SBIR/STTR Research Award
PORTABLE IMPACT TESTER FOR PLAYGROUND SURFACES
Award amount
$49,840Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MG35UP27ERW6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE IMPACT ATTENUATION PROPERTIES OF PLAYGROUND SURFACES AFFECT THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEAD INJURIES DUE TO FALLS. LABORATORY TESTING EVALUATES THE IMPACT PROPERTIES OF PLAYGROUND SURFACES, BUT NO FIELD TEST INSTRUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE. EASE-OF-USE, DURABILITY, AND COST ALL AFFECT THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF A SURFACE-TESTER. A DEVICE WHICH USES NOVEL LOW COST SENSORS TO CREATE A RELIABLE SENSOR WHICH PRODUCES LABOARTORY COMPARABLE RESULTS INDEPENDENT OF DROP HEIGHT, WILL BE DVEELOPED. THE DEVICE WITHSTANDS REPEATED DROPS ONTO HARD SURFACES, AND CAN BE USED BY UNSKILLED OPERATORS. A FOUR-STEP PROGRAM LEADS TO FIELD TESTS OF A PROTOTYPE DEVICE.
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.
- Thermoelectric-Powered Field Kitchen Appliances
- Thermoelectric-Powered Field Kitchen Appliances
- A functional and multimodal biofeedback device to treat balance dysfunction in mTBI patients.
- Modified Collins Cryocooler for Cryo-Propellant Thermal Management
- Modified Collins Cryocooler for Cryo-Propellant Thermal Management
Research funding history
37 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2011). Reported award amounts total $6,838,141. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation