SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE TREATMENT OF SEVERAL EYE CONDITIONS, GLAUCOMA IN PARTICULAR, REQUIRES THE MEASUREMENT OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE(TONOMETRY).
Award amount
$55,732Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1983Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ANCO ENGINEERS, INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- QLLFN77RUQA7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE TREATMENT OF SEVERAL EYE CONDITIONS, GLAUCOMA IN PARTICULAR, REQUIRES THE MEASUREMENT OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE(TONOMETRY). EXISTING INSTRUMENTS ARE COMPLICATED BY THE NEED FOR CONTACT WITH THE CORNEA, OR GREAT EXPENSE. THIS PROPOSAL IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A NONCONTACTING CORNEA VIBRATION TONOMETER (CVT). ITS OPERATION WOULD BE BASED ON MEASURING CORNEA VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY AMBIENT OR ACOUSTIC VIBRATION. THE CORNEA VIBRATION WOULD BE MEASURED WITH A NONCONTACTING OPTICAL PROBE. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS AND DATA SUGGEST THAT A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE EXISTS AND CAN BE USEDTO DETERMINE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE. THE DEVICE WOULD BE SIMPLE TO USE, EVEN BY THE PATIENT, AND BE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE. THIS PROGRAM PLANS TO PERFORM LABORATORY AND CLINICAL TESTS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CVT AND CORRELATE ITS PERFORMANCE WITH EXISTING TONOMETRIC DEVICES.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Vertical Linear Accelerator for Dynamic Visual-Vestibular Acuity Health Status Evaluation and Desensitization Training
- A Fiber-Optic Method for Measuring the Single Scattering Phase
- QUASI-WELD-FREE AND NANOCRYSTALLINE APPROACHES TO LONG-LIFE BELLOWS SEALS IN CRYOCOOLERS & OTHER RECIPROCATING MACHINES
- MONITOR FOR AIRBORNE LEAD
- SIGLE-USE, NON-REVERSIBLE SYRINGE
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $3,525,747. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation