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MD & PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF MICROPROCESSOR DRUG DISPENSER
- Small Business Information
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
- Phase 1
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Fiscal Year: 1989Title: MD & PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF MICROPROCESSOR DRUG DISPENSERAgency: HHSContract: N/AAward Amount: $25,881.00
Abstract:
THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED MEDICATION DISPENSER THAT EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF PATIENT COMPLIANCE. THIS TECHNOLOGY OFFERS THREE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS FOR ADDRESSING NONCOMPLIANCE: (1) IT LIMITS PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICATION ACCORDING TO A PRESCRIBED DOSING REGIMEN; (2) IT AUDIBLY AND VISUALLY REMINDS PATIENTS WHEN MEDICATION IS DUE OR PAST DUE; AND (3) IT MONITORS PATIENTS' DISPENSINGHABITS TO ALLOW PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS TO IDENTIFY AND COUNSEL PATIENTS WITH POOR COMPLIANCE HABITS. PHASE I WILL TEST PRELIMINARY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY BY INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS AND THEIR PHYSICIANS. PHASE II WILL TEST PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN ACCEPTANCE AND ITS UTILITY IN A CLINICAL SETTING FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS BASED ON RESULTS OF THE PHASE I STUDY. PHASE II WILL ENCOMPASS ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SITES AND LARGER NUMBERS OF PATIENTS. SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS FOR MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED MEDICATION DISPENSING (E.G., ELDERLY PATIENTS TAKING MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS, ASTHMATICS, AND HYPERTENSIVES) WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED.Small Business Information at Submission:Principal Investigator:
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Medical Microsystems Inc
1707 Hawthorne Pl Box 7017 Boulder, CO 80302EIN/Tax ID:DUNS: N/ANumber of Employees: N/AWoman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
Award Information
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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services |
Branch: N/A |
Award ID: 11041 |
Program Year/Program: 1989 / SBIR |
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Agency Tracking Number: 11041 |
Solicitation Year: N/A |
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A |
Solicitation Number: N/A |