our team to bring to market true industry-disruptive innovations in the field of noninvasive remote patient assessment and monitoring. Words simply can not express the depth of our pride for Ann's many achievements and the important contributions she has made and will continue to make to improve the universal care continuum."

About Ann McCaughan, BSN, RN, PhD (Candidate)

Mrs. McCaughan is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading experts in Cardiac Home Care and has been frequently invited to serve as the keynote speaker and panelist at a wide range of national industry conferences and events sponsored by groups that have included the National Association of Home Care, The American Telemedicine Association, CHC, HHR and most recently the Robust Biometrics conference as well as the Oak Ridge National Laboratories Biomedical Engineering Conference. She also served as an editorial advisor for Home Healthcare Nurse Journal and Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing Journal.

As NMT's COO and CTO, Mrs. McCaughan is charged with overseeing product design and development, technical and engineering teams, quality assurance, FDA interface and clinical applications, government/DoD relations and sales and marketing. She has co-authored numerous white papers, product papers and articles related to NMT's patents, technology, products and solutions; and has largely been responsible for spearheading the conceptualization and commercialization of the ZOE product line and the design and development of the IQ2, MCAMS (ETag) and NcIQ. In addition, she has proven instrumental in materially advancing the Company's DoD-penetration effort, taking the lead on winning key military, federal agency and Congressional support for the ETag Development Project.

Last year, Mrs. McCaughan was recognized as the Female Healthcare Professional of 2008 in Medical Research and Development by Cambridge Who's Who.

About Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc.

Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc. (NMT) is an award-winning company engaged in pioneering highly advanced remote, noninvasive and non-contact patient monitoring solutions for use in military, federal and state government, general healthcare, emergency/disaster response and consumer applications, among many more. NMT's mission is to save lives by continually advancing the standard for noninvasive patient monitoring across the care continuum, while maximizing clinical, medical and financial outcomes, and promoting scientific innovation. To learn more, please visit www.nmtinc.org.

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SOURCE Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc.

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