Calvin Goforth told Arkansas Business back in February that SFC Fluidics, the Fayetteville biotech startup he leads, was "about to emerge with a really big success story."
Consider it well on its way. The Innovate Arkansas client firm makes point-of-care medical diagnostic instruments such as the ePump microfluidic pump and QuickConnect microfluidic connectors, and its products were released commercially this past spring at Pittcon, the industry's major trade show in Atlanta.
SFC Fluidics®, has been awarded a grant of $165,000 from the National Institutes of Health for development of a portable, self-contained instrument that will advance the understanding of changes in brain chemistry after injury. The instrument will be used to improve treatment strategies and minimize the long-term impact of severe brain injury.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that it has awarded an additional $100,000 grant to Northwest Arkansas-based SFC Fluidics® to support continued refinement and commercialization of the company's ePump® technology. This grant builds upon previous NSF awards totaling $600,000 that the company has received from the NSF to support ePump® development.
SFC Fluidics, LLC has received a $73,213 Phase IIB Small Business Technology Transfer award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue development of a chip-scale device for liquid chromatography. SFC Fluidics has received previous awards for this project from the NSF totaling $649,923.
Dr. Sai Kumar has been named Vice President of Research and Development of SFC Fluidics, LLC. SFC Fluidics is developing leading-edge technological solutions that make clinical diagnostics faster and more economical by miniaturizing lab work and analytical procedures. These technologies center on microfluidic pumping systems and microfluidic applications, which move tiny amounts of fluid to measure chemical properties or deliver medicines.
Awarded a $5 million federal contract in September, Fayetteville-based SFC Fluidics continues to work on the development of a handheld device that would make possible on-site diagnosis of traumatic brain injury within minutes of head trauma. Such a device surely would be welcomed not just on battlefields and ball fields, but emergency rooms, too.
SFC Fluidics has received a contract for approximately $5 million from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for development of a handheld device for rapid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
SFC Fluidics is featured in an interview with Bryan Rachal on National Public Radio (NPR) aired on local station, KUAF.
Fayetteville, Arkansas - The National Science Foundation has announced that it has awarded a $500,000 grant to Northwest Arkansas-based SFC Fluidics® to support development of the company's ePump® technology. This is the third $500,000 dollar grant the company has received from NSF this year.