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Neural Probe Array for Stable, Reliable Long-Term Implant Function
Electrodes inserted into the brain can be used to monitor and record neural activity. However, conventional electrode arrays have several limitations, including a short functional life.
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Justin Williams, P. Charles Garell | P04202US
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Oral-Lever Resistance Exercise Device
The tongue loses strength as a result of aging, illness or injury, often resulting in loss of swallowing capacity (dysphagia) that in turn may lead to malnutrition, dehydration or pneumonia. NIH-funde...
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JoAnne Robbins, Jacqueline Hind, Angela Hewitt | P05037US
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Improved Wound Healing Using Patterned Gradients of Immobilized Biomolecules
More than five million people in the United States are afflicted with chronic skin wounds, resulting in billions of dollars in medical expenses each year. The incidence of chronic wounds is expected t...
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Kristyn Masters, Tracy Jane Stefonek | P07291US
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New Method That Allows Unsupervised Cluster Analysis
Just as two points may appear closer in two-dimensional space than they actually are in three dimensions, it is difficult to tell under multiple dimensions how similar two points are. To sort data wit...
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Erwin Montgomery, Amir Assadi, He Huang | P04257US
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Depth-Resolved Reflectance Instrument
Phsyicians often use microscopic visual inspection followed by biopsy to detect cancer; however, this method is limited in many ways. Optical techniques are a promising alternative that allows clinici...
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Nirmala Ramanujam, Liu Quan | P05015US
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Injection Molding of Biodegradable Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Biodegradable scaffolds with highly interconnected pores are potentially useful in tissue engineering. A rigid, highly porous platform could be used to guide growth in tissues such as bone, cartilage ...
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Lih-Sheng Turng, Adam Kramschuster | P07200US
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Arm Brace for Sonographers to Reduce Wrist Injuries
As use of real-time diagnostic ultrasound scanning has increased, work-related injury has become epidemic among medical sonographers and echocardiographers. Approximately 80 percent of sonographers re...
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Mark Kliewer, Timothy Walker, Christopher Thomas | P06204US
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Using Endogenous Fluorescence to Identify Cancerous Cells
Optical imaging techniques play a pivotal role in detecting disease, injury and other disorders at an early stage and monitoring progression or remission after treatment. Images are generated by detec...
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Paolo Provenzano, Patricia Keely, Kevin Eliceiri, John White | P07165US
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Imaging Spectrometer for Early Detection of Skin Cancer
Skin cancer detection is typically identified via standard visual inspection. Skin patches with asymmetrical outlines, irregular borders, mottled color or a diameter greater than six millimeters are a...
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Andrew Sheinis | P06477US
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Non-Invasive Diagnosis and Evaluation of Disease
A complex network of biochemical processes underlies living systems. As these biochemical processes change, there is a corresponding change in the biological substances that are consumed or produced. ...
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Warren Porter, Fariba Assadi-Porter, Mark Cook, Hamid Eghbalnia, Marco Tonelli, Daniel Butz | P05420US
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Drug-Free Method and Device for Promoting Restorative Sleep
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 50 million people in the United States have difficulty obtaining sufficient, restful sleep. Physicians, emergency and military personnel have ...
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Giulio Tononi | P06419US