[ETTN(12) Roster]
The Visual System small business study section (ETTN E12) reviews applications concerned with novel medical devices, monitoring systems and adaptation/improvement of existing technologies for normal and pathologic states of the eye. Also included is the development of devices to aid the blind and visually impaired. Specific areas covered include:
- Devices to enable the blind or people with low vision the ability to function more independently.
- Devices to enable diagnosis of specific ocular conditions more definitely or easier by a non-specialist.
- Improvements in the treatment of specific ocular disorders.
Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:
SSMI-Q(10) Small Business: Biomedical Devices and Bioengineering
BCMB-R (11) Drug Discovery and Development
CB-B (10) Cell Biology SBIR/STTR