Tag: patent
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Patent Set for Long-Term Drug Capsules
Techniques for delivering drugs in capsule form that last a week or longer in the patient are expected to receive a patent soon from U.S. authorities.
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Nanotech Polymers Deliver More Effective Arthritis Therapy
A chemical engineering lab developed a process to help proteins combined with nanoscale polymers penetrate the cartilage in lab rodents and boost treatment for damage caused by osteoarthritis.
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Vital Signs Electronic Tag Designed to Aid First Responders
A simple electronic monitoring device that adheres to the chest aims to provide basic vital signs data to first responders and emergency medical staff in mass casualty situations.
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Company Formed to Advance Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
A Swiss medical technologies company and Cincinnati Children’s hospital in Ohio are starting a new enterprise to commercialize research on gene therapies for inherited blood disorders.
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BASF Licensing Precise Crispr Editing from Broad Institute
The global chemical company BASF is licensing a more precise form of genome editing from the Broad Institute, a genetics research center affiliated with Harvard University and MIT.
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Wireless Solar Power, Data Transmission Designed for IoT
A process for capturing light to power Internet of Things, or IoT devices, is shown to use the same solar cells to transmit data over an IoT system.
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Patents Awarded for Stem Cell Heart Disease Technologies
A company developing treatments for heart disease using stem cells to regenerate healthy heart tissue received two new patents for techniques supporting its core processes.
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Simple, Less Expensive Ultrasound Probe Developed
12 September 2018. Engineers designed a device that sends and receives ultrasound signals with polymer plastics instead of silicon-based circuits, which can lower the cost of medical images. A team at University of British Columbia in Vancouver describes its device in yesterday’s issue of the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering. Researchers led Carlos Gerardo, a doctoral…
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Clinical Trial Testing Anti-Resistant Malaria Therapy
A clinical trial is getting underway that tests the safety and dosage levels of a new drug to treat malaria and block resistance from developing to it.
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Appeals Court Backs Broad Institute in Crispr Case
A U.S. appeals court supported the Broad Institute’s claims it invented a separate Crispr technology from University of California, affirming a previous U.S. patent office ruling.