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Human Hydration Status Monitor

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W81XWH-08-C-0021
Agency Tracking Number: A072-141-1249
Amount: $119,939.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A07-141
Solicitation Number: 2007.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-10-16
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-04-10
Small Business Information
2275 E. Foothill Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
DUNS: 168312028
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Naresh Menon
 Managing Partner
 (626) 356-9247
 nmenon@chromologic.com
Business Contact
 Naresh Menon
Title: Managing Partner
Phone: (626) 356-9247
Email: nmenon@chromologic.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

To address the Army’s need for a non-invasive, rapid, field-deployable and inexpensive hydration status monitoring technology, ChromoLogic proposes to develop a new Ocular Hydration Monitor (OCHYMO). OCHYMO is based on measuring the plasma omolality by non-invasively measuring the osmolality of the aqueous humor. The unique optical and medical expertise of ChromoLogic scientists and collaborators will result in an innovative, non-invasive approach to measure the osmolality of the aqueous humor in a miniature, compact package. The robust measurement modality of OCHYMO will result in accuracies consistent with the gold standard in measuring hydration status, namely, invasive plasma osmolality measurements. Furthermore, OCHYMO measurement will be independent of physical posture, skin temperature/moisture. In Phase I ChromoLogic will demonstrate the feasibility of the OCHYMO technology by building a hand-held prototype ideally intended for pre-mission hydration measurements by troop leaders and medics. In Phase II, ChromoLogic plans to develop multiple OCHYMO prototypes, including a miniature ambulatory unit for non-invasive, continuous hydrations status monitoring.

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