SBIR/STTR Research Award
TOPIC 383: PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY SYSTEM USING A SMART MULTICORE NEEDLE (MOONSHOT)
Award amount
$299,877Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- NCI
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Incproposes to develop and pre clinically validate a smart biopsy system using a multicore needlewhich is intended to substantially improve sampling efficacy and adequacy in percutaneous core needle biopsy proceduresThe custom design of the needle will allow for threading an optical probe through the bore of the needle to investigate the heterogeneity and the pH of the tissue before collecting the biopsy specimensThe new smart biopsy multicore needle will enable the interventional radiologist to make an informed decision about choosing the best area of the tumor from which a biopsy core should be sampledThe real time information provided by the optical probe will be presented in a manner that is easy to comprehendbar chart of tissue compositionwithout distracting radiologist s attention from the biopsy procedureThe preliminary evaluation of this technology will be performed in Phase I on a rabbit model of soft tissue cancerwhile in Phase II the technology will be further improved and tested on animal models of several types of cancersuch as liverlungsand brain
Technology keywords
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Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency