The National Science Foundation awarded a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant to Current Surgical Inc. from May 15, 2021 to November 30, 2021 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant funds the development of a smart needle for precise tumor ablation. The NSF Engineering program supports innovation, creativity, and excellence in engineering research and education to improve quality of life and economic strength. This award advances those goals by...
The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $256,000 Project Grant to develop an automatic debridement device from August 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award under the Engineering (47.041) program will support the creation of a product to automatically remove dead, damaged, or infected tissue. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research, consistent with...
The National Science Foundation awarded Winter Innovations, Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnership's SBIR PHASE I program. The award period runs from May 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 and supports the development of a novel suturing device. The NSF SBIR PHASE I program aims to advance science, engineering, and technology innovations through funding early-stage research and development of technologies with promising commercial potential. Under this award,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,000,000 in funding to Winter Innovations, Inc. to develop a novel suturing device for orthopedic ligament and tendon surgical procedures. The innovation utilizes a two-part needle technology to improve surgical consistency, reduce procedure times by one-third, and decrease revision rates by nearly two-thirds compared to current...
Resuture Inc. received a $273,462 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an Open Vascular Surgical Training System for Skill Acquisition and Evaluation. The NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) aims to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under this award dated February 15, 2021 with a completion date of January 31, 2022, Resuture will create a virtual reality simulator to...
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 Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $264,016 to Surgical Vision Systems, Inc. to design and develop a novel semi-autonomous, image-guided robotic suturing system for microvascular surgical procedures. The key products and services to be delivered include: Development of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system integrated with a robotic microvascular suturing tool to...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports the development of an innovative, intelligent surgical probe for prostate cancer treatment. The project aims to create an edge artificial intelligence (AI) system-on-chip for bioimpedance analysis that can accurately distinguish cancerous from healthy tissue during prostate removal surgery. The novel technology being developed includes an adaptive filter to...
Sentire Medical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant to develop an intraoperative monitoring device to detect bowel injuries during laparoscopic surgical procedures. The goal of the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program is to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies that address national challenges. Through this award, Sentire Medical will characterize gases present during laparoscopic surgery to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $273,563 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Medicarbone Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The objective of this 12-month project is to design, develop, and demonstrate the feasibility of a minimally-invasive intramedullary (IM) sleeve system with an in situ, photocurable, and removable polymeric bone cement for the treatment of orthopedic fractures. The project aims to address...