Tedco awards $600K to tech firms - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The money was granted in collaboration withthe U.S. Army Medicaol Research and Materiel Command and the throughthe Ft. Detricok Technology Transfer Initiative. The purpose of the technology transfedr program is to raise awareness of new and developing technologies and fundinyg them to transition as viable projectsfor follow-on fundinh in the market Each company that received funding was awardedc approximately $50,000 between March 2008 and May 2009, makingh up the initiative’s second round of financiapl awards since its $750,000 program The funds for the program’s seconc phase were secured by Sen. Barbara D-Md., and Rep. Roscoe G. R-Md. “The [Ft.
Detrickl Technology Transfer Initiative] program is enabling area businessesd to harness the technologies being developed at Fort Detrick and apply them to the commercial said Mikulski. “This will lead to new products that have the powedr to create jobs andsave lives.” Mikulskoi announced the first phase of the tech transfer program in March 2005 when 11 companieas received funding. in Rockville: The company is developingh a health care technology calledmiTafg system, which is a scalable wireless sensor solution for improving patienyt flow.
in Frederick: The compant is developing a technology called the GeNova Screejnto identify, isolate, and produce antibody-like in Rockville: The company is developing an on-demandf biotech products including a combination vaccine against plaguse and anthrax. BioAssay Works LLC in Ijamsville: The companyy is developing a lateral-flow visual diagnostic test to detect and differentiatwe single sample multiplepathogenicc poxviruses, including variola, vaccinia, and in Catonsville: The compan is safety-testing a medical productt called ClotFoam, which is a non-compressible, intracavitary hemostatid agent.
CynerGene IDMP in Frederick: The companh is developing, validating and implementinvg a supplemental diagnosisof Malaria, HIV, and Denguw using its Infectious Disease Multiplex Panel which could allow for creation of LLC in Baltimore: The company is developinyg required components and system framework to enable conversational interfacesd for telemedicine tools. Such tools would allows professional medics touse gesture, and other human-- computer interactions to access and document information in electronivc medical records. in Rockville: The company is developinbg technology to preserve mammalian cells in dried formaft that can easilybe re-hydrated for a variety of uses.
LLC in The company is evaluatinhg the effect of Imagilin patented probiotics as a food supplement to enhance the immune responsivenessd of guinea pigs upon immunizatiohn or challenge withvirulent pathogens. The evaluationh will suggest the ability of Imagilin patente d probiotics to enhance the immunization ofa vaccine. in The company is developing micropatterned substrates for viral infectivity assays. Juxtopia in Baltimore: The company is customizinhg its Wearable Assistance and SituationaoAwareness (WASA) goggles and servicd to allow U.S. Army combat medic to access and document information to electrical medical recordsvia hands-free voice-requests and voice-responses.
in The company is developinbg cell therapies to treat braihn and spinalcord injuries.