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Multi-parametric Acoustic, Optical and Mechanical Imaging of Cervical Tissue Insufficiencies to Predict Preterm Birth
An enhanced image-guidance system that integrates ultrasound and photoacoustic into existing ablation systems to provide an enhanced image-guidance system for identification of cervical tissue changes during pregnancy and postpartum. Technology Summary Preterm delivery is a main cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, which is associated...
Published: 9/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Sonia Hassan, Edgar Hernandez-Andrade, Yan Yan, Maryam Basij
Keywords(s): Driving Lifelong Health
Category(s): Technology Category > Women's Health, Technology Category > Medical Devices, Technology Category > Life Science, Technology Category > Imaging, Technology Category > Acoustics
Personalized Medicine Using Additive Manufacturing
THE CHALLENGE A major problem posed by the pharmaceutical industry is giving effective dosages while not giving excessive amounts of a particular drug. An estimated 80% of side effects in humans and animals are a direct result of inaccurate dosing because varying weights in patients. Additive manufacturing has emerged as a very promising method to...
Published: 6/26/2025   |   Inventor(s): Emily Wilts, Timothy Long, Christopher Williams, Da Ma
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Additive Manufacturing, Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications > Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Select M. tuberculosis Peptides as Mucosal Vaccines Against Pulmonary Tuberculosis
This CDC-developed technology relates to novel vaccines or boosters directed against pulmonary tuberculosis. There is currently only a single vaccine against tuberculosis, the (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) BCG vaccine. Reports suggest widely variable effectiveness for the BCG vaccine and that BCG administration has very limited success against prevention...
Published: 5/9/2025   |   Inventor(s): Bonnie Plikaytis, Thomas Shinnick, Rama Amara, Mani Cheruvu, Suraj Sable
Keywords(s): Alaine, ANTIGEN, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DA3XXX, DAXXXX, DC1XXX, DC4XXX, DCXXXX, DXXXXX, Identification, Mucosal, MYCOBACTERIUM, OID-NCHHSTP-DTE, PROLINE, Pulmonary, respiratory, Respiratory Diseases, respiratory INFECTION, Rich, TUBERCULOSIS, Vaccine, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, VJXXXX, VPXXXX, WIXXXX, WJXXXX, XCXXXX, XEXXXX, XHXXXX, YBXXXX, YCXXXX
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Therapeutics, Application > Vaccines, Application > Research Materials, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Diagnostics, TherapeuticArea > Dental, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, ResearchProducts > Research Equipment
2014-513 Fine Needle Device for the Measurement of Material Properties
SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry have developed a device that allows for quantitative and sensitive assessment of tissues (i.e. tumors) and materials based on local variations in elastic, friction, and cutting forces on needle insertion.BACKGROUND: The primary level of screening for thyroid cancer, palpation, is by nature a mechanical...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Shivani Sharma, James Gimzewski, Nagesh Ragavendra, Dayan Wickramaratne, Jianyu Rao, Paul Wilkinson
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Category(s): Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies