INFRARED FLUORESCENT GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Award Information

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 19199	Program Year/Program: 1992 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 19199	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: WESTERN RESEARCH COMPANY, INC.
3275 W INA RD, STE 215 TUCSON, AZ -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1992

Title: INFRARED FLUORESCENT GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Agency: HHS

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $50,000.00

Abstract:
THE PHASE I RESEARCH PROJECT WILL BE A SERIES OF PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF USING INFRARED FLORESCENCE TO DETECT BLOOD FLOW IN THE SUBMUCOSA OF THE HUMAN GUT. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY RETROFITTING A SIGMOIDOSCOPE FOR IMAGING IN THE NEAR IR. THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS SYSTEM TO DETECT FLORESCENCE FROM THE DYE INDOCYANINE GREEN INDUCED BY IRRADIATION WITH A NEAR IR LASER DIODE WILL BE DETERMINED. THE EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF TISSUE THROUGH WHICH SUCH A SYSTEM CAN IMAGE WILL BE DETERMINED. THE COMPLETION OF THESE STUDIES WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF THIS TYPE OF IMAGING SYSTEM. A POSITIVE RESULT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD BE MORE SENSITIVE AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN THE PRESENTLY USED FLUORESCEIN FLU0RESCENT FLOWMETRY.

Principal Investigator:
Brian L Craine
6023254505

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Western Research Company Inc
2127 East Speedway Tucson, AZ 85719

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Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No