SBIR/STTR Research Award
MINIZTURIZED POCKET PORTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR
Award amount
$249,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Bioelectronics
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE PORTABLE DC DEFIBRILLATORS ARE CUMBERSOME IN EMERGENCY VEHICLES, ROOMS AND MEDICAL AIRCRAFT. POWER SOURCE AND CAPACITIVE DISCHARGE SYSTEMS PRESENTLY SEVERLY LIMIT REDUCTION IN DEFIBRILLATION SIZE. PROPOSED PHASE I EFFORT WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP A HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH ENERGY DENSITY RATE PRIMARY BATTERY SYSTEM PER UNIT VOLUME. THIS BATTERY WILL BE COUPLED TO A DC-DC CONVERTER PROVIDING 400 WATT-SEC OF ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR DEFIBRILLATION. TOTAL MINIATURE PORTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR VOLUME IS ANTICIPATED TO BE 115 CUBIC INCHES, EXCLUDING ELECTRODE PADDLES. THE PRIMARY BATTERY HAS AN EXPECTED 6 MINUTE LIFE, A 5 YEAR SHELF LIFE, AND IS DISPOSIBLE.
Technology keywords
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