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| University Innovation Grant Recipients |
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Applied Computational Technologies, LLC
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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. |
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Autologous Plastics |
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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. |
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BossaNova |
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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. |
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Cohera Medical, Inc. |
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Cohera Medical Inc. (IW Portfolio Company) – this company has developed a tissue adhesive that represents a dramatic breakthrough in both critical and surgical care. |
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Concurrent Design Automation |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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Image and Data Segmentation |
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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. |
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INTEG Process Group, Inc. |
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| 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. |
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MIDASBio, Inc. |
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| 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. |
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nanoLambda, Inc. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Spectrophotometer/Imager Project |
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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. |
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Sustainable Systems, Inc. |
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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. |
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ZetaSpin |
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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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