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Intrastromal Lamellar Keratoprosthesis (Artificial Cornea) (Case No. 2025-177)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Ophthalmology have developed an intrastromal artificial cornea implant designed to enhance biointegration and effectively restore vision. Background: Corneal opacities are among the top five causes of blindness worldwide. For patients who are not candidates for conventional corneal transplantation, keratoprosthesis...

Published: 6/16/2025 | Inventor(s): Seyed Reza Ghaffari Dehkharghani, Anthony Aldave

Keywords(s): Biologic Medical Product, Biomedical Engineering, biomedical implantation, biomedical sensors, diseases of the eye, eye disease, eye motion, eye movement disorders, Eye Surgery, eye tracking, Glaucoma, macular corneal dystrophy, Macular Degeneration, Medical Device, Medical Imaging Eyepiece, on-eyelid sensor, Ophthalmic antibiotics, Ophthalmology, Other Polymers, Polymers, Prosthetics, Transplant, Transplant Rejection, transplant surgery

Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Therapeutics > Ophthalmology

Intravitreal Injection Device (Case No. 2024-136)

Summary: Researchers in the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA have developed an intravitreal injection device for safer and more precise injections. Background: Intravitreal injections are vital for treating sight-threatening retinal conditions like age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema. These conditions rely heavily on accurate...

Published: 2/28/2025 | Inventor(s): Taras Gout, Robert Goldberg

Keywords(s): diseases of the eye, Eye Surgery, Macular Degeneration, Ophthalmic antibiotics, Ophthalmology

Category(s): Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Therapeutics > Ophthalmology, Medical Devices > Hospital Systems

AI Models for Ocular Diseases Using Optical Coherence Tomography (Case No. 2022-113)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Computational Medicine have developed a computer program capable of automatically and accurately diagnosing optical diseases using OCT. Background: Optical diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, are serious issues that, if left untreated, can result in partial and even complete blindness....

Published: 4/30/2025 | Inventor(s): Jeffrey Chiang, Srinivas Sadda, Eran Halperin

Keywords(s): Algorithm Optical Coherence Tomography, Artificial Intelligence, Eye Surgery, Intraocular Lens , Lens (Optics), Macular Degeneration, Optical Coherence , Optical Microscope, Optical Tomography

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Medical Devices > Medical Imaging

2020-439 4F FOR AMD

Researchers at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Lubeck, Germany, have developed an anti-inflammatory, antiatherogenic peptide which ameliorates symptoms and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and could work to reduce the severity of other eye diseases presenting...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Alan Fogelman, Mohamad Navab, Gattadahalli Anantharamaiah, Martin Rudolf

Keywords(s): Macular Degeneration, Peptide

Category(s): Platforms > Drug Delivery > Peptide Base