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The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project safeguards domestic food supply by improving honeybee health. Honeybees pollinate 1/3 of domestic food supply and contribute more than $15 billion to the U.S. economy. Although honeybee populations are at a 20-year high in the U.S., the cost to keep them alive is at its historical peak. This project reduces labor ...

ritical limb ischemia (CLI) the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)occurs when arterial circulation is insufficient to support the metabolic demands of thetissue. Amputation is often the result. In many diabetic patients the arterial disease isso diffuse and distal that revascularization success rates are low. Mortality rates for CLIpatients are high at 50% within 5 years and 85% ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project will be the development and commercialization of a novel variety of corn that is high in carotenoids and orange in color, and with yields that are competitive with today's commercial hybrids. In the diets of Americans, two important antioxidant carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, are in low abundance. ...

Graspable Math Activities is web application that middle and high school students use on laptops and tablets to practice algebra and receive instantaneous feedback. Activities are based on an algebra notation technology that can promote procedural fluency while allowing students to focus on strategy and the connection between concepts and procedures. The team will produce a website that will inclu ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to serve the breast cancer community. In 2015 there were 231,840 new cases of invasive breast cancer. The surgical procedure cost ~$6000 with an average $60 per minute cost and 25% re-operation rate. Owing to its competitive advantages, the AcouStar can effectively reduce the surgical dela ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result from improving the quality of healthcare in the United States and reducing the associated costs for common elective surgery procedures through evidence-driven patient-physician matching. This technology will improve the quality of care and reduce the variation in costs associated w ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Phase I USDA-SBIR project is todevelop efficient crop dehydrators (dryers) powered by solar energy for the preservationof vital nutrients and shelf-life in dried foods. Drying is one of the oldest and cost- effective ways of preserving nutrients and increasing shelf-life in foods. It is one of themajor energy intensive processes where huge operating ...

This SBIR Phase I project will address key hurdles for commercialization of an injectable breast tissue replacement for use immediately following breast conserving surgery, otherwise known as lumpectomy. Surgeons using this procedure today have limited options for predictably restoring normal breast size, shape, and consistency following tumor removal. Because of this, many women are left with bre ...

The Problem and CreateAbility Concepts Inc.'s Proposed SolutionThe life expectancy of the average American continues to increase as does the average age inrural America. Older adults (people 65 years and older) of today live longer and seek moreindependence than their predecessors just a decade ago. With this increased desire forindependence comes a growing emphasis on maintaining health and funct ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is the creation of new fluorescent materials that will provide new color technologies to the paint, polymer, and ink industries. These new materials will overcome the undesirable properties of commercial fluorescent pigments, like a tendency to rapidly fade, give weak color strength, and degra ...