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Multiplexed Assay for the Detection of Wound-related Pathogens

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
91958 		Program Year/Program:
2010 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
A082-122-1623 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
Army 08-122 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Nanohmics, Inc
6201 East Oltorf St. Suite 400 Austin, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2010
Title: Multiplexed Assay for the Detection of Wound-related Pathogens
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: W81XWH-09-C-0001
Award Amount: $729,988.00
 

Abstract:

Wound-related pathogens (WRPs) are a major challenge affecting the care of injured soldiers. Infection caused by WRPs can lead to mortality in the event rapid identification and medical diagnosis of wound-related bloodstream infections is not accomplished in a timely fashion. However, limited options exist for field-deployable medical diagnostic instrumentation to rapidly detect WRPs before associated infections become systematic. Current methods for WRP diagnostics require trained technicians and a dedicated laboratory space to perform the necessary assays and cultures. In contrast, the rapidly evolving field of genetic diagnostics promises greater sensitivity and the ability to perform complex nucleic acid extraction and detection on a diverse range of pathogenic species in a simple testing environment. The rate limiting steps in multiplex genetic diagnostics now rest on extraction/collection of the target nucleic acid sequences and the ability to perform high sensitivity binding affinity assessment with a minimal number of processing steps. In order to ensure that treatment is provided as rapid as possible, methods that will enable compact, highly multiplexed testing of genetic information, be it human or microbial, in a field deployable device is required. To this end, Nanohmics proposes to develop NucleoVolt SNAP (Simple Nucleic Acid Profiler), a multiplex genetic diagnostics platform for Wound-Related Pathogen (WRP) detection.

Principal Investigator:

Steve Savoy
Vice President Technology
5123899990
ssavoy@nanohmics.com

Business Contact:

Michael Mayo
President
5123899990
mmayo@nanohmics.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Nanohmics, Inc
6201 East Oltorf St. Suite 400 Austin, TX 78741

EIN/Tax ID: 743072245
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No