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Central Venous Catheter Insertion Device

Central Venous Catheter Insertion Device

Unmet Need Central Venous Catheterization (CVC) is a common procedure where a catheter is inserted into a large vein, typically in the neck, chest, or groin. With 5 million insertions a year, representing 8% of…

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Non-invasive peripheral retinal scanner using OCT

Non-invasive peripheral retinal scanner using OCT

Unmet Need Images and light that sporadically appear in an individual’s visual field are known as “Flashes and floaters.” These optical aberrations bring approximately 150,000 patients in for eye exams each year in the United…

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Duke Competency-Based Clinical Research Professional Onboarding Toolkit

Duke Competency-Based Clinical Research Professional Onboarding Toolkit

Unmet Need Currently, there are an estimated 5.7 million clinical research employees in the USA, along with an estimated 62,000 job openings. Despite this being a large field of employment in the USA, employee training…

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Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Transducer for Dust Removal from Solar Panels

Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Transducer for Dust Removal from Solar Panels

Unmet Need Solar panels are an increasingly common source of electricity worldwide, supplying ~5% of the world’s energy needs and expected to continue growing in energy production by up to 25% a year. Whether on…

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Metabolite biomarkers of human heart failure

Metabolite biomarkers of human heart failure

Value Proposition Heart failure is a very common condition affecting approximately 5.1 million people in the United States. Due to its association with age, the incidence of heart failure, as well as the cost of…

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Questionnaires for patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Questionnaires for patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Unmet Need Diseases with unknown etiology and overlapping symptoms present a significant challenge for accurate diagnosis in clinical settings, often resulting in misdiagnosis. Patients often wait years before receiving a correct diagnosis and proper treatment.…

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Gene therapy for Crb1 retinopathies

Gene therapy for Crb1 retinopathies

Value Proposition Current treatments for retinal disease include laser surgeries, injectable corticosteroids, and other medications which may slow the process of retinal degeneration but are not able to stop it. The Crb1 protein has been…

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Novel Self-Assembling Nanoparticles for Extended Duration Local Anesthetics

Novel Self-Assembling Nanoparticles for Extended Duration Local Anesthetics

Unmet Need An estimated 40 million surgeries are performed every year in the United States. Out of this population, an estimated 80% had post-operative pain with 75% reporting it as moderate to extreme. Local anesthetics…

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Learning to Detect Rowhammer Attacks on DRAMs

Learning to Detect Rowhammer Attacks on DRAMs

Description Rowhammer is a security vulnerability that arises due to the undesirable electrical interaction between physically adjacent rows in DRAMs. Bit flips caused by Rowhammer can be exploited to craft many types of attacks in…

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Novel biomarkers to detect Venous Thrombosis without radiation exposure in elderly patients

Novel biomarkers to detect Venous Thrombosis without radiation exposure in elderly patients

Unmet Need Venous thrombosis/thromboembolism (VT/E), the formation of a blood clot in vein, can be a life-threatening condition with 600,000 incidences in the US per year and affecting an estimated 10 million people globally. VT/E…

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Duke Anesthesia Resistance Scale (DARS), a postoperative delirium risk calculator

Duke Anesthesia Resistance Scale (DARS), a postoperative delirium risk calculator

Unmet Need More than 70 million surgeries are performed on older adults annually worldwide. The combined burden of anesthesia, surgery, and postoperative hospitalization increase risk of developing postoperative delirium in aging patients. Delirium is associated with…

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Transformative Peer coaching & training for young adults with chronic illness

Transformative Peer coaching & training for young adults with chronic illness

Unmet Need An excellent alternative for the growing burden of chronic illness is patient-centered self-management. This method empowers patients to manage their condition actively, improving treatment outcomes and reducing the burden on healthcare providers. Self-management…

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