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AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 11360
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1220 East 3900 South Ste 1e
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
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Abstract

THE AUTOMATED TACTILE TESTER PERFORMS REPEATABLE, RELIABLE, AND LARGELY AUTOMATED TESTING OF TOUCH, TEMPERATURE, AND PAIN SENSATIONS FROM THE SKIN. IT IS INTENDED FOR USE AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN EVALUATING PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NEUROPATHIES AND FOR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF SOMATIC SENSATION. THE MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED DEVICE ALSO KEEPS A RECORD OF EACH PATIENT'S PERFORMANCE ON DIFFERENT TESTING SESSIONS,PROVIDING A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF THE PROGRESS OF DISEASE OR RECOVERY. IT PROVIDES BOTH GRAPHICAL AND TABULAR PRESENTATION OF THE DATA OBTAINED FROM INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS, FACILITATING CLINICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA. DURING PHASE I, TOPICAL TESTING, INC., WILL BUILD SEVERAL COPIES OF AN IMPROVED VERSION OF THE CURRENT PROTOTYPE, HAVETHE DEVICE EVALUATED BY CLINICIANS, COLLECT NORMATIVE DATA FOR THE MODALITIES TESTED BY THE DEVICE IN NORMAL AND NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED SUBJECTS, AND MODIFY THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ON THE BASIS OF THE EVALUATIONS.

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