Project Grant R43EY026304

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a 3-year, $599,660 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The funding will support the development and implementation of a cost-effective, ergonomic wearable exoskeleton to mitigate pathological tremors and provide movement assistance to tremor patients. The project aims to gain...

Federal Grant Award Summary Surgical Vision Systems, Inc. received a $264,016 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on June 1, 2025, for the development of a semi-autonomous, image-guided robotic suturing system. The company will design and develop a novel robotic surgery platform integrating optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging with robotic microvascular suturing...

F Square Medical LLC received a $880,668 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services under the Vision Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.867) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The funding will support F Square Medical's development of the first-ever safe and effective anterior chamber paracentesis instrument to treat and diagnose ocular diseases. Specifically, the company will refine...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University System Health Science Center received a $189,542 Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (Vision Research program, CFDA 93.867) effective June 1, 2025, with completion targeted for January 31, 2028. The project develops optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided ultrafast, nonthermal laser microablation technology for non-invasive vitreoretinal surgery. This research evaluates the application of femtosecond lasers as a...

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 Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (CFDA 93.350) will support a $450,836 research project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop and validate a Computational Motor Objective Rater (CMOR) system for quantifying motor symptoms in patients with blepharospasm, a form of focal dystonia. The key objectives are to: 1) Evaluate the CMOR system's convergent validity with patient-reported severity of facial spasms and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Retivue LLC received a $745,607 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded May 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2027. The award funds the commercialization readiness and production development of the Retivue EntireEye, a handheld, high-resolution, non-contact retinal screening camera designed for premature and healthy newborn infants. The device represents a significant advancement in...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $398,487 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to Vanderbilt University to develop and validate a gaze-based training system for endoscopic kidney stone surgery. The project aims to create an eye gaze-based guidance system that can improve surgeon training and stone visualization during endoscopic kidney stone procedures, which currently...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development and validation of a novel, projection-based surgical navigation platform by Illuminant Surgical Inc. The $274,865 award, effective January 15, 2024, aims to create a system that projects visual anatomical references and guidance directly onto a patient's skin during minimally invasive spinal procedures. This is expected to...

Federal Grant Award Summary Glaive Medical Optics Inc. received a $304,998 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026. The awardee will develop a novel implantable intraocular lens device incorporating a low-power, rechargeable visible-light phase shifter and optical phased arrays designed to...