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Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC) Analysis for Subcutaneous Muscle Motion and Nerve Function

A technique that uses photographic analysis to calculate the magnitude and vector of muscle contraction to determine nerve function Background: Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC) has previously been used in animal studies of skin dynamics. In addition, the technology has been applied toward characterizing the biomechanical properties of human...

Published: 11/22/2023 | Inventor(s): Miriam Rafailovich, Divya Bhatnagar, Raphael Davis, Alexander Dagum, Duc Bui

Keywords(s): DISC, Muscle, Nerve, Technologies

Category(s): Campus > Stony Brook University, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices

Crosslinked Thermoreversible Pluronic Hydrogels for Prosthetic Disc Nucleus Replacement

An easily injectable crosslinked hyaluronic acid-gelatin hydrogel that can be used as a prosthetic replacement for a spinal disc nucleus Background: When a spinal disc becomes damaged due to trauma or disease resulting in a disc herniation, it may become necessary to replace a natural spinal disc nucleus with a prosthesis. Such prostheses should preferably...

Published: 11/22/2023 | Inventor(s): Miriam Rafailovich, Raphael Davis, Divya Bhatnagar

Keywords(s): Gelatin, Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrogels, Pluronic, Spinal Disc, Technologies, thermoreversible

Category(s): Campus > Stony Brook University, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Material and Composites, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics