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RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED INTO OPTICAL FIBER-COUPLED FLUORESCENT SENSORS FOR THE CONTINUOUS IN VIVO MONITORING OF BLOOD GASES. THE PURPOSE OF PHASE I IS TO IDENTIFY FLUORESCENT CHEMICAL SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY SENSITIVE TO PH, PO2, PCO2, AND TEMPERATURE. FROM THESE IDENTIFIED SYSTEMS, A SELECTION WILL BE MADE OF THOSE COMPATIBLE FOR USE IN A MIXED SENSOR PROBE. THE GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO MINIMIZE ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this proposal we respond to the call by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in the PHS 2007-2 Omnibus Solicitation for new products/devices, tools, assays to improve our ability to precis ely measure environmental exposures to individuals with high temporal and spatial resolution. According to the solicitation, the device should ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Owing to certain intrinsic advantages of conventional or cable-operated assistive appliances, many upper- extremity amputees prefer using simple voluntary opening (VO) split hook terminal devices for some tasks. Ampute es who regularly contribute their time and expertise helping ADA develop innovative new assistive appliances continue to request the company cr ...

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Remarkable advances in signal processing techniques, materials sciences, battery technologies, and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) processes have led to significant developments in assistive technologies. Coordinated research and commercialization have dramatically increased prosthetic function, utility, personalization, comfor ...

Cancer biomarker detection and cancer proteomics and genomics research require analysis platforms that provide high sensitivity and high throughput. In phase I, we will develop a novel nano-enabled sensing platform that is based on metal nanopillar patterned surface on a continuous Au thin film. This platform provides dramatic sensitivity increase through the combination of fluorescent enhancement ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We have recently demonstrated that alpha-hemolysin produced by S. aureus plays a key role in the pathogenesis of staphylococcal pneumonia, and identified beta-cyclodextrin derivatives that potently inhibit the cytotoxic effects of this secreted bacterial toxin. The overall goal of this feasibility study is to examine the ability of these inhibitors to provide i ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project will develop a prototype online perchlorate monitor for a resin bed perchlorate remediation reactor. The device will be have less than 4 ppb limit- of-detection, p rovide results in less than 3 min., and require only periodic microchip replacement as routine maintenance. Currently, perchlorate can only be ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice and is the most common arrhythmia necessitating hospital admission. Nearly three million people in the U.S. have Atrial Fibrillation. Americans over 40 have a one in four lifetime risk of developing Atrial Fibrillation. Currently there is only one practical treatment, pulm ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Cells and Surveys report (National Research Council 2000) reports that collecting biological information dramatically improves the value of household surveys by adding a rich dataset of information to longitudinal databases that is not collected today. In fact, since the Cells and Surveys report the collection of biological data and performance measures (in ...