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In the proposed SBIR project Akita Innovations and Adaptive 3D will develop feedstock materials and methods for the additive manufacture of soft elastomers that exhibit resistance to the permeation of chemical agents.The goal of the effort is to produce a fully functional Air Purifying Respirator (APR) and to demonstrate advantages of additive manufacturing to provide innovations such as custom si ...

Chemical warfare agents (CWAs), such as nerve agents and mustard agents, pose serious threats to our warfighters and civilians. Current formulations of dermal medical countermeasures to CWAs can be absorbed through the skin causing systemic toxicities to the patients. These formulations are limited by the FDA for use only in small area of intact skin. This severely restricts the usefulness of thes ...

We propose a snapshot mode hyperspectral imager based on the patented micro machine optical element array.This compact device will provide staring hyperspectral imagery without scanning.Operation in the LWIR will permit identification of chemical warfare agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. Its compact size will permit integration into handheld, vehicle borne or drone mounted instruments.

The skin is the first line of defense against chemical warfare agents including nerve agents and toxic industrial chemicals, providing a possible barrier or delay to systemic distribution. Some chemicals also can act directly on the skin including the vesicants sulfur mustard and lewisite. Early and rapid skin decontamination is extremely important following exposure to CWAs and TICs because it de ...

DNA microarray technology, in combination with statistical and predictive modeling tools, could be used to evaluate thousands of genes against distinct gene expression patterns induced by chemical/biological agents to provide early identification and speed therapeutic intervention. The overall objective of this Phase II effort is to leverage existing public domain resources and commercial tools t ...

Having achieved or exceeded all goals and objectives of the Phase I research program, BioScale has thus demonstrated feasibility of a multiplexed, immuno-electromechanical pathogen detection method. In Phase II, BioScale proposes to advance this research by assembling a complete assay system that integrates discrete, commercial off the shelf (COTS) sample preparation subcomponents with the propri ...

The threat of chemical and biological (CB) warfare agent exposure requires a variety of measures to protect military personnel. CB agent entry through the skin can potentially be reduced through the application of chemical barrier creams. Low surface energy fluoropolymers have been shown to resist penetration of both polar and nonpolar chemicals. A new protective skin cream is proposed that uti ...

Manning Applied Technology proposes to develop a handheld infrared spectrometer, ideally suited to detection of airborne chemical agents at and below permissible exposure limits. This approach offers unmatched sensitivity and specificity for detection of all types of chemical vapors. The instrument is modular, rugged, compact and highly sensitive. Volume pricing will be less than $1000 each. ...

Effective collective protection fabrics must have a reliable closure system. During our Phase I Work Plan, Sigma-K began developing a Hermetic Textile Closure Hardware (HATCH) system. The HATCH combines both a magnetic and geometric self locking mechanism that will provide a hermetic seal when closed. Our current Phase I successes include developing self closing samples that can provide a hermetic ...

Currently there is a need for a pre-exposure decontaminating skin cream that will neutralize chemical warfare agents (CWA) on contact. Current approaches to this problem cannot both dissolve a CWA challenge and neutralize the agent into less toxic products before it reaches the skin surface. In response the solicitation CBD05-118 Decontaminating Protective Skin Cream Effective Against Chemical W ...