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To learn more about Xonotiv, visit About the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Programs: America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF awards $200 million annually to startups and small businesses, transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial and societal impact. Small businesses with Phase II grants are eligible to receive up to $500,000 in additional matching funds with qualifying third-party investment or sales.įounded in 2015, Xonotiv is a biomedical device startup dedicated to developing innovative technology for applications in prosthetics, exoskeletons and robotics. Once a small business is awarded a Phase I SBIR grant (up to $256,000), it becomes eligible to apply for a Phase II grant (up to $1,000,000). “NSF has been an important partner and supporter of our mission, and this Phase II grant will help us build upon the proof-of-concept success we demonstrated in Phase I.” “We are grateful for this opportunity to continue our development of this important biomedical device,” said Paul Pomeroy, Xonotiv’s founder. “With the support of our research funds, any deep technology startup or small business can guide basic science into meaningful solutions that address tremendous needs.” “NSF is proud to support the technology of the future by thinking beyond incremental developments and funding the most creative, impactful ideas across all markets and areas of science and engineering,” said Andrea Belz, Division Director of the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships at NSF. Xonotiv seeks to remedy that with a novel knee that requires no power or electronics yet is more intuitive and safer to use. Consequently, most amputees must make do with traditional mechanical knees that haven’t changed in decades and require extensive training to use. In fact, only about 10% of amputees will ever receive a high-tech, computer-controlled prosthetic knee because of their high cost and stringent physical requirements. But to walk again, most amputees face a much more pedestrian array of technology.

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One might think that the solution involves artificial knee joints made with microprocessors or bionics, or some other device not far from Hollywood movie scripts. Seattle, Washington, –Xonotiv LLC has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $988,000 to conduct research and development work on a novel prosthetic knee for amputees.Įach year 55,000 people need a prosthetic knee because of leg amputation. Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation

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