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System and Methods for using Electrodermal Activity to Change Behavior vis Hunger
This invention uses a wearable smart ring sensor that can predict when people are about to eat via data collected through electrodermal activity. This invention uses that information to predict when people are about to eat, and engages a system that immediately alerts the user that they are about to reach for food. The app can offer mindfulness exercises...
Published: 8/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Kathryn Kennedy, Michael Grandner, Fabian Fernandez, Ann Skulas-Ray
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Health IT, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Human Machine Interface, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health
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University of Arizona’s Law Enforcement Training Library: Vol 1 Blue Envelope Program
This invention is for law enforcement training program designed to aid in communication between officers and individuals on the autism spectrum who are pulled over during a traffic stop. This new program utilizes blue envelopes to inform officers that an individual may have neurodivergences that could potentially negatively impact any interactions with...
Published: 8/23/2024
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Inventor(s): Gabrielle Miller, Christopher Olson, Alexis Maltman, Roxana Samaniego
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Creative Works, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Education & Training
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Neurodiverse Learners Endorsement & Training Program
The Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques (SALT) Center is an international leader in developing and providing personal, educational, and mental health/wellness services to support higher education students who learn differently. The SALT Center’s Neurodiversity Endorsement & Training Program helps university leaders, faculty, staff and...
Published: 8/23/2024
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Inventor(s): A Departmental Work
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Creative Works, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Education & Training
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Notice.Care.Help.
Notice.Care.Help. is an innovative training program that forms an integral part of the “Together We Care” initiative which aims to foster a community-wide approach to mental health, emphasizing that it’s not just an individual concern but a collective responsibility. Notice.Care.Help. specifically equips university staff with essential...
Published: 8/23/2024
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Inventor(s): Cassandra Hirdes, Leslie Ralph, ALBA PORRAS HOYOS
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Health Education, Medical Training and Operations, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Creative Works
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Treating or Preventing Anorexia Nervosa via Precision Targeting of Neuronal Circuit
This invention provides methods of treating one or more eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and related clinical syndromes. A new treatment strategy has been discovered, which inhibits two different neural circuits, which rescues all three of the activity-based anorexia (ABA) animal model phenotypes of extreme increases in wheel activity,...
Published: 3/28/2024
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Inventor(s): Haijiang Cai, Wesley Schnapp
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > CNS & Neurosciences, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Virtual Reality Systems and Methods for Improving Clinical Outcomes
The invention provides a virtual reality (VR) experience, including VR goggles and haptic feedback devices, for patients to explain the benefits of a medical treatment or the consequences of non-compliance. The immersive experience seeks to have a greater impact on a patient’s behavior versus a discussion with a healthcare provider alone.
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The...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Marvin Slepian, Syed Hossainy, Fuad Rahman
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Health Education, Medical Training and Operations, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Health IT
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Novel Peptides Bioavailable to the Brain for Non-Opioid Pain Relief and/or Addiction Treatment
Inventors at the University of Arizona have developed oxytocin analogues which have high potency, are designed to be more stable compared to the native oxytocin hormone (an endogenous peptide which inhibits pain and promotes social connection), have very high selectivity for oxytocin receptors, and are bioavailable for brain therapeutics. These druggable...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Lajos Szabo, Robin Polt, John Streicher, Michael Heien, Parthasaradhi Reddy Tanguturi
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Immunology, Autoimmune & Inflammation, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > CNS & Neurosciences, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Small Molecules, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Virtual Cognitive Rehabilitation (VCR)
This invention is a phone-based application that utilizes existing technology like Android smartphones and the Oculus RIFT Virtual Reality headset system, to provide navigational tasks centered around exploitation of virtual worlds for the treatment of patients with cognitive impairments, particularly those that have experienced a traumatic brain injury.
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Virtual...
Published: 3/27/2024
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Inventor(s): Jonathan Lifshitz, Daniel Griffiths, Loren Matthew Law
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Modulators of Melanocortin Receptors for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety
This invention is the use of the melanocortin 5 receptor (MC5R) ligand to treat depressive and anxiety disorders. MC5R antagonism is the proposed mechanism of action.
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Depression and anxiety often have similar treatment, but experiencing the full effects of current pharmacotherapy can range from weeks to months. Antidepressants and anxiolytics...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Victor Hruby, Minying Cai
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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A Diagnostic Test for Schizophrenia
This invention is a method by which schizophrenia can be diagnosed by providing patients with a single dose of antipsychotic medication and a questionnaire. The questionnaire serves to determine their degree of sleepiness/sedation in response to the medicine, which aids in dictating their diagnosis. In addition, a blood test for serotonin 2A receptors,...
Published: 11/16/2023
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Inventor(s): Amelia Gallitano-Mendel
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Neurology > Mental Health, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Biomarkers, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Research Tools > Screening assays, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Diagnostic
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