April 19, 2021
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Major focus on healthcare and medical patents; the institute has tripled international patents in 4 years
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Faculty, Researchers and Students filed as many as 184 patents during 2020 despite several months of nation-wide lockdown.
This includes nine patents related to Covid-19 for inventions ranging from systems and methods for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, a standalone, portable single-use and wireless ventilator system, a system for non-invasive calibration-free blood pressure measurement and a smart and sustainable devices for infectious Mask and PPE waste treatment.
Besides medical and healthcare, several patents were also filed in other cutting-edge areas such as 5G, telecommunications, sensors and instrumentation, among others.
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New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Madras Faculty, Researchers and Students filed for as much as 184 patents during 2020 overcoming the several months of nation-wide lockdown.
This includes nine patents related to COVID-19 for inventions ranging from ‘Systems and methods for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2’ and ‘A standalone, portable single-use and wireless ventilator system’ besides ‘A system for non-invasive calibration-free blood pressure measurement’ and ‘Smart and Sustainable devices for infectious Mask and PPE waste treatment.’
Over the years, IIT Madras has created an ecosystem that encourages and facilitates its researchers towards filing patents. It is driven by the translational and transformational research undertaken by the faculty members and researcher scholars in areas that are relevant to the industry.