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INFRARED FLUORESCENT GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 19199
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2127 East Speedway
Tucson, AZ 85719
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Brian L Craine
 (602) 325-4505
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE PHASE I RESEARCH PROJECT WILL BE A SERIES OF PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF USING INFRARED FLORESCENCE TO DETECT BLOOD FLOW IN THE SUBMUCOSA OF THE HUMAN GUT. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY RETROFITTING A SIGMOIDOSCOPE FOR IMAGING IN THE NEAR IR. THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS SYSTEM TO DETECT FLORESCENCE FROM THE DYE INDOCYANINE GREEN INDUCED BY IRRADIATION WITH A NEAR IR LASER DIODE WILL BE DETERMINED. THE EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF TISSUE THROUGH WHICH SUCH A SYSTEM CAN IMAGE WILL BE DETERMINED. THE COMPLETION OF THESE STUDIES WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF THIS TYPE OF IMAGING SYSTEM. A POSITIVE RESULT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD BE MORE SENSITIVE AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN THE PRESENTLY USED FLUORESCEIN FLU0RESCENT FLOWMETRY.

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