Two faculty members of Stanford University were appointed to the National Institute of Inventors, the highest professional honor conferred on academic inventors.
Paul Yock (left) and Wang Shan. (Image source: Chris Michel and LA Cicero)
The college stated that the selection of the winners is based on their “innovation in creating or promoting outstanding inventions that have a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and social welfare”.
Paul Yock, MD, Professor Martha Meier Weiland and Professor of Bioengineering, School of Medicine. He is the founder and honorary director of the Stanford Byers Biodesign Center, a health technology innovation training program. He was recognized for his work inventing new medical devices, including the Rapid Exchange™ catheter system (now the main cardio angioplasty and stent technology used worldwide) and Doppler-guided vascular access systems called Smart Needle™ and PD -Access.™ He wrote basic patents for mechanical intravascular ultrasound imaging, co-founded a number of medical technology companies, and holds more than 50 US patents.
Shan X. Wang, Professor of Leland T. Edwards, School of Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Radiology. He is the head of the Magnetic Nanotechnology Center. His research and inventions cover magnetic biochips, in vitro diagnostics, cancer biomarkers, magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic sensors, magnetoresistive random access memory and magnetic integrated inductors. He co-founded three high-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley, one of which launched the first lung cancer early diagnosis analysis, and holds 65 US patents that have been issued or are pending.
The new members will be inaugurated at a ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona on June 15, 2022. NAI was established in 2010 to commend and encourage inventors with patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, increase the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage intellectual property disclosure, educate and guide innovative students, and translate its invention members for the benefit of society.
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