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 »
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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 »
Kelley’s Indiana Business Research Center supports U.S. Opportunity Zones initiative
A new online tool developed at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business to help economic and community developers in areas identified as opportunity zones is being praised by a top official at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The USA Opportunity Zones tool was created at the Indiana Business Research Center at Kelley for the… 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 »
Patent issued to IU for innovation to reduce damage to healthy cells during cancer treatments
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation that could improve results of proton beam therapy during cancer treatments. Although radiation is harmful to all tissues, malignant or healthy, most cancer cells lack control over DNA repair mechanisms. A challenge to radiotherapy in treating cancer is minimizing damage to normal… Read more »