SBIR/STTR Research Award
SBIR/STTR Phase II: Nonintrusive Diode Laser Sensor for Bottled Drugs
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Y7BFRF1G8539
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is designed to develop a nonintrusive diode laser sensor for detecting oxygen in the headspace of pharmaceutical vials. Many drugs are oxygen sensitive and must be bottled in an oxygen free environment. There are no nonintrusive methods available to measure residual oxygen levels in sealed product vials. A nonintrusive sensor would generate large cost savings for pharmaceutical manufacturers. During the Phase II project, a prototype off-line instrument will be constructed. This instrument will be tested at pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. In addition if time permits, on-line experimental measurements will be performed.
In addition to being useful for the pharmaceutical industry, this technology will be extendable to a variety of packaged products in other industries. These industries include the food, alcoholic beverage, and medical instrument markets. This technology can also be used to detect other species in packaged products such as water vapor or carbon dioxide
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.
- Compact Low Power Sensor for Measurement of Multiple Trace Gases
- High speed measurements of velocity, temperature and water content in hypersonic flows
- Low Power Instrumentation for Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces
- Low Power Instrumentation for Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces
- Diode Laser Hygrometer and Thermometer for Aerial Vehicles
Research funding history
258 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $60,611,964. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services