SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of Portable Wireless Medical Examination Kit to Expand Telemedicine in Rural Areas
Award amount
$125,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Recipient company
- AMK TECHNOLOGIES OF OHIO, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-03-06
- Contract end date
- 2025-02-28
- UEI
- DR48VLBDATS8
- Solicitation number
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009962
- Topic code
- 8.6
Research abstract
anticipatedthat25%ofruralphysicianswillretireand30%ofruralhospitalswillclosefurther
deterioratinghealthcareaccess. Traditionalapproachoffundingruralhospitalsandcommunity
clinicsisfinanciallyunsustainableinvillagesandareaswithsmallerpopulations. Evenwith
governmentfundingtheseclinicsoftenstruggletohiredoctorsparticularlyspecialists. Telemedicine
presentsaviablesolutionandcanaugmentexistingclinicoperationsbyaddingspecialistsextendthe
reachofproviderstoschoolsandothermobilesettingsandenablenew"microclinics"inside
communitypharmaciesandpublichealthdepartments. Howevertelemedicinecartscanbe
unaffordableandbulkyoftencostingupwardsof$20000andofferingsubparimagequalityfrom
medicalexaminationcameras. Weproposethedevelopmentofanewportablewirelessmedical
examinationkitfortelemedicineinruralareastoexpandruralhealthcareaccess. Theproposed
telemedicinedevicewillcombinefastautofocusahighqualityimagesensorandapowerfulimage
processortogettrue-to-lifevideoduringremotemedicalexaminations. Theproposedimaging
systemisflexibleandthelensarrangementcanbemodifiedforotherusecasessuchaseye
examination. Thetelemedicinedeviceisportableandallowsremotemedicalexaminationwirelessly
withoutneedtobepluggedintoacomputer.Weexpectthismedicalexaminationkittosignificantly
enhancethequalityandreachofhealthcareinruralareas.
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