Grantee Research Project Results
Development of a Multianalyte Biosensor Instrument
EPA Contract Number: 68D70028Title: Development of a Multianalyte Biosensor Instrument
Investigators: Schmidt, John C.
Small Business: Environmental Technologies Group Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1997 through March 1, 1998
Project Amount: $69,966
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1997) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , SBIR - Monitoring , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
This Phase I project will develop a multianalyte biosensor field screening instrument (MBFI). The MBFI has the potential to reduce the annual cost of environmental analyses in the United States by more than $20 million and to reduce the analysis turnaround time from approximately 19 days to less than 15 minutes. The major barrier to the development of a biosensor instrument for environmental measurements is the diversity of the environmental market; no one analyte is large enough to justify the development cost of a biosensor instrument. This project will overcome this barrier in two ways. First, the MBFI will use a common disposable biosensor that is capable of eventually being adapted to dozens of analytes. Second, the development cost will be minimized by using the instrument case, electronics, and disposable housing of the Metalyzer 3000TM currently manufactured by Environmental Technologies Group, Inc. Successful completion of this project will result in the development of a battery-operated, hand-held biosensor instrument and a series of disposable biosensors for several applications. The Phase I effort will determine the feasibility of two biosensors, one for phenolic compounds and one for pathogens.Supplemental Keywords:
small business, SBIR, monitoring, engineering, chemistry., RFA, Scientific Discipline, Air, Water, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Monitoring/Modeling, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Environmental Engineering, multi-analyte systems, multianalyte biosensor, biosensors, biosensorProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase II:
Development of a Multianalyte Biosensor InstrumentThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.