STTR Phase I: Minimally Invasive Articulating Intubation Stylet

该小企业技术转让计划（STTR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力在于，它在计划手术和紧急手术中实施的插管器械和手术方面取得了重大进展。仅在美国，每年就有2500万至3000万例计划和紧急插管。该项目的先进技术将改善至少10%的插管程序。拟议的最终产品是低成本的，一次性的，需要有限的培训。方便收养。该技术旨在大大降低患者受伤的发生率，主要是由于气道丧失。这些改善的结果对执行这些程序的诊所很重要。本小企业技术转让计划（STTR）第I阶段项目旨在确认并进一步完善一种新型医疗器械的设计，该器械具有显著的管芯/导引器接合。该设备可以快速直观地通过复杂的解剖结构进入患者的气管。该装置设计在非常小的机构中利用高精度的微型部件，使得小直径的气管内导管可以通过该装置以固定在患者的气管中。该机制旨在减少成功插管所需的总时间，提高首次尝试的成功率，减少氧气损失事件，在紧急情况下协助插管，并通常减少对患者的手术损伤。该项目将需要为人体模型测试创建大量生产质量的设备。该模拟将衡量手术时间的减少，并为临床使用的设计提供信息。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I project is that it provides a critical advancement in intubation devices and procedures, performed in both planned surgeries and in emergency procedures. The benefits from the technology apply to 25 – 30 million annual planned and emergency intubations performed each year in the USA alone. The technology advanced in this project will improve at least 10% of all intubation procedures. The proposed end-product is low-cost, disposable, and requires limited training. facilitating adoption. The technology aims to greatly reduce the incidence of patient injuries, primarily due to loss of airway. These improved outcomes are important to the clinics performing these procedures. This Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I project seeks to validate and further refine the design of a new medical device featuring significant articulation of a stylet/introducer. The device can quickly and intuitively maneuver through complex anatomy into a patient’s trachea. The device design utilizes high-precision, micro-components in a very small mechanism such that a small-diameter endotracheal tube may pass over the device to be secured in the patient’s trachea. This mechanism aims to reduce the total time needed for successful intubation, to increase the rate of success on first-time attempts, to reduce incidents of loss of oxygen, to assist in intubation in emergency settings, and generally to reduce procedural injuries to patients. The project will entail creating a significant number of production-quality devices for mannequin testing. The simulation will measure reductions in procedure time and inform the design for clinical use.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.