Project Grant 90BISB0029

This $256,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of an automated chest tube to prevent clotting. Circulatech LLC will design and prototype a novel chest tube that proactively manages fluid flow within the catheter lumen to flush and drain the tube, reducing blood clot formation. Through a process called "dilutional coagulopathy," the tube will use sterile saline or anticoagulants to reduce thrombosis in the drainage space rather than relying on...

This Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, provides $920,176 under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program to develop a smart aspiration catheter with fiber optic pressure sensors for mechanical thrombectomy procedures to treat acute ischemic stroke. The catheter will be designed, prototyped and validated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute to provide real-time data to interventionalists on the interaction...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), aims to develop a catheter end cap with an antimicrobial luminal insert to reduce the risk of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients. The $591,844 award to Allvivo Vascular, Inc. will fund the development and characterization of a prototype "Gatekeeper Antimicrobial Barrier...

The National Science Foundation awarded Juggernaut Life Sciences LLC a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a smart, semi-autonomous fluid drainage system for surgical procedures. The one-year project will create a prototype robotic device with integrated ultrasound probe, anesthetic syringe, scalpel, and aspiration needle to demonstrate the feasibility of semi-autonomously performing paracentesis procedures to drain...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $412,250 to Arizona State University to develop a continuous, real-time, automated smart catheter analyzer for early identification of sepsis through urine biomarkers. The goal is to enable clinicians to quickly respond and support heart and lung function in sepsis patients. The 2-year R61 (Phase I) project will design and develop the smart catheter...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $550,000 to The Johns Hopkins University to develop a remote monitoring system to reduce infections in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). The goal is to create a medical device that can enable high-frequency, real-time monitoring of cellular biomarkers in dialysate fluid, allowing for faster detection and diagnosis of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $704,672 to develop an implantable device to improve vascular access and safety for hemodialysis patients. The device features a 3D-printed titanium shell that guides the hemodialysis needle to the correct insertion point, and a titanium-nitride coated valve that stops bleeding upon...

The federal Project Grant award R01EB036015, funded by 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), supports the development of a novel robotic catheter placement system with shape-sensing technology to enable adaptive, real-time image-guided brachytherapy for gynecologic cancers. The $1,938,467 award will fund the creation of a teleoperated...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), provides $1,749,465.00 to Bright Uro, Inc. to develop a catheter-free, extended-monitoring urodynamics device for quantitative, real-time bladder management in spinal cord-injured patients. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 1, 2026. The goal of this project is to create an innovative medical device that can assist in the care and treatment...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,816,884 Project Grant (R01EB035559) under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program to Children's Research Institute. This 4-year project aims to develop and evaluate a new image-guided robotic system to improve the precision and reduce radiation exposure in orthopedic surgery for pediatric slipped capital femoral epiphysis...