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Occupational Health: Wearable Kneel-Sit Support Device for Manual Labor and Heavy Industry Applications

This CDC-developed technology describes a novel ergonomic device that supports a portion of the worker's weight while kneeling, relieving the knee pressure and pain common to many manual labor occupations. Unfortunately, many of the devices that have been used in the past to relieve pressure on the knees are bulky, heavy, and of questionable durability. This...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Ova Johnston, Stephen Hudock, Steven Wurzelbacher

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Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Geriatrics, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Immunology, TherapeuticArea > Neurology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Non-Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease

Silica Exposure Safety: Mini-baghouse Systems and Methods for Controlling Particulate Release from Large Sand Transfer Equipment

CDC/NIOSH scientists have developed an effective point-source control for silica-containing dusts that can be generated from machinery on sites where hydraulic fracturing is occurring. The CDC/NIOSH mini-baghouse retrofit assembly is a bolt-on control designed to contain silica-containing respirable dusts generated during refill operations of sand...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Michael Breitenstein, John Snawder

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Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Medical Devices, Application > Non-Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, Application > Occupational Safety and Health

Mining Safety: Personal Dust Monitor Filters for Accurate, Quantifiable Spectrometric Analysis and Assessment of Worker Exposure Levels

This CDC-developed invention pertains to a novel dust monitor filter that is specially constructed of organic materials for spectrometric analysis, ultimately allowing for detection and accurate quantification of a particular chosen analyte (e.g., crystalline silica/quartz dust that may lead to silicosis). For miners, the risk of lung disease increases...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Donald Tuchman

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Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Non-Medical Devices, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Diagnostics, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease

Inexpensive, Personal Dust Detector Tube/Dosimeter Operating on a Gas Detector Tube Platform

This CDC developed dust detector tube is designed to provide inexpensive, short-term, time weighted average dust exposure data feedback directly to device users. This invention operates upon a conventional gas detector tube platform and can be used with any low volume pump that can electronically measure pump back pressure. The device consists of three...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Harry Dobroski, Steven Page, Jon Volkwein

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Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, TherapeuticArea > Dental, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, Application > Non-Medical Devices, ResearchProducts > Research Equipment, Application > Medical Devices