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COMPACT IMPLANTABLE POWER SOURCES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 19353
Amount: $48,722.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
One Patriots Park
Bedford, MA 01730
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Edward A Burke
 (617) 275-6000
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

THE AIM OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP ENERGY-DENSE LONG-LIVED IMPLANTABLE POWER SOURCES RANGING FROM MICROWATTS TO SEVERAL WATTS. THE CORE OF THE DEVICE IS RADIOISOTOPE-POWERED INDIUM PHOSPHIDE VOLTAIC CELL EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE ENERGY DENSITIES OVER TEN THOUSAND TIMES THAT OF THE BEST CHEMICAL BATTERIES. THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED RADIATION DAMAGE RESISTANCE AND ANNEALING PROPERTIES OF INDIUM PHOSPHIDE REMOVE THE FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS OF EARLIER SILICON-BASED SYSTEMS. THIS PERMITS CONSIDERATION OF HIGH ENERGY BETA AND ALPHA EMITTERS TO ACIEVE HIGH POWER AND LONG LIFE WITH VIRTUALLY NO DETECTABLE EXTERNAL RADIATION. PHASE I RESEARCH WILL ADD TO THE EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL DATA REQUIRED FOR BUILDING AND TESTING PROTOTYPE CELLS.

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