NanoSort has received a two year, small business innovation research (SBIR) grant worth $698,000 from National Institutes of Health. The grant was offered by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of NIH.
NanoSort will use this SBIR to develop advanced personal flow cytometers. The company utilizes lab-on-a-chip technology to significantly lower the cost and size of flow cytometers yet delivering superior performance.
The CEO of NanoSort, Dr. Jose Morachis, stated that the company has developed advanced technologies to offer an economical fluorescent-activated cell sorter that is compact and cost effective. It also provides enhanced abilities when compared to existing technologies.
Flow cytometry is an extensively used biomedical approach that can list, investigate, and sort particles and cells. The company’s research and development team will utilize technologies developed at UC San Diego to manufacture products that satisfy market requirements in point-of-care clinics and cutting-edge biomedical research. According to Dr. Morachis, the company hopes to considerably extend the novel technology with the development of the COlor-Space-Time (COST) coding method, thus allowing multi-parameter recognition with a photomultiplier tube (PMT) detector.
Nanosort is a biomedical equipment company that concentrates on developing new flow cytometry technologies for diagnostic, research, and drug discovery markets.
Source: http://www.nanosort.net