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Tricorder Array Technologies Animal Welfare Sensor

Award Number: R44OD026185
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2025

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Tricorder Array Technologies Animal Welfare Sensor - PROJECT SUMMARY Tricorder Array Technologies, LLC (Tricorder), will develop, in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), SIDECARe™ (Tricorder Array Technologies Animal Welfare Sensor). SIDECARe™ is set to improve research animal care at the cage level on a massive cost-effective scale by automating the collection of relevant data to enhance consistency and reproducibility of animal models. SIDECARe™ will revolutionize monitoring the health and well- being of mice by being the first to categorize mouse ultrasonic vocalizations (mUSV). In this Phase-II application, aim 1 completes the integration of the continuous mUSV monitoring solution into SIDECARe™ devices. Aim 2 expands SIDECARe™ Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled classification capabilities to cover the top causes of research disruption. Aim 3 optimizes the SIDECARe™ system via beta deployments in the UAB vivarium workflow. Finally, aim 4 deploys beta systems at external test sites for pre-sales trials. Tricorder’s innovative use of ultrasonic sensors allows the sensor array to pick up mouse vocalizations and use them to interpret health and social events in the cage. SIDECARe™ utilizes a distributed approach to deployment of the AI algorithms required for effective segmentation and interpretation of mUSVs. The focus of the current AI algorithms for SIDECARe™ is to detect conditions such as mouse pups in a cage, flooded cages, fighting animals, and ulcerative dermatitis. The continuous acquisition of mUSV data across increasing numbers of cages, however, represents a wealth of unexplored data available for future development of novel algorithms and new understandings of mouse behavior and well-being. Of particular importance to the SIDECARe™ system is to integrate continuous machine-learning algorithms, which constantly evolve to better identify additional factors and trends that contribute to increased rates of morbidity and mortality. The recorded presence of specific environmental conditions (cage lighting levels, temperature variations, humidity, ambient noise levels) correlated with mouse behaviors are useful for studying research outcomes and/or reproducibility.


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: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2023	TRICORDER ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC	1500 1ST AVE N UNIT 7	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35203	JEFFERSON	USA	Research Infrastructure Programs	000	3	1/28/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,173,499 )
2023	2023	TRICORDER ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC	1500 1ST AVE N	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35203	JEFFERSON	USA	Research Infrastructure Programs	000	3	8/28/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,173,499
														Subtotal = $1,173,499

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,173,499 )
2022	2022	TRICORDER ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC	1500 1ST AVE N UNIT 7	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35203	JEFFERSON	USA	Research Infrastructure Programs	000	2	9/7/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,173,499
														Subtotal = $1,173,499

Grand Total All Awards = $2,346,998

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Tricorder Array Technologies Animal Welfare Sensor

Award Number: R44OD026185

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2025

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