ARETE ASSOCIATES — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Arete Associates and Luminex Corporation propose to leverage Luminex"s award-winning

ARETE ASSOCIATES — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$148,898
Agency
Department of Defense · Defense Health Program
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Solicitation
2011.2
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2012-01-30

Description

Arete Associates and Luminex Corporation propose to leverage Luminex"s award-winning bead-based multiplexing technology with Arete"s decision-theoretic processing algorithms to develop a portable, Point-of-Care (POC) system that enables rapid identification of known and de novo pathogens. Our solution combines Luminex"s high multiplexing capability, a low cost optical imaging system, and innovative assay design optimizations, to create a portable and sensitive POC system. The assay design optimizations will include consideration of host response and/or genetic factors and detection theoretic calculations. The comprehension of host response and/or genetic factors offers the additional potential benefit to further improve wound treatment