SBIR/STTR Research Award
DURING THE TENURE OF THIS GRANT, TOPICAL TESTING WILL BUILD,TEST, AND EVALUATE A PROTOTYPE MODEL OF ITS AUTOMATED TACTILE TESTER.
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Topical Testing, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
DURING THE TENURE OF THIS GRANT, TOPICAL TESTING WILL BUILD,TEST, AND EVALUATE A PROTOTYPE MODEL OF ITS AUTOMATED TACTILE TESTER. THIS DEVICE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR REPEATABLE, RELIABLE, AND LARGELY AUTOMATED TESTING OF TOUCH, TEMPERATURE, AND PAIN SENSATIONS FROM THE SKIN AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN EVALUATING PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NEURO- PATHIES. THE MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED DEVICE ALSO KEEPS A RECORD OF EACH PATIENT'S PERFORMANCE DURING DIFFERENT TESTING SESSIONS, PROVIDING A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF THE PROGRESS OF DISEASE OR RECOVERY. IT PROVIDES BOTH GRAPHICALAND TABULAR PRESENTATION OF THE DATA OBTAINED FROM INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS, FACILITATING CLINICAL INTERPRETATION OFTHE DATA.
Technology keywords
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