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VCU Licenses VCURES Invention to Oxford Optronix Ltd.
Oxford Optronix (http://www.oxford-optronix.com/) a world leader in tissue oxygen and blood flow monitoring has licensed from VCU a novel tissue oxygen monitoring technology developed by VCURES (www.vcures.org). Full Story.
VCURES Awarded Grant from Office of Naval Research to Determine Role of Sublingual Capnometry in Detecting Presence of Severity of Hemorrhage
The Office of Naval Research Casualty Care and Management Program has awarded VCURES a three-year grant for $760,000 to examine the utility of sublingual capnometry in hemorrhage and trauma. Full Story.

C3B and VCURES Collaboration Awarded $2.8 Million Grant from U.S. Army to Develop Implantable Lactate BioChip to Determine Severity of Hemorrhage.
The Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Virginia Commonwealth University has received notice of a $ 2.8 million award from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (DoD PRMRP) of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materials Command's Office to support the development of implantable biochips with remote powering and readout capabilities. Full Story.
Office of Naval Research Awards VCURES Grant to Examine the Role of Androstenetriol in Reducing Mortality from Traumatic Shock
The U.S. Office of Naval Research’s Casualty Care and Management Program has awarded VCURES a three year $430,000 grant to study the use of androstenetriol for the treatment of traumatic shock. Full Story
VCURES Partners with Bio-Track LLC to Win SBIR Award from Department of Defense to Develop New One-Handed Tourniquet and Emergency Airway Device for U.S. Special Forces.
VCURES and Bio-Track LLC (http://www.bio-track.com/index2.html) have partnered to successfully obtain a $100,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop critical care medical tools for the Special Operation Forces. Full Story.
VCURES Provides Important Lectures at METI’S Annual HSPN Meeting.
Two senior VCURES investigators were selected to provide key lectures and workshops at the 2003 Human Simulator Patient Network (HSPN) meeting sponsored by METI (http://www.meti.com/home.html). Full Story.
VCURES Develops Unique Multidisciplinary Course on Management of the Difficult Airway
VCURES has recently developed and is providing educational courses in the Management of the Difficult Airway (MDA). Airway management skills are a necessary component to anyone involved in the care of the critically ill or injured patient. Full Story.
VCURES Investigators Present Findings at DARPA Metabolic Engineering for Cellular Stasis Meeting.
Dr. R. Wayne Barbee and Eric Edwards presented the work VCURES is performing in the area of metabolic down-regulation at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Metabolic Engineering for Cellular Stasis principal investigator meeting. Full Story.
VCURES Research Fellow Wins Prestigious Critical Care Research Award
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Critical Care awarded Melissa Evans, MD its 2002 New Investigator Research Award. Dr. Evans is a Pediatric Critical Care fellow in the VCU Department of Pediatrics and Division of Pediatric Critical Care. Full Story.
VCURES Investigator Invention Profiled in Optics Trade Magazine
A device developed by Roland Pittman, PhD was featured in the 2002 July/August edition of Biophotonics International. The invention is a stabilization device that improves the quality of capillary blood flow images using the technique of orthogonal polarization spectral imaging (OPSI). Full Story.
VCURES Represented in Force at 2002 Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care Meeting.
Five VCURES investigators attended the 2002 Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) (http://www.usaccc.org/ataccc/) meeting in St. Pete Beach, FL September 9-13 2002. The VCURES team had 6 presentations, which was more than any nonmilitary entity at the meeting. Full Story

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