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A Multimodel Imaging Device for Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q-10-C-0079
Agency Tracking Number: 09SB2-0059
Amount: $98,998.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: SB092-003
Solicitation Number: 2009.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-01-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-10-08
Small Business Information
5901-F Ammendale Road
Beltsville, MD 20705
United States
DUNS: 964507834
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Marvin Lasser
 Chairman
 (301) 431-2900
 lasserm@imperiuminc.com
Business Contact
 Robert Lasser
Title: President & CEO
Phone: (301) 431-2900
Email: blasser@imperiuminc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Traumatic brain injury has been designated the “signature wound” of the Iraq war due to its prevalence. Over 43,000 cases of combat related TBI have been documented from 2003 through 2007. TBI is divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary injury in most cases is obvious. Secondary or closed brain injury however may exhibit no external markers and subtle symptoms. Current diagnostic techniques for secondary brain injury include surgical procedures and computed tomography, neither is feasible in a combat environment. Imperium Inc. and Infrascan Inc. together propose a handheld, real time, multimodel imaging device to meet the need for a battlefield imaging device to detect changes in intracranial pressure resulting from TBI. Recent research has identified ocular sonography with measurement of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) as a reliable predictor of increased ICP. Imperium proposes that its ultrasound technology with clarity of imagery and ease of use provides a unique capability for the measurement of ONSD. The efficacy of Infrascan’s NIR technology in detecting intracranial hematomas has been proven in a large scale clinical trial. Imperium proposes to integrate these two proven technologies into a single imaging device to provide a comprehensive diagnostic tool for the field surgeon.

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