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Since 2000, over 100 invention disclosures have been reported by APL-UW researchers to the UW Office of Technology Transfer. In the most recent year of reporting, about 70% of the disclosures were made by scientists, engineers, and students in the Laboratory's Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound. Examples include innovations to cease blood flow with high intensity ultrasound during surgery and a laser driven by cavitation (the rapid formation and collapse of bubbles).
Several inventions were reported in the area of photonics research — using light to store, transfer, and detect data of all sorts. And one scientist reported a NASA-funded experimental X-ray tube that could be used on a Mars mission to determine the composition of soils below the surface.
See the most recent inventions disclosed to the UW Office of Technology Transfer by APL-UW researchers. More >>
APL-UW inventions are the foundations of several recent (since 2000) start-up companies.
- Allez Physionix (diagnostic ultrasound)
- BlueView (sonar technology)
- Inson Medical (therapeutic ultrasound)
- Mirabilis Medica (therapeutic ultrasound)
- Sound Metrics (sonar technology)
- UST (therapeutic ultrasound)
- Ultreo (ultrasonic toothbrush)
Issued to APL-UW scientists, engineers, and students since 2001. More >>
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TGIF is a joint program between UW Tech Transfer and the Washington Research Foundation. UW research that is commericially promising, but in need of funds to bridge the gap between academic research and full-fledged commercial product or service is supported. APL-UW researchers have received funding to pursue development of several promising innovations. More >>
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Innovation reporting is the start of the commercialization pipeline and signals that with increasing frequency, researchers at the UW are seeking commercial outcomes from their research programs. –James Severson, Vice Provost, UW Tech Transfer
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iRobot Corp. (Bedford, MA) secured a sole licensing agreement with UW Tech Transfer to commercialize the autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) Seaglider technology previously supported by the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. iRobot is a company that makes behavior-based robots for the consumer market and the military that are able to do a range of tasks from cleaning floors to disarming explosives.
APL-UW teams with other campus units to host a seminar series on transitioning research and technology to the private sector. All the presentations given by Seattle-area experts from the first three seminar series are available in a multimedia archive—a valuable resource for anyone thinking about turning an invention into a start-up company.
Multimedia Archive >>
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