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World’s first portable brain scanner to detect concussion launched in New Zealand

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Wed, 24 Sept 2025, 8:34pm

World’s first portable brain scanner to detect concussion launched in New Zealand

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Sept 2025, 8:34pm

New Zealand will have first use of a groundbreaking device that’s set to revolutionise concussion diagnosis for rugby players in the country.

The world’s first portable brain scanner - known as the Nurochek headset - will allow head injuries to be detected in just two minutes.

Steve Devine is a former Blues and All Black halfback that had his career cut short in 2007 because of too many head injuries - and he joined D'Arcy to discuss the technology. 

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