Search Technologies
Displaying 21 - 30 of 39 results
Researchers at the University of Maryland have created hundreds of innovations that are available for licensing. Our Discovery Portfolio contains an exciting mix of vaccines, drug targets, therapeutics, devices and cutting edge techniques that promise to make a quantifiable impact on human health and the environment.
Search by keyword:
-
Balanced Reach Control Systems Model
Published Tuesday, May 2, 2017Bipedal standing balance is inherently unstable and must be actively controlled to prevent falling. This involves a complex interaction of the sensorimotor system and multi-segment musculoskeletal system. Fall risk increases with deterioration of sensorimotor and musculoskeletal elements responsible for balance due to age, neurological...
Investigator(s): Joseph E. Barton
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices, Software + Algorithm, Methods of Treatment
Keyword(s): Rehabilitation, balance, reaching, Aging Population
Docket: JB-2016-005, JB-2016-004
-
Prompt Gamma Imaging System for Proton Range Verification using a Compton Camera
Published Tuesday, April 11, 2017Range uncertainty in the exact position of the distal dose gradient of a proton beam delivered within a patient during radiotherapy (RT) can lead to underdosing of the tumor or to excessive dosing to adjacent healthy tissues or critical organs at risk. The unwanted side effects and complications due this uncertainty is...
Investigator(s): Jerimy Polf, PhD
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices, Software + Algorithm, Healthcare
Keyword(s): Radiotherapy; medical imaging; prompt gamma; compton camera; range verification
Docket: JP-2015-137
-
Delay Belt Device: A Fall Prevention System
Published Thursday, February 23, 2017Injuries related to falls are a major source of morbidity and mortality and come with a significant financial burden to the health care system. This technology, a delay belt device (DBD) with electronic control features, provides a straightforward and complete solution to this problem. The DBD is an integrated electronic safety device that can...
Investigator(s): Michael Makley
Categories: Devices
Keyword(s): Healthcare device
Docket: MM-2012-077
-
Device and Technique for Placement of Tracheoesophageal Prosthesis Using a Flexible Esophagoscope
Published Wednesday, May 11, 2016Following a laryngectomy, lung-powered voicing is achieved through placement of a one-way valve voice prosthesis using a rigid esophagoscope. This technique for prosthesis placement confers poor visualization. It can also be difficult or impossible to perform on patients with stenosis of the pharynx or esophagus, a...
Investigator(s): Jeffrey Wolf
Categories: Devices, Surgical devices
Keyword(s): Esophagoscope, device, voicebox, prosthesis
Docket: JW-2015-097
-
Emergency Oxygenation Kit
Published Wednesday, May 27, 2015A few minutes of oxygen deprivation can lead to lifelong brain damage and brain death is inevitable unless blood oxygen levels are restored to normal. Emergency oxygen delivery systems are available for first aid use and can save lives by providing short-term oxygenation until the patient arrives at a medical facility....
Investigator(s): Jeff Wolf, Aldo Iacono
Categories: Devices
Keyword(s): emergency oxygenation, apneic patient, battlefield, Critical Care, Airway Management
Docket: JW-2011-054
-
Zona Incerta Stimulation for Chronic Pain Relief
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014Central pain syndrome (CPS) is a debilitating condition affecting with lesions or dysfunction in the central nervous system. CPS is a neurological disorder resulting from damage to or dysfunction of the pain-conducting pathways of the central nervous system. The patented invention describes a novel method for treating CPS regions of the...
Investigator(s): Asef Keller, Raimi Quiton, Peter Murray, Radi Masri, Jessica Lucas
Categories: Devices, Methods of Treatment
Keyword(s): chronic, pain, device, neurostimulation
Docket: AK-2009-044
-
Surgical Abdominal Wall Model
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014The Surgical Abdominal Wall (SAW) model is a physical/mechanical model developed by researchers at UMB to simulate laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) and other abdominal wall surgical procedures. Materials were carefully chosen to simulate skin, tissue, organs, and adhesions associated with abdominal wall morphology and pathology....
Investigator(s): Adrian Park, Ivan George, F. Jacob Seagull
Categories: Devices
Docket: AP-2008-024
-
Subwavelength Resolution Optical Microscopy
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014Optical microscopy, both transmission and fluorescence, has limited spatial resolution due to well-known limits of diffraction. In addition, few methods are available to increase spatial resolution. The invention describes a novel and a simple method of increasing optical resolution. The present technology can be specifically used to image...
Investigator(s): Joseph Lakowicz, Mustafa Chowdury, Chandran Subanagayam
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices
Docket: JL-2007-088
-
Straight Expandable Polypectomy Forceps
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014Endoscopic biopsy forceps are routinely used for the resectioning of small, sessile, sub-centimeter polyps of the gastrointestinal tract. Originally invented to biopsy and sample mucosa, these forceps remain inadequate for the resectioning of entire polyps and often require multiple passes for complete removal. In order to resolve this issue,...
Investigator(s): Florence M. Aslinia, M.D., MS Eric Goldberg
Categories: Devices, Surgical devices
Keyword(s): device
Docket: FA-2012-062
-
Real-time tracking of tumor motion during radiation treatment using a dynamic couch
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014A patient couch is designed to track movement of a target tumor in the patient (due to biological functions such as respiration), and to make compensatory moves so that the radiation treatment site is stabilized.
Investigator(s): Warren DýSouza, Xinsheng Yu, Mohan Suntharali, William Regine
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices
Keyword(s): radiation, tumor
Docket: WD-2005-055