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While in the 1970's and 1980's, composites were adopted for aerospace structure for increased performance and weight savings, the 1990's and 2000's witnessed the attention towards cost-effective fabrication. All thermoset processes that utilize such machines rely on autoclaves to consolidate the laminates, at significant acquisition and operational expense. Autoclaves to consolidate wings are hu ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Based upon newly discovered mechanisms to enhance circulation during CPR, the goal of this SBIR phase 1 application is to develop a comprehensive and novel non-invasive extracorporeal automated circulatory assist device to normalize blood flow during cardiac arrest and to provide adequate circulation for prolonged periods of time allowing for transport of patie ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite advances in the treatment of patients with sepsis, sepsis remains the second most common cause of death in non-coronary intensive care units and the tenth leading cause of death overall in high-income countries. It has been estimated that gt750,000 cases of severe sepsis occur annually in the United States, with a hospital mortality rate of ~35%. This n ...

Lightweight portable biometrics tools are needed to accurately and rapidly screen and manage the identities if individuals at the scene of an incident. Such tools are preferably not dependent on local infrastructure, which may be compromised, and should operate in both land and maritime environments. The output of this phase II project will be a prototype portable biometrics screening device.

A major problem for individuals who are blind and individuals who are visually impaired is gaining access to printed or graphical information. Whereas Braille and screen reading software make it possible to convert printed material from books or web-based content, there are thousands of types of electronic displays and visual screens showing dynamically changing digital information which are comp ...

Advanced Medical Electronics (AME) proposes to create a wireless solution for interconnecting hearing aids with consumer electronics devices. Many millions of hearing aid users will benefit from this proposed technology. The proposed solution will be based on a new ultra-low-power radio specifically developed by project partner IntriCon Corporation (St. Paul, MN) for use in micro-behind-the-ear ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop a social support assistant (SSA) for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The proposed system consists of a wearable face recognition (FR) device and a consumer Bluetooth-enabled wristwatch. It uses FR technology to identify people and provides social assistance via real-time reminders, such as names and relationsh ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop a digital wireless streaming stereo audio system for the hearing impaired. Phase I has successfully demonstrated a novel technology that can be integrated fully into modern behind-the-ear hearing aids to receive audio from consumer electronics devices such as cell phones, televisions, stereos, and personal media devices. The system use ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): AME proposes to develop and build a multi-channel wideband neuro-recorder headstage that can be used for measuring and recording action potentials in mice. The neuro-recorder will use miniature flash-based memory to store data locally and transfer them to a PC post-testing. Currently available neuro-recording headstages only record local field potentials on mic ...

Without strong temporal and spatial separation guarantees provided by the underlying system, integrated mixed critical applications require verification and validation of all their hosted applications at the highest level of criticality. Since the early 1990s, time and space partitioning in commercial avionics has drastically reduced the certification burden on the lower-criticality applications. ...