SBIR/STTR Research Award
OXYGEN GENERATOR FOR AMBULATORY COPD PATIENTS
Award amount
$130,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Abel Company
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE SPECIFIC GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE OXYGEN SOURCE SUITABLE FOR USE IN PROVIDING SUPPLE-MENTAL OXYGEN TO INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) RESULTING FROM CHRONIC BRONCHIOLI- TIS, PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA, ASTHMA, OR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. THE CONCEPT IS BASED ON THE USE OF A COMMON, LOW-COST, HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL THAT GENERATES OXYGEN WHEN WATER PLUS A SUITABLE CATALYST IS ADDED.
Technology keywords
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