Medical Devices

Cell-X

Brief Description

Editing T-cells with nanopore-electroporation to improve CRISPR-Cas9 editing capabilities.

Inventors

YuHong Cao, Jennifer Doudna, Enbo Ma, Peidong Yang

Company Founders

Ziliang Yang, Ran Liu

Timeline 2021. Company founded

CaseForge, Inc.

Brief Description

CaseForge produces personalized stabilizers for use in research and clinical imaging. These stabilizers interface with medical devices to precisely position the patient and eliminate motion, guaranteeing comfortable, fast, simple placement consistency across treatments.

The company was founded by graduate students in the lab of Dr. Jack Gallant, a professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology, and an affiliate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and programs in Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Biophysics and Vision...

CardioRegenx, Inc.

Brief Description

Developer of scanning electrochemical microscopy technology intended for clinical use.

Inventors

Julius Guccione, Kevin Healy, Mark Ratcliffe, Samuel Wall

Timeline 2015. Company founded

BioAmp Diagnostics

Brief Description

BioAmp develops novel, instrument-free screening and diagnostic tools to identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria in patient samples.

Inventors

Tara DeBoer, Niren Murthy, Jessica Marie Palomino, Lee Woodland Riley

Company Founders

Tara DeBoer

Timeline 2017. Company founded, and participated in the Citris Foundry accelerator program

AudioFocus

Brief Description

The company designs state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms that focus on sounds using binaural cues, just like the human brain. AudioFocus uses deep learning to selectively amplify nearby sounds, filtering out other sounds and voices that don't match this fingerprint, and then plays the edited audio stream back, enabling the users to hear friends and family clearly in noisy environments, like restaurants and conferences.

Inventors

Shariq Aman Mobin, Bruno Olshausen

Company Founders

Shariq Mobin (UC Berkeley, Ph.D., Philosophy)

Timeline 2019...

ArKal Medical Inc.

Brief Description

ArKal Medical has developed the next generation continuous glucose monitoring system, using its minimally invasive, proprietary and patented MicroTipª technology. The Microtipsª provide painless access to ISF glucose. The ArKal CGM sensor is worn externally on the skin like a patch and measures glucose using classical electrochemical glucose oxidase enzyme-based chemistry. The GlucoPodª CGM system consists of three main components: a disposable sensor patch, a reusable transmitter, and a reusable wireless smart receiver.

Inventors

Dorian Liepmann, Albert Pisano,...

suitX

Brief Description

suitX brought advanced accessible exoskeletons to industrial and medical markets with funding from venture capital, industry, and government.

Formerly known as U.S. Bionics.

Acquired by Ottobock in 2021.

Inventors

Homayoon Kazerooni, Adam Zoss, Andre Nguyen Van Qui, Bradley Perry, Christina Yee, Daniel Merala, David Cuban, Dong-Jin Hyun, Dylan Fairbanks, Erich Hacker, Han Woong Bae, James Alden Hatch, Jason Reid, JiaLong James Ren, Jing Song Huang, JJ Kuwata, John Wilkey, Jon Burns, Katherine Fearing, Katherine Strausser, Kibeum Ryoo, Kyunam Kim, Lace...

20/20 Display Technologies, Inc.

Brief Description

20/20 Display Technologies solution allows people to view their devices without having to wear glasses, contacts, or receive extensive surgeries. This technology helps read emails, view videos or search the web, seeing the images in sharp focus without wearing corrective eyewear.

Inventors

Brian Barsky, Fu-Chung Huang, Ramesh Raskar, Gordon Wetzstein

Timeline 2015. Company founded

Adapta Imaging, Inc.

Brief Description

Adapta Imaging, Inc. is developing a new type of radiofrequency (RF) coil, an essential component of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) hardware, which can operate at any frequency. The Any-nucleus Distributed Active Programmable Transmit (ADAPT) coil was invented at UC Berkeley in the lab of Dr. Chunlei Liu, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. The ADAPT coil converts direct current power into RF magnetic fields with frequencies chosen by digital control signals, eliminating the need for...

Synvivia, Inc.

Brief Description

Synvivia is a synthetic biology company that optimizes cell behavior for gene therapy manufacturing, providing a practical solution for genetically encoded biocontainment. The company is building genetically encoded biocontainment technologies that will enable the widespread use of synthetic biology outside of the laboratory.

The company's technology was developed at UC Berkeley with grants from the NSF and DARPA. The work was published in ACS Synthetic Biology and featured as an Editor’s Choice in Science Magazine. Synvivia has exclusive license to the...