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 »
Technology Commercialization
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 »
Patent issued to IU on methods and materials to diagnose, prevent the spread of cystic kidney disease
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations related to cystic kidney disease. The innovation was created by Robert Bacallao of Indiana University School of Medicine, and James A. Glazier and Sherry G. Clendenon of IU Bloomington. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is among the most common inherited human diseases, with… Read more »
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 »