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Sperry Medtech Inc. received a $255,382 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation on March 1, 2021 to develop a novel respiratory ventilator for clinical care in response to COVID-19. The award was made under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and innovation. With this funding, Sperry Medtech will work to advance a new ventilator design that...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has awarded a $1,160,157 Project Grant (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to Liberandum Technologies, Inc. to develop and test a bidirectional synchronous flow-controlled ventilation system called "VentSafe" to improve oxygenation and ventilation in patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The goal of this Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is to overcome the limitations of...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) provides $295,924 to Convergent Engineering, Inc. to develop a prototype decision support system for personalized mechanical ventilation care. The system aims to simplify the use of esophageal pressure measurements to optimize ventilator settings and prevent complications for ventilated patients. The project has two key objectives: 1) Building a...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $256,000 to Colabs, Inc. to develop an automated airway and ventilator system that eliminates human operator variability during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The system aims to reliably place an airway tube for ventilation, synchronize air delivery with chest compressions, and enable cardiac defibrillation at lower voltages through an electrode...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $842,408 Project Grant under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to Inspire RX LLC, a start-up company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The goal of this 18-month project is to refine and further evaluate Inspire RX's "Aerosolve Biohelmet", a personal negative pressure device capable of preventing the spread of aerosolized pathogens while enabling non-invasive oxygen therapies for patients with highly...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant awarded $274,440 to Vine Medical Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company, to develop a proof-of-concept for a self-deploying endotracheal intubation device. The proposed soft robotics system aims to achieve over a 90% first-pass intubation success rate, which would improve patient outcomes and reduce complications during emergency airway management procedures. The device is designed to...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the federal Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), awarded a $306,643 project grant to Mira Medical, LLC to develop a new extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) pump designed to efficiently accommodate the low flow rates needed for pediatric and neonatal patients. The project aims to design, develop, and test a low-flow ECMO pump capable of operating at flow rates from 0.05 to 0.5 L/min, which is an order of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,296 Cooperative Agreement to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Gainesville, FL, to develop a rapid, low-temperature plasma prototype for disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), medical devices, food products and other materials from pathogens like COVID-19. The project, funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to deliver a market-ready sterilization solution...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,961 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to Rush River Research Corp. The grant aims to develop a low-cost, automated receptacle for rapid point-of-care sterilization of personal protective equipment, such as filtering facepiece respirators, for frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the company will construct and...

Compact Medical Inc. received a $255,925 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a novel respiratory bag-valve-mask resuscitator. The grant was awarded on August 15, 2021 under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041) and will support product development activities through February 28, 2022. The Engineering program seeks to foster innovation in engineering research and education to improve quality of life and economic strength....