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Wed, 12/14/2016 | CoMotion

EIH projects receive CoMotion’s 2016 Innovation Fund Grants

Two EIH projects have been awarded 2016 Innovation Fund Grants from CoMotion! Congratulations to PlayGait and UnTape, led by ME faculty Kat Steele and Eric Seibel, respectively. PlayGait is an affordable, light-weight, and easy-to-use pediatric exoskeleton that will help children affected with gait disorders improve their walking ability. UnTape is a medical tape that can be removed rapidly and painlessly. Both teams originated through the ME’s Engineering Innovation in Health program and will receive $40,000 to aid product development, and an additional $10,000 to help reach business development milestones.

The CoMotion Innovation Fund is a partnership between CoMotion and the Washington Research Foundation to provide up to $1 million per year for applied research. The Fund’s mission is to support projects that have a high impact potential, but are unlikely to succeed without gap funding. More than $10 million in grants has been awarded since 2005.

Mon, 09/19/2016 | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Student team wins 2016 Target Challenge grant to develop and advance pediatric exoskeleton

Congrats to PlayGait, a team of students, engineers and clinicians that has been awarded a grant to continue development of a pediatric exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy.

Clinical partner showing innovation

Tue, 12/19/2023

A video overview of the EIH program

A video overview of the EIH program celebrating a decade of UW health innovation and generating hundreds of student health innovators.

The latest dental-imaging techniques improve the visibility of cracks and cavities in teeth. Credit: Westend/Getty

Tue, 12/19/2023 | Nature Outlook: Oral Health

Professor Eric Seibel's research highlighted in "Optics Shine a Lite on Dental Imaging"

Our very own EIH Professor Eric Seibel is "shining light" with his research on improving dental imaging techniques. Read more on how light can outperform X-rays in tooth examinations and avoids the use of ionizing radiation