Billion Labs Inc is a recipient of the 2024 CAPCaT Innovation Award to further advance the design of the user interface for their VibroBP smartphone app for measuring blood pressure. The award covers $100,000 in direct costs for the 12-month long project.
The CAPCaT is a partnership between UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell. The center’s mission is to support development and testing of promising, point-of-care technologies that can be rapidly deployed to enhance the diagnosis, monitoring, management and treatment of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders. The center has an additional interest in projects that incorporate complementary and integrative health approaches. CAPCaT is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute via U54HL143541.
Source: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/blood-pressure-readings-your-fingertips (Press Release)