SBIR/STTR Research Award
BioDRUM – A Bioinstructive, Degradable, and Ultra-Thin Membrane for the Improved Regeneration of Blast-induced Tympanic Membrane Perforations
Award amount
$249,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Health Agency
- Recipient company
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2019-12-02
- Contract end date
- 2020-07-01
- UEI
- SJHFCDGKJJC5
- Solicitation number
- 19.2
- Topic code
- DHA192-006
Research abstract
Recent armed conflicts have resulted in exposure of service members to high intensity sound or high-pressure blast waves. The ear is the most susceptible organ to blast damage, and tympanic membrane rupture is the most common injury. Personnel who experie
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.
- Rugged Miniature SWDM Mux and Demux for Military Aircraft
- Advanced Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for Naval Safety
- Distributed Linear and Angular Acceleration Measurement
- Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Corrosion and Defects Under Hull Coatings
- Multi-Modal SHM of Inflatable Habitats via Embedded Fiber Optics Sensing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Innovative Solution to Tympanic Membrane Repair
- A novel gel material for rapid, point-of-need tympanic membrane repair
- Innovative Solution to Tympanic Membrane Repair
Research funding history
994 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2026). Reported award amounts total $336,438,763. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency