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High-Throughput Cargo Delivery Into Live Cells Using Photothermal Platforms (Case No. 2013-158)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed a photothermal platform for precisely opening a cell membrane to deliver cargo into cells. Title: High-Throughput Cargo Delivery Into Live Cells Using Photothermal Platforms Background: Transferring cargo like proteins, nucleotides and particles into cells is valuable...

Published: 10/24/2024 | Inventor(s): Pei Yu Chiou, Michael Teitell, Ting Hsiang Wu, Yi-Chien Wu

Keywords(s): cell engineering, cellular, delivery system, Gene delivery, Laser, Microbiology, Micropump

Category(s): Electrical > Mems, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems

Discovering Permanent Fluidic Magnets for Liquid Bioelectronics (Case No. 2024-083)

Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Bioengineering have developed a permanent fluidic magnet that maintains stable colloids for application in a variety of fields, including physiological monitoring and bioelectronics. Background: Colloid suspensions are comprised of dispersed small solid particles in fluids. The stability of a colloid...

Published: 10/23/2024 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Membranes, Electrical, Electrical > Mems, Materials > Nanotechnology, Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery

A Self-Powered Bioelectronic Stent Sensor for Postoperative Blood Flow Rate Monitoring (UCLA Case No. 2022-276)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a miniaturized bioelectronic stent sensor that provides continuous, real-time, and reliable hemodynamic monitoring. Background: Diseases caused by arterial atherosclerosis are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, affecting over 4.6 million...

Published: 11/1/2024 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen, Geoffrey Colby, Guorui Chen

Keywords(s): Atherosclerosis, Biomaterial 3D Printing, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Rate , Medical Device, Medical Devices and Materials, Medical Physics , Nanotechnology, Sensors, Smart medical device, Stent, wearable medical device

Category(s): Mechanical, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Medical Devices, Electrical > 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