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33444 – Crowd sourced review and certifying service enables healthcare workers to have their PPE donning/doffing techniques collectively observed and reviewed in real time UCF researchers have developed a system and methods that healthcare workers, firefighters and other first responders can use to ensure that they and colleagues worldwide properly don (put on) or doff (take off) personnel... Read More
33396 – UCF researchers have developed an automated detection system aimed at helping to prevent and reduce the number of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) contracted during medical procedures. The new System for Detecting Sterile Field Events tracks activity during training or an actual medical procedure and identifies actions (such as contact-related events) that violate the sterile field and... Read More
33502 – According to the World Health Organization, vector-borne diseases account for more than 17 percent of all infectious diseases, causing more than 1 million deaths annually. Confirmed cases of Dengue fever (DENV), Zika (ZIKV) or chikungunya (CHIKV) in the Americas over the past few years now pose a heightened risk for epidemics in the U. S., as well as in the traditional endemic areas like... Read More
31064 – Life-saving device continuously checks a patient’s blood clotting status during and after surgery UCF researchers have developed a breakthrough early-detection system that helps detect life-threatening blood clots during and after a medical procedure. Conventional laboratory blood coagulation tests are time-intensive, requiring blood to be drawn, processed and analyzed. The UCF real-time... Read More
33425 – Ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) are highly important for ion detection. Paper-based ISEs are a simple, low cost, and disposable alternative to conventional solid-contact ISEs. However, widespread use of paper-based ISEs has been limited due to poor detection limits (in the micromolar range), reliability, and selectivity. UCF researchers have developed novel ultra-sensitive paper-based ISEs... Read More
33410 – An easy-to-use, accessible questionnaire that both clinicians and caregivers can use with dementia and delirium patients Currently, screenings for delirium and dementia are performed separately and administered by a trained professional. However, this process is inconvenient and time consuming for both the clinician and the patient, often leading to misdiagnoses in busy clinical settings... Read More
33321 – UCF researchers have invented a cerium oxide based coating with anti-inflammatory/anti-oxidant properties that may delay or prevent osteolysis by reducing inflammation and the presence of free radicals while restoring the environment’s electrochemical balance. The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons has projected the number of annual primary total hip joint replacement surgeries to... Read More
31590 – Methods, apparatus and systems for doping cerium oxide and other therapeutically valuable nanoparticles with rare earth ions so that infrared light is absorbed and visible light is emitted through the process of up-conversion Nanoparticles are increasingly being used in the biological sciences for various therapeutic and research purposes. Nanoceria, for example, is a potentially powerful... Read More
31194 – Methods, systems and compositions of a biocompatible nanoparticle wherein normal, non-transformed, healthy cells are protected from oxidative stress, radiation therapy and chemotherapy while cancer cells are provided no protection Current treatments for cancer such as radiation and chemotherapy utilize the effects of oxidative stress and other reactive oxygen species to kill off diseased... Read More
31005 – The composition and synthesis of a biodegradable polymer coated ceria oxide nanoparticle Cerium oxide (CeO) nanoparticles exhibit potent antioxidant properties, as well as other desirable therapeutic characteristics such as prolonging neuronal cell life and protecting cells against UV radiation. Current methods of ceria nanoparticle synthesis and coating are expensive and have little... Read More
30733 – Integrated sensor characterizes optically dense materials by distinguishing the scattering and absorption coefficients of the materials from the incident light. Non-invasive monitoring of various patients’ parameters, such as glucose concentrations, offers many advantages over invasive measurements. Patients could monitor themselves intermittently or continuously, without the need to... Read More
30812 – A composition of ceria oxide nanoparticles and their biological applications for the protection of mammalian cells against reactive oxygen species, with additional specifications for the treatment of retinal neurons against light-induced degeneration. Light-induced retinal degeneration and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are two common medical conditions which lead to sight... Read More
30314 – Methods, systems, and devices for enhancing both efficacy and efficiency of Deep Brain Stimulation – electrical stimulation known to inhibit symptoms of neurological diseases, disorders, and the like, such as tremors in Parkinson’s disease; and to substantially reduce power demands for Deep Brain Stimulation. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a form of brain surgery used to treat several... Read More
30450 – A probe that simultaneously performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) and spectral analysis using back reflected light The present invention provides a tunable source of low-coherence light to simultaneously conduct spatial imaging and spectral sensing for tissue diagnosis. It offers a real time three dimensional colposcopy diagnosis and the detailed guidance to physically biopsy... Read More
30402 – Non-invasive method and apparatus for image acquisition through a multimode fiber An optical fiber is a glass or plastic fiber that carries light along its length. Optical fibers have been widely used in several imaging devices, such as endoscopes and borescopes, which are utilized in medical and industrial applications in order to capture images from spaces closed to direct vision. In the... Read More
32131 – This invention is a new enzyme-assisted detection system for analyzing nucleic acids with real-time fluorescent signal generation Detection of nucleic acid sequences is critical for disease diagnosis, drug development, biomedical research, and forensic testing. A nucleic acid reporter is commonly used for the detection of specific sequences. This reporter probe is labeled with a... Read More
30949 – A nanoceria based regenerative radical sensor for plasma testing, food quality control, or drug development UCF researchers have developed an electrochemical sensor for the measurement of free radicals, or materials that generate free radicals, in solution. Ideal for biomedical, pharmaceutical, or sensor companies, this sensor has a long lifetime with the option of multiple uses. With an... Read More
32194 – This discovery provides methods and compounds for decreasing the expression of LIMK1 and AurKA in cancer cells. Metastasis of tumor cells contributes to about 90% of cancer-related deaths. Proteins that regulate cell motility are attractive targets for cancer therapy because they can also play key roles in cell survival, proliferation, and migration. Lim kinase 1 (LIMK1) is a protein that... Read More
31028 – Methods and apparatus for creating a portable non-invasive glucose monitoring system, which includes a sensing solution containing specially-designed nanoparticles sensitive to very minute changes in glucose level. Diabetes mellitus is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S. It is a medical disorder characterized by persistent variable hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels),... Read More
32653 – The current technology for circular electrode contacts on implanted leads for deep brain stimulation (DBS) has a major limitation: the electronic current flow is also a annular outflow from the cathode ring to an adjacent anode ring on the same lead. Although this arrangement works when the electrode contact is centered in the target site, e.g., the subthalamic nucleus (STN), it doesn’t work... Read More
33036 – By forming a polymer casing that can encapsulate nanoparticles to deliver them to specific locations in the human body based on the polymer spheres’ shape, researchers have developed a technology to advance biomedical treatment and diagnosis. This ability to produce polymeric particles with a size, shape, and composition that determines finely-tuned physiochemical properties is made more... Read More
31366 – Bacterial toxins have been known to be primary mediators of a number of diseases both of the intestinal tract and of other organ systems. Some bacterial toxins are known as AB-type toxins, since they are composed of a catalytic A subunit and a cell binding B subunit. Examples of such AB-type toxins include cholera toxin (CT), the E.coli heat-labile toxin (LT) responsible for traveler’s... Read More
33361 – UCF researchers have created a new weapon in the fight against cancer by coating nanoparticles of cerium oxide, nanoceria, with polymers to affect the localization of nanoceria within cells and modulate its toxicity based on pH, to fight cancer cells while protecting normal cells. Even in the presence of oxygen, many cancers preferentially obtain their energy by converting glucose into... Read More
32747 – Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have developed a scalable, environmentally friendly method to produce oxidized graphite. UCF’s oxidized graphite is water dispersible, which aids in the preparation of thin films, carbon fibers, and carbon nanotubes; has resistivities ranging from 50-8,000 Ω/cm2; and, most importantly, allows for easy conversion to graphene. Oxidized... Read More
30810 – Novel motuporamine analogues with high anti-metastatic activity and low toxicity. UCF researchers have synthesized novel motuporamine analogues that act as anti-metastatic agents with low toxicity and high anti-migration activities. Motuporamines are naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds isolated from the sea sponge Xestospongia exigua. They have unique anti-migration and... Read More
32918 – The Capillary Ionic Transistor (CIT) nanodevice provides control of ionic transport through the nanochannel by gate voltage for use by pharmaceutical companies, medical instruments companies, hospitals, research organizations, microelectromechanical systems companies, and the chemical industry. Nanofluidic devices such as ionic diodes and ionic transistors form key elements in ionic... Read More
32372 – Of the ~4,400 Escherichia coli (E. coli) open reading frames, roughly a third have not had their encoded protein functions experimentally verified. This collection of genes creates a significant black box in our understanding of fundamental cellular physiology, especially when considering those genes of unknown function that are essential for viability. Much of what is known about gene... Read More
32371 – UCF researchers have developed absorption spectroscopy technology to measure samples at the micron and single cell level. Conventional optical probe technology required samples larger than micron size, limiting usability in fields with finite samples, including forensic analysis. This new technology is non-destructive to the sample, for continued testing and maximized data results.... Read More