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Tensioning Tool for Flexible Materials Background This tool can securely hold flexible materials, like tendons or ligaments, under accurate tension while affixing the material. Technology Description Engineers or surgeons often need to mount a flexible length of material on a surface. Flexible lengths of material can include wires, cables, ropes,...

Published: 3/23/2026 | Updated: 3/23/2026 | Inventor(s): Ravi Balasubramanian, Benjamin Phelps, Hantao Ling, Justin Casebier

Keywords(s): Biomechanics, Biotechnology, tendon, tension

Category(s): Engineering, Medical Devices

Summary: UCLA researchers have developed a novel method to characterize lung tissue biomechanics and applied it to the creation of a computational model to improve understanding and visualization of lung diseases. Background: Chronic lower respiratory disease (ex. COPD) was the sixth leading cause of death in the United States in 2021, taking nearly...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Updated: 3/27/2024 | Inventor(s): Anand Santhanam, Brad Stiehl

Keywords(s): Biomechanics, cardiopulmonary illness, Respiratory & Pulmonary, Simulation & Modeling

Category(s): Software & Algorithms > Statistical Models, Software & Algorithms > Digital Health, Therapeutics > Respiratory And Pulmonary

Summary: UCLA researchers have developed a novel method to characterize lung tissue biomechanics and applied it to the creation of a computational model with which to guide lung elastography. Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in people in the US. With an increasing focus on improving the patient’s quality of...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Updated: 3/27/2024 | Inventor(s): Anand Santhanam, Brad Stiehl

Keywords(s): Biomechanics, cardiopulmonary illness, Respiratory & Pulmonary, Simulation & Modeling

Category(s): Software & Algorithms > Statistical Models, Software & Algorithms > Digital Health, Therapeutics > Respiratory And Pulmonary

Label-Free Optical Mapping for Large-Area Biomechanical Dynamics of Multicellular Systems (Case No. 2023-290)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel label-free optical mapping method for profiling real-time biomechanical dynamics over larger areas with high spatiotemporal resolution. Background: Mapping biomechanical dynamics often involves the use of various advanced technologies to measure...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Updated: 10/17/2023 | Inventor(s): Pei-Yu Chiou, Yen-Ju Lin

Keywords(s): bioimaging, Biomechanics, cell imaging, Confocal Microscopy, dye, Fluorescence Microscope, labeling, Microscopy, Microscopy And Imaging, resolution, traction force microscopy

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Medical Imaging, Platforms, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

Discovering Giant Magnetoelastic Effect in a Soft Body for Electricity Generation (Case No. 2021-231)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed an innovative wearable generator that efficiently harnesses energy from biomechanical motion and conforms to human skin. Background: Due to increasing prominence of wearable technology, there is a simultaneous rise in the demand for portable energy systems. Typically,...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Updated: 2/24/2022 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen

Keywords(s): Biocompatibility, Biomechanics, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, Energy Harvesting, Flexible Electronics

Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation