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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Embody lands $2.5m from DARPA

January 16, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Soft-tissue repair treatment developer Embody announced that it has landed a $2.5 million grant  from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The latest DARPA funding brings Norfolk, Va.-based Embody’s total DARPA non-dilutive funding to nearly $14.4 million, according to a news release. Embody plans to use the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Funding Roundup, Orthopedics, Surgical Tagged With: DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), embody

FDA approves 1st-in-human trial for neural-enabled prosthetic hand

March 28, 2017 By Brad Perriello

The FDA granted an investigational device exemption for the 1st-in-human trial of a neural-enabled prosthetic hand developed at Florida International University, backed by more than $2 million from the U.S. Defense Dept. The device is designed to stimulate nerves in the arm to provide sensation during use. It’s billed as the 1st fully implantable, wirelessly controlled Class-III […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Prosthetics Tagged With: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Florida International University

Robotic hand developed by DARPA has sense of touch

September 15, 2015 By Fink Densford

A new robotic hand developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has developed a prosthetic hand that allows its user to feel physical sensations. A 28-year-old man with paralyzation due to a spinal cord injury was equipped with the prosthesis, becoming the 1st person to “feel” touch-sensations through the prosthetic unit which is directly connected […]

Filed Under: Prosthetics, Research & Development, Surgical Robotics Tagged With: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Deka wins $7m Defense Dept. contract for prosthetic arm

July 6, 2015 By Brad Perriello

The U.S. Defense Dept. awarded a 57-month contract worth nearly $7 million to Dean Kamen’s Deka Innovative Solutions for the sensorized prosthetic arm Deka developed. The Deka arm is the 1st prosthetic arm to translate muscle signals into action that’s approved for the U.S. market. The device won de novo approval from the FDA in May […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Prosthetics Tagged With: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), defensedepartment, DEKA Research and Development Corp.

DreaMed inks licensing deal for artificial pancreas technology with Medtronic | Medtech funding for the week of April 6, 2015

April 10, 2015 By MassDevice Contributors Network Leave a Comment

Diabetes: DreaMed licenses artificial pancreas tech to Medtronic

April 6, 2015 by MassDevice

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), DreaMed Diabetes, GenTegra, Khosla Ventures, Pursuit Vascular, Tasso, Zebra Medical Vision

Tasso, GenTegra win DARPA grant for blood-draw tech

April 8, 2015 By Val Kennedy Leave a Comment

Tasso, GenTegra win DARPA grant for blood-draw tech

Tasso said it won a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue work on an integrated blood-sampling device that can be used in war zones.

The grant to Tasso and development partner GenTegra was awarded based on progress the companies have made under a previously issued Phase II SBIR contract, Madison, Wis.-based Tasso said.

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), GenTegra, Tasso

Pentagon awards $78m in contracts to 5 medtech companies

October 9, 2014 By Alexander Soule Leave a Comment

Pentagon awards $78m in contracts to 5 medtech companies

Filed Under: Hospital Care, News Well Tagged With: 3m, Aethlon Medical Inc., CAE Healthcare, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), defensedepartment, InfraScan, Spacelabs Medical Inc., Trauma

DARPA taps NeuroPace for memory loss trial

July 23, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

DARPA taps NeuroPace for memory loss trial

Epilepsy treatment devices maker NeuroPace hopes to expand its clinical applications by supporting a research initiative to evaluate neurostimulation implants in treatment of memory deficits.

Filed Under: Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, News Well, Research & Development Tagged With: Clinical Trials, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NeuroPace

GE lands $10M DARPA grant to develop in-the-field infectious disease test

August 13, 2013 By Sony Salzman Leave a Comment

GE lands $10M DARPA grant to develop in-the-field infectious disease test

Fueled by a $9.6 million grant from DARPA, GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) is spearheading research and design of a pocket-sized medical device that can diagnose infectious diseases "in the field" in under 1 hour.

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), GE Healthcare

DARPA grants $23M contract to Battelle, NxStage and Aethlon for a sepsis treatment

July 25, 2013 By Sony Salzman Leave a Comment

DARPA hands a $23M contract to Battelle, NxStage and Aethlon for a sepsis treatment

Filed Under: Blood Management, News Well Tagged With: Aethlon Medical Inc., Battelle Memorial Institute, Deals Roundup, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Dialysis, NxStage Medical Inc.

Arsenal Medical lands $15.5M DARPA contract for battlefield wound management

December 13, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Arsenal Medical logo

Watertown, Mass.-based Arsenal Medical received a $15.5 million Phase II contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support its wound management product.

The foam-based product could help combat medics control hemorrhaging in the intact abdominal cavity and reduce battlefield mortality, a large percentage of which is caused by internal bleeding from abdominal injuries, according to a press release.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Arsenal Medical, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

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