COMPANY

Cairn Surgical

HQ: Lebanon, NH source · cairnsurgical.com ↗ · New England

Location: Lebanon, NH · source · Oct 14, 2026

Profile checked Oct 10, 2026

Keywords: Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Female

2Trials (company is sponsor)8NIH grants

Timeline

Jun 22, 2022 Trial start Not phased (device or behavioral study): CairnSurgical Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) Post-Market Study source ↗
Dec 23, 2020 Trial start Not phased (device or behavioral study): Breast Cancer Locator Guided vs. Wire Localized Partial Mastectomy for Breast Cancer source ↗

Clinical trials (lead sponsor) 2

Record	Title	Phase	Status	Start	Primary completion
NCT06461663	CairnSurgical Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) Post-Market Study	Not phased (device or behavioral study)	Completed	Jun 22, 2022	Apr 19, 2024 (actual)
NCT04397185	Breast Cancer Locator Guided vs. Wire Localized Partial Mastectomy for Breast Cancer	Not phased (device or behavioral study)	Completed	Dec 23, 2020	Dec 9, 2025 (actual)

NIH awards 8

Annual award amounts. Total $6.4M.

Aug 4, 2021 NIH award 5R44CA247124-02 FY2021: $992,343 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Randomized Prospective Trial of B source ↗
Aug 12, 2020 NIH award 5R44CA232862-03 FY2020: $1,115,118 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Supine Breast MRI Standardizati source ↗
Jul 8, 2020 NIH award 1R44CA247124-01A1 FY2020: $1,007,656 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Randomized Prospective Trial source ↗
Sep 5, 2019 NIH award 4R44CA232862-02 FY2019: $879,124 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Supine Breast MRI Standardization source ↗
Sep 12, 2018 NIH award 1R44CA232862-01 FY2018: $221,343 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Supine Breast MRI Standardization source ↗
Jul 19, 2018 NIH award 5R44CA210810-04 FY2018: $969,868 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Breast Cancer Locator source ↗
Sep 26, 2017 NIH award 6R44CA210810-03 FY2017: $1,031,728 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Breast Cancer Locator source ↗
Jul 6, 2016 NIH award 1R43CA210810-01 FY2016: $209,307 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R43 (SBIR); PI KRISHNASWAMY, VENKATARAMANAN; recipient as written: CAIRNSURGICAL, INC., LEBANON, NH. Breast Cancer Locator source ↗