TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Biochemical Sensors Using Carbon Nanotube Arrays (TOP2-104)

NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: The reduction of cost and time is the major concern in clinical diagnostics. Low-cost microchips are desired for health monitoring and biomarker detection in space exploration, since conventional clinical lab facilities are bulky and expensive. NASA has successfully demonstrated a miniaturized electronics technology with extremely high sensitivity and simplified sample preparation for in-vitro detecting specific biomarker signatures, which is based on incorporating embedded vertically aligned carbon nanotubes as nanoelectrode arrays in diagnostics devices. The electroactive components inherent in the target molecules can be directly measured with electrocatalytic methods. Labor intensive and costly labeling and amplification processes can be skipped or minimized. This technology fuses micro- and nanotechnologies with biology, which dramatically improves the detection sensitivity so it has a great potential for development of low-cost disposable chips for rapid molecular analysis, that can be carried out with simple handheld devices. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA’s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP2-104 If you have any questions, please contact Ames Research Center [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.