Tag: grant
-
Therapist-Guided Home Stroke Rehab System in Works
A university lab is designing a system that allows for people with stroke to perform rehabilitation at home, while still guided remotely by a therapist.
-
Privacy-Enhanced Contact Tracing App in the Works
A mobile app for Covid-19 contact tracing, designed to protect the user’s personal privacy, is being developed by two university engineering labs.
-
Trial Assesses Remote Drug-Phone Blood Pressure Mgmt
A clinical trial is testing a combination of smartphone reporting and medication to help individuals personalize their blood pressure therapy.
-
Salk, Energy Utility Partner on Carbon Capture Plants
A California energy utility and Salk Institute are collaborating on engineering new plant varieties that capture and store more carbon dioxide in the ground.
-
Carb-X Funding Nanoscale Sponge to Treat Sepsis
A company developing tiny particles made of cellular material to soak-up toxins in the body received a $4 million award to advance its sepsis treatment.
-
New Funds Advance Hand-Wrist Neural Rehab Device
Developers of a system to help people with spinal cord injuries regain use of their hands and wrists, are configuring the device for home use.
-
DoD Funding Mobile Vaccine/Therapy Manufacturing Lab
The U.S. Defense Department’s research agency is funding a prototype mobile lab to produce RNA-based vaccines and therapies in the field on demand.
-
DoD Funds Covid-19 G.I. Infection Therapy
A biotechnology company is developing biologic treatments for Covid-19 infections in the gastrointestinal tract and to block further disease transmission.
-
Home Eye Pressure Gauge in the Works
An easy-to-use device for measuring intraocular pressure responsible for glaucoma is in development by University of Pittsburgh biomedical engineers.
-
Small Biz Grant Funds Covid-19 Disinfectant Spray
A Florida start-up company is developing a fast-acting disinfectant spray that dries on contact, yet still kills Covid-19 viruses on surfaces.