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Corey Neu The Biomedical Engineering Program at CU 麻豆影院 marks its fifth year with a change in leadership. Director Mark Borden, who helped grow the program into a thriving community of interdisciplinary researchers
Aspero Medical, a CU spin-out company co-founded by Professor Mark Rentschler, has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell the Ancora-SB small bowel balloon overtube that incorporates the company鈥檚 patented
CLARI, which stands for Compliant Legged Articulated Robotic Insect, comes from a team of engineers led by Kaushik Jayaram. The robot also has the potential to aid first responders after major disasters in an entirely new way.
Bruns started a company with tattoo-artist-to-the-stars Keith 鈥淏ang Bang鈥 McCurdy, along with a former doctoral student. Early next year, they plan to release their first product, Magic Ink, to a group of handpicked artists.
Assistant Professor Nick Bottenus of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering Program has been awarded a Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award for research advancing the state of
Associate Professor Sarah Calve and Professor Virginia Ferguson, both of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, have received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research they hope will help inform regenerative therapies to replace tissue or organs that have been damaged by disease, trauma or congenital issues.
The Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants were awarded by COEDIT鈥檚 Global Business Development Division. The grants are intended to 鈥渄rive innovation, accelerate commercialization, encourage public-private partnerships, and increase access to early-stage capital across the state from Dolores to Grand Junction to Fort Collins."
