SBIR/STTR Research Award
DESIGN MOVING PLATFORM FOR VESTIBULAR ASSESSMENT
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Neurometrix
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE LONG RANGE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND THEN MARKET A MOVABLE PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING AND TREATMENT EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR EQUILIBRIUM DISORDERS AND VERTIGO. DURING PHASE I A CONCEPT FOR TESTING WHICH EVOLVED OVER 11 YEARS OF NIH SPONSORED RESEARCH WILL BE REALIZED BY DESIGNING A MOVABLE PLATFORM STRUCTURE AND HYDRAULIC POWER SYSTEM APPROPRIATE FOR CLINICAL USES. THE MOVABLE PLATFORM SYSTEM WILL BE MADE LIGHTWEIGHT, COMPACT, EASY TO OPERATE AND SERVICE, SAFE, AND AS COST-EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. FUTURE PLANS CALL FOR FABRICATION AND PLACEMENT OF PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS IN SELECTED CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS. PERFORMANCE OF THE PROTOTYPE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR PRESENTATION OF RESULTS TO THE CLINICIAN WILL BE EVALUATED BEFORE FULL SCALE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.
Technology keywords
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