San Bernardino college awards grants to entrepreneurial firms

   Cal State San Bernardino's Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization has announced five grants to four Southern California companies and one Pennsylvania firm, totaling more than $450,000.  According to the release, the grants "go to entrepreneurial firms developing life-saving civilian and military medical applications."

   Winners are:

   Agilenano of Rancho Santa Fe received $75,000 to test and evaluate a product called AgileZorb, which may prevent or lessen injuries from explosive devices such as roadside bombs used against American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

   Intubation Plus Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, received $125,000 to develop the RespiScope, an intubation device used in emergency situations and operating rooms.

   Pacific Consolidated Industries LLC of Riverside received approximately $120,000 for work on its process of liquefying oxygen for emergency care.

   Integrated Medical Systems Inc. of Signal Hill received up to $125,000 for commercialization of its integrated medical system, the MedEx 1000 "suitcase ICU."

   IntelliDOT Corp. of San Diego was awarded more than $25,000 for the study of military medical markets that will use a bedside barcode point-of-care system to prevent medication errors.

   Information: Online at http://www.ottc.csusb.edu