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Using Electronic Noses To Detect Tumors During Neurosurgery
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Date added: 08/01/2008 |
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This work explores the possibility of using electronic noses to determine if all of the brain tumor has been removed. This technique could complement multimodal imaging techniques as a means of detecting cancerous tissue. |
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Producing Newborn Synchronous Mammalian Cells
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Date added: 08/01/2008 |
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The invention includes a new culture device coupled with a new methodology. The incorporation of the
two involves a perfusion culture system in which a rotating bioreactor is used to grow cells in liquid
culture medium while attached to an adhesive-treated porous surface such that when the attached cells
divide, newborn cells are released and can be collected in the effluent medium through an exit port. |
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Biochips Containing Arrays of Carbon-Nanotube Electrodes
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Date added: 07/01/2008 |
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This work demonstrates that nanoelectrodes, particularly a carbon nanotube (CNT) based nanoelectrode array, can be integrated into a EC system for ultrasensitive chemical and DNA detection. The nanoelectrode array is fabricated with a bottom-up scheme resulting in precisely positioned and well aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) array embedded in a planarized SiO2 matrix. |
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Chamber for Aerosol Deposition of Bioparticles
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Date added: 06/01/2008 |
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This apparatus is a simple robust device designed for the aerosol deposition of particles on surfaces. It has been designed for the primary use of preparing standardized coupons inoculated with a relatively uniform dispersion of bacterial spores of the genus Bacillus. |
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Wearable Wireless Telemetry System for Implantable BioMEMS Sensors
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Date added: 05/01/2008 |
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Commercial applications for wireless implantable bio-MEMS based pressure sensors would include monitoring (1) the pressure in the case of patients with spinal injury and (2) the recovery process of patients with surgically implanted stents to correct abdominal aortic aneurisms. |
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Cell-Detection Technique for Automated Patch Clamping
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Date added: 05/01/2008 |
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We present a machine-vision approach to patch clamping cell selection by developing an intelligent algorithm technique that gives the user the ability to determine a “good” cell to patch clamp in a cellular image. This technique will aid the user in determining the best candidates for patch clamping and will ultimately save time, increase efficiency, and reduce cost. |
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Hand-Held Units for Short-Range Wireless Biotelemetry
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Date added: 05/01/2008 |
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The objective of this invention is to develop a compact, reliable hand-held device that can be used by the medical community for contactless-powering, interrogation, and data retrieval via RF telemetry from miniaturized Biosensors embedded in the body for medical diagnostics. |
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Hydrocyclone/Filter for Concentrating Biomarkers From Soil
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Date added: 04/01/2008 |
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This hydrocyclone-filtration extractor system operates in a continuous flow mode and enables large volumes of soils to be extracted with minimal amounts of solvent. The resulting extract contains much greater concentrations of extracted cells on the filter and dissolved biomarkers in the solvent phase than when traditional extraction protocols are employed. |
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Recombinant Collagenlike Proteins
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Date added: 12/03/2007 |
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Fibrillar collagens are attractive materials for production of matrices needed for tissue engineering and
drug delivery. In the presented invention, the possibility
of engineering recombinant collagenlike proteins consisting of a multiplied domain that corresponds to a
specific region of the collagen monomer is explored. |
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Infrared Imaging System for Studying Brain Function
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Date added: 07/02/2007 |
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The technology when fully implemented will be deployed in a typical bicycle helmet to image brain activity in real-time (microseconds), with excellent spatial resolution (millimeters) and displayed as three dimensional data on a translucent model. |
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