Company Overview
Life Measurement, Inc. (LMI) develops, manufactures, and commercializes medical devices designed to provide the most accurate body composition assessments for infants, children, and adults. Our versatile product line is used extensively in medical research, clinical, athletic, military, and health/fitness settings.
We believe that accurate body composition assessment lays the necessary groundwork for change. By correctly identifying areas of potential risk, proper intervention can be introduced and the results monitored. This is why the development of new technologies to help improve health, performance, and quality of life remains at the heart of our Mission.
Some of our key clients include:
- All Mayo Clinics
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
- National Institutes of Health
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
- East Bank Club
- 26 U.S. Military Installations
- 14 NFL Teams
The History of LMI
LMI was formed in 1989 after our founders recognized the importance of and need for a fast, accurate, safe, and easy-to-use system for assessing body composition. This led to the development of the Company’s first product, the BOD POD® Body Composition Tracking System, which was introduced in 1994.
Development of the BOD POD was supported by several Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants awarded to LMI by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most prestigious health organization in the world. Since its inception, numerous research and trade publications have validated the accuracy, reliability, and ease-of-use of the BOD POD and its Air Displacement Plethysmography, now considered the “Practical Gold Standard” in body composition assessment.
Building upon the success of the BOD POD, LMI continues to introduce innovative and exciting new products with the same patented air displacement plethysmography as the original BOD POD. Additional products include the BOD POD S/T (2002), PEA POD® Infant Body Composition System (2004), BOD POD Gold Standard (2007), and BOD POD Express (2007).
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