2020 SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS AWARDS — NJSBDC | 25 2020 Small Business Awardee NJSBDC TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION SPECIALTY Sonica Imaging Dr. Etienne Bachmann Dr. Gregory Davies Princeton University, Department of Geosciences Guyot 317 Princeton, NJ 08544 609-258-4101 NJSBDC Technology Commercialization Specialty Consultant Randy Harmon assisted Sonica Imaging of Princeton University in applying for and winning a $200,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) grant award. The grant will support the demonstration and prototyping of a new ultrasound-based MRI-quality medical imaging device. The technology produces high-resolution, 3D tomographic images with quantitative tissue properties. This technique can complement existing imaging tools, such as MRI and CTscans, and replace them in some applications. Potential benefits accruing from Sonica Imagings technology innovation include higher accuracy cancer screening; improved patient experiences and outcomes by reducing unnecessary follow-up procedures and misdiagnosis; and the provision of safer, non-ionizing, sedative free imaging. NJSBDC Specialty Consultant Randy Harmon connected with the team through a seminar that he was invited to give at the University by the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council in June 2019. The Sonica Imaging Team had previously completed the full NSF I-Corps entrepreneur boot camp program. NJSBDCs Technology Commercialization Specialty Program, through its Senior Consultant Harmon, reviewed, critiqued and made suggestions for strengthening Sonicas draft grant proposal. According to Gregory Davies of Sonica Imaging, Randys advice was integral in helping us to focus and strengthen our grant proposal, in addition to providing useful insights in how to be successful during the grant period As time goes on, NJSBDC will continue to support and assist with Sonicas future growth needs. 2012029 v2 NJSBDC 2020 Awards Book_TEXT.indd 23 12/10/20 3:24 PM
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