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ADA Technologies Inc. has developed an electrochemical strippable coating technology for the removal of radioactive contaminants from conductive surfaces. The proposed three-phase SBIR project would apply this electrochemical technology to cleaning surfaces prior to welding or brazing. The process will eliminate grease, dirt, and rust from conductive surfaces using electro-polishing techniques. On ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Consistent with the current trend among products reaching the orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) marketplace, upper-extremity prostheses are becoming ever-more technologically sophisticated and expensive. There exists a population of disadvantaged amputees who, for diverse reasons, are unable to afford or benefit from these remarkable new assistive appliances; as ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Following a terrorist attack or accidental release of chemical threat agents, hundreds of potential victims may require testing and treatment. The critical need to test large numbers of people for exposure to chemical threat agents will overwhelm the capacity of the clinical and public health infrastructure. Many of the clinical and public health facilities la ...

Nondestructive testing (NDT) has become an essential tool for inspecting and maintaining military and industrial equipment. The numerous NDT methods produce a range of complex wastewaters, albeit in relatively small volumes. In most cases, these wastes cannot be discharged to the sewer. Consequently, a compact waste-treatment system with the ability to handle a wide range of waste types would allo ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aimes to develop advanced ultracapacitors for hybrid electrical vehicles (HEVs). The proposed research will demonstrate the feasibility of achieving high capacitance for aligned CNTs in ionic liquids and using optimized CNTs and ionic liquid to develop ultracapacitors possessing superior performance and cycle-life exceeding those of currently ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims at developing the next generation of diabetic monitoring devices that will allow the measurement of multiple markers of disease regulation and progression using an innovative lab-on-a-chip technology. The project will develop the first integrated microchip CE device for measurement of an important maker of diabetes. This technol ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cardiovascular disease is the number 1 killer in the United States and much of the Western world. Treatment of the disease costs billions of dollars each year and the costs continue to rise exponentially. Many strides have been made toward improving behavioral patterns that put people at risk, however there is still a need to develop methods to detect disease o ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Currently, an estimated 8 million Americans have substantial kidney impairment and this number is growing. More people die annually from kidney failure than from either colon cancer, breast cancer, or prostate cancer. Estimated medical and other economic costs of chronic kidney disease are expected to approach $28 billion annually by 2010, with an additional $9 ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lung cancer kills over 1.3 million per year worldwide. Conventional oral and i.v. chemotherapies used today have toxic effects in many organs besides the lungs. Consequently, doses are limited when treating lung cancer to an extent that it is often not effective. Drug resistance also reduces the impact of chemotherapy on the lungs. Animal studies demonstrate th ...

Commercially available products rich in phytosterol may now be used to cut serum low-density lipoprotein by as much as 14 percent. Unfortunately, phytosterols are poorly soluble and therefore present unique problems concerning their ability to suppress cholesterol absorption in the gut. This impediment often leads to sub-optimal dosing and poor performance of phytosterol compounds and restricts th ...