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2023-039 Touch-Based Non-invasive Lithium Monitoring Using an Organo-Hydrogel-Coated Ion-Selective Sensing Interface

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a touch-based sensor for non-invasive, real-time, and accurate lithium-ion monitoring in patients. Background: Lithium salt is one of the most widely utilized psychiatric medications for individuals with bipolar disorder. However, it is difficult to...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Sam Emaminejad, Shuyu Lin, Jialun Zhu

Keywords(s): anti-dehydration, Biosensor, Drug, drug adherence, Drug monitoring, Electrode, ion selective electrode, Lithium, Lithium Therapy, Nanosensor, organo hydrogel, Pharmaceutical Drug, Prescription Drug, Psychiatry / Mental Health, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Sensor, Sensors, Sensory System, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Electrical, Electrical > Sensors, Medical Devices, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

2021-293 A BEHAVIORAL METHOD OF COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING, AND COGNITIVE DECLINE REMEDIATION

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Psychology have developed a method that could offer a therapeutic approach to counteract cognitive decline and dementia by using a variety of simple computerized tasks to measure and train brain processing. BACKGROUND: Cognitive training approaches, such as online programs that consist of games to improve...

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

Keywords(s): Biosensor, Cognitive Therapy, Dementia, Diagnostic Test, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Neurocognitive, Neurocognitive Scientific Method, Neuropsychological Test, Psychiatry / Mental Health, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Screening Libraries, Sensory System, Unimodality

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Neural Stimulation

2014-287 Minimally Invasive Implantable Brain Stimulation Devices And Methods For Implanting Same

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Neurosurgery have developed a novel, minimally invasive deep-brain stimulation device concept.BACKGROUNDFor many patients suffering from a variety of movement and neuropsychiatric disorders, deep-brain stimulation (DBS) of select brain areas provides lasting relief for otherwise-treatment-resistant cases....

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Itzhak Fried, Ilan Ben Oren, Tamir Wolf

Keywords(s): Cns, Medical Devices and Materials, Psychiatry / Mental Health

Category(s): Medical Devices, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Therapeutics > Psychiatry And Mental Health

2017-977 Load-Induced Frequency-Shift-Keying: A New Modulation Scheme That Enables Simultaneous Near-Field Wireless Power And Data Transmission Through A Single Set of Inductive Coils

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical Engineering have developed the first modulation system that allows simultaneous wireless power and data transmission through a single pair of inductive coils.BACKGROUNDNext-generation Brain-Machine Interface senses neural data and stimulates the brain when needed, which requires simultaneous external...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Asad Abidi, Dejan Markovic, Jiacheng Pan

Keywords(s): Antennas/Wireless, Cns, Electronics & Semiconductors, Medical Devices and Materials, Monitoring And Recording Systems, Psychiatry / Mental Health

Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors > Circuits, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Therapeutics > Psychiatry And Mental Health, Electrical > Wireless

2020-150 Method of Reducing Placebo/Nocebo Effects Associated with the Tapering of Medication, and Storing Drug Tablet Fragments

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Medicine have developed drug tapering schedule software to reduce factors that may impede patients’ discontinuation of a drug.BACKGROUNDSuccessful discontinuation of addictive drugs, such as sedative-hypnotics, anxiolytics, and pain medications, is improved by slowly reducing the drug dose being administered...

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

Keywords(s): Bioinformatics, Medical Devices and Materials, Monitoring And Recording Systems, Psychiatry / Mental Health, Software

Category(s): Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Therapeutics > Psychiatry And Mental Health, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics, Software & Algorithms > Programs

A Wearable Platform for In-Situ Analysis of Hormones

UC Case No. 2018-657SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a highly sensitive, wearable hormone monitoring platform.BACKGROUND:Biofluid levels provide insight for monitoring depression, reproduction, and stress. Invasive methods are used to detect low-concentration biofluids. However, realizing...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Sam Emaminejad, Sanaz Pilehvar

Keywords(s): Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & Digestive Disease, Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices and Materials, Psychiatry / Mental Health

Category(s): Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies, Therapeutics > Gastroenterology, Therapeutics > Metabolism And Endocrinology, Therapeutics > Psychiatry And Mental Health

2017-711 Immersive Virtual Reality To Manage Pain

SUMMARYResearchers led by Mark Cohen from the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA have developed a virtual reality-based therapy to manage chronic pain.BACKGROUNDChronic pain affects 100 million people and costs the U.S. roughly 650 billion dollars in healthcare and lost productivity costs. Roughly 30 million people with chronic pain use prescription...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Mark Cohen, Agatha Lenartowicz, Siamak Rahman

Keywords(s): Medical Devices and Materials, Monitoring And Recording Systems, Psychiatry / Mental Health

Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Therapeutics > Psychiatry And Mental Health

2016-487 Predicting the Placebo Response and Placebo Responders in Medicated and Unmedicated Patients Using Baseline Psychometric and Clinical Assessment Score

SUMMARYUCLA researchers have developed a method and model to predict the placebo effect and placebo responsiveness using the 30-item baseline positive and negative syndrome scales (PANSS) scores, within both the medicated and unmedicated Schizophrenia patients.BACKGROUNDThe placebo effect is used to describe the effect of inert interventions to yield...

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

Keywords(s): Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Medical Devices and Materials, Monitoring And Recording Systems, Psychiatry / Mental Health

Category(s): Diagnostic Markers, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Therapeutics > Psychiatry And Mental Health