SBIR-STTR Award

Measuring Fiberscope For Medical Diagnosis
Award last edited on: 3/3/02

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
NIH : NCRR
Total Award Amount
$97,711
Award Phase
1
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Principal Investigator
Alexander Rizkin

Company Information

FarLight

20600 Gramercy Place Suite 201
Torrance, CA 90501
   (310) 782-1369
   rtudhope@farlight.com
   www.farlight.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 43
County: Los Angeles

Phase I

Contract Number: 1R43RR13235-01
Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
Phase I year
1998
Phase I Amount
$97,711
FarLight proposes to design, fabricate, and test a new tool for medical diagnosis a flexible endoscope (fiberscope) that allows real-time dimensional measurements to be made. The measurements made with the use of the proposed device will be much more accurate than those made with existing methods that are based on the comparison of the object s size with the size of the surgical endoscopic forceps inserted through the instrument channel. The proposed device does not require long preliminary calibration as in the more accurate methods that have recently become available. With the proposed device, calibration is done in seconds. At any time during the diagnostic procedure and at any distance between the scope tip and the subject. The performance of the proposed scope will be superior to that of conventional scopes. The cost is expected to be the same as that of conventional scopes.Proposed Commercial Application:The proposed measuring fiberscope will greatly enhance the diagnostic usefulness of endoscopes and will wide application in medical markets. This technology could also find use in many non-medical imaging tools and applications, including borescopes, robotics, and manufacturing.

Thesaurus Terms:
biomedical equipment development, clinical biomedical equipment, diagnosis design /evaluation, endoscopy, measurement time resolved dataNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

Phase II

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