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Houston and Bellevue, WA, October 24, 2016 Seattle Photonics Associates, a recent National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) grant recipient, is developing in-flight retinal imaging technology for possible use in space. The novel imaging technology builds on work supported by Intellectual Ventures’ Invention Science Fund (ISF). The aim is for Seattle Photonics Associates to enhance […]

New medical technologies can benefit astronauts in space and oncology patients on Earth Houston, May 17, 2016. Two small companies developing products to protect humans from the damaging effects of radiation exposure have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).  Entrinsic Health Solutions, Inc. (EHS), located in Norwood, MA, […]

New medical technologies can benefit astronauts in space and consumers on Earth Two small companies developing state-of-the-art medical technologies have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). LumosTech, Inc. is a Stanford University-based startup company developing a programmable mask that uses light therapy during sleep to adjust a person […]

SMARTCAP 2016 – The BioShield 4 Mars Initiative Houston — Small U.S.-based companies developing countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from the effects of radiation exposures may be eligible for a unique funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). NSBRI’s Industry Forum is soliciting applications for its Space Medical and Related Technologies […]

The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) announced today that a pathfinder study is underway in Cologne, Germany to investigate the effects of simulated spaceflight conditions on brain physiology. NSBRI has deployed a team of American neurologists and scientists to conduct a pilot demonstration experiment at :envihab, a newly-built specialized facility of the German Aerospace […]

Experts Offer Innovative Ways America Can Reduce the Billion Dollar Workers Comp Crisis Start by Short-Circuiting Worker Injuries Before They Reach “Creeping Catastrophic” Stage NEW YORK, NY, Jun 18, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Addressing the billion-dollar U.S. workers compensation crisis plaguing both the labor force and the healthcare industry, a panel of experts asserted […]

New SMARTCAP funding opportunity announced. (May 15, 2015)-Houston-Administering health care in space demands innovative biomedical solutions. The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) meets this need through the Space Medical and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP), a grant opportunity that supports small companies developing products to keep astronauts healthy in space.  The technologies must […]

Many astronauts experience eye problems related to space travel. That’s why the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) Industry Forum launched the ‘Vision for Mars’ Challenge to identify and advance critical medical technologies for ocular health. NSBRI today announced that it has selected and funded three companies to further develop unique technologies that address visual […]

NSBRI congratulates past SMARTCAP 2014 winner Oculogica on a study published in online Journal of Neurosurgery on December 12, 2014. This ‘proof of concept’ paper demonstrates how the technology can assess the impact and location of brain swelling on the nerves that move the eyes as patients watch music videos for less than four minutes.  The […]

After returning from space missions, some astronauts experience eye problems and changes to their vision. That’s why the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) and the Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine launched the Vision for Mars Challenge to help identify and advance medical technologies for ocular health in space through collaboration and […]

NSBRI announced the launch of the Vision for Mars Challenge in Chicago at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit (OIS) last week. The Vision for Mars Challenge, a joint effort between NSBRI and industry aims to identify diagnostic tools that can work in space in order to better understand the newly described visual impairment syndrome in astronauts. The […]

NSBRI congratulates SMARTCAP 2012 awardee ACell, Inc., on the issuance of United States Patent 8802436 titled Methods of manufacturing bioactive gels from extracellular matrix material on August 12, 2014.  The work which led to the patent was funded in part by the SMARTCAP grant and focused on evolving ACell’s marketed wound dressings (MatriStem®) into a gel-based […]

August 12, 2014—Houston—ZetrOZ, Inc. has been funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) for a clinical study to test the Sustained Acoustic Medicine (sam®) device in patients suffering from lower back pain. ZetrOZ, Inc., of Trumbull, CT will receive a Space Medical and Related Technologies Commercialization Program (SMARTCAP) grant. SMARTCAP grants, administered by […]

ZetrOZ, Inc., of Trumbull CT, is the latest recipient of a SMARTCAP grant from NSBRI. ZetrOZ has developed an ultrasound device, SAM®, Sustained Acoustic Medicine, that enables self-administered therapeutic ultrasound treatment for periods up to four hours outside a physician’s office. Astronauts gain as much as two inches in height in space due to spinal […]

Houston–The EyeBox (cns), a diagnostic device developed to assess brain health through tracking eye movement, and eFormulations, software enabled therapeutics which combine prescription medicines with customized software apps for brain-related conditions, have both been funded for further development by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). EyeBox (cns), developed by Oculogica, Inc. of New York […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Jan. 8, 2014)—Houston—Administering health care in space demands innovative biomedical solutions. Small companies developing products that can be modified for use in space may be eligible for a unique funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). NSBRI’s Industry Forum is soliciting applications for its Space Medical and Related Technologies […]

New non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement device used to assess elevated brain pressure in patients may also benefit astronauts Vittamed Corporation has partnered with NSBRI to clinically test, improve, and validate its non-invasive brain pressure monitor. Read the full news story atNSBRI.org.