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University Innovation Grant Recipients

 

Applied Computational Technologies, LLC

Applied Computational Technologies, LLC – a software development company whose core technology is a patent-pending particle transport simulation technology being developed as a high-performance radiation treatment planning tool for cancer therapy.

Autologous Plastics

Autologous Plastics  –  a project to assess the market opportunity and regulatory requirements for the manufacture of implantable bioresorbable plastics from a patient’s own donated blood.  These technologies were developed  through a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University and an Allegheny General Hospital neurosurgeon.

BossaNova

Bossa Nova – a project at Carnegie Mellon University to assess the market opportunity and create a prototype for a bipedal robot toy for the interactive toy and game industry using compact, agile robotics technologies developed at CMU’s Robotics Institute and Entertainment Technology Center.

Cohera Medical, Inc.

Cohera Medical Inc. (IW Portfolio Company) – this company has developed a tissue adhesive that represents a dramatic breakthrough in both critical and surgical care.

Concurrent Design Automation

Concurrent Design Automation - a project utilizing technology from the University of Pittsburgh to assess the market for a set of design automation tools to provide quantitative analysis and rapid design of FPGA and ASIC using only C software.

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GreenOx Catalysts, Inc.
GreenOx Catalysts, Inc. – a project to investigate the technical feasibility of commercializing these oxidation activators that can replace harmful chemical bleaches with environmentally friendly hydrogen peroxide activated by TAML catalysts.

Image and Data Segmentation

Image and Data Segmentation – a project to analyze the market and develop a prototype for a platform technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University that provides higher quality and faster results in identifying, analyzing, tracking and manipulating discrete objects within an image.

INTEG Process Group, Inc.
INTEG Process Group, Inc. (IW Portfolio Company) – developer of a network input output resource utilizing Java programming to communicate real-time data from remote monitoring locations at significantly lower cost.

MIDASBio, Inc.
MIDASBio, Inc. – this company has developed a series of diagnostic assays based on the detection of a panel of biomarkers that shows impressive promise in overall predictive value for cancers such as ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer.

nanoLambda, Inc.

NanoLambda (IW Portfolio Company) is a University of Pittsburgh spin-off commercializing an advanced sensor technology.  The Spectrum SensorTM chip utilizes novel plasmonics technology to, for the first time, produce a nano scale spectrum analyzer on an integrated circuit at a fraction of the size and cost of current bench-top systems.  This patented technology enables mobile/wearable health monitors such as non-invasive hemoglobin/bilirubin/glucose monitors and mobile/wearable devices that can detect multiple toxic gases/hazardous materials for security and safety. High resolution color sensing for display and printer products is also one of the early potential applications

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Sonic Flashlight

Sonic Flashlight – a project for technology evaluation and business case development for medical ultrasound technology developed at the University of Pittsburgh that enables an image to be viewed directly on a scanned body area for greater accuracy and efficiency.

Spectrophotometer/Imager Project

Spectrophotometer/Imager Project - a project at Duquesne University to assess the market and develop a prototype spectrophotometer/imager offering significantly greater speed and sensitivity than current technologies for use in pharmaceutical process control applications.

Sustainable Systems, Inc.

Sustainable Systems, Inc. – a project at Robert Morris University to prove out the commercial viability and advantages of a vertical axis windmill design potentially applicable to both large and small windmill farms.

ZetaSpin

ZetaSpin – a project to evaluate the commercialization potential and create a prototype for a technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University that provides superior accuracy in the measurement of the zeta potential of sample materials.


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