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Improved Attachment of Assistive Devices (Case No. 2022-115)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have proposed an electromagnetic attachment strategy for assistive devices that limits direct mechanical contact to soft tissue and minimizes chronic infection risks. Background: Assistive devices, such as prosthetics and exoskeletons, are common clinical outcomes...
Published: 3/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites
Keywords(s): Prosthesis, Prosthetics
Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Coatings
Control of Periprosthetic Joint Infections (Case No. 2021-334)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery have developed a non-invasive method to disrupt biofilms on orthopaedic implants and decrease the overall rate of infections. Background: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains a serious complication in hip and knee arthroplasty, with skyrocketing revision rates across all orthopaedic...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Fabrizio Billi, Beth Lazazzera
Keywords(s): Biofilm, Cell Growth, electromagnetic, Infection, Nanoparticle, Orthopaedics, Orthopedics and Prosthetics (O & P), Osteo, Prosthetics
Category(s): Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Chemical > Coatings, Adhesives & Inks, Diagnostic Markers > Immunology, Materials > Membranes, Medical Devices > Coatings, Therapeutics > Orthopaedics
Zeolite Imidazole Framework-8 (Zif-8)-Based Osteoinductive and Inflammation-Inhibitory Coating for Dental Implants (Case No. 2023-141)
Summary: UCLA researchers from the School of Dentistry have developed zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanoparticles-based implant coating system for the controlled release of therapeutics. Background: One of the most significant advancements in clinical dentistry over the past four decades is the development of osteointegrated dental implants....
Published: 3/20/2025   |   Inventor(s): Alireza Moshaverinia, Weihao Yuan
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Category(s): Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Dental, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Materials
Silicon Interconnect Fabric (Si-IF) Technologies - Subramanian Iyer
Background: Over the past two decades, silicon chips have decreased in size by 1000x, while packages on circuit boards have only shrunk by 4x. This will eventually limit scaling of integrated circuits and subsequent processor performance. A solution is the invention of platforms for packageless integration of heterogeneous dies, such as silicon interconnect...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Subramanian Iyer
Keywords(s): Amorphous Silicon, Antenna (Radio) Flip Chip DisplayPort, Application-Specific Integrated Circuit, Bandwidth (Signal Processing), Bandwidth (Signal Processing) RF Transmitters, Brain-Computer Interface, Brain-Computer Interface Body Mass Index, Chipset, Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing, Computer Aided Learning, Computer Architecture, Computer Monitor, Computer Security, Computer Virus, Computer Vision, Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Continuum Mechanics Computer Graphics Collision Detection, Digital Signal Processing, Doping (Semiconductor), Electrical, Electrical Brain Stimulation, Electrical Breakdown, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Impedance, Electrical Load, Electrical Load Equation Of State, Electrical Resistance And Conductance, Electrical Resistivity And Conductivity, Electronics & Semiconductors, Enzyme Substrate (Biology), Graphics Processing Unit, Graphics Processing Unit Analog Computer, Human-Computer Interaction, Image Processing, Integrated Circuit, Integrated Circuit Standing Wave, Integrated Circuit Via (Electronics), Lab-On-A-Chip, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Microprocessor, Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit, Network Analysis (Electrical Circuits), Network On A Chip, Organic Semiconductor, Photonic Integrated Circuit, Printed Circuit Board, Process Optimization, Quantum Computer, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Semiconductor Ohmic Contact, Semiconductor Risk Assessment, Semiconductor Sapphire, Semiconductors, Short Circuit, Signal Processing, Silicon, Silicon Dioxide, Silicon Working Electrode Perovskite (Structure), Silicon-Germanium, Substrate (Chemistry), Supercomputer, System On A Chip, Tablet Computer, Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, zzsemiconducting materials
Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings
2021-218 Hierarchically Structured Hydrogel With Broad-range Tunable Mechanical Properties
SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a method to create hydrogels with tunable strength, mechanical strain, toughness, and fatigue resistance. BACKGROUND: Hydrogels are used in a wide range of applications such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and energy storage devices. But despite...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ximin He, Mutian Hua, Shuwang Wu
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Category(s): Chemical > Polymers, Medical Devices > Coatings, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease
2012-874 Atomized Bioactive Spiral Coil Coating
Innovation Professor Wu and colleagues have developed a unique, detachable aneurysm coil system. Compared to previous methods, this technology possessing advantages included preserving mechanical flexibility, a polymer coating that promotes wound healing through intrinsic polymer properties, as well as providing a potential vehicle for drug delivery....
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
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Category(s): Medical Devices > Coatings
2017-654 EMPLOYING GALVANIC REDOX PROCESS TO GENERATE INTERNAL ELECTRONIC STIMULATION FOR IMPROVING OSSEOINTEGRATION OF METAL IMPLANTS
INTRODUCTION: UCLA researchers in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Dentistry have developed a nanoscale galvanic redox system on the surface of metal implants to enhance its osseointegration.BACKGROUND: The biological interface between an orthopedic implant and the surrounding host tissue has critical effects on clinical outcome. Implant loosening,...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Chia Soo, Kang Ting, Zhong Zheng, Benjamin Wu, Yulong Zhang
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials
Category(s): Medical Devices > Coatings
Liquid-Repellent Surfaces Made of Any Materials
UC Case No. 2014-186SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a structured surface that can be made of any material (but demonstrated with glass) that repels all liquids (even fluorinated solvents) without using any repellant coating.BACKGROUND:Liquid-repellant surfaces have long been sough-after...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): CJ Kim, Tingyi Liu
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings
Category(s): Medical Devices > Coatings
Scalable Lipid Bilayer Microfluidics for High-Throughput Gene Editing (UCLA Case No. 2018-437)
Scalable Lipid Bilayer Microfluidics for High-Throughput Gene EditingSUMMARYResearchers led by Paul Weiss from the Department of Chemistry and Pediatrics at UCLA have created a new microfluidic device for high-throughput gene editing of cells.BACKGROUNDGene editing has many potential applications, allowing for the modification of immune cells to target...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jason Belling, Paul Weiss, Steven Jonas, Joshua Jackman, Nam-Joon Cho
Keywords(s): Drug Delivery, Gene Editing Systems, Gene Therapy, General Device Coatings, Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices and Materials, Microfluidics And Mem's, Nucleic Acids, Therapeutics & Vaccines
Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Gene Therapy And Editing, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Nucleic Acids
2018-219 FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE INTERCONNECTS FOR FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS
Summary: Researchers led by Professor Subramanian Iyer from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA have developed a novel fabrication technique to create stretchable electronics. Background: Constant improvements to electronics fabrication techniques have allowed higher density packaging of dies, a small block of silicon upon...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Arsalan Alam, Amir Hanna, Takafumi Fukushima, Subramanian Iyer
Keywords(s): General Device Coatings, Medical Devices and Materials, Other
Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Coatings
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