Tag: patent
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Engineered Microbes Created to Clean Biodiesel Waste
21 May 2014. Microbiologists at Michigan State University in East Lansing created a process with two types of genetically-engineered bacteria that work together to clean up the waste water in the production of biodiesel, and generate ethanol as a byproduct. The team led by Michigan State’s Gemma Reguera published its findings online earlier this month…
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Students Invent Germ-Killing Catheter, Start Company
21 May 2014. Five medical and engineering students at University of Utah in Salt Lake City invented a new type of catheter that emits high-intensity light killing bacteria before they cause an infection in the patient. The students also formed a new company, Veritas Medical LLC in Salt Lake City to take the invention to…
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Patent Awarded for Spinal Disc Regeneration Technology
20 May 2014. Techniques for regrowing new spinal disc cartilage tissue in the body from a person’s own skin cells received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent number 8,728,495 was awarded today to inventors Lionel Sevrain and Sylvie Sevrain-Verdier and assigned to SpinalCyte LLC in Houston. Sevrain and Sevrain-Verdier are principals…
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Laser Activation Tested as Potential Cancer Drug Delivery
16 May 2014. Researchers from University at Buffalo in New York developed and tested in the lab a process harnessing lasers to activate drugs inside the body to kill cancer cells. Findings from the proof-of-concept study, led by Buffalo’s Paras Prasad with colleagues from universities in China and Korea, were published online earlier this week…
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Trial Shows Polymer Dressing Reduces Surgical Scarring
15 May 2014. A follow-up study of patients one year after cosmetic surgery shows a polymer adhesive dressing applied after the surgery reduced the formation of scars compared to untreated areas of the incision. The researchers tested the bandage made by Neodyne Biosciences of Menlo Park, California, and reported the results online earlier this month…
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Simple, Low-Cost Method Adds Microscope Lens to Smartphone
25 April 2014. Engineers at Australian National University in Canberra devised an inexpensive process to make an add-on lens that turns a smartphone into a high-powered microscope. The team led by ANU’s Woei Ming (Steve) Lee published its technique in the May 2014 issue of the journal Biomedical Optics Express. The university filed for a…
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Electro-Gene Therapy with Cochlear Implant Boosts Hearing
24 April 2014. Researchers at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia delivered genetic material with electric impulses into cochlear implants that improves the quality of hearing to nearly normal in deaf lab animals. The team led by UNSW’s Gary Housley published its findings in today’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid…
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Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Sticks to Wide Range of Materials
18 April 2014. Materials scientists and biologists at University of Massachusetts in Amherst developed an adhesive technology that attaches heavy loads to a variety of surfaces, yet can still be easily removed and reused. The journal Advanced Materials published yesterday online the work of the team led by polymer scientist Alfred Crosby (paid subscription required).…
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Patent Awarded for Unwanted Internal Tissue Removal Device
18 April 2014. Savonas Inc., a medical technology accelerator in Sausalito, California, received a patent for a device that safely removes unwanted biological material from internal body cavities during minimally invasive surgeries. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 8,696,621 on 15 April 2014 to two inventors, including Savonas’s CEO Larry Gerrans. The…
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Microparticle Solution Devised to Identify Genuine Goods
14 April 2014. Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the affiliated Lincoln Laboratory developed a process for adding minute particles into materials that can be encoded and sensed by inexpensive readers to detect counterfeit goods from the originals. The team from the lab of chemical engineering professor Patrick Doyle published its findings yesterday online…