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Apparatus and Methods to Assess Sub-Surface Tissue Properties

BACKGROUND Knowing the optical properties of a material below the layer able to be visualized via machine without contact, invasion, or destruction of the material is highly useful for quality control or monitoring purposes. Unfortunately, current technology cannot provide the ability to non-destructively identify and assess properties beneath the...

Published: 12/18/2023 | Inventor(s): Daqing Piao

Keywords(s): Agriculture & Food Science, Animal Health, Engineering: Ag & Bio, Engineering: Electrical & Computer, Hardware, Medical Device & Diagnostic, Sensors

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical & Computer Engr, Technology Classifications > Research Tools, Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic, Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Food Science, Technology Classifications > Animal Health, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Biosystems & Ag Engr

Non-Contact Glucose Sensing Through Light-Wave Sensing

BACKGROUND There is a significant and enduring demand for continuous and convenient monitoring of glucose in a substantial proportion of population. National diabetes statistics report for 2020 shows that 34.2 million (~10%) American have diabetes, and an estimated 26.8 million need regular monitoring of glucose level. Approximately 463 million...

Published: 5/31/2023 | Inventor(s): Daqing Piao, John O'Hara, Sabit Ekin

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic, Technology Classifications > Engineering

Methods and Systems for Point-of-Care Biomarker Detection in Solid Organ

BACKGROUND Among the myriad of conditions needing to be assessed for a donor liver quality, fibrosis of Ishak stage 2 or higher will automatically reject the liver. Currently, the only method for assessing fibrosis (when available) is to employ pathohistological analysis of a liver biopsy, a necessarily destructive approach that can be affected...

Published: 5/31/2023 | Inventor(s): Daqing Piao

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biotech & Pharmaceutical, Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic

Devices and methods of tissue visualization for use in laparoscopic, robot-assisted laparoscopic and open procedure

BACKGROUND Modern surgical procedures such as laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery have the advantages of reduced incision size, less pain, and lower chance of contamination, resulting in countless lives being saved with fewer complications. However, these techniques create greater difficulty for the surgical team by creating poor...

Published: 10/19/2022 | Inventor(s): Sanjay Patel, Daqing Piao

Keywords(s): Medical Device & Diagnostic

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic

Method and Device of Identifying and Evaluating Neurovascular Structure

BACKGROUND A radical prostatectomy is an operation to remove the prostate gland and some of the tissue around it. The cavernous nerves, which are responsible for erection and are a part of the prostatic neurovascular bundle (NVB), travel very close to the prostate gland and, because the nerves are difficult to identify visually and current locating...

Published: 10/19/2022 | Inventor(s): Gennady Slobodov, Daqing Piao

Keywords(s): Medical Device & Diagnostic

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biotech & Pharmaceutical

Tools for Visualizing and Cutting Tissue for Minimally-Invasive Surgery

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive surgical procedures are increasingly becoming preferred approaches for the management of various benign and malignant surgical conditions. Comparing with open surgical procedures, minimal invasive procedures face challenges in proper identification of anatomical danger zones which includes arteries, veins, ureter, bowel,...

Published: 10/19/2022 | Inventor(s): Daqing Piao

Keywords(s): Medical Device & Diagnostic

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic