Intellectual Ventures (www.intellectualventures.com) is a truly amazing company. Founded by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, the company gathers some smart people who sit down and hash out ideas and patents in diverse fields of interests.
Below is just a sampling of their ventures in the medical field. This is a company worth keeping an eye on.
Select Health Technology Inventions
Learn more about some of Intellectual Ventures’ healthcare technologies by browsing the list below and clicking to view a brief summary.
Web link – http://www.intellectualventures.com/OurInventions/HealthTechnologies.aspx
- Adaptive Dispensation in a Digestive Tract
- Adaptive Vision Modification With Automatic Adjustable Lenses
- Arbitrary Peptide Synthesis
- Bone Cage Devices for Delivery of Biologically Active Molecules
- Circulatory Monitoring Systems
- Computational Systems for Suggesting Modulators of CYP450
- Computed Epitope Immune Response Therapies
- Customized Blood Vessel Sleeving and Stents
- Devices for Patterning on Skin and Hair Removal from Skin
- Diagnosis via Spider Charts Representing Patient Characteristics
- Diagnostic Assistance Systems
- Dispensing of Consumable Compositions via Programmable Cups
- Displaceable Contouring Hospital Beds
- Gene Analysis to Determine Vaccines for Cancer Treatment
- Hair Analysis to Estimate Timing of Toxic Substance Ingestion
- Health Services Planning and Matching
- Implanted Agent Delivery Devices and Sensors
- Internal Devices Controlling the Operation of Ingestible Devices
- Lumen-Traveling Devices
- Microfluidic Chips for Allergen and Pathogen Detection
- Neurotropic Agent Delivery via Implantable Devices
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Obfuscating Nucleic Acid or Protein Content of an Environment
- Photolyzable Nitric Oxide Donors
- Predicting and Underwriting Risk Based on Epigenetic Information
- Predicting Pathogen Variants and Molecular Inhibitors
- Preventing RNA Degradation by Administering RNase Inhibitors
- Predicting Clinical Outcomes Based on Epigenetics and mtDNA Information
- Remotely Controlled Substance Delivery and Reaction Devices
- Selection of Compounds for Multiphasic Epithelial Cellular Regulation
- Selective Resonance of Chemical Structures
- Self-Sanitizing Surfaces
- Separation of Particles from a Fluid by Wave Action
- Steerable, Maneuverable Surgical Stapler with Tissue Sealants
- Subdermal Analyte Obtaining Devices—Blood Glucose Testing
- Systems and Methods for Disinfecting Areas
- Systems for Genome Selection for Fertilization and Breeding
- Systems for Suggesting Agents Based on Biomedical Data
- Systems for Suggesting Treatments Based on Tissue Coding
- X-Ray Imager Based on Compton Scattering
- X-Ray Imager Based on X-Ray Fluorescence