SBIR/STTR Research Award
Alcopatch¿A New Test for Alcohol Consumption
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MENSSANA RESEARCH INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N3KCXKLQNG35
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The Alcopatch is a new test for alcohol consumption which operates by transdermal dosimetry. It is worn as an adhesive wristband and collects ethanol excreted from the surface of the skin after any alcoholic beverages are consumed. The amount of ethanol measured in the Alcopatch varies with the quantity which has been consumed. The Alcopatch is a fourth- generation device which incorporates protection against sample loss and tampering. The object of this research is to calibrate the performance of the Alcopatch in 10 moderate drinkers over eight days, while monitoring their alcohol consumption with self-reports and a portable electronic recording dosimeter during the same period.
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.
- TOPIC 393: BREATH TEST FOR BIOMARKERS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE
- Validation of a rapid point-of-care breath test for breast cancer
- Validation of Point-of-Care Breath Test for Pulmonary TB
- Point of Care Breath Test for Biomarkers of COPD
- VALIDATION OF HEARTSBREATH TEST FOR HEART TRANSPLANT REJECTION
Research funding history
19 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2019). Reported award amounts total $10,351,169. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense