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NIH High-fidelity Virtual Reality Trainer for Orthognathic Surgery - Phase II

Award Number: R44DE027595
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/07/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2024

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NIH High-fidelity Virtual Reality Trainer for Orthognathic Surgery - Phase II - PROJECT SUMMARY Oral and Maxillofacial (OMF) Surgery is considered a dental specialty, but both medicine and dentistry contribute to the unique scope, skills, and training needed to perform craniofacial surgeries. OMFS residents receive basic training with powered drills, but not with the powered saws needed to perform osteotomies. The OMF surgical community is making an active effort to develop new approaches to surgical training in order to compensate for limits in work hours, mitigate differences between training standards, and improving the efficiency of learning while minimizing the risks for the patients. Simulation-based learning, a technology adopted in other training paradigms, has demonstrated potential in enhancing surgeons' knowledge and psychomotor skills. We propose developing a fully immersive, high fidelity virtual trainer that will improve the current standard of OMF surgical training by enhancing the learning of difficult surgical skills with minimal risk to the patients. During the Phase I of this project, we developed a Virtual Reality (VR) based, fully-immersive OMF surgery trainer prototype. This system allowed surgeons to train for the osteotomy step in Sagittal Split Osteotomy (SSO). The system, currently a prototype, will be completed during this Phase II. We will finalize our Osteotomy Trainer by addressing technological limitations found in Phase I, generalizing it to contain more craniofacial osteotomies surgical scenarios and performing clinical validation. After executing those steps our product will be ready for commercialization. We believe the Osteotomy Trainer has the potential to generate market revenue while improving the training process for OMF surgeons and other related disciplines without adding risks to patients.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2020	KITWARE INC	1712 ROUTE 9	HALFMOON	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	11/27/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2020	KITWARE INC	1712 ROUTE 9	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	3	5/1/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2020	KITWARE INC	1712 ROUTE 9	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	4/18/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2020	KITWARE, INC.	1712 ROUTE 9 STE 300	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	1/31/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $727,425 )
2020	2020	KITWARE, INC.	1712 ROUTE 9 STE 300	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	3	6/16/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2020	KITWARE, INC.	1712 ROUTE 9 STE 300	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	5/18/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$727,425
														Subtotal = $727,425

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $750,000 )
2019	2019	KITWARE, INC.	1712 ROUTE 9 STE 300	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	2	7/1/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$109,010
2019	2019	KITWARE, INC.	1712 ROUTE 9 STE 300	CLIFTON PARK	NY	12065	SARATOGA	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	2	5/17/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$640,990
														Subtotal = $750,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,477,425

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NIH High-fidelity Virtual Reality Trainer for Orthognathic Surgery - Phase II

Award Number: R44DE027595

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/07/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2024

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