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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to develop an electrical stimulation system with adaptive capabilities for exercise and rehabilitation. The target populations are individuals with: 1) complete spinal cord injury (Sd), 2) post-surgical knee immobilization, and 3) incomplete SCI, traumatic brain injury, or stroke who may regain voluntary mo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pulmonary drug delivery has emerged as a noninvasive alternative route for the treatment of lung diseases asthma COPD CF and lung cancer In order to obtain the desired level of effectiveness and safety of the inhaled drugs an appropriate deposition on the targeted region and subsequent absorption in the targeted region is vital Multiscale multidisciplin ...

ABSTRACT Diabetes is the leading cause of nontraumatic lower extremity amputations in the United States Diabetic foot ulcers DFUs are responsible for more hospitalizations than any other diabetic complications Currently even the best available treatments achieve only a healing rate for these wounds and this healing is often only temporary with a chance of recurring Our company has ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of the Phase I study is to determine the feasibility of piloting a low cost Real Time Location System RTLS for use in healthcare based on a novel technology known as Near Field Electromagnetic The proposed QHealth system promises to support a number of healthcare applications such as equipment management workflow optimization hand hygiene complian ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant ParaTechs Corporation aims to provide researchers with advanced technology and methods to simplify procedures for laboratory animal models While actively supporting efforts to `reduce replace and refineandapos animal use ParaTechs provides safe and efficient alternatives for surgical procedures We have already brought to market a nonsurgical embryo transfe ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): Bone marrow transfusion (BMT) holds the potential to cure many blood diseases. However, BMT recipients often develop graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), a life-threatening condition in which immune cells from the infused transplant attack the recipient's tissues. Current treatments using nonspecific immunosuppressants have limited effectiveness. Moreover, the ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant According to the CDC in ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and in the US approximately patients died of ischemic heart disease It is well established in clinical practice that recanalization of he infarct related artery IRA using percutaneous coronary intervention PCI enhances myocardial salvage and outcomes in pa ...

completion, the entire course will provide a professional certificate with continuing nursing education contact hours or can be transferred as academic credit in an undergraduate-nursing program. The model for the OCPP to be developed in this project has three components: didactic core content, clinical practicum, and a Virtual Center of Best Practices. The core ...

Abstract The objective of this study is to develop a novel predictive in vitro model for personalized responses to CFTR directed therapeutics This proposal responds to RFA HL Human Cellular Models for Predicting Individual Responses to Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Directed Therapeutics Cystic fibrosis CF is a life shortening genetic disease caused by loss of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chikungunya virus CHIKV is an alphavirus classified as a category C priority pathogen that causes fever rash and arthralgia in humans In the past decade CHIKV outbreaks have spread beyond the endemic regions of Africa and Asia first to the islands in the Indian Ocean and most recently to the Americas The World Health Organization has reported that as ...