Medical
ProxiStep is a soft wearable assistive device for individuals with multiple sclerosis and similar neurological conditions who experience asymmetric lower-body proximal muscle weakness, especially around the hip, pelvis, and upper thigh. This weakness makes it difficult to lift and advance the affected leg during walking, often causing toe drag, slower gait, compensatory movement, poor balance, fatigue,
Problem Solved:
Respiratory diseases impose a massive burden on the U.S. Healthcare system, causing 15 million cases annually in U.S. emergency departments alone — and the spread of these diseases while in the hospital (a.k.a. Hospital Acquired Infections, or HAIs) is costing our economy $20 billion each year.
Aim:
We developed a magnetically programmable soft robot that can crawl, self-orient toward a tissue interface, store liquid cargo in an internal microporous reservoir, and achieve on-demand directional cargo release toward a desired tissue interface under external magnetic field.
Challenge:
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), mainly including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis,
Chikitscope: Democratizing Diagnostics through Pocket-Sized Edge AI
Nearly half the world lacks access to essential diagnostics, and the global healthcare system faces a projected shortage of 10 million workers by 2030. While routine diagnostic tools like thermometers have successfully transitioned to the home, the microscope has remained stubbornly tied to the lab bench.
The Luer syringe delivers the overwhelming majority of the estimated 16 billion injections dispensed annually. Luer syringes retain up to 30% of a 0.5mL dose in the interior cavity of the syringe nozzle and female hub (deadspace) after the dose is dispensed, meaning billions of potential doses are being discarded.
Vision loss is a global emergency. The World Health Organization estimates that 2.2 billion people live with vision impairment - at least 1 billion preventable or still unaddressed - costing the world about US$411 billion in lost productivity yearly.
Infertility affects 1 in 6 people globally, leading more patients to turn to assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as IVF, ICSI, and IUI. Despite advances across many areas of reproductive medicine, success rates have stagnated at approximately 33% live births per cycle, and sperm selection remains an under-innovated step in the ART workflow.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability globally. Most deaths result from vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, an unstable build-up of fat and other substances in the arterial walls, which ruptures, leading to arterial blockages and heart attacks and strokes.
Methodology for Producing the "San José Formula No. 11" and Balanced Feed/Concentrates for the Agricultural and Livestock Sectors.
Step 1: Chopping of forage and biological material.
Step 2: Pressing of biological material.
Step 3: Pelletizing of biological material.
Step 4: Distillation of biological material.
Step 5: Cooling and drying of pellets; packaging of distilled *biol*.
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