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A non-electronic reference implant for detection of implant loosening
after joint replacement surgery
Joint replacement is an effective surgical intervention for some joint diseases. Implant loosening is a disabling condition that can affect patients after joint replacement surgery. Unfortunately, subtle progression of tissue deterioration around the implant remains a major challenge, because signs and symptoms may not be clinically apparent until...
Published: 3/5/2024
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Inventor(s): Hanna Dietrich, Joseph DiFranceisco, Miguel Isaga, Luke Austin, Erik Brewer, Hamid Seyyedhosseinzadeh, Mary Staehle, Ann DiGuglielmo
Keywords(s): Arthroplasty, Implant, Joint, Radiography, Replacement , Surgery
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices, Human Health Care > Biomarkers, Diagnosis and Detection
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Bactericidal Biomedical Electrode Coatings that Enhances Charge Coupling
Atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF) is the most common type of heart arrhythmia afflicting millions of people throughout the world and leads to more than 166,000 deaths each year. Pacemakers and defibrillators are implanted into over a million people every year and vital for preventing the adverse complications of AFib. However, implantation of these devices...
Published: 3/4/2024
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Inventor(s): Jeffrey Hettinger, Greg Caputo, Lia Yu
Keywords(s): Antibacterial, Coatings, defibrillator, Electrode, Implant, pacemaker
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices, Engineering > Materials
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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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MIXING PEN AND BIO PRINTER FOR IN-SITU DELIVERY OF POLYMERS/ BIOMATERIALS
3D bioprinting is a relatively new specialty used in the field of tissue engineering for combining cells, biomaterials, and growth factors to manufacture tissue-like structures/organs to assist in research and in reconstructive/regenerative surgeries for the rebuilding of damaged organs. Current 3D bioprinting techniques are high cost, limited in their...
Published: 3/6/2024
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Inventor(s): Amir Miri Ramsheh
Keywords(s): 3D, Additive Manufacturing, Biomaterials, Dispensing, Medical Devices, Mixing, Polymers
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices, Human Health Care > Biomaterials, Engineering > Manufacturing
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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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Minimally invasive device for the treatment of vocal cord conditions
TechnologyInjection of drugs and fillers into the vocal tissues is a commonly used procedure for the treatment of vocal disorders such as atrophy, paralysis, granulomas, tremors, and vocal nodules. Fillers commonly include gels, pastes, and biomaterials, as well as pharmacological agents like Botulinum Toxin. The procedure can be performed in the provider’s...
Published: 2/15/2024
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Inventor(s): Amir Miri Ramsheh, Matthew Malpica
Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Bioprinting, Handheld, Vocal Fold
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices, Human Health Care > Biomaterials
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Chondroplasty Tool for a Clinical Cartilage Biopsy Procedure
The proposed technology is a novel approach to harvest 200 mg of articular cartilage from the patient required for the MACI procedure to treat symptomatic articular cartilage lesions. The device will be inserted into the knee via cannula, to harvest cartilage from the non-load bearing surfaces of the medial and lateral femoral condyles. The device can...
Published: 3/5/2024
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Inventor(s): Jacob Mahon, Brennen Covely, Francis Maura, Sharuk Majid, Mohammad Mannan, Erik Brewer, Sean McMillan, Frederick Hardenbrook, Alfred Intintoli
Keywords(s): Biopsy, Cartilage, Chondroplasty, Joint, Knee, Shoulder, Surgery
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices
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Wireless Wearable fNIR Sensor
Since the initial discovery in 1977 that brain tissue transparency to NIR (Near-Infrared Spectroscopy) light allowed a non-invasive and continuous method of measuring tissue oxygen saturation using transillumination in neonates, a number of applications to non-invasively measure blood oxygenation in muscle and the circulatory system have been developed....
Published: 3/5/2024
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Inventor(s): Linda Head, Autumn Brown, John Clark, Christofer Green, Tej Patel, Brian Westervelt, Sean Hastings
Keywords(s): Electronics, Oxygenation, Sensor, Wearable, Wireless
Category(s): Engineering > Electronics, Human Health Care > Medical Devices
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Portable and inexpensive smart ring that measures
body composition over time.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a method of measuring body fatb in relation to lean body mass. BIA determines the bioelectrical impedance, or opposition to the flow of an electric current through body tissues which can then be used to estimate body fat based on total body water and fat-free mass. During BIA, a very low-level electrical current...
Published: 3/6/2024
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Inventor(s): Adarsh Gupta
Keywords(s): Monitoring, Portable, Smart Technology, Wearable
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices, Engineering > Electronics
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Electronic Patch for Monitoring Heart Rate
TechnologyIn the 1990s, the concept known as personal health systems arose. The purpose of this concept was to place the individual person in the center of the healthcare delivery process by managing their own health and interacting with care providers. The goal of this concept was to raise interest in personal health status, improve the quality of...
Published: 3/5/2024
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Inventor(s): Xue Wei, Xiao Hu, Jeffrey Hettinger
Keywords(s): Electronics, Heartrate, Monitoring, Physiological, Polymers, Wearable
Category(s): Engineering > Electronics, Human Health Care > Medical Devices
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