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Automated Blood Component Separator

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W81XWH-11-C-0008
Agency Tracking Number: A2-5090
Amount: $749,828.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: A10a-T026
Solicitation Number: 2010.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-09-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
106 Shuart Ave Suuite 1
Syracuse, NY -
United States
DUNS: 151289613
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Sean Gifford
 Chief Science Officer
 (617) 459-3915
 s.gifford@antek-inc.com
Business Contact
 Anthony Terrinoni
Title: Vice President
Phone: (315) 708-4198
Email: a.terrinoni@antek-inc.com
Research Institution
 Tulane University
 Norey B Laug
 
6823 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118-
United States

 (504) 865-5272
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The objective of this project is to develop a portable, passive system for rapid and efficient blood component separation. While a number of macroscale devices (based on centrifugation) are routinely employed in laboratory settings to separate red blood cells (RBCs) and platelets from plasma, they are bulky, expensive, labor-intensive, and can compromise cellular integrity. An emerging class of microfabricated devices are being developed to address a variety of point-of-care style applications, but they are only capable of processing low-volume and/or extremely dilute blood samples. To address the practical limitations of both approaches, we have developed a straightforward"mesoscopic"solution to reliably separate a unit of undiluted whole blood into RBCs, platelets, and plasma within the same amount of time as conventional techniques, but with reduced energy requirements and cellular damage.

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