By Simran Trana, associate vice president, IU Innovation and Commercialization Office During the pandemic, researchers at all Indiana University campuses and academic centers have focused on creating innovations to help people respond to obstacles created by COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus. These innovations take the form of vaccines and therapies, diagnostics, health care equipment, and… Read more »
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Patent awarded to IU innovation that could activate T cells for immunotherapies
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to stimulate T cells for immunotherapy. The innovation was created by the Yan Yu lab of IU Bloomington. T cells can be used to fight cancer, enhance immune therapy, fight viral infection and induce tolerance in autoimmune disease. An essential step in… Read more »
Patent awarded to IU innovation that could detect chronic immune condition
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to diagnose chronic graft-versus-host disease. The innovation was created by Dr. Sophie Paczesny of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Chronic graft-versus-host disease occurs after certain transplants when donor immune cells recognize the host tissues as foreign and attack them. The current… Read more »
Patent issued to IUPUI method and system to create 3D images with a single imager
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to create 3D images from a single imager. The innovation was created by Lauren Christopher of IUPUI. Depth is important in new consumer electronics products in order to create immersive 3D experiences for the user with new 3D displays. Traditional methods to… Read more »
Patent awarded to IU innovation that could impact cell and tissue therapeutics
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to create cells that could improve vascular repair. The innovation was created by Dr. Mervin Yoder of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Endothelial colony-forming cells are rare cells that have been shown to be directly transplantable into patients. They have been… Read more »
Patent issued to IU innovation that could innovate therapeutics for cancer, Type 2 diabetes, other diseases
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to improve upon therapeutics that pertain to controlling protein function. More than two dozen inhibitors of disease-associated enzymes have been developed and approved for clinical use. They are considered invaluable in illuminating the mechanism of these diseases and providing novel therapeutics. But… Read more »
Patent issued to IU innovation to conduct paper-spray MS in a single device
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to improve the process of paper-spray mass spectrometry. The innovation was created by Nicholas Manicke of IUPUI. Paper-spray mass spectrometry improves upon traditional mass spectrometry methods to identify the amount and type of chemicals present in a sample. Potential applications include patient… Read more »
Patent issued to IU noninvasive, unified method to quantify blood flow in an artery
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a method of noninvasively quantifying in vivo blood flow and flow-artery interaction in an artery. The innovation was created by Huidan “Whitney” Lu of IUPUI and Chen Lin of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Recently, a new method to assess in vivo blood… Read more »
Patent issued to IU noninvasive method to measure or control nerve activity
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to measure or control nerve activity that could be used in the diagnosis and treatment of various cardiac and other medical conditions. The innovation was created by Dr. Peng-Sheng Chen of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Many diagnostic and treatment methods… Read more »
Patent issued to IU on tags to identify conduits used in health care
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations related to conduit identification tags. The innovation was created by Dr. John T Finnell of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Conduits are used to deliver electrical signals, electrical power or a substance over a distance. Often, numerous conduits are used in close… Read more »