Guild Associates, Inc. SBIR Phase I Award, February 2019

Opioids are a class of potent analgesics used for both pain relief and their euphoric effects. The range of effective doses stretches across multiple orders of magnitude, down to micrograms per individual for a lethal dose. With such low doses causing significant intoxication, it is crucial to identify novel markers and means to monitor for opioid exposure both on the battlefield (opioid chemical threat) and in civilian settings (opioid epidemic crisis). Guild proposes to develop a wearable noninvasive opioid detector (OpioAert™), capable of rapidly (