MEMORY-ASSIST DEVICE TO IMPROVE PRESCRIPTION COMPLIANCE

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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 11046	Program Year/Program: 1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 11046	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: American Research Corporation of Virginia
1509 Fourth Street P.O. Box 3406 Radford, VA 24143 0340
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1991

Title: MEMORY-ASSIST DEVICE TO IMPROVE PRESCRIPTION COMPLIANCE

Agency: HHS

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $430,744.00

Abstract:
THE EVER-INCREASING PERCENTAGE OF THE U.S. POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD OR OVER PRESENTS A SPECIAL PROBLEM TO PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS: HOW TO ENSURE THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE, WHO MAY SUFFER FROM MEMORY IMPAIRMENTS, WILL COMPLY WITH A MEDICATION REGIMEN. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A MINIATURE COMPUTER DEVICE THAT WILL SIGNAL A VARIETY OF ALARMS AT PRESCRIBED TIMES, SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING CONCISE AND EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND INSTRUCTIONS ON THE QUANTITY AND TYPE OF MEDICATION TO BE TAKEN BY ITS OWNER. A PHYSICIAN OR PHARMACIST CAN USE ANY OF SEVERAL COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PERSONAL COMPUTERS TO STORE A PRESCRIPTION SCHEDULE IN THE MINIATURE DEVICE. THE PROPOSED DEVICE WILL BE SMALL ENOUGH FOR AN ELDERLY PERSON TO WEAR COMFORTABLY AROUND THE WRIST. SPECIFIC AIMS IN PHASE I INCLUDE: DESIGN AND CODING OF THE CONTROL SOFTWARE, SIMULATION OF THE DEVICE IN SOFTWARE, DESIGN OF THE HARDWARE, PROTOTYPING THE HARDWARE, INTEGRATION OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, AND DESIGN OF A PHASE II PROOF-OF-CONCEPT AND EVALUATION PROGRAM.

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Small Business Information at Submission:

American Research Corp. Of Va
642 1st St Box 3406 Radford, VA 24143

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Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No