Cartera de tecnologia comercialitzable

A new technology for low-cost and high-performance MEMS sensor design using a standard CMOS process has been patented. This allows for virtually any microprocessor and integrated circuit to become aware of its physical operating environment thanks to the multiple sensory information that it provides at minimum additional cost. Partners to further develop the system and/or to establish commercial agreements along with technical cooperation are sought.

Shape morphing surfaces and tubes are used in a wide variety of fields. These include biomedical devices (stents, endoscopes, catheters), soft robotics (artificial muscles, grippers, wearable exoskeletons and active textiles), adaptive/organic architecture or deployable structures in aerospace.

This Novel Microfluidic blood plasma filter has been design and validated in MicroTechLab of the Mechanical Engineering Department of UPC. Currently, partners to combine the System with a diagnostic tool and batch produce it and/or to establish commercial agreements along with technical cooperation are thought.

Companies interested in commercial exploitation of the technology are sought.

A gluten-free food composition comprising extruded babassu flour. Alternative and novel material, which possesses future commercial potential from those of conventionally used packaging forms used by the food industry and for direct consumption.

New and customizable system to collect glass bottles. This system allows an easy operation of loading, transporting, and unloading the bottles in the treatment plant before subsequent reuse. It reduces the contamination caused by the process for the production of new bottles, contributes to reducing the cost of waste management, and implies cost savings for producers of wine and beer bottles.

An innovative handover signaling method, that utilizes the Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm, parallel information transfer and elimination of duplicate information to reduce the signaling overhead during the handover preparation and rejection phases, which are critical for an efficient handover.

The invention relates to a system and to a method for characterizing, designing and/or modifying optical properties of hybrid diffractive/refractive lenses with no need of manufacturing such a lens.

A technology that enables the communication from an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi device to non-Wi-Fi Internet of Things appliances, only through a software update.

UPC, Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular (IMO) and Max Planck Society have been developed an image processing method for ordering anterior chamber optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in a fully unsupervised manner.

The present invention relates to an axial flux switched reluctance machine, comprising at least a stator with poles distributed along a first circumferential path on a plane with electromagnet coils wound on at least some of the stator poles. Partners to further develop the machine and/or to establish commercial agreements along with technical cooperation are sought.

A new method has been developed for the assessment of the intraocular scattering generated in each structure of the human eye, i.e., the cornea and the crystalline lens. Ref:

A new system for the assessment of the tear film quality and the diagnosis of dry-eye has been developed. Based on a non-invasive recording of images of the light reflected on the tear-film of the eye, posterior image processing allows the objective assessment of dry-eye. It’s a simple and cost-effective system easy to use in clinics.

An innovative system to modify the surface integrity, i.e. surface texture and roughness, hardness and residual stress, of previously milled workpieces has been developed. The system can be easily integrated in real manufacturing environments, but should be tested with that aim. Partners to further develop the system and/or to establish commercial agreements along with technical cooperation are sought.

An easy-to-use and affordable system able to determine several cardiovascular parameters from unsupervised measurements easily obtained at hands or feet.

An easy-to-use and affordable system able to quickly assess physiological parameters related to cardiac and vascular health of a subject from the force sensors of a common electronic weighing scale.

A method of measuring a collimated (or directional) transmittance of a semitransparent body comprising diferent steps and an apparatus for carrying out such a method have been developed. Partners to further develop the system and/or to establish commercial agreements along with technical cooperation are sought

A lightweight, durable, adaptable panel with a surface that accommodates multiple finishes (textured, grooved, polished, colorable, etc.). Its lightness allows for large-format elements without complex structures. The outer layer supports various functionalities such as self-cleaning and CO2 absorption. Companies interested in commercial exploitation of the technology or in establishing R&D collaboration agreements for its development are soughts

Partners to further develop the system through technical cooperation are sought. The areas of developing are: performance improvement: use of other bio-based binders and additives, material applications (construction systems, renders, etc.) and manufacture at commercial scale. Partners to establish commercial agreements are also sought.

Using this measuring technique, each voltage sensor is able to measure the capacitor voltages of multiple Sub-Modules (SMs) of a Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC). The proposed technique highly reduces the number of voltage sensors used in MMCs, reducing the costs and complexity of the data acquisition system. Partners to further develop the system and/or to establish commercial agreements along with technical cooperation are sought.