SBIR Phase I: Nanoelectronic Capnography Sensors

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发和商业化新一代低成本，一次性二氧化碳气体传感器基于碳纳米管传感器元件。这些传感器将联合收割机结合尖端的纳米电子学和识别化学涂层，制造出可以测量呼吸中二氧化碳的纳米传感器。传感器将足够小，以适合需要呼吸监测的患者的呼吸管或鼻插管。这一创新将降低许多外科手术的成本，并通过将二氧化碳监测与昂贵的固定监测设备分离，促进移动的和临时环境中的二氧化碳监测。净效益将包括改善患者护理和降低医疗保健提供者的成本。该项目将利用最近的发展，在制造混合纳米管硅传感器。这个项目将有助于将纳米技术从研究实验室转移到商业领域，从而鼓励额外的投资和整体研发支出。 也许最重要的是，这项技术有可能在改善患者护理的同时降低医疗成本。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop and commercialize a new generation of low-cost, disposable carbon dioxide gas sensors based on carbon nanotube sensor elements. The sensors will combine cutting-edge nanoelectronics with recognition chemistry coatings to make nanosensors that can measure carbon dioxide in breath (capnography). The sensors will be small enough to fit into the respiratory tube or nasal cannulae of patients requiring respiratory monitoring. This innovation will lower the cost of many surgical procedures and facilitate capnography monitoring in mobile and temporary settings by decoupling capnography from expensive, fixed monitoring equipment. The net benefits will include improved patient care and lower costs for healthcare providers. The project will take advantage of recent developments in fabricating hybrid nanotube-silicon transducers. This project will help move nanotechnology out of research laboratories into the commercial realm, thereby encouraging additional investment and overall R&D spending. Perhaps most important of all, the technology has the potential to make a small but important move toward lowered healthcare costs with improved patient care.