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Intermediate and posterior uveitis cause 10% of blindness in the U.S. The mainstay of therapy is to eradicate the infectious cause and to quell the inflammation with corticosteroids or immunosuppressants. Delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs to the posteri

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A novel and promising approach for achieving bony repair especially for large bone defects is to transplant human bone marrow stromal cells or mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). Culture expanded hMSCs, transplanted into i

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Spinal disc herniation and the resulting symptoms of intractable pain, weakness, sensory loss, incontinence and progressive arthritis are among the most common debilitating conditions back problems. When conservative t

Small, lightweight and affordable UGVs are crucial to military physical security and homeland defense. The program will develop, demonstrate, test and deliver the Phase I JAUS compliant planning system for agile cluttered environment traversal on 2 low cost prototype UGVs. The first prototype will be based on the Omni-Directional Inspection Vehicle (ODIS) and will emphasize low-cost and ruggednes ...

The requirements currently being specified for man-packable robots far exceed the capabilities of any robots currently available. The major challenges is to satisfy both the need for all terrain mobility and long mission durations (3-6 hours) in a package between 20 and 30 lbs. Autonomous Solutions Inc. proposes to solve this dilemma through the use of a shape-shifting track that effectively pro ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this project is to develop and test display technology that will aid anesthesiologists in diagnosing and treating unexpected events. Unexpected events occur during 30% of all anesthesia cases. Thirt

New generations of smart munitions are more critically dependent on electrical power. Past power supply concepts are inadequate due to increasingly difficult requirements. A hybrid power supply combines energy generation with storage. It exhibits the advantages of both component technologies. The purpose of this work is to develop a reconfigurable, miniature hybrid power supply. It will employ e ...

There is significant need for arrays of miniature sensors that are completely wireless. Ideally these sensors would be built as an integrated device, including sensing elements, computation/signal conditioning, communication, and an on-board power supply. However, they have not been developed due to the difficulty with integrating sensing ele-ments, and the absence of miniature power supplies. ...

The overall objective of the Phase II program is to develop a database of geopolymer-derived functional materials systems for ceramic matrix composities, including candidate materials for matrices and fiber-matrix interphase layers, which provide appropriate materials properties for performance in high temperature hydrothermal operating conditions at acceptable composite processing costs. Bot ...

Ceramatec Inc. and World Energy Systems Corporation (WESCO) successfully demonstrated SOFC stack operation with JP-8 reformate produced using a soot free cold plasma process. The patented SynGen cold plasma reformer which operates on the GlidArc plasma physics principle was developed by WESCO of Conroe Texas. This reformer has shown the ability to reform JP-8 and diesel fuel using an electric powe ...