Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), P.O. Box 999, (MSIN K3-04), Richland, WA 99352

65 -- PORTABLE ULTRA SOUND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM SOL 316753 DUE 031599 POC Doug Akers, Contracting Officer, 509/375-3860 WEB: http://aims.pnl.gov:2080/MUSTPAC-2, http://aims.pnl.gov:2080/MUSTPAC-2. E-MAIL: http://aims.pnl.gov:2080/MUSTPAC-2, doug.akers@pnl.gov. Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division (Battelle) seeks interested parties to commercialize and/or license Battelle's MUSTPAC (tm) System. MUSTPAC (tm) is an ultrasound medical imaging system that can scan patients to generate 3-D volumetric digital datasets, interactivey generate 3-D and 2-D images for use by diagnosticians, and optionally transfer datasets over standard communication links to facilitate remort diagnosis and consultation. It is designed to work in a telemedicine framework, enabling diagnositcally useful ultrasound scans to be taken by an operator with diagnostic skills, modest training, and no online connection to an expert. The earlier versions of MUSTPAC (tm) were developed under a research project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The DARPA MUSTPAC program saw the system deployed with US Forces to Bosnia in 1996, receive a Discover Magazine Award in 1997, and deployed with a Mount Everest Expedition in 1998. Currently this system is being evaluated for use in clincal trials by the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD for shipboard deployment in 1999. DARPA's research ojectives have been met and the project has moved into the technology transfer stage. The current system configuration can be viewed at the MUSTPAC URL: http://aims.pnl.gov:2080/MUSTPAC-2 The next generation system, MUSTPAC 3, is currently being developed to support clinical trials (beginning in the spring of 1999) in remote operational environments by Mercy Health System, Bala Cynward, Pennsylvania and McKennan Medical System, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Interested firms must submit a statement of interest, including a description of the firm's financial and technical resources as well as the firm's experience in the medical and healthcare industry by March 15, 1999, c/o Doug Akers, Battelle Memorial Institute, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99352. Posted 02/04/99 (W-SN295097). (0035)

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