Project Grant R44HD089769

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...

Watershed Medical Inc. received a $323,850 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), with an award date of September 17, 2025 and completion date of September 16, 2026. The grant supports the development of an innovative bladder-targeted drug delivery platform designed to treat recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTIs) in postmenopausal women. The company is advancing a localized antibiotic...

Grant Award Summary In Vivo Microsystems Technologies, LLC received a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award of $2,044,110 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award, issued on September 19, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2027, supports a multi-center clinical study to advance a near-infrared fluorescently-labeled peptide heterodimer...

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...

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 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 $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...