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Near Real-time, Low-cost, Hand-held Sensors for Measuring Elemental Concentration of Airborne Particles for Indoor or Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring

Airborne particles can have great impact on air quality, weather, and human health. In particular, long-term inhalation of toxic particulate matter in workplaces could pose a significant health risk. NIOSH scientists have developed a new, low-cost approach based on application of atmospheric radio frequency glow discharge (rf-GD) optical emission spectroscopy...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Lina Zheng, Pramod Kulkarni

Keywords(s): AEROSOLS, analysis, Atmospheric, DART, Discharge, Elemental, Emission, Glow, NIOSH-DART, SPECTROSCOPY, VBXXXX, VPXXXX, WAXXXX, WCXXXX, WEXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, XGXXXX, XIXXXX, YAXXXX, YFXXXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Diagnostics, Application > Research Materials, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, Application > Vaccines, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Therapeutics, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Consumer Products

Direct Reading Detection Kits for Surface Contamination by Anti-Neoplastic (Anti-Cancer) Drugs

Anti-neoplastic drugs, also known as anti-cancer drugs or chemotherapy, are used in the treatment of many types of cancer. However, these drugs are harmful to healthy cells as well as the cancerous cells. Exposure of healthcare workers to anti-neoplastic drugs from contaminated surfaces and drug vials in hospitals and pharmacies is a continuing problem...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Deborah Sammons, Shirley Robertson, Jerome Smith

Keywords(s): AE1BXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, Anti-neoplastic, CANCER, CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCEROUS, CB5XXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, CDXXXX, Contaminant, Contaminants, Contaminated, contamination, CXXXXX, Detection, detection system, Direct, DRUGS, Kits, Listed LPM Surabian as of 4/15/2015, NIOSH, NIOSH-DART, Occupational health, OSHA, Post LPM Assignment Set 20150420, Pre LPM working set 20150418, Reading, SAFE, SAFETY, Surface, TOXIC, Toxicity, TOXIGENIC, TOXINS, VCXXXX, VPXXXX, WCXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, WORKER, WORKER safety, XHXXXX, XIXXXX, YBXXXX, YEXXXX

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

Mobile Instrumentation for the Detection and Sampling of Aerosol Particles

Hazardous airborne particles pose a risk for health and safety in a variety of environments and thus detection of these small particles is essential. Current particle magnification systems are bulky and require a lot of power for operation, making them unsuitable to easily detect and analyze small particles in mobile and personal settings. CDC/NIOSH...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Gregory Deye, Pramod Kulkarni

Keywords(s): AEROSOL, APPLICATIONS, EXCHANGE, Growth, MEMBRANES, NIOSH-DART, PARTICLE, PERSONAL, Proton, Sampling, SYSTEMS, VBXXXX, VEXXXX, WAXXXX, WCXXXX, WGXXXX, WIXXXX, XDXXXX, XIXXXX, YFXXXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Therapeutics, Application > Non-Medical Devices, Application > Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Neurology, Application > Research Materials, Application > Diagnostics, Application > Vaccines, Application > Occupational Safety and Health

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

Keywords(s): AB1XXX, AB3GXX, AB3XXX, AE2BXX, AE2XXX, AE4XXX, AEXXXX, AFXXXX, ARTHRITIS, AXXXXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DEVICE, Knee, Kneel-sit, LABOR, MINING, NIOSH, NIOSH-DART, OSHA, OSTEOARTHRITIS, SAFETY, SUPPORT, VAXXXX, VMXXXX, VPXXXX, Wearable, WEXXXX, WGXXXX, WMXXXX, WORK, WORKER, WORKER safety, WORKERS, XDXXXX, XIXXXX, YEXXXX, YFXXXX

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

Hearing Safety Devices: System for Monitoring Exposure to Impulse Noise

This CDC-developed technology entails a system for monitoring and assessing the risk of auditory damage from exposure to impulse noise, such as noise created by construction machinery and firearms. Noise dosimeters have been used extensively over the past two decades to document personal exposure to noise and assure workplaces comply with permissible...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Chucri Kardous

Keywords(s): AA5XXX, AAXXXX, AC1XXX, AC2XXX, ADXXXX, AE1BXX, AE1XXX, AE2BXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, AEXXXX, AXXXXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, Exposure, firearm, firearm safety, IMPULSE, MONITORING, NIOSH, NIOSH-DART, NOISE, Occupational health, SAFETY, Sampling, System, VPXXXX, WCXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, XDXXXX, XIXXXX, XJXXXX, YEXXXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, ResearchProducts > Computational models/software, Application > Research Materials, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Dental, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Application > Software / Apps, Application > Non-Medical Devices, Application > Medical Devices

Focused Electrostatic Collection of Aerosol Particles for Chemical Analysis by Spectroscopic Techniques

This CDC-developed technology is an aerosol preconcentration unit (APU) designed for use with spectroscopic detection techniques, including emission, Raman, or infrared spectroscopies. Most existing pulsed microplasma techniques, such as laser-induced breakdown, for aerosols rely mainly on filter-based collection and suffer from poor accuracy, precision,...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Prasson Diwakar, Pramod Kulkarni

Keywords(s): AA2XXX, AA3AXX, AA3B5X, AA3CXX, AA3XXX, AC1XXX, AC3XXX, AC4XXX, AC6XXX, ACXXXX, ADXXXX, AE2AXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, AE4XXX, AEROSOL, AEXXXX, AG1XXX, ANALYSER, ANALYSES, analysis, apparatus, AXXXXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DAXXXX, DEVICE, DXXXXX, IA5XXX, IDXXXX, Method, NIOSH, NIOSH-DART, OID-NCIRD-DVD, optical, PLASMA, SPECTROSCOPY, TECHNIQUE, VBXXXX, VJXXXX, VKXXXX, VLXXXX, VOXXXX, VPXXXX, WAXXXX, WBXXXX, WCXXXX, WEXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, XDXXXX, XFXXXX, XGXXXX, XHXXXX, XIXXXX, YEXXXX, YFXXXX

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

Methods for Near Real-time Chemical Analysis of Aerosols using Microwave-induced Plasma Spectroscopy

This CDC developed technology entails a novel method of near real-time elemental analysis of aerosols by corona assisted microwave induced plasma spectroscopy (CAMPS). Analysis of elemental composition of aerosol particles holds significant implications for environmental and workplace pollution monitoring. Various plasma based analytical techniques,...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Philip Efthimion, Pramod Kulkarni

Keywords(s): CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, Microelectrode-Assisted, Microwave-Induced, NIOSH-DART, PLASMA, SPECTROSCOPY, VBXXXX, VJXXXX, VKXXXX, VLXXXX, VOXXXX, VPXXXX, WAXXXX, WBXXXX, WCXXXX, WEXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WHXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, XDXXXX, XHXXXX, XIXXXX, YEXXXX, YFXXXX

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

Non-radioactive, Miniature Bipolar Aerosol Particle Charger for Personal, Portable Instrumentation

This CDC developed invention is a novel device for a miniature, nonradioactive bipolar charger to electrically charge aerosol particles for use in personal and portable aerosol instrumentation. Such devices are an integral component of aerosol instruments employing electrical mobility-based techniques. Current, commercial state-of-the-art mobility...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Chaolong Qi, Pramod Kulkarni

Keywords(s): AA2XXX, AA4BXX, AAXXXX, AE1XXX, AE2BXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, AEROSOL, AEXXXX, AFXXXX, AGXXXX, AXXXXX, BIPOLAR, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, Charger, NIOSH-DART, NON-RADIOACTIVE, PARTICLES, VBXXXX, VJXXXX, VKXXXX, VLXXXX, VOXXXX, VPXXXX, WAXXXX, WBXXXX, WCXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, XDXXXX, XIXXXX, YEXXXX

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

Nucleic Acid Detection of the Fungal Pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum from Clinical and Environmental Samples

This invention relates to detecting Histoplasma capsulatum by PCR using oligonucleotide probes specific for the fungus. Histoplasmosis is a mycotic infection of varying severity, usually localized in the lungs. Caused by H. capsulatum, infections are usually symptomatic but can develop into chronic disease, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Test...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Thomas Reid, Millie Schafer

Keywords(s): AA5XXX, AAXXXX, AIDS, assay, Avian, AXXXXX, CAPSULATUM, CDC, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DA1XXX, DAXXXX, DETECTING, Detection, diagnostic, DXXXXX, FUNGAL, FUNGI, fungus, HISTOPLASMA, Histoplasmosis, HIV, Method, NESTED, NIOSH-DART, Nucleic, nucleic acid, NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION, PATHOGEN, PATHOGENIC, PATHOGENS, PCR, PCR ASSAY, RAPID, SENSITIVE, VKXXXX, VOXXXX, VPXXXX, WBXXXX, WCXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, XCXXXX, XEXXXX, XHXXXX, XIXXXX, YBXXXX, Zoo, Zoonotic

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