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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The Dracula Pipette is a co axial embryo microinjection tool with the injection pipette presented from inside the holding pipette Double nested tips seal against the surface of the spherical embryo when a vacuum is applied in the space between them This allows a portion of the nearside surface of an embryo to be held by vacuum while a glass pipette is passed ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pattern recognition PR myoelectric control systems can dramatically improve an amputee patientandapos s control of a powered prosthesis but they have not been made commercially available Coapt LLC is a start up stage company that has initiated a controlled commercial release of PR myoelectric control for the benefit of upper limb amputees The controlle ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The principal goal of this SBIR Phase II proposal is to establish the clinical value of a novel prostate cancer PCa non aggressiveness biomarker present in various physiological samples e g Prostatic Fluids PFs Expressed Prostatic Secretions EPS or Post Massage Urine samples PMUs Once statistically validated in this study n this andquot n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The ultimate goal of the proposal presented herein is to use E coli as whole cell biocatalysts for the production of a wide variety of TDP deoxysugars including di and tri deoxysugars amino sugars and branched chain sugars These specialized activated hexoses are found as important structural components throughout plant and microbial secondary metabolites of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant IntelliWheels automatic gear shifting wheels represent a significant paradigm shift as the first ultra light affordable and intuitive way to mke pushing a wheelchair easier The manual wheelchair user mWCU still pushes the hand rims in any direction however the hand rims drive the transmissions located in each wheel hub which in turn drive the wheels ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Benign uterine tumors fibroids are clinically apparent in up to of women and typically require surgical removal of symptomatic fibroids or hysterectomy Treatment options for women considering bearing children are limited to the invasive surgical open myomectomy to best maintain structural integrity of the uterine wall the less invasive laparoscopic remo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Specific information about the state of second messengers in drug signaling pathways is key to understanding the mechanism of a drug within the cell The largest class of drug targets is the G Protein Coupled Receptor GPCR and over of all prescription pharmaceuticals target a GPCR These proteins are the focus of many drug discovery programs because they ...

Few tools are available to help individuals learn to user upper extremity powered prosthetic limbs. However, providing proper training and therapy is a critical component to the rehabilitation process and can often mean the difference between success or abandonment of the device. In this proposal, we build on our substantial previous work to provide a manufacturer agnostic hardware tool and intu ...

Many of the currently available options for food safety testing are expensive, slow, or limited in the range of threats that can be detected. Sending samples back to testing facilities in the United States is too slow and cumbersome to effectively respond to immediate food safety issues. SPR technology has been well-developed as a tool for molecular analysis, so it is relatively mature in terms ...

Mimosa Acoustics will develop a portable binaural audiological device, based on our successful HearID system. HearID is a clinical system for otoacoustic emission and middle-ear power analysis testing; it is FDA and CE-marked. The new system will have the ability to conduct a variety of audiological tests especially for use in hearing-conservation programs, including: flexible otoacoustic emission ...