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....
Spirrow Therapeutics LLC received a $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop polymer surfactant therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), including that caused by COVID-19. The grant period runs from February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2022. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and...
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...
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 Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Compact Medical Inc., a for-profit medical device manufacturer, a $999,931 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The funding supports the development and testing of a novel, adjustable bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator device that allows emergency providers to deliver customized air volumes and pressures based on patient body size. This advanced resuscitator aims to address issues with...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provided $255,943 to Athem LLC from February 15, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The grant funded the development of a medical device to isolate and purify therapeutic antibodies from recovered COVID-19 donors. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research. This award aimed to advance those goals by...
The National Science Foundation awarded Aural Analytics, Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funded the company's "STTR PHASE I: REMOTE ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN HOSPITAL PATIENTS BASED ON SPEECH ACOUSTICS (COVID-19)" project from June 15, 2021 to February 28, 2022. The project aimed to develop technology using speech acoustics to remotely assess respiratory function in hospital patients, which has applications for...
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), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.837), awarded $1,160,157 to Liberandum Technologies, Inc. on September 1, 2024 for a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project. The goal of this project is to develop and test a bidirectional synchronous flow-controlled ventilation system to improve oxygenation and ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The proposed...
The federal 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 personalizing mechanical ventilation care. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: Building a hardware and software system that simplifies the use of esophageal pressure (PES) monitoring to optimize mechanical...