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TranquiDome™ healing pod integrated with multisensory features
Unmet Need: A comfortable regenerative pod to reduce the stress among blood donors and enhance their blood donation experience. The United States is experiencing an increasing demand of about 2-3% per year for blood supply, to address medical treatments, natural disasters, and emergencies. Blood centers face a critical need to provide a comfortable...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Minyoung Cerruti, Ruben Estrada, Dakota Witte, Naeem Shook
Keywords(s): Adaptive Healthcare Technologies, Clinics and hospitals, Healing Pod, Therapeutics
Category(s): Technologies > Health & Well-being > Community Health & Safety
An innovative device to improve bowel function in individuals with neuro-degenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries
Unmet Need: Enabling independent bowel management for individuals with limited dexterity due to neurodegenerative disease or spinal injury Millions of people worldwide live with spinal cord injuries or neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In these populations,...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jamie House, William Clegern, Dominic Brenner
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Category(s): Technologies > Health & Well-being > Community Health & Safety
Elderberry-Derived Anthocyanin Compositions for weight management
Unmet Need: Developing effective, evidence-backed tools for weight management Obesity occurs in more than 40% of Americans and contributes to more than $170 billion in medical expenses annually, primarily via increased incidence of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and breathing issues. Unsurprisingly, the weight loss industry is booming in the United...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Patrick Solverson, Franck Carbonero, Christy Teets, Theodore Chauvin, Yool Lee, Joseph Patrick Riordan
Keywords(s): Farming and Ranching, Food ingredients, Food Science and Nutrition, Food security and sustainable agriculture, Food Technology, Human health and wellness, metabolism, Probiotics
Category(s): Technologies > Health & Well-being > Community Health & Safety
Targeting ARRDC5 for Male Contraception
Unmet Need: ARRDC5, an essential regulator of mammalian spermatogenesis Identification of a molecule arrestin-domain containing ARRDC5 as an essential regulator of mammalian spermatogenesis, which could potentially be targeted for the development of male contraceptives. By studying mice lacking the ARRDC5 gene, inventors observed that mice were infertile...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jon Oatley, Mariana Ianello Giassetti
Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Contraception, Sperm
Category(s): Technologies > Health & Well-being > Community Health & Safety
Controlling bacterial growth using conditional bacterial extracellular vesicle/exosomes
Unmet Need: Antibiotic resistance makes existing front-line antibiotics ineffective and is attributed to more than 1 million deaths annually The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance “one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today”. Microbes resistant to front-line antibiotics are attributed...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Wenji Dong, marwa aly
Keywords(s): Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial infection, Bacterial superbug, Clinical microbiology, Clinics and hospitals, Pharmaceutical
Category(s): Technologies > Health & Well-being > Community Health & Safety