The San Diego-based medical device company Nasseo has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant funding will support Nasseo's development of surface technologies for orthopedic devices.
Here's what you need to know:
1. The company is working to improve spinal implants with nanotube surface technology, which facilitates enhanced bone response.
2. With this funding, researchers will conduct feasibility studies using an optimized nanotube surface on medical grade polyether ether ketone implants.
3. The research will be led by Garrett Cale Smith, PhD, the company's cofounder and chief technology officer.
4. At present, Nasseo holds four issued patients on nanotube platform technology.