Twelve Vanderbilt technologies earn patent protection in January

There were 12 U.S. Patents issued in January:

10,190,114          Low resource sample processor containing heat-activated surface tension valves

10,189,857          Positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M.sub.4

10,189,805          Metabolism probes for therapy and diagnosis

10,188,105          Compositions for inhibition of insect sensing

10,183,039          Methods for the production of collagen IV

10,181,851          Dual interlocked logic circuits

10,179,083          Compression device, system, and method for decreasing abdominal venous pooling

10,178,955          Enhanced method for correcting data for deformations during image guided procedures

10,172,956          Polymeric nanoparticles

10,167,193          Ferroelectric agglomerates and methods and uses related thereto

10,166,248          Methods of preventing platelet activation

10,172,725          Jointed mechanical devices