Boulder startup Fluonic awarded $150K NIH grant

BOULDER – Medical device startup Fluonic Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the applicability of its fluid flow measurement technology to artificial pancreas systems.

Fluonic’s core business centers around infusion drug delivery for applications like IVs, with its VeriFlow sensors precisely measuring the amount of drug a patient receives.

The NIH grant will help Fluonic adapt its sensors to the flow characteristics of ambulatory insulin pumps. As researchers work to improve the lives of diabetes patients, an artificial pancreas would control the insulin pump. But Fluonic chief executive…