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2020-810 Mechanical Ventilator With a Fixed Number of Orifice Plates to Generate Constant Flow Paths

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering have developed a constant flow path mechanical ventilator used for the treatment of advanced respiratory diseases, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Background: Respiratory failure leading to the need for respiratory support...

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

Keywords(s): Angiogenesis Acute Lung Injury, Cellular Respiration, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cerebrospinal Fluid Tetramer Retinol Binding Protein, Cerebrospinal Fluid Ventricular System Bleeding, Deoxygenation, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Diagnostic Test, Digital Microfluidics, Ferrofluid, Flow Device, Fluid Dynamics, Fluidics, Half-Reaction Electrolysis Of Water Oxygen Evolution, Intensive-Care Unit Vital Signs, Lung, Lung Pulmonology, Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Systems, Medical Device, Medical Device Poly(Methyl Methacrylate), Medical Devices and Materials, Microfluidics, Microfluidics And Mem's, Microfluidics Dielectrophoresis, Microfluidics Multi-Band Device, Microfluidics Nanosphere, Mouse Respiratory System, Oxygen, Oxygen Saturation, Reactive Oxygen Species, Respiratory & Pulmonary, Synovial Fluid

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Therapeutics > Infectious Diseases > COVID

2021-089 PASSIVE FREEZING DESALINATION DRIVEN BY RADIATIVE COOLING

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a passive method for water desalination that does not require direct solar irradiation. BACKGROUND: With increasing water scarcity there is now a significant push to find efficient and low-cost methods to generate fresh water from seawater or other...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Pattabhi "Aaswath" Raman, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Xin Huang

Keywords(s): Desalination, Desalination Wastewater, Energy & Water, Energy Efficiency, Functional Materials, Mechanical, Renewable Energy

Category(s): Mechanical, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials > Water Treatment

2021-135 RAPID LOCKING AND UNLOCKING MECHANICAL ARMATURE

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery have developed a novel articulating armature that can easily and precisely position surgical instruments with a quick-release locking mechanism that facilitates surgical processes. BACKGROUND: During surgical procedures, surgeons and hospital staff often juggle with a large numbers...

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

Keywords(s): Hospital Systems And Devices, Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Device, Medical Devices and Materials, Surgery, Surgical Instrument, Surgical Tools

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools