Innovative Design Labs is a research and development business based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded in 2010 with the goal of creating affordable and effective products to improve people’s lives. IDL specializes in developing technology from initial concept to manufacturing for medical, consumer, and education markets. Our projects involve cross-institutional teams that combine talent and expertise from leading hospitals, rehabilitation centers, academic institutions, and industry partners.
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Recent Highlights and Announcements:
FEBRUARY 26th, 2024
We are excited and honored to announce that IDL has been awarded the follow-on Phase II SBIR from US Army to enhance Female Casualty Care Training. This project continues the development of our authentic combat trauma training manikin that aims to address casualty and survivability rate disparities of female soldiers.
FEBRUARY 22nd, 2024
Our abstract for “High Frequency Radar for Non-Contact Detection of Respiratory Signals During Sleep” highlighting our results on NIH/NIA, R44AG060779 has been accepted to be presented at SLEEP 2024 in Houston, Texas on June 1-5, 2024.
JANUARY 15th, 2024
Check out this customer story of the Knee and Ankle Sports Injury Assessment Trainer our team developed on R44AR080503: https://www.realityworks.com/stories/ok-athletic-training-program-teaches-injury-assessment-with-new-tool
DECEMBER 31st, 2023
Our team is recruiting for a clinical trial that examines the impact of a health and wellness coaching program on hearing health. Learn more here: https://hearingtrial.com/ and here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04926636
JULY 31st, 2023
New Phase I SBIR! IDL is answering the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) SPARTN Program’s call to develop “an anatomically correct, female manikin with Mixed Reality (MR) capabilities and the ability configure across different operating systems.” https://twitter.com/aal_innovation/status/1686041572687638528
JULY 19th, 2023
Exciting results from our development and evaluation of a Wearable Auscultation Trainer supported by NIH/NIGMS, R44GM13772: https://www.nursingsimulation.org/article/S1876-1399(23)00042-7/abstract
SEPTEMBER 7th, 2022
IDL has been awarded a SBIR Phase II from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) to continue our work developing non-contact monitoring system capable of continuously estimating and reporting sleep quality metrics without user intervention to improve the quality of life for individuals with AD/ADRD and their caregivers.
JULY 1st, 2022
IDL is beginning work on a SBIR Fast-Track from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to create a simulation system that provides hands-on skills training of musculoskeletal, soft tissue, and ligament function for medical and health science students.
JUNE 22nd, 2022
The innovative bariatric mannequin system we developed through a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK, R44DK123905) has won an EdTech Breakthrough Award. https://www.realityworks.com/blog/realityworks-bariatric-nursing-manikin-named-edtech-breakthrough-awards-2022-career-readiness-solution-of-the-year/
MARCH 1st, 2022
Our innovative projective augmented reality work from R43AG057257 and R44AG057257, funded by NIH/NIA has been published: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35255063/
JULY 28th, 2021
IDL has received a SBIR award from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) to develop an informatics platform for electric powered wheelchair (EPW) operators with or at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), and cognitive impairments.
JULY 22nd, 2021
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has awarded IDL a SBIR grant to enhance the capabilities, safety, and accessibility of exoskeletons through innovative imaging and adaptive control.
MAY 5th, 2021
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has awarded IDL an SBIR grant to develop a bariatric mannequin simulator for educating healthcare students on proper techniques specific and specialized to bariatric patient care.
SEPT 1st, 2020
IDL has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to develop a cloud-based system that integrates Health and Wellness Coaching (HWC) techniques into the Hearing Aid fitting and trial process.
AUG 1st, 2020
The National Institute on Aging has awarded IDL a grant to develop a sensing platform that detects the occurrence of freezing of gate (FOG) in Parkinson's patients and triggers external cueing stimuli.
JULY 1st, 2020
IDL is pleased to announce an SBIR award for developing a wearable health examination simulator to aid the training of medical students from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
FEBRUARY 26th, 2024
We are excited and honored to announce that IDL has been awarded the follow-on Phase II SBIR from US Army to enhance Female Casualty Care Training. This project continues the development of our authentic combat trauma training manikin that aims to address casualty and survivability rate disparities of female soldiers.
FEBRUARY 22nd, 2024
Our abstract for “High Frequency Radar for Non-Contact Detection of Respiratory Signals During Sleep” highlighting our results on NIH/NIA, R44AG060779 has been accepted to be presented at SLEEP 2024 in Houston, Texas on June 1-5, 2024.
JANUARY 15th, 2024
Check out this customer story of the Knee and Ankle Sports Injury Assessment Trainer our team developed on R44AR080503: https://www.realityworks.com/stories/ok-athletic-training-program-teaches-injury-assessment-with-new-tool
DECEMBER 31st, 2023
Our team is recruiting for a clinical trial that examines the impact of a health and wellness coaching program on hearing health. Learn more here: https://hearingtrial.com/ and here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04926636
JULY 31st, 2023
New Phase I SBIR! IDL is answering the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) SPARTN Program’s call to develop “an anatomically correct, female manikin with Mixed Reality (MR) capabilities and the ability configure across different operating systems.” https://twitter.com/aal_innovation/status/1686041572687638528
JULY 19th, 2023
Exciting results from our development and evaluation of a Wearable Auscultation Trainer supported by NIH/NIGMS, R44GM13772: https://www.nursingsimulation.org/article/S1876-1399(23)00042-7/abstract
SEPTEMBER 7th, 2022
IDL has been awarded a SBIR Phase II from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) to continue our work developing non-contact monitoring system capable of continuously estimating and reporting sleep quality metrics without user intervention to improve the quality of life for individuals with AD/ADRD and their caregivers.
JULY 1st, 2022
IDL is beginning work on a SBIR Fast-Track from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to create a simulation system that provides hands-on skills training of musculoskeletal, soft tissue, and ligament function for medical and health science students.
JUNE 22nd, 2022
The innovative bariatric mannequin system we developed through a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK, R44DK123905) has won an EdTech Breakthrough Award. https://www.realityworks.com/blog/realityworks-bariatric-nursing-manikin-named-edtech-breakthrough-awards-2022-career-readiness-solution-of-the-year/
MARCH 1st, 2022
Our innovative projective augmented reality work from R43AG057257 and R44AG057257, funded by NIH/NIA has been published: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35255063/
JULY 28th, 2021
IDL has received a SBIR award from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) to develop an informatics platform for electric powered wheelchair (EPW) operators with or at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), and cognitive impairments.
JULY 22nd, 2021
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has awarded IDL a SBIR grant to enhance the capabilities, safety, and accessibility of exoskeletons through innovative imaging and adaptive control.
MAY 5th, 2021
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has awarded IDL an SBIR grant to develop a bariatric mannequin simulator for educating healthcare students on proper techniques specific and specialized to bariatric patient care.
SEPT 1st, 2020
IDL has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to develop a cloud-based system that integrates Health and Wellness Coaching (HWC) techniques into the Hearing Aid fitting and trial process.
AUG 1st, 2020
The National Institute on Aging has awarded IDL a grant to develop a sensing platform that detects the occurrence of freezing of gate (FOG) in Parkinson's patients and triggers external cueing stimuli.
JULY 1st, 2020
IDL is pleased to announce an SBIR award for developing a wearable health examination simulator to aid the training of medical students from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).