Project Grant R43HL146012

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...

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...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research (CFDA 93.837) federal grant program, awarded a $1,160,157 Project Grant to Liberandum Technologies, Inc. to develop and test a bidirectional synchronous flow-controlled ventilation system to improve oxygenation and ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The key goals of this Phase I SBIR project are to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, develop a...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $117,750 Project Grant (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago to validate the use of wireless biosensors and a portable capnograph for remote patient monitoring of children with invasive home mechanical ventilation (IHMV). The project aims to address key limitations in the hospital's existing remote monitoring dashboard, including the time and cognitive burden...

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 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), will evaluate the use of mobile devices to extract vital signs to monitor patients with asthma. The $459,127 award to M5 Enterprise, LLC (doing business as Emedical Sentry) aims to improve the detection and management of asthma attacks through remote patient monitoring. The goal is to enhance telehealth by incorporating video-based vital sign...

This federal Project Grant award of $333,810 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) aims to develop the RMT Complete, an all-in-one respiratory muscle training device and mobile application. The RMT Complete is designed to enhance breathing function and quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by combining features such as an integrated manometer, wide resistance training...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $807,067.00 and issued by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), aims to advance the understanding and quantification of respiratory kinematics as novel physiological markers for predicting respiratory failure. The key objectives of this five-year project are to: Pioneer the quantitative documentation of the human respiratory kinematic profile in a large cohort of adults...

This $866,579 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support a randomized trial to determine if a provider education and guidance bundle, called OPTI-VENT, can improve survival outcomes for children experiencing cardiac arrest. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of the OPTI-VENT bundle in training providers to meet the 2020 American Heart...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.837), is for the development of an Optical Sensor-Enabled Endotracheal Tube (OS-ETT). The $1,013,000 award to Endolynx Inc. aims to create a cost-effective endotracheal tube with optical sensors that can accurately track the tube's position during initial placement and provide continuous monitoring post-placement. This is intended to...