SBIR/STTR Research Award
A NOVEL CLASS OF FLUOROCARBONS AS BLOOD SUBSTITUTES
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Jp Laboratorytories, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NOVEL CLASS OF FLUOROCHEMICALS IS PROPOSED AS BLOOD SUBSTITUTES. THE PROPOSED COMPOSITIONS WILL BE SYNTHESIZED,PURIFIED, AND CHARACTERIZED. EMULSIONS AND OTHER PREPARATIONS WILL BE PREPARED, AND THEIR ABILITY TO DISSOLVEOXYGEN WILL BE DETERMINED. THE EFFICACY OF THE FLUOROCHEMICALS AS BLOOD SUBSTITUTES WILL BE DETERMINED USING MICE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT SOME OF THE FLUOROCHEMICALS WILL PREVENT CLEARANCE OF THE PARTICLES BY THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM.
Technology keywords
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