January 2018
Professor Judy Delp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, recently received one of four GAP awards given out by the FSU Research Foundation. Four teams led by Florida State University faculty members will receive funding from the university as they work to translate their innovative research into successful commercial products.
The researchers will be awarded critical financial support following their successful presentations at FSU’s biannual GAP competition, a panel event organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research. Entrants pitched their novel ideas to a committee of state and local businesspeople.
Delp and her team developed a specialized splint that uses calibrated stretching to manage the symptoms of peripheral arterial disease. More than 200 million people worldwide suffer from PAD, a condition that causes walking impairment due to insufficient oxygen flow to skeletal muscles, most often in the lower leg. The splint designed by Delp and her team is an affordable, convenient and safe intervention that has been demonstrated through clinical trials to promote blood vessel formation and decrease pain levels during walking.