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    [RESPONSE NEEDED AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE]

    WANTED:
    Design specifications and pricing for Pressure Sensing Transducers and
    associated data recording device.
    -- commercially available preferred
    -- custom fabrication considered

    APPLICATION:
    We want to assess compliance for the use of a plastic body jacket in the
    treatment of scoliosis; recommended usage will be 23 hours ON, 1 hour OFF,
    with exceptions from time to time.

    SPECIFICATIONS:
    -- Pressure sensing will be needed only for on/off states, rather than the
    measurement of actual pressure values.

    -- Pressure sensors should NOT be adversely affected by temperature (i.e.,
    an instrumented body jacket left in a hot automobile should not record wear
    compliance during this time period.)

    -- Two pressure sensors are anticipated, mounted flush with the interior
    surface of the body jacket, most likely adjacent to the lateral rib cage on
    each side of the body.

    -- The data recorder should be of low profile (less than 3/8 inches), and
    preferably of flexible or somewhat concave construction. It should be
    capable of sampling the sensors once each hour, and storing the information
    for a six month duration, although other sampling rates and durations will
    be considered. The power requirements for the device should be met with an
    integral power supply, such that the entire data recorder and power supply
    are no larger than 6 in x 4 in x 3/8 in. The smaller, the better.

    -- The sensors and data recorder will be fabricated into a body jacket by
    an orthotist.

    -- The recorder should be capable of downloading to an IBM compatible
    personal computer; we expect this to occur once every six months (see
    above),

    Please respond to me at the e-mail address below. Quick replies will
    facilitate inclusion in the budget section of a grant application.

    Frank L Buczek, Jr, PhD
    Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory
    Shriners Hospitals for Children
    1645 West 8th Street, Erie, PA 16505, USA
    (814) 875-8805 voice, fbuczek@erie.net

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