SBIR-STTR Award

Development of an agile device that can deliver supplies to and from remote locations during public health emergencies In the context of emergency public health response drones could be extremely useful for transporting necessary supplies to remote or inaccessible locations Supplies might include dry goods but would certainly include clinical specimens reagent kits vaccines and other perishable goods These materials would have to be transported at appropriate ambient temperature in order to be utilized as intended upon reaching their intended destination The primary goals for this project are to increase the utility of drone transport of perishable materials by engineering a lightweight transport box that is Airtight Impervious to outdoor temperature and Highly secure In this waypatient specimens vaccinestest kit reagents and enzymes must securely arrive at their intended destination at ambient temperature Since battery technology is rapidly improving as evidenced by current patent applications this is not a specific aim of the proposal