Re-Timer Pty Ltd is a university-owned company headquartered in Australia which commercialize novel sleep devices from the research sector. The company was founded in 2005 by

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

after the publication of a 2001 Flinders study showing green-blue

light therapy Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy is intentional daily exposure to direct sunlight or similar-intensity artificial light in order to treat medical disorders, especially seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadi ...

was effective in the treatment of

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSD), also known as circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders (CRSWD), are a family of sleep disorders which affect the timing of sleep. CRSDs arise from a persistent pattern of sleep/wake disturbances that can be ...

and

Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder subset, in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms at the same time each year. Common symptoms include sleeping too much, having l ...

. The Chief Investigator was Professor Leon Lack. Originally from Stanford University, California, Lack moved to Flinders University in 1972. Lack went on to publish three more peer-reviewed research articles in 2003, 2004 and 2007 covering light therapy to treat sleep disorders including

Delayed sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD), more often known as delayed sleep phase syndrome and also as delayed sleep–wake phase disorder, is a delaying of a person's circadian rhythm (biological clock) compared to those of societal norms. The dis ...

and

Jet lag syndrome Jet lag is a physiological condition that results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms caused by rapid long-distance trans-meridian (east–west or west–east) travel. For example, someone flying from New York City, New York to Lon ...

. These studies would further demonstrate the efficacy of green-blue light therapy for in improving sleep. Flinders filed patents in the United States, Japan, Korean, China and Europe to cover the specification of the

prototype used in the 2001 study. In 2011 Flinders University signed a joint venture agreement with SMR Australia, a subsidiary of Samvardhana Motherson Group based in Noida, India with turnover USD $6.9billion. SMR Australia became a shareholder in Re-Timer Pty Ltd and also obtained the rights to design and manufacture the device. The Re-Timer product was launched in November 2012 and received significant global media coverage, which included the

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, CNN,

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. In the company's home state of South Australia, considerable attention has focused on the model of technology transfer used to commercialize this University research. In an interview with

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Magazine, Re-Timer Managing Director stated 85% of production is now exported from South Australia to over 40 different countries. In October 2016 the company successfully completed crowdfunding for a novel wearable technology called Thim.

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