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Project Summary/AbstractInfection is the major complication of virtually all medical devices. It is estimated that 2 million patients acquire a nosocomial infection in the US every year and the CDC estimates that the financial impact of these infections exceeds 5 billion dollars annually. At least half of these infections are directly associated with medical devices. Most commonly, the diagnosis o ...

Abstract ArchieMD is developing a mobile medical training application that will facilitate rapid dissemination of continuously evolving knowledge and procedural skills to nurses, which will allow staff to quickly expand capabilities to meet needs in the event of a pandemic. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put an immense strain on health care systems worldwide, and the nursing shortage—which lo ...

PROJECT SUMMARY With unprecedented speed and scale, SARS-CoV-2 has caused a deadly global pandemic. A safe and effective vaccine to control this new pathogen is desperately needed. To address this need, GeoVax is leveraging its unique GV-MVA-VLPTM platform and advanced antigen design to develop multiple vaccine candidates against COVID-19. Unique among COVID-19 vaccines, the GeoVax candidates are ...

Summary Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the US, contributing to more than 480,000 premature deaths each year. The well-established Tobacco Treatment Guidelines and recently released American College of Cardiology Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for tobacco cessation treatment underscore the need to conceptualize tobacco use as a chronic substance use disorder and to ...

ABSTRACT Improper installation of a grab bar can be a greater risk to seniors’ safety than one that is not there at all. In this Phase I SBIR proposal, Homes Renewed Ventures, LLC (HRV, Washington, DC) creates an interactive mobile application (APP) will captures site specific inputs from a licensed contractor (contractor) to generate customized guidance and instructions for the proper specifica ...

Project Summary/AbstractPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) afflicts as many as 8% of Americans and is growing rapidly, including a 400% increase in veterans receiving disability benefits for PTSD since 2005 and an expected uptick in cases for patients and clinicians from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the VA alone, the cost of treating veterans is over $15B. Unfortunately, treatments for PTSD are of ...

PROJECT ABSTRACT Leadless cardiac pacemakers (LCPs) represent a revolutionary leap forward in cardiac pacing technology because they circumvent transvenous leads. The current size of lithium-carbon mono-fluoride (Li/CFX) batteries results in an overall LCP device size of ~1 cc, and which only has a 10-year lifetime. LCPs are currently limited to single-chamber pacing, representing only 10-20% of c ...

7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This SBIR Phase I project will design and develop an innovative, miniature, battery-less, disposable cardiac biosensor, to provide easy home assessment of heart and lung function. The biosensor will deliver comparable hemodynamic measurements to the gold standard assessments. Economic impetus has led to early discharge of complex and elderly patients with cardiovascular ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Electroencephalography (EEG) is an essential component in the evaluation of epilepsy, the most common serious brain disorder worldwide. Misdiagnosis of epilepsy is very common and occurs in up to 50% of the patients. Artifact contamination seriously hinders the effectiveness of EEG and is a root cause of misdiagnosis. CREmedical is developing a tripolar concentric ring electrode (T ...

Project Summary Attachment In the radiological response community, with the exception of a limited number of large-scale exercises, there is a gap in technology that hinders hands-on survey training. Even when there is an available exercise, the compressed time sequence prevents realistic practice for some players, particularly field survey teams. The goal of this Phase I project is to initiate ef ...