Welcome to MMS & ATL

Meridian Medical Systems and Applied ThermoLogic

Solving unmet medical needs with microwave technology

& supporting microwave companies and medical facilities with an experienced team of engineers.

MMS
Meridian Medical Systems

Meridian Medical Systems (MMS) was founded to conceive, design, and develop medical devices based primarily on the use of microwave technology. Microwaves can be used to:

  • Generate heat
  • Measure and monitor temperature
  • Measure motion

Kenneth L. Carr, founder and CEO of MMS, combined these capabilities to develop minimally invasive and non-invasive products that use radiometric sensing to measure and monitor temperature and heat blood, fluid, or tissue. Passive radiometric sensing, the ability to non-invasively measure and monitor temperature, is a significant and unique component of MMS’s products. The application of energy is always monitored at the point at which the energy is applied. Many MMS products are already FDA approved; while others are in the early stage of development.

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ATL
Applied ThermoLogic

Applied ThermoLogic (ATL) is a consulting company founded by Kenneth L. Carr to support microwave companies, medical facilities, and suppliers interested in MMS’s patents with an experienced team of microwave engineers.

Carr’s most recent patents include a Viral Inactivation System that employs microwave techniques to eliminate blood-borne viruses in the bloodstream and the Non-invasive Microwave Radiometric Sensing of a Tympanic Membrane to measure newborn brain temperature.

Carr intends to assign these patents to interested companies, while providing support through ATL.

To partner with MMS and help bring these patents to the next stage of development, please contact Ken Carr through his email below.

[email protected]
Ken Carr

Kenneth L. Carr

The recipient of the international 2022 Microwave Pioneer Award from the IEEE’s Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Kenneth L. Carr received his BSEE from Tufts University and an honorary doctorate of engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he served as a trustee for forty years. A Life Fellow of the IEEE, Carr was a longtime member of the faculty of Eastern Virginia Medical School and served as a technical advisor to the Medical Physics Department at New England Medical Center.

Credited with introducing microwaves to medicine, Carr has been awarded fifty-six U.S. patents and won thirty-nine Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants, raising $13 million to develop and manufacture medical technologies. These include using radiometric sensing for the early detection of breast cancer, accurately warming blood and fluid, and detecting extravasation and air emboli. While these earlier patents are now in the public domain, Applied ThermoLogic, is available to interface with medical schools, microwave companies, and suppliers interested in developing, manufacturing, and distributing MMS’s technologies. Carr’s autobiography, One Long Road: From Missiles to Medicine, chronicles the author’s remarkable journey from the early days of the microwave industry to his newest patents. The book is scheduled for release in late October 2023.

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