Washington University will celebrate innovations and inventors, including those developed by Department of Neurosurgery faculty members, at the annual 2021 WashU Celebration of Inventors on April 15.
Washington University inventors who have received patents in the last year will be recognized at the event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Central Time via Zoom. Several startups involving or created by Neurosurgery faculty member Eric Leuthardt, MD, will also be recognized.
Highlights
Leuthardt’s patents include:
- an endoscope for minimally invasive surgery that is capable of cleaning itself while in the body
- a brain computer interface for restoring motor function in chronic stroke patients
- an attachment to intravenous lines that reduces inadvertent pull outs
- a shunt catheter that reduces clogging for hydrocephalus, and
- a spinal system that facilitates safe removal of an intervertebral disc and a steerable laser probe for treating tumors and epilepsy.
Many innovative Department of Neurosurgery faculty members and former trainees will be recognized for their patents at the ceremony, including:
| Aaron McLaughlin | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Albert Kim | Breakaway Connector |
| Albert Kim | Methods of Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders Comprising DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitors |
| Alexander Yang | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Benton Reynolds | Discectomy Instrument |
| Chester Yarbrough | Self-Cleaning Endoscope |
| Daniel Margolis | Self-Cleaning Endoscope |
| David Limbrick | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Devon Haydon | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Eric Arias | Breakaway Connector |
| Eric Leuthardt | Breakaway Connector |
| Eric Leuthardt | Discectomy Instrument |
| Eric Leuthardt | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Eric Leuthardt | Methods and Systems for Controlling Body Parts and Devices Using Ipsilateral Motor Cortex and Motor Related Cortex |
| Eric Leuthardt | Self-Cleaning Endoscope |
| Eric Leuthardt | Thermoablation Probe |
| Gregory Zipfel | Breakaway Connector |
| Hiroko Yano | Methods of Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders Comprising DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitors |
| Hiroko Yano | Mutant Huntingtin-Mediated Protein Dysfunction |
| Ivan Stoev | Discectomy Instrument |
| James Norlin | Breakaway Connector |
| Manish Shah | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Matthew MacEwan | Biomedical Patches with Aligned Fibers |
| Matthew MacEwan | Biomedical Patches with Aligned Fibers |
| Matthew MacEwan | Biomedical Patches with Spatially Arranged Fibers |
| Matthew Smyth | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Neill Wright | Discectomy Instrument |
| Ralph Dacey | Breakaway Connector |
| Richard Marcus | Method of Using a Catheter Assembly |
| Thane Somers | Self-Cleaning Endoscope |
| Tim Johnson | Discectomy Instrument |
| Wilson Zachary Ray | Biomedical Patches with Aligned Fibers |
| Wilson Zachary Ray | Biomedical Patches with Aligned Fibers |