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ADVANCED LABORATORY SYSTEM FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
19155 		Program Year/Program:
1993 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
19155 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
United States Control
SYSTEMS CORPORATION West Palm Beach, FL 33409
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Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1993
Title: ADVANCED LABORATORY SYSTEM FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Agency: HHS
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $542,015.00
 

Abstract:

WE EILL DEVELOP A WIRELESS DIGITAL POLYGRAPH LINK WITH SOPHISTICATED DIGITAL ERROR CORRECTION, WHICH WILL PROTECT TRANSMITTED PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SIGNALS FROM NOISE DEGRADATION AND FROM DROPOUTS CAUSED BY SUBJECTS MOVING AROUND WHILE THEY ARE BEING MONITORED. WE WILL ADD THE WIRELESS DIGITAL LINK TO A MINIATURE, BATTERY-OPERATED 16-CHANNEL MICROPROCESSOR-BASED DIGITAL POLYGRAPH PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED UNDER A PHS SBIR PHASE II GRANT. WITH THE EXISTING DEVICE, THE WIRELESS DIGITAL LINK WILL MAKE POSSIBLE TRUE WIRELESS POLYGRAPHIC MONITORING. IT WILL OPEN UP NEW AREAS OF INVESTIGATION INVOLVING INFANTS AND CHILDREN, FREELY MOVING SUBJECTS, EXERCISING SUBJECTS, UNCOOPERATIVE SUBJECTS, AND SUBJECTS WHO MUST BE STUDIED OUTSIDE THE LABORATORY. NO SUITABLE EQUIPMENT IS NOW AVAILABLE. EXISTING POLYGRAPHS ARE TOO LARGE, AND REQUIRE CONNECTING CABLES. SOME SELF-CONTAINED AMBULATORY MONITORS HAVE MULTIPLE CHANNEL MEASURING CAPABILITIES, BUT THEIR USE IS INHERENTLY RESTRICTED BY THEIR INTERNAL DATA STORAGE CAPACITIES. WIRELESS DEVICES AVOID THESE SIZE AND DATA STORAGE LIMITATIONS; HOWEVER, FEW AVAILABLE DEVICES HAVE ENOUGH CHANNELS TO SERVE AS A PRACTICAL, GENERAL-PURPOSE RESEARCH TOOL, MOST EMPLOY TROUBLESOME ANALOG TRANSMISSION METHODS, AND NONE HAVE MODULAR MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY.

Principal Investigator:

Peter J Brandenburg
4076400445

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

United States Control Systems
1532 Old Okeechobee Rd West Palm Beach, FL 33409

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No