SBIR-STTR Award

AmpHP, Inc, doing business as Amp Human, is based in Park City, Utah and designs and manufactures products to help humans push their physical limits. Amp Human has a proven and patent pending skin absorption technology that delivers nutrients directly through the skin in a lotion base which allows athletes to regulate their body chemistry. Our flagship product, PR Lotion, gives the body more bicarb (a natural electrolyte) to neutralize lactic acid in muscles which allows athletes to push harder, feel better, and go longer.

We are seeking to adapt our flagship product PR Lotion to solve the critical and widespread issue of tactical dehydration among aircrew. Tactical dehydration is the practice of limiting fluid intake to reduce the need to void the bladder in flight. Tactical dehydration risks lives and aircraft by reducing cognitive ability in flight due to dehydration. We propose adapting PR Lotion, which is known to cause water retention, into a hydration intervention with a full protocol for how users can tactically hydrate before missions without increasing the need to urinate.