Jump Simulation recently announced nine grant recipients will share $700,000 in funding through Jump ARCHES, a partnership between OSF HealthCare and the Health Care Engineering Systems Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The $62.5 million endowment supports projects between clinicians and engineers developing technologies and devices that could revolutionize medical training and healthcare delivery. Since its inception, the Jump ARCHES program has funded nearly 25 projects, some of which have gone on to receive national funding from the National Science Foundation, among others. The most recent grant winners include:
- KneeVIEW: A Virtual Education Window for Musculoskeletal Training—a biomechanically accurate, VR- and AR-supported knee simulation model to replicate stiffness in the human knee.
- Multi-Modal Skin Lesion Identification and Education Simulator—simulated skin and models of skin lesions with lifelike appearance and texture.
- Interactive Technology Support for Patient Medication Self-Management—natural language processing software that simplifies prescription instructions and communicates to patients using an avatar.
- AirwayVR Virtual Reality-Based Trainer for Endotracheal Intubation—a VR simulation trainer featuring 3D models of the head and neck for learning and practicing intubation.
- Simulation Training for Mechanical Circulatory Support using Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Adult Patients—a simulator for a technique that provides support to a failing heart and/or lungs using a pump to circulate blood through an artificial lung back into a patient’s bloodstream.
- Natural Language Powered Platform for Post-Operative Care for Long-Distance Caregiving—a platform through which patients can verbally interface to reduce post-operative complications.
- Heart Failure and Behavior Change: Patient/Provider Interactive Clinical Education App for Mobile Devices—enhancement of a mobile app to include interactive 3D visual assets, a repository of information on heart failure and an interactive avatar.
- Flexible, Low-Cost, Single Port Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgical Platform—improved robotic single-port laparoscopic surgery prototypes to make them cheaper, portable and more flexible.
- Interactive Mixed Reality (IMR)-Based Medical Curriculum for Medical Education—a platform that uses VR and 360-degree video so instructors can more easily develop educational content.
Learn more about Jump ARCHES at jumpsimulation.org/research-innovation/research/jump-arches.
