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The Air Force has a need to deliver a payload to a specifically identified target location within prescribed accuracy limits. The delivery system must be small, light-weight, and capable of operating effectively at significantly greater distances than existing man-portable systems. AeroVironment Inc. (AVI) will design, build, test and deliver air vehicles, launchers and ground control units und ...

In this SBIR FastTrack proposal, Micro-Leads will develop HD64—a high-resolution, 64- channel spinal cord stimulation therapy to provide more pain relief with greater specificity for those suffering from chronic neuropathic pain and opioid dependence. Over 25 million in the U.S. suffer from debilitating pain in the trunk and extremities and 55% depend on opioids to ease their suffering. Opioid a ...

The USAF repair depots expend tremendous amounts of resources applying high technology thermal spray coatings to improve the performance of components and systems. In general, thermal spray application processes are complex, requires high cost equipment that are expensive to operate, need highly trained personnel and necessitate constant verification testing to ascertain the coatings meet requirem ...

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has a contract with Lockheed Martin to design, build, and produce the center fuselage section of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF F-35). There are three ducts which are the primary components of this section – the aft duct and two forward (inlet) ducts – right and left. Due to their length, curvature, and extremely tight constraints, the RH & LH inlet ducts pr ...

Abstract: Femoroacetabular impingement or FAI is a commonly diagnosed condition affecting a younger patient population than the general osteoarthritis (OA) population. Untreated, FAI invariably leads to OA and, ultimately, total hip arthroplasty (THA). The fact that most FAI diagnoses are made in patients under the age of 40, with many in their late teens and twenties, makes FAI all the more clini ...

Project Summary: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis, affecting over 30 million adults in the United States in 2015 and represents over 25% of medical office visits according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Over 40% of individuals over 65 have symptomatic OA and reduced mobility due to the disease. OA pain is often mitig ...

Project Summary/Abstract:Fecal incontinence (FI), the involuntary soiling of various amounts of liquid and solid stool, is often devastating from a social, psychological, and hygiene perspective. Men and women suffer from FI equally with a range of 2 - 6% in people aged 20 - 30 years. The prevalence increases to over 15% in people older than 70 years1. FI may result from an isolated or combined lo ...

Image-guided surgery using invisible near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent light is here to stay. Multiple commercial imaging systems from Stryker, Olympus, Medtronic, and Intuitive Surgical are now available for human surgery. However, only innovative NIR fluorophores will solve major clinical problems.Curadel has invented a novel family of NIR fluorophores termed “zwitterionic,” or more precisely, ...