Medical
Supporting families during paediatric intensive care treatment
Inventor : Dr Nazima Pathan, Paediatrics Dr Pathan is a clinical academic working in paediatric intensive care. She has developed a digital tool called MyPICUStory to act as mental health support for the parents and siblings of babies in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). When a child is admitted to intensive care, parents go…
Using wearable electronics to monitor and identify health conditions in
Inventor : Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano, Electrical Engineering & Polytecks Polytecks is a newly-formed spin-out from the University of Cambridge, which has participated in the Maxwell Centre’s impulse programme, Innovate UK’s iCURE and SPARK 1.0. Based on work from the founder’s PhD research, Polytecks is focused on improving the measurements used to diagnose and monitor cardiac…
Measuring and improving pelvic floor health
Inventors: Professor Tamar Makin, Hristo Dimitov & Allie Williams, Neuroscience Pelvic floor damage can cause pelvic pain, back pain, incontinence and sexual dysfunction, and can affect both women and men. Typically, patients with pelvic floor issues are given exercises to carry out but are not regularly monitored. The inventors have developed a non-invasive method to…
Analysing the route to market for a new technology to
Inventor: Dr. Xiaoyi Chen, Chemistry The inventor has developed a new technique for stabilising drug formulations. This technique would allow drugs such as insulin and semaglutide to be transported and stored without needing refrigeration, which would increase the access to such drugs in countries without reliable refrigeration chains, and long-term should help reduce the cost…
Identifying target markets for detailed artificial anatomical models
Inventors: Dr. Mark Golab, Dr. Sam Massey & Dr. Senthooran Kathiravelupillai, Cambridge Surgical Models Cambridge Surgical Models (CSM) is an early-stage start-up based in Cambridge and founded by Cambridge University alumni. CSM is focused on producing the next generation of high-fidelity human anatomical models for use in surgical training and medical education. Their products aim to…
Researching the route to market for a new technique to
Inventors: Tim Chisholm & Mohit Dhiman, Chemistry The inventors have developed a new technique to identify and measure protein aggregates in the blood that arise in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s. The technique is designed to detect these aggregates at biological concentrations and aims to provide an accurate diagnosis at the first presentation of symptoms.…
Assessing the route to market for a diagnostic tool for
Inventors: Professor Tuomas Knowles & Dr Aviad Levin, Chemistry Current diagnoses of Parkinsons disease rely on post-mortem analysis or the presence of symptomatic disease. However by the time symptoms emerge the disease itself has already progressed sufficiently to cause permanent neurological damage. Parkinsons, in common with several other neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimers and Huntingdons…
Harnessing the power of bacteria for disease prevention and sustainable
Inventor: Dr. Alicia Showering, BugBiome The founder of BugBiome, Dr. Alicia Showering, studied differences in the skin microbiome during her PhD research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In particular she researched how differences in the skin microbiome are associated with attractiveness to mosquitoes and how this then influences whether the mosquitoes…
Identifying degraded proteins and peptides in food and other protein-based
Inventor: Dr. Matthew Collins, Archaeology & Peptinsure The team in Archaeology has developed extensive expertise in analysing ancient food residues and parchment and leather samples. Through their data analysis techniques they have been able to progress from only identifying 3% of the compounds present in a food sample to now being able to identify closer…
