SBIR/STTR Research Award
Athena: Fully implantable stimulation and recording platform
Award amount
$3,000,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- RIPPLE LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-09-12
- Contract end date
- 2022-09-12
- UEI
- GH3RMZ87E156
- Solicitation number
- 17.2
- Topic code
- SB172-001
Research abstract
We propose to develop an implantable Athena device to enable translation of neuroscience research from the lab to real-world environments. Ripple's Athena will include multichannel stimulation and recording, far-field telemetry, intraoperative connectors, and an implantable battery. We will complete development of Athena is this Phase II SBIR with final pre-clinical qualification testing to support FDA-regulatory submissions.
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.
- Clinical Validation of Myoelectric Implant for Intuitive Prosthesis Control
- Closed-loop laryngeal pacing for voice restoration
- Clinical Validation of Myoelectric Implant for Intuitive Prosthesis Control
- Development of a Myoelectric Implant for Intuitive Prosthesis Control.
- Implantable Recording and Integrated Stimulation (IRIS) device for cortical experiments
Research funding history
20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2025). Reported award amounts total $21,176,974. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense