Field Portable Biomonitor

The address the Air Force need for a portable, handheld and easy-to-use system for the fast detection of multiple biomarkers in microliter volumes of body fluids, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to complete the development of a novel Field Portable Biomonitor (FPB). In Phase I, POC built a self contained prototype with custom package and software that validated all the key concepts behind FPB by demonstrating high sensitivity (picomols) and selectivity (>95%). The Phase II prototype will be compact (15 cm x 8.5 cm x 4 cm), lightweight (~400 g), portable (battery operated), self-contained (automatic fluid processing with biomarker identification), smart (algorithms and signal processing electronics), and usable by nonexperts. The FPB will be capable of simultaneously detecting at least ten different biomarkers in a single test using a sample of only 50 microliter at a cost of <$3 per biomarker per test. The expected detection sensitivity of the FPB will be on the order of subpicomols with specificity exceeding 95% for most of the biomarkers of interest.