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Project Summary The objective of this Phase I SBIR proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of a device designed to connect two small vessels together simply and easily and that would replace the hand suturing technique currently used to connect vessels in microsurgery and macrovascular end to end vascular repair surgeries This completely biodegradable vascular coupling device VCD being devel ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Type diabetes T D is a chronic disease caused by the autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas Current treatment options for T D are severely limited All patients diagnosed with T DM are placed on life long insulin therapy and the current standard of care for adult patients with T DM is intensive diabetes therapy to avoid ...

The broad long term objective and specific aims of the fast track SBIR research are to create a reagent RecombiRED for use in microinjection of embryos for identifying a subset of embryos as recombination competent injections The ability to quickly identify genome editing events in an embryo allows researcher to quickly make precision animal models of human disease states Precise animal m ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Low vision rehabilitation is the only proven way to restore functional vision and maintain a high quality of life in patients with permanent vision impairment Low vision aids are devices that manipulate visual information for example magnify images to compensate for impaired vision The patientandapos s willingness to accept a low vision aid ability to ada ...

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 Alzheimerandapos s disease AD is one of the leading causes of death among aged people and currently more than million people have AD in the US alone Although there is no cure for AD studies indicate that clinically proven medicines have the ability to slow ADandapos s progress especially if they are administered early on Obviously to develop diagnostics that are able to detect ...

Ebola EBOV and Marburg MARV viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as the biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against filoviral infection and pathogenes ...

Influenza A viruses belong to the orthomyxoviridae family with a negative sense segmented RNA genome which can cause seasonal or pandemic flu with high morbidity and significant mortality Vaccination is the most prevalent prophylactic means for controlling influenza infections However an effective vaccine usually takes at least months to develop for the circulating strains Furthermore vac ...

There is a fundamental knowledge gap in how to immediately reduce cancer patientsandapos treatment related financial burden Cancer patients pay more out of pocket for their care than those with other chronic illnesses Half of all elderly cancer patients have high treatment related out of pocket financial burden This financial burden has well defined harmful effects even among insured cancer pa ...

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 ...