SBIR/STTR Research Award
ACCURATE ALCOHOL BREATH TESTING
Award amount
$188,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Meridian Medical Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO ASSESS THE ACCURACY OF A NONINVASIVE, ISOTHERMAL REBREATHING METHOD FOR MEASURING THE BREATH ALCOHOL LEVEL COMPARED TO THE SUBJECT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL. PHASE I WILL ENCOMPASS THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A PROTOTYPE DEVICE AND ITS TESTING ON HUMAN SUBJECTS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE DESIGN COULD LEAD TO A LOW-COST, PORTABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF GAINING A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE IDENTIFIED $224 MILLION TOTAL WORLDWIDE MARKET FOR ALCOHOL BREATH TESTING UNITS WHICH GIVE ACCURATE RESULTS WHEN USED IN PATROL CARS.
Technology keywords
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