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Intelligent Stent System for Chronic On-Demand Drug Delivery (Case No. 2021-069)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Neurology have developed an intelligent stent system for chronic on-demand drug delivery, addressing the challenge of the blood-brain barrier hindering drug therapy in the central nervous system. Background: The blood-brain barrier poses a significant obstacle to effective drug delivery to the central...

Published: 2/26/2024 | Inventor(s): Jose Morales, Haotian Lu, Huachen Cui, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng

Keywords(s): blood flow management, blood-brain barrier, Drug, Drug Delivery, Drug monitoring, Invasiveness Of Surgical Procedures, MEMS, minimally invasive device, minimally invasive drug delivery systems, neural signals, neural stimulation, Neurocognitive, Neurodegeneration, neurological disorders, Neurology, neuro-oncology, Neuropathology, Neurosurgery, non-invasive, non-invasive drug monitoring, on-demand drug delivery, Pharmaceutical Drug, piezoelectric ultrasound transducers

Category(s): Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Medical Devices, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Therapeutics > Oncology, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease

Room-Temperature Annealing-Free Metal Printing Technique via Anion-Assisted Photochemical Desposition (UCLA Case No. 2022-266)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed an innovative metal patterning fabrication technique that produces highly conductive metallic patterns at room temperature on a broad range of substrate materials. Background: Photo-lithographic techniques for metal patterning have enabled incredible advancements...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Ximin He, Dong Wu

Keywords(s): Electronics & Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Materials, MEMS, Metals, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductors

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Metals, Mechanical, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanical > Micro-Electromechanical Systems (Mems)

2007-405 Massively Parallel Assembly of Composite Structures using Depletion Attractions

Summary: Scientists in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA have identified a way to selectively order and assemble solid microcomponents dispersed in liquids into larger composite devices using attractive interactions that are geometry-dependent. This technique enables the systematic parallel fabrication of complex microstructures...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Thomas Mason

Keywords(s): Composite Material, Composite Materials, Lithography, Manufacturing, MEMS, Microelectronics, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Materials > Composite Materials, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical, Electrical > Mems

SHAPE-CONTROLLED PARTICLES HAVING SUBPARTICLE GEOMETRICAL FEATURES

SHAPE-CONTROLLED PARTICLES HAVING SUBPARTICLE GEOMETRICAL FEATURES UCLA Case No. 2015-375 SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a photolithographic method for the high-throughput, parallel production of microscale and nanoscale objects with tailored shapes and dimensions using a single photomask. BACKGROUNDThe...

Published: 11/22/2023 | Inventor(s): Thomas Mason, Kenny Mayoral

Keywords(s): MEMS, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology

Category(s): Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Electrical > Mems, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Nanoparticles

2009-438 Localized Droplet Heating with Surface Electrodes in Microfluidic Chips

Localized Droplet Heating with Surface Electrodes in Microfluidic ChipsSUMMARYResearchers at UCLA have developed a low-cost, fully miniaturized lab-on-a-chip system that is capable of localized temperature control without the need to interface with macroscale tubes, thus taking full advantage of miniaturization via microfluidic protocols.BACKGROUNDMicrofluidics...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Chang-Jin Kim, Wyatt Nelson

Keywords(s): Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), MEMS, Microfluidics And Mem's

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Electrical > Mems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

Plasma-Functionalized Bandpass Switch

SummaryUCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a device that combines the performance of a bandpass filter and gas-discharge switch into a single device.BackgroundModern technology has led to great signal interference between devices. To navigate through congested signaling networks, devices must filter...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanical Systems, MEMS

Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Electrical > Mems

2018-449 An Actuator Device Driven by Electrostatic Forces

SUMMARY Researchers in the UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed an electrostatically actuated device with reversible high-frequency operation that consumes low power and has low fabrication costs. BACKGROUND Actuated devices, which use an input force to cause a desired motion, have numerous applications. For instance,...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Rujun Ma, Ziyang Zhang

Keywords(s): Mechanical Systems, MEMS

Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Electrical > Mems