NHLBI/NIH supported research related to computers and heart and vascular diseases

Summary form only given. Research related to computers and heart and vascular diseases is supported in the United States through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Within NHLBI, the majority of this type of research is funded through the Devices and Technology Branch. Investigator-initiated research grants account for the greatest number of grants, and for most of the funding. In addition, each year several million dollars is set aside to support grant and contact programs in special research areas identified by NHLBI. Research grants include diagnostic and therapeutic areas of electrophysiology, imaging, mechanical circulatory support, drug infusion systems, metabolic and stereoscopic studies, flow modeling, and biomaterials. The NHLBI also supports research grants through a set-aside Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program with the aim of providing seed money to small businesses to develop and market biomedical instruments or processes