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 »
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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 »
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 »
Patent awarded for IU Bloomington compounds to combat hepatitis B virus
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on compounds discovered at Indiana University Bloomington that could have an effect against the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B (HBV) causes viral hepatitis that can further lead to chronic liver disease and increase the risk of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Worldwide, about 2 billion… Read more »
Interns Amick, Ma gain real-world experience in patent law, protecting IU intellectual property
Work conducted by Indiana University students Thomas Amick and Ziyu Ma to create and hone patent applications will impact lives around the world. Amick, from Greenfield, Indiana, is a third-year student in the IU McKinney School of Law. Ma, from Jiangsu, China, is a second-year student in the IU Maurer School of Law. They are… Read more »
Lakshmi Sastry-Dent joins IU ICO, will manage mostly IUPUI, IU School of Medicine technologies
The Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office, which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at IU so it can be commercialized by industry, has hired Lakshmi Sastry-Dent as senior technology commercialization manager. Bill Brizzard, executive director, said Sastry-Dent will strengthen IU ICO’s abilities to work with university inventors. “Lakshmi has a strong technical background… Read more »