REAL-TIME ANALYZERS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: The overall goal of this proposed program (through Phase III) is to develop a chip-scale a
REAL-TIME ANALYZERS INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $749,998
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Solicitation
- 2009.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CT
- Period
- 2011-07-01
Description
The overall goal of this proposed program (through Phase III) is to develop a chip-scale assay that can detect, identify, and quantify the presence of Category A (or B) bioagents in water at the required sensitivity (e.g. 8000 B. anthracis spores or 50µg of ricin per liter water) within 10 minutes. During the Phase I program feasibility was demonstrated by successfully detecting the capture of less than 10 Bacillus anthracis-Sterne (BAS) spores in under 15 minutes by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). During the Phase II program, a prototype Portable Bioagent Water Analyzer capable of detecting as many as 10 different bioagents in water within 10 minutes at the required sensitivity and specificity. Actual Category A bioagents will be measured at the US Army"s Edgwood Chem Bio Center for component testing in Phase II and prototype testing in Phase III to bring the prototype to a technology transition level of 6.