This Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) aims to develop a modern Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) device for monitoring children in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The $299,900 award to Goodlife Inventors LLC will fund efforts to (1) generate initial designs for an advanced lightweight EIT belt and (2) assess the technical feasibility of a miniaturized, easier to use EIT core device. If successful, these inventions could be used to monitor half of the 5,000,000 patients admitted to U.S. ICUs annually, and diagnose many more with respiratory conditions like COPD and sleep apnea. The project is a collaboration between engineers and clinicians to develop a usable EIT technology for daily use in the ICU, with a focus on assisting neonates who are particularly sensitive to ventilation changes.
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