2023 Innovation Showcase Participants

* denotes 2023 Innovation Award Winner

• Showcase Participants with Industry Area: Biotech, Pharma, Health and Maturity: Prototype

• 3 CulinaryMed Docs

  Lubbock, TX

  mypartnersam.com/

  sam

  sam is a smartphone app that provides customized meal plans for people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, celiac disease and more. In addition, users have access to on-demand nutrition education and culinary medicine recipes to empower them to manage their chronic condition nutritionally.

• Academia Sinica

  Taipei, Taipei

  www.sinica.edu.tw/en

  Autopilot Single-Jet 3D Electrospinning platform for Engineering Clinically Relevant 3D Topographic Fibrous Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications

  Electric field-driven polymer jet self-directs its writing of fiber deposition toward a 3D collector in a silkworm-like fashion that self-constructs 3D-topographic fibrous scaffolds with high porosity, mechanical robustness, and shape memory beneficial for biomedical applications.

• Georgia State University

  Atlanta, GA

  research.gsu.edu/georgia-state-technology-transfer/

  Carbon Monoxide Prodrug and Related Delivery Systems for Therapeutics

  This technology is a class of small molecule prodrugs that release carbon monoxide (CO) under specific physiological conditions with dose control and without specialized settings or external stimuli. It could be used for a wide range of medical applications such as anti-inflammation, cancer treatment, pain management, and acute kidney injury.

• NeuroInDx, Inc.

  Torrance, CA

  www.ndx-instruments.com

  Linear Displacement Adhesion Assay (LiDiAA)

  Linear Displacement Adhesion Assay (LiDiAA) platform is the world’s first automated benchtop instrument for high-throughput label-free adhesion measurement of single cells and their collection. LiDiAA simultaneously measures the attachment of thousands of individual cells to a surface within minutes and retrieves post-measurement cells based on their adhesion strength.

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  www.polyu.edu.hk

  AI-assisted Personal Training Gear to Monitor and Enhance Exercise Performance

  The solution consists of a set of tight-fit and sweat-wicking bodywear and a complimentary software. The 16 wearable sensors equipped in bodywear monitors wearer’s movements and muscle activities during exercise. The proprietary AI pose recognition and fatigue prediction algorithms provide users real-time coaching advice to maximize their training performance.

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  www.polyu.edu.hk

  AI-based Customized Fabrication Approach for Orthotic Insole Design: 3D Textiles and 3D Printing

  An AI-based framework is proposed for prescription of orthotic insoles. Novel 3D spacer fabrics with inlays are incorporated with 3D printing technologies for personalized insole fabrication. It offers good air and moisture permeabilities, and better control of plantar pressures for rehabilitation treatment and accommodate needs of individual patients.

• Zymeron Corporation

  Durham, NC

  www.zymeron.com

  OpiTracker for Universal Detection of Opioid

  OpiTracker is a colorimetric opioid detection technology shown to detect opioid on any surface or in a solution without using a detection device. An eye-readable red to blue color change indicates the presence of opioid. It detects any opioid including fentanyl derivatives that bind to human opioid receptor.