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...
This Project Grant award of $305,000.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) federal grant program. The award will fund the development of a non-invasive radiofrequency sensing technology for home-based monitoring of heart and lung function. The research objectives include designing improved antennas for ambulatory use, improving signal processing techniques to mitigate interference, and validating the system's...
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...
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...
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...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,976 to Ecate LLC aims to develop a novel intraspinal stimulator system to restore sensation and volitional motor control in spinal cord injury patients. The project will fabricate nanopatterned stimulating electrodes coupled with custom CMOS chips to deliver spatially selective electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. This closed-loop neural interface system is intended...
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 Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $274,274 to X-Cor Therapeutics Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Washington, DC, to develop a novel respiratory dialysis system for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The project aims to optimize a prototype that can efficiently remove excess carbon dioxide from the blood of COPD patients, with the goal of...
This Project Grant award of $295,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a novel implantable system leveraging distraction osteogenesis as a treatment for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). The project aims to design and develop a low-profile implantable transverse tibial transport device with an active mechanical mechanism to transversely distract or retract a cut tibia bone segment in a...
CPR Therapeutics Inc. received a $512,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated multimodal cardiopulmonary resuscitation system. The one-year award will support preclinical research and optimization studies using a swine model of cardiac arrest to design a next-generation proof-of-concept prototype. The system aims to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest patients by integrating multiple...