Device and Methods for Telehealth Wound Care
An inexpensive, hand-held optical device capable of imaging wounds for telehealth monitoring of healing and vascular structure.
Background:
Open sores and wound healing are a pressing concern in medical care of limited mobility patients. For instance, diabetic foot ulcers are associated with a 25% five year mortality rate as well as other complications....
Published: 6/19/2026
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Inventor(s): Wenyao Xu, Jun Xia, Alexander Gherardi, Tianyu Chen
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging
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Device and Method for Wound Monitoring and Diagnosis using Radio-Frequency Technologies
A device to monitor wound healing non-invasively without disturbing the dressing to reduce the risk of infection and complications.
Background:
Chronic wound healing affects nearly 6 million Americans per year at a cost of $20 billion. Proper wound healing needs to be monitored in many patients including burn victims as well as pressure venous leg...
Published: 6/19/2026
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Inventor(s): Wenyao Xu, Jun Xia, Xiaoyu Zhang
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging
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Dual Scan Photoacoustic Mammoscope
Photoacoustic mammography uses fast-pulse lasers to heat tissue and images the resulting acoustic wave. The process eliminates radioactivity and the inconsistencies of ultrasounds.
Use light to listen for breast cancer. As strange as it sounds ultrasound images can be generated using light. In photoacoustic imaging tissue is heated by exposure...
Published: 6/19/2026
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Inventor(s): Jun Xia, Nikhila Nyayapathi, Huijuan Zhang
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging
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