# Usable Electrical Impedance Tomography for Children in the ICU

> **NIH NIH R43** · GOODLIFE INVENTORS LLC · 2023 · $299,900

## Abstract

Abstract / Project Summary
The aim of this project is to develop a design for a modern Electrical Impedance Tomography
(EIT) device to monitor children in the Intensive Care Unit. Our approach to building this new
technology is to follow a rigorous ideation, prototyping and testing process as we aim to
advance a novel design into the clinic. Our aims are to (1) generate initial designs for an
advanced lightweight EIT belt and (2) assess technical feasibility of a miniaturized, easier to use
EIT core device. The project is a collaboration between engineers and clinicians in order to
generate a usable form of EIT that can be implemented in daily use. If successful, these
inventions will be used to monitor half of the 5,000,000 patients per year in the US that are
admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, and to diagnose many hundreds of millions more who have
trouble with COPD, sleep apnea and a host of other respiratory conditions at home and in the
hospital. Neonates are particularly sensitive to changes in ventilation and there simply are no
other tools that can deliver assessment of regional venilation in the NICU.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10759352
- **Project number:** 1R43HL170919-01
- **Recipient organization:** GOODLIFE INVENTORS LLC
- **Principal Investigator:** David G Zapol
- **Activity code:** R43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $299,900
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2023-09-01 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10759352

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10759352, Usable Electrical Impedance Tomography for Children in the ICU (1R43HL170919-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10759352. Licensed CC0.

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