Students, alumni, faculty and staff across all academic disciplines at Indiana University campuses and academic centers are developing products and services for the benefit of the world. Their companies are helping the general public, industry, government and more. We are pleased to profile some of them and their perspectives about being an entrepreneur during November,… Read more »
Entries by Steve Martin
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine methods to diagnose and treat chronic lung conditions
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations that could diagnose and treat lung diseases, including pulmonary emphysema. The innovations were created by Matthias A. Clauss of the Indiana University School of Medicine. More than 3.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with emphysema. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two components… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine methods to noninvasively monitor nerves
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a system and method for monitoring nerve activity. The innovations were created by Dr. Peng-Sheng Chen and Shien-Fong Lin of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Many diagnostic and treatment methods in the fields of medicine and biology rely on measurements of nerve activity… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine innovation to improve cartilage repair
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations that could improve therapies to repair cartilage damage. Dr. Stephen B. Trippel of the Indiana University School of Medicine created the molecules that are part of this innovation. Articular cartilage damage is a major cause of disability in the form of arthritis and… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU Bloomington antimicrobial peptides
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on molecules created by Cheng Kao of Indiana University Bloomington. Kao has developed antimicrobial peptides, sometimes called bacteriocidal peptides, that diminish detrimental pro-inflammatory responses and direct killing of microbes. The innovation was disclosed to the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office. The mission of the office… Read more »
Help your community and state, earn money as a 2020 Census taker
The U.S. Census Bureau seeks to hire thousands of Americans in temporary positions for the 2020 Census count. Census results determine how many congressional seats each state receives and how billions of dollars of federal funding are distributed to states and communities. Carol O. Rogers, co-director of the Indiana University Business Research Center in the… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine treatments for spinal muscular atrophy
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on combination therapies that could treat spinal muscular atrophy. The therapies were created by Dr. Elliot J. Androphy of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic neurological disorder that results from loss of function of cells in the spinal cord…. Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine – new endovascular stent design might better treat disease
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a stent design that could be assembled in a modular fashion to treat arterial or vascular disease. The inventor is Raghu L. Motaganahalli of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Endovascular stents can be delivered noninvasively to treat aneurysms, but traditional designs do not… Read more »
Patent awarded for IUPUI microinverter that requires less time to be secured to a solar panel
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a microinverter designed at IUPUI that can be installed to a solar panel with a single fastener. The patent was awarded to Euzeli Cipriano dos Santos of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. Microinverters convert direct current from solar panels to… Read more »
Head of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s research division to speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s Oct. 2 luncheon
Ursula Renold, head of the research division at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, will speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 2. The luncheon will begin at noon at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave. Tickets for members of the Economic Club of Indiana are $30; tickets for nonmembers… Read more »