Dr. Richard Melker, a James & Esther King Program 2004 Small Business Technology Transfer Grant recipient, has further developed an exhaled breath detection system. Originally intended to detect environmental tobacco smoke in children, the device can now track medication adherence. Dr. Melker credits the King Program and University of Florida (UF) for providing the seed money and resources to get this important research started. “If not for the King grant and UF, we never would have been able to get to the point we are now - we are probably the only group of researchers in the world who fully understand how to handle condensed breath samples for analysis.” His King-funded research led to the creation of Xhale, Inc., 20 patent applications (since 2004) and the development of five new products that will be coming to the market soon. Several other devices and applications are in the pipeline as well. More information about Dr. Melker and Xhale, Inc.’s progress with the breath monitoring device is highlighted in UF’s Explore magazine: Device Ensures Patients Take Medication