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A Cornish inventor has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring an innovative new pest control product to market.

Dr Toby Bateson, an emergency doctor at Royal Cornwall Hospital and founder of Hammer Technologies Ltd, has designed RatMat said to be the world's first humane electrified rodent repellent flooring.

He is seeking 65,000 through the Kickstarter platform to manufacture the first order for the product, following six years of design work and two years of product testing.

Using similar principles to an electric fence the RatMat device is made up of inter-lockable tiles with a conductive steel surface that lie flat on the ground.

Dr Bateson said: "I have spent six years researching and developing the RatMat to provide classic and valuable car owners with a cost-effective and long-term solution to costly and inconvenient damage caused by rats and mice.

"I have a prototype and evidence that it works, but now I need help to raise the initial funds to help make this long-term, humane pest control a reality."

Dr Bateson previously achieved a Guinness World Record in 2016 for the world's smallest vacuum cleaner, at 5.7 cm in length, and also successfully brought ZenPlugs Moulded Ear Plug Kit to market in 2009.

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