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Dr Joseph Orr, PhDFounder and CTODr Joseph Orr is the Chief Technical Officer of KORR™ Medical Technologies. After developing a metabolic measurement system for NASA in 1987, Dr Orr continued his research of metabolic rate measurement through oxygen consumption. This proprietary technology, reserved at one time to monitor, train, and evaluate elite astronauts, became the foundation of KORR™ Medical Technologies. He established KORR™ in 1993 with Dr Scott Kofoed. Dr. Joseph Orr has over 20 years experience as an expert in respiratory and anesthesia instrumentation with an emphasis on studies, measurement and analysis of physiologic oxygen consumption and CO2 production. In addition to his position as co-founder and CEO of KORR™ Medical, Dr. Orr is a research associate professor at the University of Utah, Department of Anesthesiology. He has authored 26 peer-reviewed publications and currently holds 42 US patents and has multiple patents pending. Dr. Orr holds a PhD in bioengineering from the University of Utah and a master of engineering management degree from Brigham Young University. |