Project Grant 1046103

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University to investigate technologies and practices that enable remote physicians to collaborate with on-site nurses to perform medical physical examinations. The research will develop touch sensing and display technologies, interaction methodologies, and medical/nursing practices for remote physical examinations using nurse-worn tactile sensing gloves and a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, TX $248,310 to research and develop technologies and practices that enable remote physicians to collaborate with nurses at local sites to perform medical physical examinations. The key products and services to be delivered include: The project will investigate touch sensing and display technologies, interaction methodologies and designs,...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $366,700 Project Grant under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program to The Leland Stanford Junior University. The project aims to develop specifications for wearable devices that can act as haptic sensory prostheses to replace lost touch sensation due to conditions like amputation, diabetes, and stroke. The key objectives are to:...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop an innovative screening tool for early detection of breast cancer. The $305,000 award to Bired Imaging Inc. supports the efficient extraction of thermal-spatial point-cloud data from infrared images and the rapid assessment of physics-based AI algorithms to improve cancer detection, especially in women with dense breasts. The...

Lilu Inc. received a $276,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a sensor-based bra that measures breast milk output and monitors changes in breast volume before and after breastfeeding or breast pumping. The NSF grant will support Lilu Inc.'s work from May 2021 through November 2021 to create a wearable technology solution that objectively tracks the impact...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant award of $275,000 to Surgic, LLC, located in Amarillo, TX, is for the development of a customizable surgical training platform supported by artificial intelligence. The project aims to improve the realism of recreated patient anatomy and enable scenario customization during surgical training using 3D printing, mechanical testing, and machine learning techniques. The platform will provide...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $620,104.00 to The Johns Hopkins University to develop and validate an innovative training tool for catalyzing visual-haptic acuity in robotic minimally invasive surgery (RMIS). The central objective is to create a training solution that can augment RMIS...

This $110,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities will support the development of an augmented/virtual reality nursing assistant training program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The training program aims to address staffing shortages in long-term care settings through improving certified nursing assistants' (CNAs) attitudes, perceptions and communication skills related to caring for older adult patients....

The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $256,000 Project Grant to The Natural Nipple Corp. of Tampa, FL for its "NOVEL INFANT FEEDING SYSTEM FOR BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT AND BIOFEEDBACK ANALYSIS" proposal. Under this award, The Natural Nipple Corp. will develop a novel infant feeding system that provides breastfeeding support and biofeedback analysis. The system aims to support mothers through the breastfeeding process and analyze infant feeding...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award (CFDA 47.070) of $195,000 will fund the development of a weakly-supervised breast cancer detection system using active and weakly-supervised learning techniques to improve breast cancer diagnosis from ultrasound images. The project aims to create a deep learning model that can detect breast cancer effectively with minimal annotations, addressing the challenges of noisy, low-contrast...