RIPPLE LLC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: NIDILRR
RIPPLE LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Health and Human Services in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $99,870. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code NIDILRR links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $99,870
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Community Living
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- NIDILRR
- Solicitation
- HHS-2020-ACL-NIDILRR-BISA-0376
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- UT
- Period
- —
Description
This project builds on previous research to further develop an implantable myoelectric device that significantly improves upper-limb prosthesis control for amputees with upper-limb prosthesis. In previous studies, researchers created an implantable sensor that listens to muscles from the amputated limb that once controlled arm motions allowing users to control their prostheses similar to an intact limb. During this current project researchers establish focus groups and consult with both clinical and patient end users to draft design input requirements for software development. Outcomes include the successful development of software that allows for an intuitive, simultaneous, multi-joint prothesis control of the implantable myoelectric device significantly improving the quality of life of individuals with upper limb amputation.