Medical Devices | Office of Technology Licensing

Available Technologies by Category
New Methods of Fabrication for Biosensor Arrays	Low manufacturing and operating cost Compatible with multiple standard electrochemical techniques Can be used with CMOS detection chips with multiple chemical detection and/or actuation channels or sites	4231
Piezoelectric Nanowire Based Hearing Aids	Smaller size More power efficient	4222
Fluid Management System for Hemofiltration	Compact- size addresses concern of restricted bed-side space Age-friendly- potential use in any age group, from newborns to adults	4209
Translating Sound into Soft Touch for Haptic Devices	Low cost: Uses components that are less expensive than other high-tech options Better response: Responds more quickly and more refined/granular than existing products with slow and/or coarse responsiveness Enhanced performance: Achieves a silent, smoother, pulse-like response rather than an unpleasant push or buzz	5433
Click Hydrogel for Re-Synostosis Therapy	Provides a novel delivery vehicle for proteins or other factors for correction of craniosynostosis. Spontaneously polymerizes without producing free radicals. Polymerization can safely take place in-vivo. Allows for tunable mechanical properties and compound release kinetics.	5430
KIDSCRRT – A Device for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Children	Pediatric-friendly- elimination of existing application of adult CRRT devices for pediatric care Improved accuracy- novel pump and control system design complete with offset loop and fluid balance system Versatile- easily integrated with other extracorporeal therapies	5363
Alveolar Breath Separation and Collection Device	Simple: this device has fewer components than prior devices Inexpensive: this device is less expensive than previous devices due to its simpler design	4734
Periodic Arrays for Frequency-Based Beam Steering	Avoids individual control of array components Reduced cost, smaller design equipment	4716
System for Bone Regeneration	Provides superior retention and release of osteoinductive protein Reduces necessary dose of osteoinductive protein Reduced cost of procedure	4660
Method for Packaging Advanced Sensors and Electronics	High volume — device can be used for simultaneous sensing of thousands of proteins or nucleic acid sequences Cheaper — utilizes low cost wafer-scale semiconductor manufacturing technologies Versatile — can be used for many chemical and biochemical sensors	4514
Fluorescent Nanoprobes for Live-Cell RNA Imaging	Sensitive — can image single molecules with multiple emission wavelengths Fast — probe is multivalent and bind to RNA in less than 10 minutes Low cost — the alternative dual-label probes are more expensive	4513
Replaceable Heart Valve Prosthesis	Repeatable- method may be repeated multiple times Versatile- mechanism may substitute more than one valve Lower-cost	3692
Method for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Procedures	Minimally invasive: heart valve repair system breakdown allows for a smoother process Futuristic: eliminates the need for cardiopulmonary bypass Reduced risk: intends a lower mortality rate during procedure	4483
Core-Shell Nanogel Cellular Delivery Vehicles	Delivery of a broad range of various materials to cells Higher payloads and faster and more sustained RNA interference than non-targeted commercial siRNA delivery vehicle Less toxic than commercial liposomal formulations	4480
Method to Control the Annular Septal-Lateral Diameter of a Valve	Minimally invasive- tools for SLAC deployed endovascularly, percutaneously, or thorocoscopically through a catheter Effective- reduces the septal-lateral diameter on the mitral valve Biocompatible- provides an anchoring system for anchoring a minimally invasively deployed annuloplasty ring	3690
Carbon Nanotube Electrode Array for Neural Prosthetics	Densely packed CNT arrays allow for better bio-incorporation, prevention of glial scarring, chronic inflammation, and neuronal cell loss Readily functionalized to promote neuronal growth and tissue-electrode adhesion, enhancing electrode performance and quality of read-out signals Inherent mechanical stiffness enhances the rigidity of adjacent CNTs preventing buckling as in other high-aspect probe systems.	4434
Reduced Cyanine Dyes	Simple Synthesis - Easy one-step synthesis from commercially available cyanine dyes Dependable - Exceptional sensitivity Versatile - High stability and wide range wavelength tunability	4430
Scatter Correction for Cone-beam CT in Radiation Therapy	Does not modify either the hardware or the imaging protocols of the clinical system Effectively reduces the scatter signals in the CBCTY scan, and improves image quality Does not require an increase in the dose to the patients	5135
A Biodegradable Polymer for Medical Applications	Adaptive and applicable – mechanical properties can be tailored to the desired medical application Controlled biodegradation- biodegradation profile is easily adjustable	5121
Microneedle Coating	Alternative method for hypodermic needles Coating uniformity Spatial control on coating length	3526

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