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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

Artificial Intelligence Enabled Software for Mechanical Characterizations of Thin, Soft, Heterogeneous Bio-Tissues

BACKGROUND Heterogeneous membranes or films are thin and soft structures with spatial variations in material property and thickness. Important heterogeneous membranes include bio tissues such as heart valves, eardrum membranes, skin, as well as artificial synthesized bio-compatible tissues, non-woven materials. Mechanical behavior of heterogeneous...

Published: 8/18/2023 | Inventor(s): Lin Guo, Shuodao Wang, Yuan Zhang

Keywords(s): Biotech & Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Diagnostic, Software: AI, Neural Network & Learning

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, 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

Digital Twin System for Human Pulmonary Healthcare

BACKGROUND Pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was the third-leading cause of death globally in 2019. While there is no cure for COPD, treatments are available and are constantly being developed. Numerical modelling of pulmonary air-particle dynamics is a crucial tool for assessing drug distribution efficacy...

Published: 5/24/2023 | Inventor(s): Yu Feng, Jianan Zhao

Keywords(s): Biotech & Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Medical Device & Diagnostic, Software, Software: AI, Neural Network & Learning

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

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

Noncontact Vitals Monitoring Using Visible Light Sensing (VLS)

BACKGROUND Monitoring human body vitals is critical for accurate diagnosis of diseases and for deciding appropriate treatment and/or therapy methods. In particular, respiration rate and heart rate are of importance for heart and lung diseases. Many vitals monitoring systems have been introduced to get the most accurate results using either contact-...

Published: 5/24/2023 | Inventor(s): Murat Uysal, Muhammed Oztemel, Hisham Abuella, Caleb Teague, Habeeb Idrees, Sabit Ekin

Keywords(s): Medical Device & Diagnostic

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