In July 2017, Nanochon LLC and CEO Ben Holmes were awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund the development of an implantable medical device for cartilage repair in the knee, based on 3D printing technology. Nanochon LLC was founded by Ben Holmes and Nathan Castro and is based on their work in Grace Zhang’s Tissue Engineering Lab.
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