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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In Phase I Biocrede developed a completely new urinary tract silicone Foley catheter with a andgt month shelf life made from a proprietary polymeric formulation to effectively reduce catheter associated urinary tract infections CAUTI via nitric oxide NO release for andgt weeks Key features of the new technology include catheters continuously d ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant SARCOIDOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING LLC is a medical diagnostics company developing a diagnostic blood test for sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder that affects per people per year in the U S and disproportionately affects African Americans and women Sarcoidosis can lead to advanced pulmonary fibrosis pulmonary hyperte ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Traumatic brain injuries TBI are an area of significant unmet need with no approved therapeutics and a national burden of $ billion annually Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals is developing a small molecule pharmaceutical agent that would be administered by intravenous injection by emergency responders or a medical professional within hours of injury to limit n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant RNA interference RNAi is a small RNA guided gene silencing process within living cells The RNAi technique is widely used in both biological research and clinical applications because it has the ability to knockdown essentially any gene of interest However one major unresolved issue in RNAi studies is non specific gene silencing It is well known that in ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Clean water is one of the most basic societal needs in the world Few situations incite more public outcry than when a community learns that their drinking water has been tainted Two of the biggest threats to groundwater quality in the U S are contamination from either chlorinated solvents or petroleum Left unattended the size and scope of the problems asso ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There are growing demands for D structure determination of nucleic acids and their protein complexes for understanding disease molecule level mechanisms and discovering innovative drugs X ray crystallography is one of the most direct and powerful tools for structure determination of these macromolecules and complexes However the crystallization and phase d ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We seek to develop and commercialize a powerful technology platform to increase dramatically the effectiveness of drug discovery using high throughput screening HTS based on fluorescence lifetime FLT readouts of FRET in live cells This breakthrough is enabled by a combination of two complementary and synergistic technologies fluorescent biosensor engineer ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Doppler ultrasound is relied upon as the primary and often the only test used to diagnose vascular pathology Because variations in technical skill directly impact surgical referral decisions there is a strong clinical need to ensure that provides both attain and maintain skills in this procedure The problem we address is the lack of a quantitative or standar ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Spinal cord injury SCI is a complex and devastating clinical condition mediated by proinflammatory cytokines that produce neuronal loss axonal destruction and demyelination during the secondary injury cascade There are currently no proven therapies targeting posttraumatic inflammation that have been shown to have clinical value We have previously shown th ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Effective communication between patients and healthcare professionals is essential to achieve positive clinical outcomes Patients who are unable to communicate effectively e g patients with limited English proficiency LEP those who are hearing impaired aphasic or have oral tracheal intubation experience extreme frustration panic anxiety sleeplessne ...