Platypus awarded $400K for nano asthma monitor

March 4, 2009: The National Institutes of Health has awarded nanotech life-science company Platypus Technologies LLC $400,000 to develop its liquid crystal technology for an asthma monitor, according to a report in the Business Journal of Milwaukee (Wisconsin).

The two-year Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant will help develop and commercialize patented technology for a supersensitive nitric oxide detector, the paper reported.

Platypus has received more than $18 million in federal dollars to develop its nano-based products for environmental monitoring, infectious disease testing and homeland security, according to the report.

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