SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELIMINATION OF EMBOLI FROM VESSELS IN THE BODY WILL BE MADE EASY AND SAFE BY THE USE OF A PERCUTANEOUS MECHANICAL SPIRALEMBOLUS REMOVAL DEVICE.
Award amount
$49,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Pathfinder Enterprises
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
ELIMINATION OF EMBOLI FROM VESSELS IN THE BODY WILL BE MADE EASY AND SAFE BY THE USE OF A PERCUTANEOUS MECHANICAL SPIRALEMBOLUS REMOVAL DEVICE. THIS DEVICE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE FEASIBLE AND WILL UNDERGO ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS TO YIELD A UNIT READY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS. IN VITRO EVALUATION OF ITS CLOT REMOVAL ABILITIES WILL BE PERFORMED IN A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED TEST MODEL UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF BLOOD FLOW AND PRESSURE. DIFFERENT PHYSICAL STATES OF EMBOLI WILLBE EVALUATED, AND A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE SPIRAL CATHETER-EMBOLI INTERFACE WILL BE DEVELOPED IN AN ATTEMPT TOOPTIMIZE TRANSFER RATE.
Technology keywords
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