Grants, awards, investment and press coverage from Advanced Optronics, the Pittsburgh company building sensor-enabled guidance for cochlear implant surgery.https://www.advancedoptronics.comen-ushttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nih-sbir-phase-2-year-2https://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nih-sbir-phase-2-year-2Year 2 of our NIH Phase 2 grant brings total Phase 2 funding to $2.6M.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/european-patent-allowancehttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/european-patent-allowanceThe European Patent Office allows our core strain sensor patent.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/pre-seed-roundhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/pre-seed-roundOur $1.25M pre-seed round, led by the Richard King Mellon Foundation.Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTInvestmenthttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/cmu-link-scaling-olympushttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/cmu-link-scaling-olympusCMU’s The Link magazine features Advanced Optronics in its story on Project Olympus.Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/australian-patent-grantedhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/australian-patent-grantedOur first patent on the core technology behind FlexDetect is granted.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nih-sbir-phase-2-awardhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nih-sbir-phase-2-awardNIH funds our Sixth Sense Surgical guidance system for cochlear implant surgery.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/cmu-engineering-entrepreneurs-rounduphttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/cmu-engineering-entrepreneurs-roundupAdvanced Optronics is featured in CMU Engineering’s roundup of spinout startups.Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/pittsburgh-business-times-personalitieshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/pittsburgh-business-times-personalitiesThe Pittsburgh Business Times profiles co-founder and CEO Jay Reddy.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nsf-convergence-accelerator-650khttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nsf-convergence-accelerator-650kAn NSF grant with CMU for surgical instruments that sense their own shape.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/technically-reallist-2023-checkinhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/technically-reallist-2023-checkinTechnical.ly names us a 2023 RealLIST startup and checks in on our progress.Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nih-sbir-phase-1-awardhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nih-sbir-phase-1-awardNIH funds tests of real-time sensor feedback for cochlear implant surgery.Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/ans-2023-annual-meetinghttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/ans-2023-annual-meetingAdvanced Optronics attends the ANS 2023 Annual Meeting in Boston and presents its research.Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/richard-king-mellon-investmenthttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/richard-king-mellon-investmentA program-related investment to build our cochlear implant guidance system.Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTInvestmenthttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/alphalab-health-demo-dayhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/alphalab-health-demo-dayWe complete the AlphaLab Health accelerator and present at Demo Day.Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nsf-i-corpshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/nsf-i-corpsAn NSF grant funds 100+ interviews on the needs of cochlear implant care.Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/exclusive-cmu-licensehttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/exclusive-cmu-licenseAn exclusive, worldwide license to our core sensor technology from CMU.Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/alphalab-health-2022-cohorthttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/alphalab-health-2022-cohortWe join AlphaLab Health’s six-month accelerator, with a $100,000 investment.Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/mcginnis-venture-competition-finalisthttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/mcginnis-venture-competition-finalistSecond place in the graduate division, and a $15,000 prize.Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/rice-business-plan-competition-2022https://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/rice-business-plan-competition-2022The $25,000 Pediatric Device Prize, among 42 student startups.Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/duquesne-new-venture-challengehttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/duquesne-new-venture-challengeSecond place and $8,000 in Duquesne’s startup competition.Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTAwardshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/lifex-fall-2021-acceleratorhttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/lifex-fall-2021-acceleratorWe join LifeX’s three-month accelerator for early-stage healthcare companies.Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTPresshttps://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/spie-startup-challenge-2021https://www.advancedoptronics.com/news/spie-startup-challenge-2021First place in healthcare and a $10,000 prize from Jenoptik.Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTAwards