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SELF-DISPENSING RESPIRATORY EFFORT BAND

Award Number: R44HL068352
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2001
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2006

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SELF-DISPENSING RESPIRATORY EFFORT BAND - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Korosensor.com, Inc. (KI) proposes to develop a disposable self-dispensing respiratory effort band to reliably detect subtle apnea and improve registration of sleep disordered respiratory events. The effects of sleep disordered breathing, including obstructive apnea syndrome (OAS) and Cheyene-Stokes breathing lead to excessive daytime sleepiness, high blood pressure, heart failure and stroke. The incidence of apnea-related fragmented sleep and cardiovascular abnormalities continues to increase, affecting up to 18 million Americans and 4% of the middle-aged adult population. Existing effort band technology has a number of problems including sensitivity to sleep patient movement (i.e. repositioning) causing data inconsistency; band slippage causing poor respiratory event registration; and restrictive patient fit resulting in patient discomfort. The proposed Phase II project will focus on the development of a Medical-grade Smart Textile (MST) effort band that can be self-dispensed like a roll of tape, offering a low-cost disposable product that eliminates custom band sizes and effort band tension setting via loop or buckle setting, and improves detection of subtle apnea for sleep patients. A smart textile fashioned into an effort band incorporating conductive fibers is proposed to sense thoraco-abdominal respiratory movement. This low-cost self-dispensing method of sensing respiratory rate could significantly improve detection of sleep-disordered breathing through "full-circumference" respiratory event characterization.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $285,902 )
2005	2005	KOROSENSOR.COM INC	3421 50TH STREET NORTHEAST	BUFFALO	MN	55313	WRIGHT	USA	National Center on Sleep Disorders Research	000	3	6/22/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$285,902
														Subtotal = $285,902

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $303,415 )
2004	2004	KOROSENSOR.COM INC	3421 50TH STREET NORTHEAST	BUFFALO	MN	55313	WRIGHT	USA	National Center on Sleep Disorders Research	000	2	4/30/2004	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$303,415
														Subtotal = $303,415

Grand Total All Awards = $589,317

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SELF-DISPENSING RESPIRATORY EFFORT BAND

Award Number: R44HL068352

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2001

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2006

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