SBIR/STTR Research Award
HEAT-FLUX MICROSENSORS FOR BLOOD PERFUSION MEASUREMENTS
Award amount
$49,683Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Vatell Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HJZSDXDC6UC4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A THERMAL PROBE TO NONINVASIVELY MEASURE LOCAL BLOOD PERFUSION IN TISSUE. THE DEVICE WILL CONSIST OF A SINGLE PROBE THAT CAN BE ACTIVELY HEATED OR COOLED AND PUT IN CONTACT WITH THE SKIN. THIS CREATES A TRANSIENT HEAT FLUX, WHICH IS MEASURED AS A FUNCTION OF TIME. TOGETHER WITH A SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE, THIS ALLOWS CALCULATION OF THE THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY AND LOCAL PERFUSION OF THE TISSUE. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TYPE OF HEAT-FLUX GAUGE MAKES THIS NEW BIOMEDICAL TECHNIQUE POSSIBLE. THESE MICROSENSORS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AND SHOWN TO WORK. THIS RESEARCH WILL APPLY THESE SENSORS TO PROBES THAT CAN BE USED FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF NOVEL MEASUREMENTS IN LIVING TISSUES.
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.
- ROCKET PLUME HEAT TRANSFER PROBES
- High Temperature Sensors and Arrays for Turbomachines
- Heat Flux Instrumentation for Building Components
- High Temperature Sensors and Arrays for Turbomachines
- EVALUATE HEAT FLUX MICROSSENSOR FOR AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION
Research funding history
20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–1996). Reported award amounts total $3,882,397. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services