A Portable, Ultrasensitive Biological Agent Sensor

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 31808

Amount: $98,963.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1996

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

BIOTRACES, INC.

10517-A West Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Richard Sheridan
Phone: (703) 273-6941

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

The research proposed herein is designed to validate the critical technologies required to implement a miniaturized, portable biological agent sensor with 1,000-fold higher sensitivity than prior art devices. This sensor is based on the proprietary Multi Photon Detection (MPD) technology developed by BioTraces, Inc. When used with the Super IRMA assay developed by BioTraces, MPD has enabled the detection and measurement of biological substances at the femtogram/ml level. The objective of this research is to develop MPD instrumentation and SuperIRMA protocols for low power, autonomous operation in field environments. This will include the development of compact air sampling and sample preparation systems based on magnetic bead technology, the use of reliable and rugged solid state photodetectors to replace current PMT detectors, and a dedicated digital signal processor implementation of the MPD background rejection algorithm.

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A Portable, Ultrasensitive Biological Agent Sensor