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SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSIENT ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTION AND DISPLAY
Published Monday, February 5, 2024Summary The patent US 10,758,740 B2 introduces a system for detecting and displaying transient electric fields induced by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). The patent describes a method and system for the precise measurement and visualization of TMS effects,...
Investigator(s): Elliot Hong, Fow-Sen Choa
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices
Keyword(s): Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Electric field detection, Neurology, Psychiatric treatment, Medical device calibration, Brain stimulation
Docket: LH-2015-028
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ANALYTE-SENSITIVE PROBES AND CONTACT LENS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF OCULAR PATHOLOGIES
Published Thursday, November 9, 2023Summary The patent introduces a contact lens integrated with analyte-sensitive probes for diagnosing ocular pathologies through the detection of specific analytes in basal tears. This non-invasive, real-time monitoring technology has applications in medical diagnostics and...
Investigator(s): Joseph R. Lakowicz, Ramachandram Badugu, E. Albert Reece
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices, Diagnostics, Imaging, Healthcare
Keyword(s): Analyte-sensitive probes, fluorescence, Diagnostics, Real-time monitoring
Docket: JL-2019-091
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Ossicular Prosthesis and Method and System for Manufacturing Same
Published Friday, November 3, 2023Summary This patent describes a personalized medical device, specifically an ossicular prosthesis manufactured via 3D printing, tailored to individual anatomical data from CT scans. The market for such prostheses is growing, driven by the aging population and technological...
Investigator(s): Jeffrey Hirsch, David Eisenman
Categories: Devices, Medical implants, Imaging devices
Keyword(s): Ossicular Prosthesis, 3D printing, Customized Medical Devices, Conductive Hearing Loss, Ossicular Chain Reconstruction, Additive Manufacturing, Biocompatible Materials
Docket: JH-2017-053
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System and Method for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Published Monday, September 30, 2019Sleep Apnea treatment represents a $6 billion market in the United States. Current treatment methods suffer from poor compliance rates. The inventors have proposed a novel ultrasound device to diagnose and treat sleep apnea.
Investigator(s): Amal Isaiah, Jeffrey Wolf
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices, Diagnostics, Imaging, Methods of Treatment
Keyword(s): sleep apnea
Docket: AI-2018-039
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Proton Arc Therapy with Modulating Proton Energies
Published Tuesday, May 1, 2018Proton radiation therapy is a type of external beam radiotherapy that uses the energy distribution of protons to irradiate unwanted and diseased tissues. The proton beam can be directed and deposited by a physician in a designated 3-dimensional tissue volume with greater control and accuracy than traditional radiation...
Investigator(s): Byong Yong Yi, Ulrich Langner, Warren D’Souza
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices, Therapeutics
Keyword(s): Radiation Oncology, imaging
Docket: BY-2017-075
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Medical Image Registration and Applications
Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014Hardware-accelerated image registration has been developed by Dr. Raj Shekhar's group at UMB, a novel computing solution for automatic and accurate registration (spatial alignment) of three-dimensional medical images of any modality and any anatomy. Using these innovations, the computing period for image registration is considerably shorter (...
Investigator(s): Raj Shekhar
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices
Keyword(s): medical image
Docket: RS-2006-006