Reference number : 172-2022-2023-Q4-1002656, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : Mimosa Diagnostics Inc., recipient country : CA, recipient province : ON, recipient city : Toronto|Toronto, recipient postal code : M5C 2B5, program name english : Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, program name french : Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises, program purpose english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, program purpose french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, agreement title english : Investigation of skin pigmentation effects, agreement title french : Étude des effets de la pigmentation de la peau, agreement number : 1002656, agreement value : 65000.0, agreement start date : 2023-02-24, agreement end date : 2023-06-16, description english : Melanin, the primary pigment that influences skin tone, affects the readings of optical technologies that are used to measure Oxygen Saturation. MIMOSA is exploring the use of its hardware platform to compensate for melanin inclusion., description french : La mélanine, le pigment primaire qui influence le teint de la peau, affecte les lectures des technologies optiques utilisées pour mesurer la saturation en oxygène. MIMOSA étudie l’utilisation de sa plateforme matérielle pour compenser l’inclusion de mélanine., expected results english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, expected results french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada