July 2009 Newsletter Now Available

Highlights from TTO's July 2009 newsletter:

ION Engineering Licenses CU Carbon-Capture Technology
TTO and ION Engineering, LLC have finalized an exclusive licensing agreement to develop and commercialize technology enabling efficient and economical capture of CO2 and other contaminants from natural gas wells and coal-fired power plant emissions. ION’s breakthrough technology, developed by CU-Boulder Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering researchers Jason Bara, Dean Camper, Richard Noble and Douglas Gin, is the first to successfully integrate ionic liquid solutions into carbon capture and emissions control technology. (See also: Five Questions for ION's CEO, Daily Camera; Chemicals To Help Coal Come Clean, Chemical Engineering News).

Illumasonix Licenses University of Colorado Blood Flow Visualization Technology
Illumasonix, LLC, an early-stage medical device company headquartered in Colorado, has executed an exclusive license with the University of Colorado (CU) for a non-invasive method to provide quantitative information on complex blood flow in the treatment of vascular disease. The technology being developed by Illumasonix was invented by Dr. Robin Shandas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder and of Pediatrics and Cardiology at the University of Colorado Denver. It uses both ultrasound and FDA approved microbubbles to track blood flow, providing real-time assessment of blood flow and detecting blockages.

Software Company ASR to Develop CU Advanced Patient Care Software
Medical software company Analytical Research Systems, Inc. (ASR) and the University of Colorado announced that ASR has secured an exclusive license to advanced patient care software developed at the University of Colorado. The technology covered in the license agreement was developed and implemented by ASR President David Spiegel, a professor of medicine at the UC Denver Anschutz Medical Campus. ASR will use the licensed technology to further the development of its new electronic medical record product, asrSynapseTM, designed specifically for small-to-medium-sized independent physician practices as a convenient, cost-effective medical record solution.

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