Founded by Dr. Jan Lourens, a bio-engineering consultant at Roodeplaat Research Laboratories,  as Systems Research and Development (SRD), with funding provided by the Medical arm of the SADF.
Founded by Dr. Jan Lourens, a bio-engineer at Roodeplaat Research Laboratories, under the name Systems Research and Development (SRD), with support from the medical arm of the South African Defence Force.