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this technology and its 11 patents, a Sarasota company called Medical Education Technology Inc. (METI) emerged in 1996 to become a leader in human patient simulators for the health care industry. Now merged with global simulation and training leader CAE as part of its health care division, the company's comprehensive line of human patient simulators is used around the world by medical schools, nursing schools and the U.S. military to train and educate doctors, nurses and paramedics. Built with extraordinary technology and the most minds have produced technologies that may surprise those who still think of the state as they did in the past. One Corridor invention created in 1965 continues to be a household name with worldwide impact – Gatorade. Developed by scientists at UF (home of the Florida Gators) to enhance athletic performance, Gatorade stands firmly as the leading sports drink with 75 percent market share. While Gatorade has undeniably left a lasting legacy as a great Florida-made product, another technology from the Corridor could soon surpass the drink in value to the field of health science, and it too began with a link to the University of Florida. Created by scientists, mathematicians and physiologists from UF, unique software and powered motors were embedded in lifelike mannequins to mimic the functions of the human body. By licensing 58 florida.HIGH.TECH 2012 authentic human physiology algorithms in the world, the METI human patient simulator (HPS) is the only true- anesthesia simulator in the world that converts oxygen to carbon dioxide for accurate training of anesthesiologists. In 2007, the first wireless untethered simulator, iStan, was created to be a rugged and fully autonomous body that can be used in the classroom or in the field. Its realistic physical reactions and vocal quips even stole the show from the stars of the medical drama, "Grey's Anatomy," where iStan guest-starred on an episode showcasing how interns learned to perform surgery on a simulator before operating on an actual patient. CAE credits some of the company's success to the Corridor's many regional assets. The company partnered with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council's Matching Grants Research Program on early technology for first response training, and Sarasota Memorial Hospital was the first community hospital in the country to purchase METI's human patient simulators to be used in a local setting. Most simulators are rarely used outside of academic teaching hospitals connected to medical and nursing schools. Orlando's division of the U.S. Army RDECOM (Research Development and Engineering Command) supported the development of iStan by providing several million dollars for research. As CAE Healthcare's biggest continued on page 40 CAE USA NEW