SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE AN IMPROVED LABORATORY MOUSE FEEDER WHICH PERMITS RAPID DETERMINATION OF FEED CONSUMPTION WITH HIGH ACCURACY.
Award amount
$49,784Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE AN IMPROVED LABORATORY MOUSE FEEDER WHICH PERMITS RAPID DETERMINATION OF FEED CONSUMPTION WITH HIGH ACCURACY. SUCH FEEDERS WILL REDUCE THE COST AND IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF LONG-TERM FEEDING STUDIES USING LABORATORY ANIMALS. A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EXISTING FEEDER DESIGN WILL BE MODIFIED TO FACILITATE THE ADDITION OF FEED AND AN AUTOMATED WEIGHING AND RECORDING PROCESS USING PRECODED FEEDERS AND AN OPTICAL READER. ANY PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY NIEHS PERSONNEL WITH EXISTING FEEDERS WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE FEEDER REDESIGN EFFORT. PHASE I EFFORT WILL INCLUDE: IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING FEEDERS THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH USERS AT NIEHS; GENERATION AND EVALUATION OF CONCEPTS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND FACILITATE AUTOMATION OF FEED CONSUMPTION DETERMINATION;DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF ALTERNATE FEEDER CONCEPTS INCORPORATING THE ABOVE IMPROVEMENTS;EVALUATION OF THE IMPROVED FEEDERS IN THE LABORATORY;SPECIFICATION OF AN ENTIRE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATION OF FEED DURING PHASE II THE IMPROVED FEEDERS WILL BE PRODUCTION ENGINEERED TO REDUCE INITIAL COST AND THEN INTEGRATED INTO AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM. COMMERCIAL APPLICATION IS
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.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency