Project Grant R41EB036929
- This Project Grant award, 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), is for the development of a low-cost, high-channel count research platform to enable democratization of 3D volumetric ultrasound. The $581,413 award to the University of Illinois aims to overcome the high cost barriers associated with 2D array ultrasound probes, which are...
- 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), is funding the development of an ultrasound-interrogated, implantable sensor for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in patients with hydrocephalus. The $131,085 grant, awarded on June 9, 2025, supports a 2-year project to design, fabricate, and test a passive ICP...
- This Project Grant award of $356,032 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847) supports the development of a novel bladder catheterization device. The project aims to create an innovative method for bladder drainage that addresses the significant morbidity and inconvenience associated with current catheterization approaches. Over 1 million Americans, including those with neurogenic bladder conditions, require catheter use for bladder drainage. The...
- 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...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $200,000 to Oakland University aims to develop a novel low-cost, wireless 3D ultrasound imaging system for use in low-resource settings. The key goals are to: 1) establish quantitative tools using signal processing and artificial intelligence to extract ultrasound-derived biomarkers for improved breast cancer diagnosis, and 2) develop a robust calibration, registration, and sensor fusion protocol to...
- This $395,695 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) aims to develop novel multi-modal ultrasound imaging methods for non-invasive, real-time monitoring of tissue healing and early prognosis. The project will investigate new prognostic markers related to vascular and interstitial fluid transport mechanisms to assess...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $206,132 and provided 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), aims to develop a wireless, battery-free bioelectronic implant for closed-loop neuromodulation to treat detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) in individuals with spinal cord injury. The University of Houston System, the awardee, will fabricate and...
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $387,078 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to The Washington University in Missouri. This award, with a performance period from August 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029, aims to develop a wearable, AI-integrated, multimodal uterine monitoring system. The system will combine electrical and mechanical signal analysis to offer a more comprehensive understanding of uterine activity during pregnancy and labor, with the...
- This 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) totaling $423,399.00 aims to develop and validate new ultrasound hardware technologies for high-contrast, high-resolution microvascular imaging. The goal is to detect abnormalities in vascular morphology, which can serve as biomarkers for various diseases ranging from cancer to...
- This Project Grant award of $1,429,924 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) is supporting the development of a novel, shape-changing sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. The goal is to create a minimally-invasive sling that can both support the urethra to achieve continence and be activated to reduce pressure on the urethra to enable complete...
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 $294,886 to Thormed Innovation LLC to develop a wearable, wireless ultrasound bladder monitoring system. The goal is to create a reusable, non-invasive device that can accurately measure urine output, reducing the need for invasive urinary catheters which are a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. The project aims to: 1) develop a wearable ultrasound platform with integrated electronics and 3D imaging capabilities; 2) create custom software to delineate the bladder outline and compute accurate 3D volume measurements; and 3) validate the system's accuracy through in vitro and ex vivo experiments. The award has an initial period of performance from August 15, 2025 to August 14, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $294.9k | 8/14/25 |