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Vaccine for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction and Relapse
Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal substance in the world with more than 756 metric tons seized every year from authorities. In the United States, over 35 million people over the age of 12 have reported using cocaine, while being the most frequent illegal drugs reported by emergency rooms. Its popularity is due to its highly addictive nature...
Published: 2/9/2024
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Inventor(s): Thomas Keck, Christopher Lowry
Keywords(s): Addiction, Cocaine, Inflammation, PTSD, Vaccine
Category(s): Human Health Care > Therapeutics
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Nanoparticle-based antibody delivery system to selectively inhibit inflammatory mediators and combat “cytokine storm”.
Recent outbreaks with novel coronaviruses including SARS and MERS as well as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic underscore existing limitations in managing these deadly pathogens. According to the World Health Organization, there have been over 4.3 million confirmed cases of COVID- 19 and ~300,000 deaths to date. SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 infect the airway...
Published: 3/5/2024
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Inventor(s): Dobbins Tabbetha, Sreekant Murthy
Keywords(s): Covid-19, Cytokine-storm, Immunology, Inflammation, Respiratory, Therapeutic
Category(s): Human Health Care > Therapeutics
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Neurostimulation Device for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a common, complex, and distressing problem that afflicts more than 20 percent (50 million) of the population in the United States and more than 1.9 billion people worldwide. The condition arises from a series of events or injuries, including but not limited to traumatic injury, obesity, congenital disorders, nerve damage and sports injuries....
Published: 2/13/2024
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Inventor(s): Xue Wei, Jeffrey Hettinger, Xiao Hu, Robert Hirsh
Keywords(s): Biocompatible, Inflammation, Neurostimulation, Pain, Polymers, Protein
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices
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Wearable Device for Continuous Monitoring and Intelligent Intervening of Targeted Body Region
Traditional treatment for arthritis and other forms of localized inflammation requires the use of an ice pack. For those who suffer from arthritis, accessibility to a cold pack is limited by the need for constant refrigeration. Moreover, physicians do not have a method to continually monitor localized patient inflammation, and this hampers the treatment...
Published: 3/6/2024
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Inventor(s): Charles Linderman, Hong Zhang
Keywords(s): Arthritis, Cryotherapy, Feedback, Inflammation, Medical Devices, Pain, Wearable
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices
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