Wireless Sensor-Actuator-Coupled Gustatory Interface for Remote Tasting
TS-072321 — The Need
Current virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) platforms lack integration of gustatory (taste) sensations, limiting user immersion and sensory engagement. Existing human-machine interfaces focus primarily on visual, auditory, and haptic feedback, neglecting the chemical dimension of taste. T…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Chen, Shulin; Jia, Yizhen; Li, Jinghua; Liu, Tzu-Li
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Novel Material with Enhanced Selectivity for Biofuel Cell Sensing Surfaces
TS-072320 — The Need
Current biofuel cell sensors suffer from poor selectivity and accuracy due to fluctuations in ionic strength and pH at the sensing interface. These environmental changes can significantly interfere with sensor readings, limiting reliability in medical diagnostics, energy generation, and env…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Jinghua; Jia, Yizhen; Liu, Tzu-Li
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Flexible Light-Addressable Sensor for High-Resolution Physiological Mapping
TS-072319 — The Need
Current methods for mapping electrical potential gradients in biological tissues, such as the brain, rely on high-density electrode arrays fabricated via costly microfabrication techniques. These rigid devices struggle to conform to complex tissue morphologies, limiting their effectiveness …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Jinghua; Chen, Shulin; Jia, Yizhen; Liu, Tzu Li; Wang, Qi
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
NeuroThread: Ultrathin Wire-Type Neurochemical Sensor for Real-Time CNS Monitoring
TS-071414 — The Need
Current neurochemical monitoring technologies are limited by bulky form factors, complex fabrication, and invasiveness, which restrict their clinical and research utility. Existing sensors often cause tissue damage, lack real-time resolution, and are costly to manufacture, impeding widespre…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Jinghua; Liu, Tzu Li
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Endoscopic additive manufacturing of conductors and wireless implants
TS-067045 — The Need
Wireless implants with integrated antennas are highly desirable for diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring applications due to their ability to communicate directly with external devices. However, the need for major surgical incisions to implant these devices poses significant risks, incl…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kiourti, Asimina; Dontha, Balaji; Hoelzle, David; Li, Jinghua; Moulod, Mohammad
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
A lightweight, miniaturized, and portable readout circuits for tracking LRC-based wireless sensor
TS-061832 — A portable and
lightweight readout circuit designed for use with LRC-based wireless sensors and in conjunction with other commonly used devices (e.g., smartphone, laptop, and tablet)
The Need
Conventional vector network analyzers are bulky and expensive and tend to limit the ability to be used for daily tracing or high-frequency health status tracking in people. To overcome this and other limitations present in the cumbersome designs of today, compact-sized devices that take ad…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Jinghua; Liu, Tzu Li
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
A Wireless, pH Regeneratable, Chemical Species Electronic Bio-Sensor
TS-058251 —
Diagnostic tools are key to medicine, research and diagnostics. The measurement of biomolecules and their absorption kinetics can facilitate a better understanding of drug intake, biological responses, or in the continuous monitoring of specimen. Current equipment requires centralized equipment, t…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Jinghua; Chen, Shulin; Liu, Tzu Li
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Methods and Apparatus to estimate phase of radiofrequency field
TS-037437 — A technique for estimating magnetic resonance imaging absolute phase to enhance machine efficiency and versati
lity.
Estimating absolute phase of Radiofrequency (RF) field including both the transmit field and receive sensitivity is very important for various stages of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure. It can be used for mulit-transmit, RF shimming, parallel imaging reconstruction, electric propert…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Ding, Yu
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana