Small Business: Sensory Technologies: Vision, Auditory and Low Vision – NV (18)
The Sensory Technologies, Auditory, Vision, Auditory and Low Vision small business study section reviews applications concerned with novel medical devices, monitoring systems and adaptation/improvement of existing technologies for normal and pathologic states of the eye. Also included is the development of drugs and biologics used to treat ocular disorders. The development of devices and technologies to aid the blind and visually impaired are also reviewed.
This study section also reviews applications dealing with the auditory system and hearing, including enhancing hearing of impaired individuals, diagnostic audiometry and devices or processes related to the neurobiology of the auditory system.
Review Dates
Topics
- Devices to enable diagnosis of specific ocular conditions more definitely or easier by a non-specialist.
- Improvements in the treatment of specific ocular disorders including improved drug delivery mechanisms to the eye.
- Devices to enable the blind or people with low vision the ability to function more independently.
- Development of methodologies used in the treatment of eye wound healing.
- Enhancement of hearing for the hearing impaired
- Devices or processes related to the neurobiology of the auditory system.
- Development of auditory devices to allow better hearing in noisy environments to cochlear implants to improve hearing.
- Technologies which are designed to improve vestibular function.
- Drug development and biologics (including gene therapy) for the treatment of ocular disorders
