WRF Awards $272,500 to University of Washington’s Aman Garg to Advance Heart Catheter Technology

Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded a $272,500 phase 2 technology commercialization grant to Aman Garg, a research engineer working with principal investigator Per Reinhall, Ph.D., in the University of Washington’s (UW) Department of Mechanical Engineering. The grant supports continued development of the FlexLock Guide Catheter, a device Garg conceived as a UW graduate student to make complex heart procedures safer and more efficient. The award follows a $110,000 WRF phase 1 grant in 2025.