SBIR/STTR Research Award
Mitral Valve Repair System to Percutaneously Treat Moderate to Severe Regurgitation Using Alfieri Edge-to-Edge Technique
Award amount
$1,983,587Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- MEDFREE INC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-01
- Contract end date
- 2023-03-31
- UEI
- R4V7MLYWDUN5
- Solicitation number
- PA20-260
- Topic code
- NHLBI
Research abstract
The MEDFREE® Valve Repair System will innovatively improve upon the current market leading MitraClip
device, while leveraging and building on the proven percutaneous Alfieri edge-to-edge repair technique. We
aim to address this vastly unmet percutaneous structural heart market by delivering a simpler, easier-to-use
device in a smaller 12 Fr catheter system that can be used by a single operator.
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.
- Novel Self-closing 12F Mitral Valve Repair System to Percutaneously Treat Moderate to Severe Regurgitation Using Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) Technique Via Femoral Vein Access.
- SBIR Phase I: Novel Self-Closing, Transcatheter, Edge-to-Edge Repair Device to Percutaneously Treat Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Using Jugular or Femoral Vein Access
- Mitral Valve Repair System to Percutaneously Treat Moderate to Severe Regurgitation Using Alfieri Edge-to-Edge Technique
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS STENT TO IMPROVE CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT MORTALITY
- Head Up CPR and Aortic Occlusion to Improve Survival after Refractory Cardiac Arrest
- Free-Breathing Dynamic Cardiopulmonary Function Imaging System to use with Xenon MRI
- The Next Wave of Asthma Therapeutics
- Bearingless flux reversal motor for neonatal and pediatric extracorporeal life support applications
Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2024). Reported award amounts total $3,107,825. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation