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“First Inventor to File” Major Change in US Patent Law
Seattle Copyright Lawyer
It’s worth remembering that Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell filed their patent caveats for the telephone [MORE]
Sticky Paper Diagnostics
Bioengineers at the University of Washington believe they have developed a new material that could make a wide range [MORE]
Smart Connected Homes
Home Health Home
Note the numbers in this piece about the value of home telehealth monitoring: 35-56 percent reduction in [MORE]
Growing Surrogate Organs in Lymph Nodes
This quote is quite remarkable: “ Studies in mice by University of Pittsburgh scientists have shown that healthy lymph nodes [MORE]
Polymer Batteries for Medical Devices
Micro Power Li-ion Battery
Lithium polymer cells are thin, flat versions of Li-ion batteries, not packaged in the typical metal [MORE]
Smart Phone to “Sniff” Out Disease
This piece about smart phones begin designed to detect smells isn’t even an appetizer, much less a full course, [MORE]
Robotic Glove for Detecting Breast Lumps
MedSensation Robotic Hand
Engineers in Boston have designed a robotic sensor glove, called “Med Sensation,” that detects vibration, [MORE]
Sorting Cells with Acoustic Waves
Acoustic Cell Sorting Chip
Flow cytometry, which relies on lasers to sort cells, may have a new approach for some [MORE]
Nanoscale Electrical Biosensor
Do cells use the electrical conductance of double stranded DNA to signal activation of repair proteins when needed? Jacqueline [MORE]
Pharma’s Medical Apps for Patients and Labs
Go Meals App
Companion diagnostics have been a big thing in the pharmaceutical field for several years, but now it [MORE]
Autonomous Screening of C.elegans Genes
Using artificial intelligence and a microscopic camera, researchers at Georgia Tech have been able to demonstrate how tens of [MORE]
Nanoelectronic Scaffold for Tissue Culture
Cyborg Tissue
The concept of meshing human and nonhuman tissue into “cybernetic organisms” originated with the US space program and [MORE]
Sentara’s “VirtUal Medicine”
Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, VA) has had a long history of innovation and medical leadership. Now, in collaboration with MDLIVE, [MORE]
“Heart Simulator;” Intelligent Ventricular Assist Device
Heart Simulator
Engineers at the University of Leeds have been working on an “intelligent ventricular assist device” for several years, [MORE]