Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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David Han
Pennsylvania State University Univ Park, Department: Engineering (All Types)
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Penn State Research Foundation
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution
Dr. Han is a co-inventor on the provisional patent application “Haptic Robot Trainer for
Central Venous Catheter Placement.” There has been no licensing activity at this point;
however, co-inventors Scarlett Miller and Jason Moore (PSU faculty, co-investigators on
the above projects) recently started a company called “Medulate,” a medical simulation
company that may potentially license the technology in the future. Dr. Han does not have
a financial interest in Medulate; however, there is the potential for future royalties from
the invention. The research develops/evaluates the technology.
Although the Intellectual Property rights are held with Penn State Research Foundation
(associated with the awardee institution), Penn State University policy does not exclude
Penn State-owned intellectual property from the definition of Significant Financial
Interest. Additionally, although there has been no revenue from the intellectual property,
the College of Medicine Conflict of Interest Review Committee reviews any intellectual
property rights, regardless of value, if related to human subjects research.
Dynamic Haptic Robotic Training for Central Venous Catheter Insertion
The goal of this study is to develop, explore the effectiveness, and implement the novel training method of dynamic haptic robotic training (DHRT) for central venous catheter (CVC) placement. This novel method continuously evaluates the medical resident's cognitive and dexterity skills and prescribes tasks to build these skills and feedback of performance to provide understanding for areas of improvement. This standardized method of learning can help to reduce complications in CVC insertion. 1
Filed on May 21, 2019.
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