Category: New products
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Clinical Trial to Test Ketamine to Treat Rett Syndrome
23 March 2015. A clinical trial is planned to test an anesthetic used in surgery as a treatment for Rett syndrome, a rare developmental disorder affecting girls. The trial testing the anesthetic ketamine will be conducted by Case Western Reserve University medical school in Cleveland, funded by a $1.3 million grant from Rett Syndrome Research Trust.…
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New Adaptive Aircraft Control System Flight Tested
20 March 2015. U.S. Air Force pilots tested a new flight control system designed by engineers at University of Illinois that automatically adapts aircraft to changing conditions faster than most human pilots can respond. The L1 adaptive control system is a product of the university’s Advanced Control Research Laboratory in Urbana, Illinois led by mechanical…
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UC-Davis Spins Off Irrigation Technology Start-Up
19 March 2015. A graduate student in agriculture at University of California in Davis turned his research on irrigation technology into a new enterprise addressing the chronic drought conditions facing that state’s farmers. Tom Shapland started Tule Technologies Inc. in January 2014 that licensed his research measuring agricultural water use from the university. Tule (pronounced…
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Sensor-Bandage Device Detects Early Forming Bedsores
18 March 2015. A device with tiny electronic sensors in a flexible bandage is able to detect the earliest stages of tissue damage leading to pressure ulcers or bedsores, in tests with lab animals. The findings of research engineers from University of California in Berkeley and clinicians from University of California in San Francisco appear…
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Device Shown to Reduce Stroke in Heart Valve Replacements
16 March 2015. First results from a clinical trial in Europe and Israel show an experimental mesh device deployed during heart valve replacement surgery sharply reduces strokes and cognitive damage, complications associated with the procedure. A team from Yale University School of Medicine presented its findings yesterday of the study testing TriGuard, made by Keystone…
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Univ. Lab Creates Open-Source Intelligent Assistant
11 March 2015. A computer science lab at University of Michigan is developing an intelligent personal assistant program that responds to voice commands like Apple’s Siri and Google Now, but is freely available for use or adoption in other software. The team from Michigan’s Clarity Lab, led by professors Jason Mars and Lingjia Tang, will…
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Heart-on-Chip Device Built to Screen Drugs
9 March 2015. A bioengineering team at University of California in Berkeley developed a device with cardiac tissue derived from stem cells that can test drug candidates for potentially toxic effects. Researchers from the lab of engineering professor Kevin Healy published their findings today in the journal Scientific Reports. Healy and colleagues created this device…
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Synthetic Polymer Shown to Reduce Heavy Bleeding
5 March 2015. A University of Washington research team developed a synthetic polymer that in lab animals acts like natural proteins to form blood clots to stop heavy bleeding, a common danger in trauma cases. The group led by Washington bioengineering faculty Suzi Pun and emergency medicine professor Nathan White published its findings yesterday in…
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Robot for Reaching Children With Autism Demonstrated
4 March 2015. Milo, a humanoid robot designed to engage and build social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder, was shown today at a press conference in Washington, D.C. The demonstration also reported on early research findings that suggest Milo can reach some children with autism to develop their social interactions. Autism spectrum disorder is…
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Pen-Dispensed Bio-Inks Developed for On-Demand Sensors
3 March 2015. Researchers at University of California in San Diego developed a way to create bioactive inks to use in hand-drawn sensors when needed at the point of care and other applications in the field. The team from the lab of nanoengineering professor Joseph Wang reported on their proof-of-concept findings last week in the…