Integrating AI in Back Injury Prevention
This wearable technology integrates sensors into a back brace and shoe inserts to monitor posture and movement. Using AI-driven analysis, it provides real-time feedback via a software application, helping Direct Care Workers prevent the risk of back injuries during lifting and transfer tasks.
Background:
Workplace injuries, particularly musculoskeletal...
Published: 2/25/2026
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Inventor(s): Yuchi Young
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Artificial Intelligence, Technology Classifications > Healthcare
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LOW GLOBAL WARMING COMBINED HVAC AND HOT WATER SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS
This technology uses transcritical CO2 as a working fluid to efficiently provide both heating, cooling, and hot water in a single combined HVAC and water heating system.
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Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, along with water heating units, are essential components in residential and commercial buildings, providing...
Published: 2/18/2026
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Inventor(s): Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz, Prathap Ramamurthy, David Garraway
Keywords(s): automated systems, control systems, heating, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy, Technology Classifications > Energy Conservation
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Designable Polymer Substrates for Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy
This technology uses customizable, transparent polymer substrates with precise pores and indexing patterns to facilitate correlative light and electron microscopy, enabling accurate correlation of live cell fluorescence imaging with ultrastructural details of sectioned cells on permeable supports for advanced biological research.
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Correlative...
Published: 1/29/2026
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Inventor(s): Haixin Sui, Yubing Xie, Dipayan Sarkar, Adam Koplas, Julia Garrison, Natalya Tokranova, Yanfeng Zhang
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Imaging, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging
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Novel three-dimensional, conformal microelectrode arrays for interrogating and manipulating three-dimensional cell culture systems
A flexible, biocompatible microelectrode array wraps around 3D cell cultures such as organoids, enabling comprehensive electrical recording and stimulation for advanced research, drug testing, and personalized medicine, overcoming the limitations of traditional flat electrode arrays.
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Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems, such as...
Published: 2/18/2026
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Inventor(s): Susan Sharfstein, Nathaniel Cady, Yubing Xie, Natalya Tokranova, Anthony Manning, Fernando Pesantez Torres
Keywords(s): 3D culture, 3D flexible microelectrode, electrophysiology, microelectrode array, microfabrication, neurodegeneration, organoid, polymer materials, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering
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The Neutron Activation Reactor, Lithium (NARLi)
The Neutron Activation Reactor, Lithium (NARLi), generates clean electricity by using low-energy neutrons to activate lithium-7, producing heat without nuclear fission or long-lived radioactive waste, and can use recycled lithium from batteries as fuel.
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Nuclear energy has long been recognized as a powerful means of generating large-scale...
Published: 1/29/2026
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Inventor(s): Matthew Szydagis, Eric Bentsen
Keywords(s): energy, Technologies
Category(s): Campus, Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy
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Therapeutic backbone and scaffold modification in the physiological environment
This technology enables precise, water-based chemical modification of proteins at their C-terminus using a single, easily removable reagent, preserving protein structure and function and allowing attachment of diverse functional groups for therapeutic, research, and diagnostic applications.
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Proteins and polypeptides play a central role...
Published: 1/29/2026
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Inventor(s): Qiang Zhang
Keywords(s): antibody therapy, GLP-1 secretion, Insulin, protein engineering, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering
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Method and Apparatus for Simultaneous Acquisition of Electrocardiogram Signals and Electrical Impedance Tomography Data
A new imaging technology that can be used with an electrocardiogram to aid the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac and pulmonary conditions.
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a new imaging technology that can be used with an electrocardiogram (EKG) to aid the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac and pulmonary conditions. Examples...
Published: 1/29/2026
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Inventor(s): Gary Saulnier, Ahmed Abdelwahab, Omid Rajabi Shishvan, Nilton Barbosa da Rosa
Keywords(s): electrical impedance tomography, electrocardiogram, heart/lung function, medical equipment, medical imaging, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging
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Enhanced Fluorophore Discrimination in Fluorescence Microscopy Using Multi View Spectral Unmixing with Photobleaching Dynamics
This technology allows researchers to more easily distinguish hundreds of fluorescent labels in a single image, useful for a wide variety of biological applications.
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There are hundreds to thousands of different cells or other structures that can be labeled with fluorescent reporters in a biological sample, and then imaged on a fluorescence...
Published: 1/29/2026
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Inventor(s): Alex Valm, Yunlong Feng, Ruogu Wang
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Bioinformatics, Technology Classifications > Artificial Intelligence, Technology Classifications > Imaging, Technology Classifications > Optics and Photonics, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Screens and Assays, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Dental
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RNA-aptamer-mediated Bacteriophage Purification
A more productive, less expensive method for purifying nanoscale biological entities such as bacteriophages, viruses, virus-like particles (VLPs), and ribosomes.
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Working with nanometer-sized biological entities, such as viruses, virus-derivatives, and super-molecular assemblies, typically requires a purification step. Currently, this...
Published: 1/30/2026
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Inventor(s): Ing-Nang Wang, Hua Shi, Jia Sheng, Alan Chen
Keywords(s): bacteriophage purification, phage purification, phage therapy, RNA aptamer, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biological Materials, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines
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In Vitro Dental Plaque Culture Model for Biofilm Structural Analyses
This technology provides a valuable tool for studying the molecular and cellular basis of dental plaque-mediated diseases.
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In vitro oral microcosm communities, seeded with mixed communities of human dental plaque, have proven to be essential tools for studying the taxonomic composition of dental plaque communities and changes in community...
Published: 10/29/2025
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Inventor(s): Alex Valm
Keywords(s): biofilm control, dental, dental materials, structural biology, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biological Materials, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Dental, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents
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