SPIKE DETECTOR FOR MULTICHANNEL NEURONAL ACQUISITION

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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 11370	Program Year/Program: 1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 11370	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Spectrum Scientific
6500 Greenville Avenue #480 Dallas, TX 75206
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1991

Title: SPIKE DETECTOR FOR MULTICHANNEL NEURONAL ACQUISITION

Agency: HHS

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $500,000.00

Abstract:
THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH-PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE-CHANNELNEURONAL WAVEFORM ACQUISITION AND DATA REDUCTION. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO: (1) INVESTIGATE THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS IN A MICROPROCESSOR SUBSYSTEM CAPABLE OF ACQUIRING UP TO 64 CHANNELS OF SIGNALS AND REDUCING THE NEURONAL SPIKES IN REAL TIME TO CHANNEL-LABELED, TIME-STAMPED "EVENTS"; (2) DEVELOP A HIGH-SPEED HOST COMPUTER COMMUNICATION INTERFACE THAT EFFICIENTLY TRANSFERS SPIKE DATA IN A STRUCTURED FORMAT AND IS READILY ADAPTABLE TO DIFFERENT COMPUTERS; AND (3) TECHNICALLY EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM WHILE RECORDING FROM SEVERAL BUNDLES OF MICROWIRES IN A BEHAVING ANIMAL. THIS INSTRUMENT IS A MUCH NEEDED NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH TOOL WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF SIGNALS ARE BEING ACQUIRED WITH TECHNIQUES SUCH AS MICROWIRE, SOLID-STATE MULTISENSOR MICROPROBES, BUNDLE ELECTRODES, AND IN VITRO MICROELECTRODE CHAMBERS AND PLATES.

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Spectrum Scientific
6500 Greenville Ave #480 Dallas, TX 75206

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No