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Automated Cranial Burr Hole Device and Method - (HJF 509-18)
Researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have developed a compact and easy-to-use intracranial access device to treat patients suffering from epidural hemorrhages (EDH) or subdural hemorrhages (SDH) in austere environments. As the window of opportunity for diagnosis and treatment is...
Published: 11/6/2024   |   Updated: 11/30/2023   |   Inventor(s): David Brody
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Category(s): Medical Devices
Predictive Tool on Probability of Successful Wound Closure - (HJF 637-22)
Greater than 20% of traumatic wound closure attempts fail due to the immuno-molecular status of the healing wound tissue. Researchers at HJF and the Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences (USU) developed a product that analyzes the individual's wound healing immune response and computes a risk of failure score based on cytokine levels...
Published: 12/12/2024   |   Updated: 10/12/2023   |   Inventor(s): Seth Schobel-McHugh, Eric Elster, Henry Robertson, Felipe Lisboa, Michael Rouse, Scott Grey
Keywords(s): Biomarker, CDST, Dehisced Wound, Effluent, Healing, Serum, Wound, Wound Closure, Wound Failure
Category(s): Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Therapeutic, Healthcare IT
Wound Healing Phototherapy Device - (HJF 288-12)
Technology for a portable, less expensive light-emitting device (LED) that can be used for wound healing at home or as an outpatient treatment option is available for licensing from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF). Researchers at HJF, the Nitto Denko Technical Corporation, and the Uniformed Services University have developed an Organic LED (OLED)...
Published: 10/1/2024   |   Updated: 10/12/2023   |   Inventor(s): Juanita Anders, Xingjia Wu, Sazzadur Khan, Sheng Li, Amane Mochizuki
Keywords(s): Diabetes, Phototherapy, Post-Surgical, Wound Closure, Wound Healing, Wound Technology
Category(s): Medical Devices, Therapeutic
Layperson Audiovisual Tourniquet (LAVA TQ) - (HJF 629-22)
A multi-disciplinary team of experts have developed a user-friendly, audiovisual-enabled limb tourniquet that greatly improves the likelihood of correct application by the public. A correctly applied limb tourniquet can save the lives of people with severe injury. A series of studies have shown that conventional tourniquets on the market today are not...
Published: 10/29/2024   |   Updated: 3/10/2023   |   Inventor(s): Craig Goolsby, Jim Murphy, Curt Kothera
Keywords(s): Bleeding, Emergency, First Aid, Hemorrhage, Stop the Bleed, Tourniquet, Trauma, User-Friendly
Category(s): Medical Devices