SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A DEVICE BASED ONA NOVEL ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LITHIUM THAT CAN BE USED IN A PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SERUM OR SALIVA SAMPLES.
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- GINER INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- ULB2NMDNXC69
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A DEVICE BASED ONA NOVEL ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LITHIUM THAT CAN BE USED IN A PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SERUM OR SALIVA SAMPLES. VARIOUS ELECTRODE DESIGNS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES WILL BE TESTED TO ESTAB-LISH THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CONCEPT OF DETERMINING LITHIUM IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MANY OTHER COMPONENTS FOUND IN SERUM AND SALIVA. SOLUTIONS OF VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF LICL, WITH NACL AT CONCENTRATIONS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEREST, WILL BE USED IN PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS. NEXT, STANDARD SERUM AND SALIVA SAMPLES WILL BE MIXED WITH LICL. FINALLY, CLINICAL SAMPLES WILL BE TESTED, AND THE RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED TO A STANDARD LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF LITHIUM. SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A DEVICE FOR MONITORING OF LITHIUM BY A PSYCHIATRIST WILL BOTH IMPROVE PATIENT CARE ANDLOWER MEDICAL COSTS.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Research funding history
447 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $147,003,828. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture