Data to insights: Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning
The emergence of wearable devices can potentially be ascribed to advances in miniaturizing electronics coupled with efficient power management or long-lasting power sources.
Orthocell’s patch for torn ligaments could do away with sutures
A patent application from Orthocell, an Australian regenerative medicine company, describes a patch for damaged soft tissue meant to replace sutures.
Platform enables newborn resuscitation without cord cutting
A patent application from the Netherlands’ Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) describes a medical apparatus that enables the resuscitation of a newborn without distancing it from its mother, while also facilitating delayed cord clamping.
Patent application outlines how to produce custom-fit, 3D-printed surgical gloves
This 3D Innovations patent application features a method of manufacturing personalized surgical gloves, which maximize comfort.
Quick blood-typing device can help bleeding patients en route to the ER
A new portable device can detect human blood types within minutes, a potential lifesaver for trauma patients awaiting blood transfusions, for whom every second is critical.
Newest moonshot from Google’s X: A scanner for skin health
Inventors from X Development, a moonshot incubator set up by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are pushing forward technology that can assess people’s skin health using an image capture system and machine learning.
No-cuff blood pressure monitor could provide doctors beat-to-beat data
Most attempts at improving blood pressure-monitoring devices have been variations of the inflatable cuffs that compress patients’ arms. But a new device developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology could provide accurate, ongoing and noninvasive measurements of “absolute” blood pressure — all without the cuff’s familiar yet unpleasant squeeze.
Philips seeks patent for a system to detect hot flashes
Almost 85% of menopausal women have had episodes of hot flashes, which puts them at a 70% greater risk of heart attacks, angina, and strokes. While hot flashes can be detected by measuring perspiration at the chest area, researchers at Philips went for a no-sweat route and used deep learning to track changes and patterns in heart rate data collected by a wearable sensor.
Building an effective IP strategy for AI
As with many emerging technologies, AI raises interesting and often deeply unsettling fundamental ethical, moral, social, political and privacy issues. However, some questions touch on more practical issues relating to patentability
Is it time to focus on practical application over invention in Step 2 of the Alice test?
New USPTO guidance on what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter has been welcomed by many, but may be inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent
