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OPTIMIZATION OF A RESPONSIVE CLINICAL PERFUSION MONITOR

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5004
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 545 Kendall Square Branch
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 William H Newman
 Principal Investigator
 (617) 577-1759
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

THIS PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A SENSITIVE, LINEAR, MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERMAL TRANSDUCER AS THE BASIS OF A CLINICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASURING AND MONITORING OF OF TISSUE THERMAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING PERFUSION. TISSUE BLOOD FLOW IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHYSIOLOGIC PARA- METERS AND ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO MEASURE. BY REVIEWING PAST WORK ON THERMAL PROBE/TISSUE INTERACTIONS, A DESIGN IN PROPOSED FOR AN INSTRUMENT WHOSE PERFORMANCE IS BASED UPON OPTIMIZING THE TRANSDUCER RESPONSE TO TISSUE PROPERTIES. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE TRANSDUCER MAY BE DESIGNEDTO POSSESS A LINEAR RESPONSE TO TISSUE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND PERFUSION, ENORMOUSLY SIMPLIFYING THE NECESSARY ANALYSISPROCEDURE AND INSTRUMENTATION. THE PHASE I PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION OF THIS TRANSDUCER IN IN VITRO EXPERIMENTS.

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