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NEEDLE DRIVER FOR SURGICAL NEEDLES
UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel suture needle driver called the INI (Instrument Needle Interface). The INI successfully prevents slippage, needle roll and needle yaw with all types of ne...
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Seth Dailey, Peter Noonan, Jesse Darley | P260077US01
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STAND-OFF BIOMETRIC DETECTION
Current methods for stand-off biometrics are unable to get accurate readings outside of controlled lighting environments. UW-Madison researchers have developed a system and methods for stand-off biome...
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Zongfu Yu, Zewei Shao | P250349US01
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TISSUE MANIPULATION AND CUTTING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS
UW-Madison BME undergraduate students have developed single tool that combines a forceps and scalpel. Their device, illustrated below, includes a fully integrated blade holder, which allows for deploy...
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John Puccinelli, Molly Paras, Zachary Spears, Peter Wawrzyn, Logan De Lacy, Srihari Gopalan, Kyle Muckenhirn, Katriel Tan Williams, Madeline Johnson, Maggie Anderson, Alexis Block, Jason Hahn, Noah Hamrin, Emma Flemmer, Samuel Conway, Lauren Fitzsimmons | P230301US02
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MICROWAVE ABLATION ANTENNA WITH BIDIRECTIONAL PLANAR TISSUE HEATING
A UW-Madison researcher has created a novel microwave antenna design that provides preferential heating in two opposing directions to provide increased heating in one plane and decreased heating in an...
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Christopher Brace | P230304US01
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COMPACT ADAPTIVE OPTICS SCANNING LIGHT OPHTHALMOSCOPE WITH SCALABLE PUPIL
A UW-Madison researcher has designed an optimized AOSLO system to enable optimized resolution and contrast when imaging different sized pupils. In addition, this design reduces the scale of the system...
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Jeremy Rogers | P240034US02
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ROTARY VISCOUS DAMPING APPARATUSES AND APPROACH
A UW-Madison clinician has developed an innovative spring and damper system designed to significantly reduce whole-body vibrations (WBV) during neonatal transport. Developed through a collaborative ef...
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Ryan McAdams, Meghan Horan, Josh Gollub, Joshua Varghese, Joseph Byrne, Nicole Parmenter, Greta Scheidt, Sydney Polzin | P250035US01
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MECHANICAL PULSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY FOR MODULATING NEURAL TISSUE MICROENVIRONMENTS
UW researchers have devised a novel technique called histoplasty. Histoplasty is an innovative non-invasive, non-thermal, and non-ionizing focused ultrasound (FUS) technology like high intensity focus...
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John-Paul Yu | P220184US02
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Bioactive glass-Silicide Coatings for Osseointegratable Metal Implants
Artificial bone implants require a unique combination of properties. They must be non-toxic, resistant to corrosion, easily machined, biocompatible, and have low density. With these properties in mind...
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Steven Girard | T210055WO01
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LOCALIZING ION-CHANNEL ACTIVATION USING NULLIFYING WAVEFORMS
UW Madison researchers have developed a system and method for counteracting the off-target effects of neuromodulation therapy by adding a second specially synchronized “nullification” waveform. �...
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Kip Ludwig, James Trevathan | P240381US01
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Enhancing Low Vision Reading Using Eye-Tracking Technology
Low vision that cannot be corrected by eyeglasses or contact lenses affects over 7 million Americans, with significant impact on quality of life and ability to read. Current challenges in generic magn...
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Yuhang Zhao, Ru Wang | P240266US01
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NON-CAVITATIONAL MECHANICAL PULSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY
A UW-Madison researcher has developed a technique for mechanical manipulation of biological tissues. Short ultrasound pulses or bursts, delivered at intermediate intensity to the target tissue transmi...
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John-Paul Yu | P220316US02
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Enhancing Compliance in Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts
Materials engineering for synthetic vascular grafts to repair damaged or diseased blood vessels is driven by biomimetic innovations that improve biocompatibility and flexibility. A significant challen...
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Lih-Sheng Turng, Edward Chen | P240206US01
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THERMAL EYELID MASSAGE
A UW-Madison clinician has developed a bean-shaped roller with an integrated heating element for treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). The roller rotates towards the lash line to massage the...
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Ryan Larochelle | P240263US01
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NEURAL STIMULATION DEVICE MONITORING EVOKED SIGNALS
UW-Madison researchers have developed a method to provide improved stimulation over time to compensate for electrode location variability. The method identifies effective stimulation points using a s...
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Kip Ludwig, Rex Chin-Hao Chen, James Trevathan, Brandon Coventry | P230418US01
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ADAPTIVE, MULTI-INJECTION PORT, DOUBLE BALLOON CATHETER FOR ORGAN-BASED LOCAL DELIVERY GENE THERAPY
UW-Madison researchers have developed a "localizable" liver gene therapy system that substantially reduces the escape of the gene vectors from the tissue mass or organ, e.g., the liver, such...
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John Booske, Paul Laeseke, Susan Hagness | P240051US01
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODALITY FUSION OF MEDICAL DATA SOURCES
UW-Madison researchers have developed a system and methods that incorporate data from a plurality of modalities into a hierarchal structure of machine learning models to construct one or more prognost...
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Pallavi Tiwari, Olivia Krebs | P240151US01
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AUTOMATIC IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL DEVICE FOR INTRAVENTRICULAR DRAINAGE
UW-Madison researchers have developed a digitally controlled CSF drainage device for use in the ICU setting that provides improved precision and safety. The novel design significantly reduces over or ...
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Joshua Medow, Andrew Budde, Saketh Challa, Amber Rollette, Yang Mo, Ronnie Alramahi | P210370US01
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SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF IMAGE-INFORMED GENE EXPRESSION DATA
UW-Madison researchers have developed a software tool that greatly improves the ability of a clinician to make use of the large amounts of data produced by spatial transcriptomics. The system augments...
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Bridget Shields, Chitrasen Mohanty, Christina Kendziorski Newton | P240148US01
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MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR PROFILING BIOCHEMICAL SAMPLES
UW-Madison Researchers have developed a microfluidic device for profiling cell types, evaluating multiple functional read-outs in an efficient, user-friendly high-throughput manner. The device allows ...
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Jose Ayuso, Rithvik Turaga, Catherine Reed McBain, Seth Zima | P240110US01
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Medical Imaging System Providing Disease Prognosis
Recent Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) clinical trials have faced challenges at the mild-to-moderate dementia stage. There’s consensus that trials should focus on AD stage, such as MCI or the presymptoma...
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Vikas Singh, Vamsi Ithapu, Sterling Johnson, Ozioma Okonkwo | P150022US02
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Method and Apparatus for Assessing Electrocortical Consequences of Brain Injury
UW researchers and collaborators have developed a method that quantifies and monitors the degree of local functional alteration in the brain after structural damage from stroke, tumor growth, or traum...
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Giulio Tononi, Christof Koch, Marcello Massimini, Simone Sarasso, Mario Rosanova | P220192WO01
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PIEZOELECTRIC STENTS WITH SELF-POWERED ANTI-RESTENOSIS PROPERTIES
UW-Madison researchers have developed a new stent design that uses piezoelectric biomaterials to generate a localized, low-intensity electric field driven by blood pressure fluctuations. The self-gene...
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Xudong Wang, Bo Liu, Fengdan Pan, Zulmari SILVA PEDRAZA, Jack Bontekoe | P240202US01
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PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR RADIOLOGY SCANNERS
Radiology scanners have proven to be important tools in identifying and managing the treatment of patients with novel infectious diseases. When radiology scanners are used with an infected patient, t...
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Terrence Oakes, Azam Ahmed, Joseph Kiel, Jordan Henry, John Culp | P200296US02
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ARTERIAL STIFFNESS
Arterial stiffness is strongly associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, cognitive decline, and diabetes. While total arterial stiffness provides important clinical info...
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Adam Gepner, Ryan Pewowaruk | P240079US01
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WEARABLE MUSCLE TISSUE TENSIOMETER WITH BILATERAL WORK AND POWER MEASUREMENT
UW Madison researchers have coupled a wearable inertial measurement unit (IMU) and wearable shear wave tensiometry device to analyze power and work production in muscle-tendon units during human movem...
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Darryl Thelen, Peter Adamczyk, Jack Martin, Kelly Peregrine, Sara Harper | P220040US02