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Compact Field-Portable, Multi-Analyte Luminometer for Chemiluminescent and Bioluminescent Immunoassasys

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 26617
Amount: $69,978.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20600 Gramercy Place Suite 103
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mark Foster
 (310) 320-3088
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

Currently, the United States Army is investigating the application of chemiluminescent and bioluminescent immunoassay technologies for biological agent detection. Immunoassays offer the potential of highly specific screening for diverse organic and inorganic analytes. In order to rapidly screen for diverse biological agents in the field, a rugged, field-portable luminometer is needed. Commercially available fluorimeters and luminometers are bulky and best suited for clinical and laboratory envioronments, rather than harsh military environment. To aid the Army in assessing the potential of bio/chemiluminescent immunoassays for bioagent detection, Physical Optics Corporation proposes to develop a novel, field-portable, multi-analyte luminometer using charge-coupled device (CCD) intensification techniques developed for the Hubble Space Telescope program. The high sensitivity, large dynamic range, small size, and lower power requirements of the proposed CCD detector promise a compace, field-portable luminometer capable of detecting a broad variety of flow, flash, and enhanced flash reactions associated with target biological agents. The development of the porposed luminometer will open broad avenues for commercialization of both luminescence- and fluorescence-based biosensors for use in routine clinical laboratories.

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