Block Grant 15PBJA21GG01538JAGX

This $7,836,599.00 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will support the development of a novel centrifugal left ventricular assist device (LVAD) with wireless power transfer and anti-thrombotic coating technology. The prime awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will lead the research and development efforts, which include fabricating and characterizing slippery hydrophilic (SLIC) coatings to improve...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $306,643 to Mira Medical, LLC to develop a new extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) pump designed for efficient low blood flow rates needed to treat pediatric and neonatal patients. The key objectives are to design, develop, and test a low-flow ECMO pump capable of operating at 0.05 to 0.5 L/min (50 to 500 cc/min) to...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $793,956 Project Grant (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to Resuscitation Innovations LLC, doing business as Advancedcpr Solutions LLC, for the project titled "HEAD UP CPR AND AORTIC OCCLUSION TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL AFTER REFRACTORY CARDIAC ARREST". The 1-year 23-day project aims to address the high mortality rate for refractory cardiac arrest patients,...

This $8.7 million project grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports the development of patient care technologies for permanent ambulatory artificial lung support from May 2022 to April 2026. Carnegie Mellon University is the primary awardee and will develop technologies to transition a pulmonary assist system to long-term support of chronic lung disease patients. Vanderbilt University Medical...

The Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) has awarded a $2,172,212.00 project grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop a biomimetic, self-deploying intubation device for safer and more effective airway management in austere, far-forward environments. UCSB has engaged Vine Medical Inc. and Stanford University as sub-awardees to collaborate on this multi-year (Sep 2023 - Sep 2025) research and development effort. The...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $397,891 Project Grant under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to Advanced Medical Electronics Corp (A M E C), a for-profit medical technology company. The grant funding supports the development of an innovative, single-operator pneumothorax decompression device to improve the safety and time efficiency of therapeutic decompression procedures for neonatal patients. The project aims to create a prototype...

This $5,400,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will provide Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. with critical equipment to support its Hennepin Healthcare Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The funding will be used to purchase five road rescue ambulances, one squad vehicle, one pickup truck, and two adult and baby patient simulation mannequins. This equipment will allow Hennepin...

This $2,202,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Boone Memorial Hospital (BMH) in Madison, West Virginia to purchase a da Vinci 5 robotic surgery system. This advanced medical equipment will enhance surgical capabilities and improve healthcare access and outcomes for the rural population of Southwestern West Virginia served by BMH. The da Vinci 5 system is expected to reduce...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) provides $1,550,000 to Saint Joseph Hospital in Bangor, Maine to replace their outdated MRI scanner. The current MRI scanner has significant limitations in terms of imaging capabilities and patient comfort, which has resulted in the need for additional MRI scans and suboptimal patient experiences. The new MRI scanner, the MAGNETOM SOLA, will offer a...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) provides $293,653 to 3DT Holdings, LLC to develop a software tool for optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), conduction system pacing (CSP), and left ventricular endocardial pacing (LVEP) therapies. The goal is to reduce non-responder rates and improve patient identification for these therapies, especially in patients with ischemic...