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Lacrimal Stent with Opening

6724 – Nasolacrimal duct obstructions may be either congenital or acquired. Obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct leads to the excess overflow of tears, resulting in watery eyes and an increased risk of eye infections and inflammation. To prevent these simple serious issues, current procedures include placing lacrimal stents through the puncta into the obstructed duct of the eye; intended to open... Read More

Automated Analysis of Optic Disk in Retinal Autofluorescence Images

6530 – Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging has proven a versatile method for non-invasive imaging of the retina. Information gained from this method is able to diagnose and monitor multiple diseases of the eye, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects over 5 million individuals worldwide. Retinal diseases are known to manifest during the later stages of life and the market... Read More

Imaging Assisted Minimally Invasive Implant Surgery

6686 – It is estimated that nearly 2 to 4 million dental implants will be placed in the US by 2020, which will be almost doubled from 2010. This number could significantly increase if minimally invasive surgery (MIS), such as flapless surgery, becomes a routine procedure because it can further increase patient acceptance to implant therapy by reducing surgical time, post-operational discomfort... Read More

A Microscale Whole Blood Coagulation Assay Platform

6536 – The properties of blood clotting in an important medical indicator for identifying blood coagulation diseases, managing hemostatic therapies, and identifying hemorrhage causes and risks during surgery. However, current testing methods are either thorough but lab-based and time consuming, or available at the point-of-care (POC) but limited in capability. A new whole blood coagulation... Read More

Effects on the Controlled Release of Proteins

2865 – UM File # 2865 Background Injectable biodegradable polymeric particles (usually microspheres) represent an exciting approach to control the release of vaccine antigens to reduce the number of doses in the immunization schedule and optimize the desired immune response via selective targeting of antigen to antigen presenting cells. After the first couple of decades of their study, much... Read More

Photo-Acoustic Tomography, PAT contrast agent, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Clofazimine

6731 – Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the inflammation of the lining of the membranes that surround your joints which can eventually destroy the cartilage and bone within the joint. The number of people globally with RA was 73 million in 2014. Macrophages are central to the pathophysiology of arthritic inflammation and are at the origin of pathological bone erosion in arthritic conditions. Current... Read More

Use of compound GSK2606414 for the prevention of lung inflammation

6785 – Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a respiratory virus that infects the lung and respiratory tract and is a major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in young children and infants. RSV is extremely common and contagious, with nearly all children being infected with RSV by age two. Usually RSV results in mild cold-like symptoms in adults and healthy children, but in some patients,... Read More

Dip-coating mediated mammalian cell lyopreservation at ambient temperatures

6849 – Cell-based manufacturing is a major source of protein therapeutics worth over $200 billion worldwide each year. Mammalian cell lines, such as Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO), are particularly important due to their biological closeness to human cells, but face greater challenges than bacteria or yeast when it comes to storage and transportation. Current methods call for cryopreservation, which is... Read More

Angiogenic Nanotechnologies for Bone Repair and Regeneration

6834 – Bone fractures are a common and costly medical problem in the United States. It is estimated that approximately 6 million Americans experience fractures annually, and 10% of those fractures will result in impaired healing. When a fracture occurs, the initial healing response is highly dependent on functional blood vessels. These blood vessels are necessary in order to supply the fracture site... Read More

Discover KLF14 as a Key Mediator for HDL Metabolism and Identify a KLF14 Activator for the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease

5698 – UM File # 5698 Background Technology Description Applications Advantagespeutic target for increasing apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) and high densilty lipoprotein (HDL) for treatment of cardiovascular disease Levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL), commonly referred to as good cholesterol, is inversely correlated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) is the major... Read More

High-Density Genotyping Panel for Genetic Analysis of Outbred Rats

6945 – The laboratory rat serves an important role as an animal model in biological research including the fields of psychology, medicine and new drug development. Many labs utilize congenic rat strains for their research, but studies done in certain fields require outbred strains of rats and mice to be used. One example is in the field of genetics for quantitative trait locus mapping where small... Read More

In-home physical therapy tool for Brachial plexus palsy using Physically Assistive Therapy for Hands (PATH)

6518 – In-home physical therapy represents 90% of all outpatient rehabilitation spending. Despite of high demand and frequent use, in-home physical therapy gets delivered in one of the most outdated and least reliable way; prescription of therapeutic movements as diagrams on a piece of paper relaying 100% on patients' motivation to stick to the exercise regimen. This poses a significant challenge to... Read More

Targeted absolute quantitative proteomics assay

6740 – The rapidly expanding field of proteomics is changing the way we understand cellular function, and paving the path for new diagnostics and medicines each day. The proteomics industry is projected to expand at a rate of 19% per year to a market value of approximately $12B by 2019, making it one of the fastest growing scientific markets in the world. As the medical and pharmaceutical fields... Read More

3D MEMS Scanner for Real-Time Cross-Sectional Endomicroscopy

6867 – Endoscopic procedures are commonly performed for screening cancers originating in the epithelium of the body, such as the colon, esophagus, stomach, lung, bladder, and pancreas. Confocal endomicroscopy is a way to conduct an “optical biopsy” by taking histology-like images of the tissue of interest without the risk and complications of a traditional biopsy. This non-invasive technique is... Read More

Applications of novel ErbB2 selective peptides

6579 – The membrane receptor ErbB2 (also known as HER2/neu) is a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family. ErbB2 is amplified and overexpressed in many epithelial-derived malignancies including breast, ovarian, and lung cancers. Agents capable of selectively targeting ErbB2 can be used for diagnostics, prognostic indications, imaging and therapeutic applications. The... Read More

Biodegradable Hydrogel using Ultrasound for Tissue Expansion

6749 – Tissue Expansion A material or device designed to induce skin or tissue expansion for the purpose of reconstructive and plastic surgeries has been deemed as a tissue expander. Tissue expanders are temporary inflatable implants that are positioned under the skin to facilitate the increase of tissue dimensions for reconstruction. For instance, inflatable balloons were used for skin expansion.... Read More

A multiple-task spray cap for chromoendoscopy

6675 – Chromoendoscopy is a medical procedure where stains or dyes are applied topically at the time of endoscopy to enhance tissue characterization, differentiation, or diagnosis. It has been shown to improve visualization of pre-cancerous lesions, especially small flat lesions. Currently, a spray catheter is used to spray stains onto the mucosal lining of the intestinal tract during... Read More

Device for Fixation of an Adjustable Length Tube Through a Preformed Tract into a Hollow Cavity

6633 – Patients who can’t get enough food or liquids through the oral route use an enteral feeding tube. This may be due to decreased appetite, difficulty in swallowing and post-surgery that interferes with eating. The tube transfers food directly into the stomach through the abdominal skin via a surgically-created tract. Feeding tube is preferred for patients who require long-term nutrition... Read More

Stable, Highly active Ni(0) Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions

6797 – Nickel catalysts can be both economical and powerful catalysts for applications in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and polymer industries. Despite the potential for Ni catalysts in widespread processes like carbon-carbon coupling reactions, their application has been slowed due to challenges with stability and the hassles of catalysis under inert conditions. Due to the high demand and volatile... Read More

Zinc oxide nanoparticles for antimicrobial medical device coating and potential enzyme inhibition

6741 – Nearly half of the two million hospital acquired infections are associated with the insertion of a medical device. These infections are caused by attachment and growth of bacteria on the medical device, leading to possible biofilm formation that can lead to a localized or even systemic infection. Medical device associated infections are the leading cause of hospital acquired blood infections.... Read More

Dual c-Src/p38 Kinase Inhibitors

6826 – Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents one of the most difficult cancers to treat and there is currently no targeted therapeutics which are FDA approved. TNBC is found in 15-30% of all breast cancers. Kinases are a family of proteins that have been demonstrated to be important targets in cancer and are currently the focus of up to 25% of all drugs in development. p38... Read More

A Genetically Encoded Activator and Controller of the Mitotic Checkpoint

6745 – Spontaneous abortion or miscarriage is a pregnancy that is not viable or in which the fetus is born before the 20th week of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortions occur in 15-20% of recognized pregnancies, with 1% of women having 3 or more consecutive miscarriages. Female fertility is decreased with advanced maternal age, with the risk of miscarriages increasing up to 75% among women aged over 40... Read More

The Landscape of Antisense Gene Expression in Human Cancers

6287 – The human genome is widely transcribed, containing protein-coding and non-coding regions. Double-stranded DNA is transcribed to sense transcripts that are eventually translated to form proteins. Some DNA is transcribed into natural antisense RNA (NAT), which are endogenous transcripts that are complementary to sense transcripts. NATs are widespread in eukaryotes with complementary to sense... Read More

An automated high-throughput method for identifying long non-coding RNAs associated with cancer

6286 – Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. While recent efforts at analyzing the transcriptome of cancer patients have focused on studying protein-encoding genes, several long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) transcriptions have been found to promote oncogenesis. Previous attempts at identifying these cancer-associated lncRNAs have been limited. The evolution of high-throughput... Read More

PIEZOELECTRIC BEAM ENERGY HARVESTER WITH TIP MASS FOR LEADLESS PACEMAKER

MRI Compatible Piezoelectric MEMS Energy Harvester with Tip Mass for Leadless Pacemaker for Heartbeat Vibrations

6782 – Energy harvesting devices and their unique ability to convert the ambient energy into electrical energy has attracted much interest in industrial and manufacturing sectors. Vibration is one of the common sources in energy harvesting and a widely used method of converting vibration into the electricity is by using the piezoelectric materials. One important application of such piezoelectric... Read More

Algorithm to Identify Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

5396 – Predictive Modeling for Assessing Patient Risk for HCC Researchers in the Department of Statistics and Doctors at the University of Michigan Hospital had developed a machine learning algorithm that predicts the presence of HCC in patients. The predictive model uses results from standard laboratory tests as predictors of HCC. In a clinical trial from 2004 to 2010, the team demonstrated... Read More

Online concussion education for parents and coaches

6751 – Cerebral concussions are notoriously difficult for sports medicine teams to evaluate and manage. These “invisible injuries” are often difficult to diagnose, but have the potential to lead to severe long-term health conditions, such as postconcussion syndrome and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Determination of when it is safe for an athlete to return-to-play can help prevent further injury.... Read More

Novel Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm inhibitors

6671 – Acinetobacter baumannii are opportunistic pathogens that are frequently associated with hospital acquired infections. Multi-drug resistant strains are not uncommon and even pan-resistant strains have been identified. This antibiotic resistance appears to be mediated through the formation of biofilms. Biofilms are formed through a highly structured extracellular polymeric matrix which... Read More

Fiber optic Raman spectroscopy probe with hollow insertion system

6392 – Fiber optic Raman fluorescence reflectance spectroscopy probe Calciphylaxis is a painful and debilitating condition that creates large open wounds most frequently in patients with renal failure. Calciphylactic lesions are characterized by the precipitation of calcium deposits in the skin and soft tissues, which results in vessel thrombosis and tissue necrosis. Diagnosis of calciphylaxis... Read More

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Inhibitors and Methods of Use Thereof

5475 – Blood clotting and formation of fibrous connective tissue are important biological functions that require tight regulation because either excess or insufficient formation of blood clot or connective tissue can lead to devastating health conditions. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the critical molecule that modulates both of these biological processes. Although cases of... Read More

Injectable and Self-integrating Hydrogels

5933 – Injectable hydrogels that can encapsulate pharmaceuticals or regenerative cells allow for the delivery of active biological species directly to a target area. These materials have potential to aid in next generation drug delivery and tissue engineering procedures such as the sustained release of hormonal medication or less invasive tissue regeneration techniques. Biocompatible hydrogels... Read More

Magnetoelastic Actuator for Glaucoma Drainage Devices (MA-GDD)

6680 – The use of glaucoma drainage implants has increased in recent years, especially relative to other surgical glaucoma procedures such as trabeculectomy. The increased utilization of drainage implants is related to a greater experience and appreciation of the efficacy of aqueous shunts, and a growing concern about late complications associated with standard filtering surgery. Glaucoma drainage... Read More

Software for Identification of Common Protein-Protein Interfaces with Applications to Viral Inhibitors and Vaccines

6496 – Interactions between proteins are ubiquitous in biology and have recently garnered much attention from the drug discovery and protein engineering community. Although evidence suggests about 80% of proteins exists in one or more protein complexes during their lifetimes, relatively little is known about the structural evolution of protein interfaces and how they can be exploited as drug... Read More

G protein-coupled receptor kinase inhibitors to treat heart failure

6497 – Heart failure (also known as congestive heart failure) occurs when the heart becomes too weak to pump enough blood to meet the body’s oxygen requirements. In the United States, over 5 million people have heart failure, and the disease contributes to approximately 260,000 deaths (one in every nine deaths total) annually. In addition, heart failure costs the country an estimated $32 billion... Read More

beta1/Contactin Cell Line

mta2585 – beta1/Contactin Cell Line

Discovery of novel (quinolin-8-yl) nicotinamides for pancreatic cancer

6694 – Pancreatic cancer has a 5-year survival rate under 5% and is the deadliest cancer. Early- stage disease is asymptomatic, therefore, advanced late-stage disease is more frequently diagnosed. Pancreatic cancer typically shows resistance to chemotherapy and other therapeutics resulting in poor prognosis. Some patients are eligible for surgery but relapse often arises. In addition, 80% of... Read More

Methods for Converting Stem Cells Into 3D Lung Tissues Through Directed Differentiation

6573 – Currently, there is a challenge in studying organ development and organ diseases. In vivo animal models are time consuming, difficult to study, and often don’t directly mimic a human organ system. Therefore, there has been a drive to create an in vitro model that better resembles a human system. Scientists have been able to drive human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) in to specific organ cell... Read More

Multimodal Imaging in Retinal Diseases

6593 – The clinical evaluation of blinding retinal diseases such as Inherited Retinal Degenerations, Diabetes, Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Glaucoma necessitates integration of clinical data obtained from various modalities. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 years of age and older. As many as 11 million people in the United States have some form... Read More

Generation of Ag18F and its use in the synthesis of PET radiotracers

6465 – UM File # 6465 Background Technology Description Applications Advantagesission tomography (PET) is an imaging technique that relies on the decay of radioactive elements within a small molecule probe to produce an image of the spatial distribution of the probe in diseased tissues. Despite its promising applications in fields like oncology, neurology, and cardiology; PET has seen limited... Read More

Schematic of Brain Computer-Interface for Multiple Choice Testing

Direct Brain-Computer Interface for Cognitive Assessment

6101 – In many case individuals with neurological conditions such as ALS or traumatic brain injuries do not have motor and verbal control required to communicate using typical methods. When cognitive assessments are used to measure cognitive abilities which can be used to determine therapies and services, the assessments are inaccessible to these patients because they cannot select answers. ... Read More

CARD-024 Amelioration of Intestinal Fibrosis and Use for Treatment of Crohn's Disease

5383 – Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease in which there are periods of inflammation of the gastrointestinal lining followed by periods of mucosal healing. There is no cure for Chron’s and it affects roughly 200 out of every 100,000 adults. Though Chron’s can be managed with anti-inflammatory therapies and immune system suppressors, nearly 70% of patients develop excessive scar... Read More

Combined Scintillator-based Neutron and Gamma-ray Dosimeter

6379 – Radiation dosimeters are used to measure exposure to ionizing radiation (such as gamma rays and neutron). These instruments are used to determine radiation exposure in research and medical facilities, security checks (e.g. in the airport), food and other industries where radiation is used as a sterilization tool. The global market for dosimeters was worth ~$6000 million in 2012 with an... Read More

Metamaterial Sensor Platforms for Terahertz DNA Sensing

6246 – Terahertz sensors are a promising technology for studying DNA hybridization due to the distinctive refractive response differences between single-strand and double-strand DNA polynucleotides. This inherent difference opens the door to highly sensitive label-free detection and identification of DNA sequences. A new sensing platform now promises to greatly increase the sensitivity of DNA... Read More

A Catheter and Method for Cardiac Intracavitary Mapping and Navigation

5848 – This is an intracardiac mapping catheter that can be used in cardiac electrophysiology studies to guide catheter ablation for treating cardiac arrhythmias. It is a non-contact mapping system that detects movement of the blood inside a heart chamber and uses that information to localize the source of fibrillation in the heart wall. Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of arrhythmia that... Read More

Algorithm and Device to Detect and Differentiate AF from Other Arrythmias

4633 – In an embodiment, an apparatus for detecting arrhythmias within a body, the apparatus includes: an input stage to receive an electrocardiogram signal from a body connected thereto through a detection electrode input, wherein the input stage is a real-time dynamically adjustable signal transformation stage configured to condition the electrocardiogram signal; an analysis stage coupled to the... Read More

Overnight Corneal Reshaping - Quality of Life (OCRQOL) Questionnaire

6529 – Over half of all Americans use corrective eyewear such as glasses and contact lenses. When choosing corrective eyewear, doctors are concerned with safety, efficacy, visual acuity, and complication rates, while patients typically consider how different options affect their vision-related quality of life. All of these factors must be considered to find an ideal treatment. An important method... Read More

Image Processing and Machine Learning for Diagnostic Analysis of Microcirculation

6516 – One of the major causes of death worldwide is coronary artery disease, for which stent implantation is a common treatment. Current diagnosis of coronary artery disease relies on visual examination of angiograms by operators to identify significant stenoses in arteries. Visual examination of angiograms might lead to false diagnosis as it relies on estimation, which is subject to intra- and... Read More

Distance-Preserving Penalty Function for Imposing Local Rigidity in Deformable Image Registration

6374 – One of the most popular diagnostics for oncology imaging is computed tomography (CT). Worldwide, the CT market accounts for 17.0 per cent of the total diagnostic medical imaging industry. As CT technology improves, physicians are able to use these tools for better approaches to patient treatment. Radiation therapy is a commonly used treatment for many types of cancers, especially in the... Read More

Machine Learning for Hepatitis C

6348 – This technology provides a novel method for the prognosis of Hepatitis C progression. Hepatitis C is often chronic, and of those with chronic Hepatitis C, ~65% eventually develop chronic liver disease, and ~15% develop cirrhosis which is often a precursor for liver cancer. It is currently difficult to predict which individuals will develop complications from chronic Hepatitis C infection. ... Read More

ECG Characteristics Prior to In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

6434 – This technology defines a set of ECG features for predicting the onset of cardiac arrest. In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (I-HCA) effects some 200,000 people yearly, and has a survival rate under 30%. Despite the fact that some ECG patterns are known to be associated with cardiac arrest, there are no reliable tools to predict its onset. This technology predicts cardiac arrests before they occur... Read More

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