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Project Summary Abstract Minnesota HealthSolutionsMHSproposes to develop an innovative child safety seat user engagement system that aims to actively educateinstruct and alarm caregivers with the goal of preventing critical child safety seat misuses and injuries to children riding in motor vehiclesKey enabling technologies make the proposed system technically feasible at this timeMotor vehicle cra ...

Abstract In this Phase II SBIR project ASTER Labs will significantly enhance an intuitive, safe, fully-embedded detection and localization solution for lost dentures. This concept was designed and successfully evaluated during Phase I with elderly denture wearers and caregivers, and tested for its accuracy and efficacy via demonstrations of successful localization of the misplaced prostheses in a ...

Project SummaryIn this Phase I STTR projectPhotonic Pharma LLCPPin collaboration with the University of MinnesotaUMNwill establish a technology platform for high throughput screeningHTSto discover small molecule inhibitors of pathological self association of tau andsynucleinsynOligomers of these proteins are implicated in the pathologyseverityand progression of Alzheimer s diseaseADand Alzheimer s ...

Diabetes mellitusDMis a metabolic ailment caused by inadequate production or utilization of insulinfeatured by excessive amounts of glucose in the bloodThe incidence of diabetes has been rising globallyDiabetes is often diagnosed lateafter the insulin producing pancreaticcells have already undergone severe damageleading to multi organ complicationsTo avoid these complicationspreventionearly diagno ...

Project Summary Abstract Minnesota HealthSolutions CorporationMHSproposes to collaborate with the Mayo ClinicMayoto develop a unique matching service for caregivers of persons living with dementiasuch as Alzheimer s diseaseLewy Body dementia and Frontotemporal degenerationCaregiving for persons with dementia is demanding and research has shown that it negatively effects the physical and mental hea ...

PROJECT ABSTRACT Acute ischemic stroke care has been revolutionized in the past 3 years, with multiple trials showing the efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy retrieval devices. Because of this revolution, there are many clinical needs for improved adjunctive devices that have not kept up with the swift growth of the thrombectomy field. This Phase II SBIR grant will support Good Lab Practices anima ...

ABSTRACT Liver transplantation currently represents the only treatment for end stage liver disease (ESLD), the 8th most frequent cause of death in the United States (US). Efforts to overcome the chronic shortage of transplantable human livers include attempts at alternative organ procurement and replacement strategies. The most promising approach to date that provides the appropriate matrix compos ...

Project Summary/Abstract Proposed is a system to combine and leverage the advantages of existing medical props with interactive media to provide engaging and cooperative group STEM learning experiences. Significance: The PowerPoint lecture style has become the standard method for teaching groups of students. Unfortunately, this style does not emphasize student-instructor or student-student instruc ...

Project Summary/Abstract Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation and our partners propose to develop a Socially-Assistive Robot (SAR) system for persons with dementia (PWD),(mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimerandapos;s disease, or other dementias), who are living in assisted living facilities. The proposed system uses Augmented Intelligence (AI) to communicate with the PWD in natural language. T ...

Project Summary Abstract The proposed project focuses on creating a bariatric mannequin simulator to educate healthcare students on proper techniques specific and specialized to bariatric patient careSignificanceObesity is one of the world s most significant and growing health problemsMore thaninadults are overweight or have obesity and obese patients have a greater likelihood of requiring clinica ...