Technology offers

The University is implementing a strategy aiming to protect and manage its intellectual property and transfer its research results to society. ULB-KTO takes care of filing patents and trademarks, as well as protecting know-how and software.

ULB-KTO currently manages a portfolio of 130 active technologies, 91 of which are protected by a family of patents.
Companies that are interested in this may negotiate licensing contracts or collaboration agreements with the University, in order to develop available technologies and/or release them on the market.

See the technologies currently available:

Life Sciences & Health

• Device for cold plasma treatment

  New device and treatment using cold atmospheric plasma for ablation of the duodenal lining or regeneration of the mucosa.

• DPP6 – FXYD2 biomarkers for imaging and targeting Beta-Cells

  New biomarkers expressed in pancreatic beta cells for imaging and targeting beta cells.

• Epigenetic prognostic Biomarker of COVID-19 severity

  New prognostic biomarker enabling early identification of patients infected by SARS (including COVID-19) at risk of developing severe illness, clinical complications and post-acute sequelae including pulmonary fibrosis.

• Generation of lung and thyroid organoids from human embryonic stem cells

  New process for creating thyroid and lung tissues from stem cells, achieving all cell types from both organs with high efficiency, while cells autonomously organize into organoids.

• Improving cell lines radiotolerance through heterologous expression of a bdelloid rotifer dna ligase

  Extremotolerant, Radiation tolerance , Engineered cell lines, Space research, CAR T-cells therapy

• Minimally invasive anchoring system

  Mini-invasive anchoring, Suturing, Stapling, Electrical stimulation, Percutaneous implantation, Single incision laparoscopy, Soft tissue.

• New group A Streptococcus vaccine antigen

• Optical force transducer

  Medical device - Force Sensing - Force Feedback - Minimally invasive.

• Prognostic biomarker of COVID-19 severity and risks of sequelae post-acute infection

  Biomarker, In Vitro Diagnosis/Prognosis, COVID-19, Disease Severity

• Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases-mediated prognosis of obesity-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

  Novel diagnostic and prognostic assay relying on the expression and oxidation levels of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPs) of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

• Reactivation of HIV-1 gene expression to treat persistent HIV infection

  New drug combination with efficient cART used as a therapeutic perspective to decrease latent HIV-1.

• ​​​​Synergistic drug combination for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis by inhalation 

  ​​​​New synergistic drug combination of Vancomycin and Orlistat formulated as dry powder for inhalation treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis including multi-drug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis. 

Materials & Engineering

• Atmospheric plasma deposition of Crystalline inorganic coatings

  The invention of an induction heating system adapted to a reactor of the 'dielectricbarrier discharge' type known as DBD, opened up the field of crystalline deposits of inorganic material hitherto limited to deposition under vacuum or at very high temperature.

• Coriolopsis gallica thermostable laccase

  New method of thermoresistant laccases production using white-rot fungus Coriolopsis gallica.

• Device and method for detecting ice formation

  New devices and methods for detecting the occurrence of icing conditions or ice formation and accretion.

• Device for cold plasma treatment

  New device and treatment using cold atmospheric plasma for ablation of the duodenal lining or regeneration of the mucosa.

• Embedded piezoelectric transducers for ultrasonic monitoring of concrete structures

  The development of low-cost ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers to be embedded in concrete with applications in the field of non-destructive testing techniques (estimation of material properties from the very early age) and structural health monitoring (damage detection, on-line monitoring of civil infrastructure).

• Environmentally-friendly process for recovering gold from Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE or e-waste)

  A gold leaching solution using environmentally-friendly chemistry, easy to implement and allowing an easy recovery of dissolved gold downstream of the process.

• Holographic sensor for potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX) monitoring

  Our invention performs in time a 3D imaging process within a volume to allow to count particles, even fastly moving, and to measure their sizes to determine the corresponding statistics on the cloud and concentrations.

• Hygroscopic composite material & salt apparatus

  Nomastock/Corrostock are two patents developing an innovative thermal energy storage method, using a new composite material (Nomastock) and a new storage environment that reduces corrosion (Corrostock).

• Minimally invasive anchoring system

  Mini-invasive anchoring, Suturing, Stapling, Electrical stimulation, Percutaneous implantation, Single incision laparoscopy, Soft tissue.

• Optical force transducer

  Medical device - Force Sensing - Force Feedback - Minimally invasive.

• Quasi-deterministic single photon source

  The quasi-deterministic heralded photon sources relies on an active frequency-multiplexing technique. Photons are generated independently in different frequency bins and many (100+) frequency bins are in principle available.

Environment & Energy

• Atmospheric plasma deposition of Crystalline inorganic coatings

  The invention of an induction heating system adapted to a reactor of the 'dielectricbarrier discharge' type known as DBD, opened up the field of crystalline deposits of inorganic material hitherto limited to deposition under vacuum or at very high temperature.

• Environmentally-friendly process for recovering gold from Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE or e-waste)

  A gold leaching solution using environmentally-friendly chemistry, easy to implement and allowing an easy recovery of dissolved gold downstream of the process.

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