Share this article Share this article MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care leader commercializing its CytoSorb® and other blood purification technologies to treat deadly conditions in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, announced the U.S Army Medical Research and Development Command has awarded CytoSorbents a Defense Health Agency (DHA) Sequential Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, valued at $1,499,987 over 28 months, to advance development of the K +ontrol™ platform for the treatment of severe hyperkalemia induced by traumatic injury and acute kidney injury in austere medicine. This follows the successful completion of the previously announced Phase I and Phase II SBIR programs for this application, totaling approximately $1.15 million in previous contract funding.