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Advancing High-Throughput Diagnostics With Wash-Free Programmable Toehold Fluorescence Imaging
Streamlines Fluorescence Imaging by Eliminating Buffer Exchanges for Faster Target Analysis This wash-free multiplexed fluorescence bio-imaging aims to revolutionize fluorescence imaging by overcoming the limitations of traditional workflows with programmable toehold probes in situ. Conventional imaging techniques often require time-intensive buffer...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Fan Hong, Tingyi Zhu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Diagnostics
Portable Device for On-Site Pathogen Detection in Water Samples
Utilizes Nucleic Acid Detection for Rapid and Sensitive In-Situ Waterborne Pathogen Detection This portable device enables on-site pathogen detection in water. Contamination of water sources by various biological or nonbiological contaminants constitutes global public health concerns. Pathogens are rapidly introduced in water and can enter the human...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Zhonghui Fan, Carlos Manzanas, Todd Osborne
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Instrumentation-Sensors-Photonics, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Water
Monolithic White and Multi-Color Lasers Tunable in Full Visible Spectrum
Semiconductor lasers able to emit over the full visible color spectrum have a wide range of practical applications such as solid-state lighting, full-color displays, visible color communications, and multi-color fluorescence sensing. To the human eye, light with a mixture of four monochromatic lasers is visually equivalent to a white illuminant. Current...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Cun-Zheng Ning, Sunay Turkdogan, Zhicheng Liu, Fan Fan
Keywords(s): Materials and Electronics
Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Chemical/Biological Sensors, Energy & Power, Imaging, Medical Imaging, Physical Science, Physics, Proteomic Assays/Reagents/Tools, Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductors, Materials & Processes
Pathogen Molecular Detection Platform
Accurate detection and diagnosis of infectious diseases is paramount to appropriate treatment and better outcomes. Despite tremendous efforts to advance new diagnostic techniques, there are still critical gaps in the healthcare system in quickly diagnosing and responding to infectious diseases. Current diagnostic technologies identify pathogens by detecting...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Green, Fan Hong, Soma Chaudhary, Anli Tang, Hao Yan
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Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Applied Technologies, Bioanalytical Assays, Chemistries & Devices, Chemical/Biological Sensors, Diagnostic Assays/Devices, Genomic Assays/Reagents/Tools, Life Science (All LS Techs), Medical Diagnostics/Sensors, Proteomic Assays/Reagents/Tools
Highly Sensitive Cell Sorting Device to Detect and Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells More Accurately
Effectively Captures Circulating Tumor Cells for Improved Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment MonitoringThis lateral filter array microfluidic device utilizes both size-based and immunoaffinity-based isolation methods for circulating tumor cells capture and enumeration. Circulating tumor cells are cancer cells that shed from the primary tumor...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Kangfu Chen, Zhonghui Fan
Keywords(s): Circulating tumor cells, immunoaffinity, microfilter, microfluidics
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Equipment
Device to Detect Viruses and Bacteria in Aerosols and Bodily Fluids for Point-of-Care Use
Primes Nucleic Acids for In-field Pathogen Analysis Without Lab EquipmentThis device enables preparation of collected RNA and DNA samples for enrichment, amplification, and analysis, allowing point-of-care detection of infectious microorganisms. International travel and dense city populations increase the ability of infectious diseases, such as Zika...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Chang-Yu Wu, John Lednicky, Xiao Jiang, Trevor Tilly, Zhonghui Fan
Keywords(s): Nucleic Acid Amplification, point of care, Sample preparation, Valve Actuation
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Instrumentation-Sensors-Photonics, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Air, Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Others > Security
Bioaerosol Sampler for Real-time Airborne Virus Detection
Samples and Analyzes Bioaerosols to Detect Viral Nanoparticles in Potentially Contaminated Locations This integrated bioaerosol sampling and detection system enlarges airborne biological nanoparticles to enable accurate, on-site detection of airborne viruses in real time. Many of the diseases that affect human or animal populations and agricultural...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Zhonghui Fan, Alexandros Theodore, John Lednicky, Nima Afshar Mohajer, Maohua Pan, Xiao Jiang, Chang-Yu Wu
Keywords(s): aerosol sampler, Microfluidic Devices, Viral Detection, Viral Diseases
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Mechanical, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Air, Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Equipment, Technology Classifications > Research Tools > Diagnostics
Nanoporous Aluminum Oxide Surface for Enhanced Cryogenic Heat Transfer
Anodized Aluminum Oxide Nanoporous Surface Layer for Significant Boiling and Quenching Heat Transfer ImprovementThis cryogenic heat transfer surface made of aluminum and an anodized aluminum oxide layer is capable of substantial heat transfer enhancement in all three boiling and quenching regimes. The surface layer features nanoscopic pores that effectively...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Kirk Ziegler, Yang Zhao, Cheng Xu, Hong Hu, Jacob Chung
Keywords(s): Boiling Phenomena, cooling, nanoporous surface texture
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Semipermeable Membrane-Based Devices for More Efficient Protein Synthesis
Efficiently Fuels Reactions for Chemical Growth by Separating Feeding and Reaction ChambersThese semipermeable membrane-based devices efficiently synthesize peptides or proteins. By 2018, the peptide therapeutics market will be worth about $25.4 billion. Large peptides become proteins. By 2020, the protein therapeutics market will be worth about $1.5...
Published: 1/20/2026   |   Inventor(s): Kirsten Jackson, Zhonghui Fan
Keywords(s): cell-free protein synthesis, Microplate, miniaturization
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Mechanical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Others, Technology Classifications > Research Tools > Others