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BackgroundSimilar to how microelectronics transformed computers, microchannel technology has the potential to transform the energy and chemical processing industries by greatly reducing the size of chemical reactor hardware. However, size reduction faces several control challenges. The combination of unit operations (heat exchange, reaction, fluid flow)...

Inventor(s): Michael Baldea, Richard Pattison, Melissa Donahue, Akash Gupta | Published: 4/13/2022

Category(s): Physical sciences > Mechanical engineering

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Method for fabricating a pressure sensor

Technology description Every year, clinicians in the United States alone place more than 1.5 million pulmonary artery catheters for the purpose of hemodynamic monitoring. Balloon occlusion of the aorta has emerged as a tool for controlling life-threatening hemorrhage from the pelvis and lower extremities. Currently, the pressure of the inflated balloon...

Inventor(s): Xiaojing (John) Zhang, Tushar Sharma | Published: 9/30/2022

Category(s): Physical sciences > Mechanical engineering

Keyword(s): Implantable, Sensors