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Intelligent Stent System for Chronic On-Demand Drug Delivery (Case No. 2021-069)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Neurology have developed an intelligent stent system for chronic on-demand drug delivery, addressing the challenge of the blood-brain barrier hindering drug therapy in the central nervous system. Background: The blood-brain barrier poses a significant obstacle to effective drug delivery to the central...
Published: 7/9/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jose Morales, Haotian Lu, Huachen Cui, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng
Keywords(s): blood flow management, blood-brain barrier, Drug, Drug Delivery, Drug monitoring, Invasiveness Of Surgical Procedures, MEMS, minimally invasive device, minimally invasive drug delivery systems, neural signals, neural stimulation, Neurocognitive, Neurodegeneration, neurological disorders, Neurology, neuro-oncology, Neuropathology, Neurosurgery, non-invasive, non-invasive drug monitoring, on-demand drug delivery, Pharmaceutical Drug, piezoelectric ultrasound transducers
Category(s): Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Medical Devices, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Therapeutics > Oncology, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease
Room-Temperature Annealing-Free Metal Printing Technique via Anion-Assisted Photochemical Desposition (UCLA Case No. 2022-266)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed an innovative metal patterning fabrication technique that produces highly conductive metallic patterns at room temperature on a broad range of substrate materials. Background: Photo-lithographic techniques for metal patterning have enabled incredible advancements...
Published: 7/19/2023   |   Inventor(s): Ximin He, Dong Wu
Keywords(s): Electronics & Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Materials, MEMS, Metals, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductors
Category(s): Materials, Materials > Metals, Mechanical, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanical > Micro-Electromechanical Systems (Mems)
Method for analog measurement of input signals using bi-stable digitizing micromechanical switches
Cost-effective, miniaturized switch-based detection method with integrated measurement functionality Institute Reference: INV-21097 Background Battery-powered wireless sensors are of particular interest in sensor networks and internet of things (IoT) applications owing to their ability to be deployed anywhere without the need for any wiring. This...
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Matteo Rinaldi, Vageeswar Rajaram, Zhenyun Qian, Sungho Kang, Sila Deniz Calisgan, Antea Risso
Keywords(s): Infrared, IoT, MEMS, Sensor, Zero Power
Category(s): -Devices, -Nanotechnology, -Sensors tech
Aluminum Nitride Lithographically Defined Resonant Rods for RF Filtering Applications
INV-20013 Background A report has been released on a new RF acoustic resonant technology that enables the production of integrated silicon chips of low-loss and wideband miniaturized filters for communication systems (cellphones or other wireless devices). The same device can be exploited to attain unique sensors within the Internet-of-Things (IoT)....
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Cristian Cassella, Xuanyi (Dan) Zhao
Keywords(s): Circuits, Communications, Electronics, IoT, Mechanical, MEMS, Microwave, RF (Radio Frequency)
Category(s): -Communications, -Sensors tech
Parametric Acoustic-based Passive Transponders for ultra-sensitive Continuous- and Threshold-Sensing
New sensors for simultaneous achievement of a continuous temperature sensing and threshold temperature sensing in the same device Institute Reference: INV-20086 Background As wireless sensing and monitoring has continued to play an increasingly pivotal role in a variety of applications, a strong need has developed for scalable, low power/zero power...
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Cristian Cassella, Hussein Hussein
Keywords(s): Acoustic Filters, Circuits, IoT, MEMS, RF (Radio Frequency), Sensor Technology
Category(s): -Communications, -Sensors
Aluminum Nitride Combined Overtone Resonators for the mmWave Spectrum
INV-20023 Background The development of wireless communication systems has been steadily growing, and conventional sub-6 GHz frequency bands are too congested to meet the high data rate requirements of several emerging technologies like a connected vehicle. This game-changing technology requires high-bandwidth, low-latency and high-reliability...
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Matteo Rinaldi, Guofeng Chen
Keywords(s): 5G Networks, Acoustic Filters, IoT, MEMS, Millimeter Wave Spectrum
Category(s): -Networks
High Quality Factor Integrated Acoustic Resonant Metamaterials with Giant Frequency Tuning Range (>30%) for Reconfigurable Radio-Frequency (RF) Front-Ends
INV-20003 Background The need for miniaturized radios have increased the need for reconfigurable CMOS-compatible RF front-ends. Tunable bandpass/notch filters and wide tuning range low-jitter Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) are desirable to form adaptive, low-power and miniaturized multi band radios. In the last decades, Aluminum Nitride...
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Cristian Cassella
Keywords(s): 5G Networks, Devices, Electromagnetics, MEMS, RF (Radio Frequency)
Category(s): -Communications
System to Interface with Targeted Neurons
Current neural interface and neuromodulation technologies lack the stability and specificity to target specific sensory or motor neurons within a nerve bundle. Emerging prosthetic devices for the central and peripheral nervous system require interfaces that can stimulate or sense targeted neurons with high discriminability to achieve very specific end-target...
Published: 11/1/2023   |   Inventor(s): Jitendran "jit" Muthuswamy, Sivakumar Palaniswamy
Keywords(s): Bioaugmentation, biomarker, Biosignature, Brain and Machine Interface, CNS Therapeutics, Cyber-Physical System, Diagnostics, Drug Delivery, Gene Delivery, Implantable, Medical Device, MEMS, Neural Prostheses, Neurostim and Neuromodulation, Prosthesis, PS-Bioengineering, Medical, Sensors
Category(s): Life Science (All LS Techs), Medical Devices
2007-405 Massively Parallel Assembly of Composite Structures using Depletion Attractions
Summary: Scientists in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA have identified a way to selectively order and assemble solid microcomponents dispersed in liquids into larger composite devices using attractive interactions that are geometry-dependent. This technique enables the systematic parallel fabrication of complex microstructures...
Published: 7/19/2023   |   Inventor(s): Thomas Mason
Keywords(s): Composite Material, Composite Materials, Lithography, Manufacturing, MEMS, Microelectronics, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Nanotechnology
Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical, Electrical > Mems
SHAPE-CONTROLLED PARTICLES HAVING SUBPARTICLE GEOMETRICAL FEATURES
SHAPE-CONTROLLED PARTICLES HAVING SUBPARTICLE GEOMETRICAL FEATURES UCLA Case No. 2015-375 SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a photolithographic method for the high-throughput, parallel production of microscale and nanoscale objects with tailored shapes and dimensions using a single photomask. BACKGROUNDThe...
Published: 11/22/2023   |   Inventor(s): Thomas Mason, Kenny Mayoral
Keywords(s): MEMS, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology
Category(s): Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Electrical > Mems, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Nanoparticles
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