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Pneumatic spray delivery reservoir
Challenge: Pressure drop in fixed sprayers for high density trellised orchards
Farmers are pursuing increased crop density in orchards using trellised trees. Existing irrigation and agrochemical applicators are not optimized for such orchards. Challenges with mobile pesticide sprayers include operators’ proximity to concentrated chemicals,...
Published: 5/25/2023
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Inventor(s): Lav Khot, Rajeev Sinha, Rakesh Ranjan, Gwen-Alyn Hoheisel, Matthew Grieshop, Ramesh Sahni
Keywords(s): Agriculture, Application technology, Engineering, Fixed spray systems, Sustainability
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Production of Complex Flavonoids
Unmet Need: Production of lipophilic methoxylated flavonoids
Numerous methoxylated flavonoids exhibit pronounced bioactivities. Their biotechnological production and diversification are therefore of interest to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. Efforts to engineer flavonoid mechanisms have been conducted earlier but there has not been much...
Published: 6/9/2023
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Inventor(s): David Gang, Anna Berim
Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Engineering, Natural products
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Biopsy device for improved tissue yield and selectivity
Unmet Need: High efficiency Biopsy Devices
Biopsy procedures are widely used for cancer diagnosis and monitoring. Out of currently available biopsy techniques, surgical biopsy is most accurate but it is highly invasive and expensive. The other techniques like fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology and core needle biopsy (CNB) are less invasive but have...
Published: 4/28/2023
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Inventor(s): Kuen-Ren Chen, Maher Amer
Keywords(s): Breast Cancer, Engineering, Medical Devices
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