Pitt innovators were issued 5 U.S. patents in October 2024.
Featured patent: 12,115,079: Hip Joint Tether Device
Approximately 1 our of 6 newborns will have some type of hip instability, with 2-3 of every 1,000 requiring surgery. These surgeries presently have a high failure rate. Pitt innovators have developed a device for use in pediatric hip surgery using a bio-resorbable suture-anchor implant device that would reproduce dynamic stabilization of the hip joint and enable the displaced hip to grow back together, offering the possibility of the original functionality with shortened hospital stays and limiting need for additional future surgeries.
For more information on this technology, including licensing, contact us at partner@pitt.edu.
Below is a listing of all patents issued to Pitt innovators in October 2024. You can also search all Pitt technologies available for licensing.
| Patent Number |
Title | Inventor(s) | Licensing Manager | Status | |||
| 12,115,372 | Monitoring and Regulating Physiological States and Functions Via Sensory Neural Inputs to the Spinal Cort | Timothy Bruns; Robert Gaunt; Douglas Weber | Janice Panza | Licensed | |||
| 12,105,087 | Multi-Array Impedimetric Biosensors for the Detection of Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injuries | Robert Kormos; Prashant Kumta; David Okonkwo; Mitali Patil | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing | |||
| 12,110,316 | Cleavable Activators of CXCR3 Methods of Use | Alan Wells | Janice Panza | Licensed | |||
| 12,115,079 | Hip Joint Tether Device | Patrick Bosch | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing | |||
| 12,128,038 | Method of Treatment of Organic Acidemias and Other Mitochondria Defects or Deficiencies | Al-Walid Mohsen; Gerard Vockley; Peter Wipf | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing | |||