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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A DEDICATED CLINICAL SYSTEM FOR TESTING AND ANALYZING OCULAR MOTILITY.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 1451
Amount: $42,810.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1984
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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4414 Stewart Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90066
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 STEFAN SITKO
 GENERAL MANAGER
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Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A DEDICATED CLINICAL SYSTEM FOR TESTING AND ANALYZING OCULAR MOTILITY. COMMERCIALLY, OUR GOAL IS TO PRODUCE A LOW-COST, USER-FRIENDLY HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PACKAGE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ALLOW CLINICAL PERSONNEL WITH NO COMPUTER TRAINING TO QUANTITATIVELY ANALYZE (ON-LINE) THE EYE MOVEMENTS PRODUCED IN PATIENTS DURING PURSUIT TRACKING, RANDOM SACCADE TESTS, CALORIC IRRIGATION, OPTOKINETIC AND POSITIONAL NYSTAGMUS TESTING AND (OPTIONALLY) ROTATORY TESTS OF VESTIBULAR FUNCTION. A CENTRAL CONTROL/ANALYSIS UNIT WILL BE DEVELOPED UTILIZING THE LATEST MICROPROCESSOR AND MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, PROGRAMMED USING PROVEN SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS. A SOLID-STATE STIMULATOR FOR SMOOTH-PURSUIT AND OPTOKINETIC TESTING WILL BE DEVELOPED AS WELL AS A SOLID-STATE THERMAL PROBE FOR CALORIC STIMULATION. PHASE I IS DEDICATED TO INVESTIGATING A NEW MEANS OF MONITORING EYE MOVEMENT. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE A NEW STRAUMATIC MEANS FOR MONITORING EYE MOVEMENTS WHICH OVERCOMES SEVERAL MAJOR PROBLEMS INHERENT IN CONVENTIONAL EOG RECORDINGS.

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