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Miniaturized Solid-State Metal Additive Manufacturing Tooling and Design
THE CHALLENGE The main challenge with current friction-based, solid-state metal additive manufacturing methods—like traditional Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD)—lies in their reliance on bulky equipment, large feedstock rods, and high-force machinery, which limits flexibility, increases costs, and restricts use to factory settings....
Published: 7/3/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ryan Gottwald, Hang Yu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
Modified Aluminum Alloys for High-Strain Applications
THE CHALLENGE The key challenge in advancing high-strength aluminum alloys like the 7xxx and 6xxx series lies in bridging the gap between their exceptional mechanical potential and the limitations of current manufacturing methods. While industries such as aerospace and automotive demand lightweight materials with high strength and durability, existing...
Published: 7/3/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jake Yoder, Greg Hahn, Hang Yu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
Multilayered drug delivery implants for localized brain tumor therapy
Background As treatment strategies evolve for brain tumors, especially post-surgical resection, localized therapy is emerging as a promising alternative to systemic drug delivery. The blood-brain barrier, along with the sensitive anatomy of the brain, makes it difficult to achieve effective therapeutic concentrations using traditional methods without...
Published: 7/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): James McGinity, Feng Zhang, John Floyd, Michael McGinity
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Category(s): Life sciences > Therapeutics > Drug delivery, Life sciences > Therapeutics > Formulation
Multi-material electrospinning system for 3D-printed fiber architectures
Background Electrospinning and additive manufacturing have become increasingly important in fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and tissue engineering, where there is growing demand for complex fiber architectures and multifunctional material systems. However, traditional electrospinning methods struggle to meet the precision, scalability,...
Published: 4/25/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Yu Zhang, Faez Alkadi, Ishaan Duggal
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Category(s): Life sciences > Therapeutics > Manufacturing platform
Advanced multi-channel controlled pneumatic printheads for 3D printing and particle fabrication
MAGIC printheads are customizable multi-channel pneumatic systems for 3D printing that create precise pharmaceutical and biological micro-particles. They enable controlled mixing and extrusion, accommodate various materials, and enhance drug delivery and biomedical applications. Background Producing micro- and nanoparticles for pharmaceutical and...
Published: 2/20/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Yu Zhang, Faez Alkadi
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Category(s): Life sciences > Therapeutics > Manufacturing platform
Safe Explicable Robot Planning
Background Effective human-robot interaction must be informed by human expectations and knowledge of the world, including how robots are expected to act/interact in various situations. However, knowledge about the robot may be inconsistent with the ground truth, which can result in the robot not meeting expectations, and the interaction integrity being...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Yu Zhang, Akkamahadevi Hanni, Andrew Boateng
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Category(s): Physical Science, Applied Technologies, Wireless & Networking, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Advanced hot melt extrusion (HME) technology with reduced decomposition
The technology involves using hot melt extrusion (HME) to prepare amorphous drug formulations with reduced decomposition. This method incorporates a pharmaceutically acceptable thermoplastic polymer and an organic solvent to lower processing temperatures and stress, ensuring drug stability. Background HME is a widely used technique in the pharmaceutical...
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Feng Zhang, Robert Williams, Abbe Miller, Siyuan Huang
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Category(s): Life sciences > Therapeutics > Drug discovery, Life sciences > Biomaterials
3D-printed biosensors for high-sensitivity molecular detection
This invention describes the creation of highly sensitive biosensors through 3D printing using stereolithography (SLA). These biosensors, made from a biopolymer blend with specific monomers and a photoinitiator, are functionalized with recognition molecules to detect small and large analytes, including disease markers, in commercial well plates. Background Additive...
Published: 7/26/2024   |   Inventor(s): Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Yu Zhang
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Category(s): Life sciences > Research tools > Tool/assay/screening platform, Life sciences > Diagnostic
“Bio-Flex”: advanced formulation for sustainable stereolithography (SLA)
Background/problem Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing has transformed the biomedical field with creation of highly accurate, patient-specific medical devices such as tissue scaffolds, implants, and surgical tools. This technology leverages computer-aided design and medical imaging data to produce structures with precise geometries at submicron scales....
Published: 7/26/2024   |   Inventor(s): Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Yu Zhang, Anqi Lu
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Category(s): Life sciences > Medical technology > Medical devices, Life sciences > Therapeutics > Drug delivery
Iridium-based Integrated Electrode for Solid Polymer Electrolyte Electrolyzer Cell System
Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer Technologies From the EESC Lab Hydrogen power is one of several forms of energy expected to play a major role in a sufficiently advanced de-carbonized energy system, with electrolysis being a promising route for the green production of hydrogen from renewable energy sources. Among various other electrolyzer technologies,...
Published: 6/7/2024   |   Inventor(s): Feng Yuan Zhang, Lei Ding, Kui Li, Weitian Wang
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Category(s): Chemistry & Materials
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