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Improved Hemorrhage Detection Technology for a Robotic HIFU Manipulator System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W81XWH-05-C-0151
Agency Tracking Number: A054-032-0139
Amount: $99,977.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: A05-T032
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2005-08-01
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-02-14
Small Business Information
2851 Commerce Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
United States
DUNS: 016544780
HUBZone Owned: Yes
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ted Lynch
 Principal Investigator
 (757) 224-0687
 submissions@lunainnovations.com
Business Contact
 Wendy Vogt
Title: Director of Contracts
Phone: (540) 552-5128
Email: submissions@lunainnovations.com
Research Institution
 UNIV. OF MISSISSIPPI
 Alice Clark
 
P.O. Box 907, Research & Sponsored Programs
University, MS 38677
United States

 (662) 915-7482
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

In this STTR, Luna Innovations, Inc., the University of Mississippi's National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA), and Robotics Research Corporation will develop an automated system for delivering high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to the location of a severe bleed using a robotic manipulator arm. In Phase I, Luna and the NCPA will test improved methods for locating and quantifying severe bleeds based on Luna's ultrasonic pulsed phase locked loop (PPLL) technology. These tests will determine the requirements for an integrated detection and robotic manipulator system to be developed in Phase II. As a high-resolution tool for tissue characterization, Luna's PPLL is better suited for obtaining key diagnostic parameters for locating hemorrhage sites than conventional imaging ultrasound. Specifically, the diagnostic information we seek is based only on blood location, blood flow, and the motion of tissues, including the quasi-stationary blood itself. Conventional imaging systems are not well designed for the these tasks, as blood is difficult to detect based on its backscatter properties. Even pulsed Doppler and color flow imaging, standard functions of commercial scanners, are not well suited to this task, as these functions filter out low speed flow associated with large volume flow rates over a large surface area.

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