Medical Devices | Office of Technology Licensing

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Next-Generation Custom-Fit Reusable Mask for Respiratory Protection	Aims to eliminate fit-testing: Designed to remove the expensive and time-consuming federal (i.e., OSHA) mandate for annual fit-testing for workplace use Improved fit: Adapts to fit specific facial features, increasing comfort and enhancing efficacy and potentially eliminating face-seal leakage to enhance performance Reusable: Withstands cleaning and decontamination	6635
Vest-Style Device Assists Ventilation and Perfusion (V/Q) to Help Prevent Respiratory Failure	Powerful: Designed to optimize oxygenation for patients in acute hypoxic respiratory failure Supportive therapy: Non-invasively complements mechanical ventilator support Low cost: Significantly less expensive than technologies that increase oxygenation (e.g., ventilators, oxygen systems)	8529
Novel Polymer Hybrid Improves Stability of Implantable Devices	Strong: Provides structural stability and enhanced cellular adhesion for implant materials Biocompatible: Reduces the risk for complications that could arise with the use of chemical components Customizable: Permits easy incorporation of various nanomaterials to fine-tune devices to meet patient needs	8449
Powered Bilateral Knee Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation of Children and Adults	Lightweight: Uses one of the lightest available electromechanical actuators—just 0.5 kg—along with a mere 1.5 kg for the exoskeleton assembly Back-drivable: Lowers the mechanical effort involved in back driving with a single-stage actuator Efficient: Reduces battery consumption compared with existing systems	8369
Multi-Functional Sparse Phased Arrays for Guiding Focused Ultrasound Therapies	Robust: Provides sensitivity of detection down to a single microbubble for FUS-induced microbubble activity Precise: Offers broadband B-mode imaging capabilities to improve workflow and efficacy of FUS-based therapies Scalable: Enables the formation of large CMUT arrays and subarrays with appropriate element spacing	8493
Polymer-Based Removal of Pollutants from Contact Lenses	Effective: Removes large-particle pollutants as effectively as traditional cleaning solutions, and removes smaller pollutants and microplastics with significantly higher efficacy Robust: Utilizes an elastic polymer that enables contact force between two elastic materials to do the work of removing particles of any size Safe: Eliminates the need for soaking and rubbing removal methods that may tear or damage contact lenses	8398
Airy-beam Tomographic Microscopy for Biological Imaging	Streamlined: Offers a scan-free method of obtaining 3D-resolution images Volumetric imaging: Generates and resolves images of tissues and cells in the 3D space High resolution and image depth: Provides 3D diffraction-limited resolution	8381
A Semiconductor Particle Detector Based on Work Function Modulation	Small: Can be used as a portable radiation detector Versatile: Can be implemented in current particle detectors for accuracy testing and experimental verification Scalable: Offers the potential to be used in creating an array of devices for implementation in larger research experiments	8410
Voice-Activated Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Assistance	Voice-activated movement controlled by the patient Integrated smartphone application to recommend exercises and schedules Quantitative performance metrics and analysis sent to the physical therapist	8130
3D Light-Field Endoscopy Using a Gradient Index Lens Array	Measurements: system achieves 'true quantitative' 3D information Imaging and visualization: system brings a great potential for fast 3D quantitative imaging, visualization, and synthesis of the focal stacks Material: method is glass-free	8283
Precision Needle Positioning Robotic System for MRI Guided Injection	Increased accuracy — robot capable of less than 100 micron accuracy Increased speed — faster targeting of injection locations	8246
Spatial Tracking of Catheters in Interventional MRI	Increased safety — eradicates RF induced heating while providing position of catheters in the body during iMRI procedures Simultaneous measurements — offers temperature measurements, orientation, and other parameters	7952
Instrumented Ankle-foot Orthosis	User friendly – fully wearable and portable Objective data – enhances patient outcomes	7547
Wireless Neurovascular Monitoring System	Minimally invasive: minimal impact on hemodynamics (dynamics of blood flow) Flexible and stretchable: able to conform to complex vessel geometry Longer range: improved wireless detection range	7908
Fluorescence Microscopy with an Ideal sCMOS Camera	Fast – produces fully quantitative sCMOS image restoration up to 100 times faster than the current state-of-the-art Accurate – produces fully quantitative sCMOS image restoration up to two orders of magnitude more accurate than the current state-of-the-art Improved features – allows a broad range of imaging techniques without compromising data reliability	8098
Segmenting Stroke-Like Structures in Images	Computationally efficient User-friendly Operator guidance — correction of errors	4096
Fibrin "Knob" Therapeutics	Simple method Robust production Innate therapeutic potential	4021
Vortex Generators for Prosthetic Heart Valves	Unique- biocompatible and customizable vortex generators Lower-cost- technology of quick molding fabrication Reduced TAT- vortex generators implanted in BMHVs have shown to reduce TAT by greater than 42%	3968
Biomolecular Coating for Implants	Simple, one-step surface modification without chemical cross-linking agents Modification at the time of surgery in the operation room Straight forward sterilization	3967
Annuloplasty Ring & Methods for Tricuspid Valve Repair	Specificity- aligns with specific landmarks only found on the tricuspid annulus Unique- attains an anterior, posterior, and septal segment that conform to the anterior, posterior, and septal sections of the native tricuspid annulus Regulatory- adjustable annuloplasty ring, which facilitates independent control over individual leaflets.	4240

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