SBIR/STTR Research Award
Instrumented Child Safety Seat
Award amount
$169,322Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Recipient company
- Minnesota HealthSolutions Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- G34WKGPA1M73
- Solicitation number
- PA11-096
- Topic code
- NCIPC
Research abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Minnesota Health Solutions (MHS) proposes to develop an advanced instrumented child safety seat. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for American children. Child safety seats are the most effective wayto prevent death and serious injury to children in crashes, and yet these critically important tools are misused in up to 90% of installations. The proposed instrumented child safety seat will measure, record, and display three critical aspects of proper seat use. The efficacy of the proposed instrumented child safety seat to improve proper seat installation rates will be evaluated in a human study during phase II. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The societal benefit of the proposed instrumented child safety seat is that, if successful, it will inexpensively and easily improve the safety of all children riing in automobiles by reducing the prevalence of seat installation errors. The population of interest for this device is virtually all child safety seatinstallers/users, which includes parents, grandparents, and child care providers.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Improved Dialysis Cannulation Needle
- Novel Bladder Catheterization Device
- Advanced Side Impact Head Protection Technology for Child Safety Seats
- Inclusive Online Interactive Platform for Parents in Rural Settings to Promote Healthy Habits
- Chair to Prevent and Treat Pressure Injuries in Persons Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- SBIR, Augmented Reality Personalized Motion Tracking, Assessment, and Improvement Technology for Fall Prevention With Seniors Living in Subsidized Housing Using a Mobile Phone
- SBIR, Innovative Immersive Technologies for Evidence-Based Violence Prevention among College Students
- The SAfETy App
- Plan My Ride: A brief, immersive, skill-building impaired driving prevention program for young adult drivers
- Innovative Immersive Technologies for Evidence-Based Violence Prevention among College Students
Research funding history
66 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2025). Reported award amounts total $44,761,119. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, National Science Foundation