Shiratronics Inc. seeks patent protection for a rechargeable subcutaneous neurostimulator implant and a method for managing heat during recharge of its battery from an external device and headset.

In the first patenting from Chicago-based Novaxs Biotech Corp., its co-founders, Alina Rui Su and Jonathan Tianyi Xing, describe an injection system for needle-free, high-pressure drug delivery.

In what represents its first patenting, San Diego-based Intrigue Health Inc. seeks protection for a diagnostic kit that its inventors say will bring clinical laboratory quality testing directly into the home and to non-health care facilities. They say their invention will enable consumers to move from symptom to treatment in hours from the convenience of where they are, which will lead to better health outcomes and much happier consumers.

In what represents its first patenting, San Diego-based Intrigue Health Inc. seeks protection for a diagnostic kit that its inventors say will bring clinical laboratory quality testing directly into the home and to non-healthcare facilities.

Through its intellectual property holding company, Eindhoven, the Netherlands-based Bambi Medical BV is seeking patent protection for an enhancement to its flexible sensor belt that is worn around the abdomen for monitoring the vital signs of neonates.

Researchers from the Academic Medical Center (AMC) University of Amsterdam are seeking protection for their invention of a total artificial heart which is compact, durable and mimics the natural movement of human tissue.

Holliston, Mass.-based Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology Inc. (HART) is seeking patent protection for synthetic structural support devices for use in esophageal tissue regeneration, in which the synthetic structural supports have been seeded with cells (e.g., mesenchymal stem cells) to form a cellular sheath on the supports’ outer surfaces.

New York-based Viewmind Inc. has applied for patent protection of methods and systems for detecting neurological disorders and/or measuring, fine-motor skills, processing speed, decision making, and cognitive processes by measuring eye movements, oculomotor features and pupil behavior.

A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers have filed for patent protection of a system and method to determine patient prioritization for triage during mass trauma events. The system and method may continuously monitor patient parameters to determine patient prioritization over time, which may improve the speed, quantity, and efficacy of life-saving interventions.

The Belgian academic Stefan De Wachter is seeking patent protection for methods of ensuring pelvic health and treating a disease or disorder characterized by a dysfunctional autonomic nervous system using neuromodulation and applying a burst stimulation pattern of electric pulses of high frequencies from electrodes located in the proximity of the sacral plexus and/or pelvic plexus.