Project Grant R43HD089769

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $795,932 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside) to develop a smart robotic system for comprehensive diagnosis of abnormal tissues in the abdominal cavity. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award include: 1) integrating flexible endoscopy, ultrasound imaging, and Raman spectroscopy into a multimodal instrument for...

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 awarded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), under the federal Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research program (CFDA 93.394), provides $399,789 to Ergami Endoscopy, Inc. to develop an automated robotic flexible overtube device capable of blind insertion during colonoscopy procedures. The device aims to reduce physician injuries, improve productivity, and decrease patient pain/sedation requirements for the over 16 million colonoscopies performed annually in the U.S. Key...

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 Thormed Innovation LLC received a $294,886 Project Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 14, 2026. The award supports development of a wearable wireless ultrasound urinary bladder monitoring system designed to provide non-invasive, real-time hemodynamic...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Sentire Medical Systems, Inc. received a $1,189,332 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), awarded June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. The awardee is developing an intraoperative monitoring device utilizing gas-based sensing technology to detect inadvertent bowel injuries during minimally...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center under the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program (CFDA 93.384), supports the development of a novel imaging technology called "VISION" that enables real-time, high-resolution intraoperative detection of microscopic residual cancer cells during surgical procedures. The $5,160,920 award to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco aims to...

This $550,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a remote monitoring system to reduce infections among patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). The project aims to enable real-time, continuous, and quantitative monitoring of biomarkers in dialysate to facilitate early detection and diagnosis of PD-associated infections. To achieve this, the project team will:...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $366,006 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop flexible piezo film intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) arrays on guidewires and catheters. The goal is to integrate IVUS imaging capability onto standard guidewires and catheters used in over 1 million percutaneous coronary and peripheral...