Two patent families and related technology for DNA detection and labeling developed by researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have been licensed to Foenestra Corporation.

The HEART Pathway, a digital app that helps health care providers more effectively assess which patients presenting with chest pain can be safely discharged, was developed by Wake Forest School of Medicine faculty.

Six early-stage novel technologies, all invented at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and being developed through Wake Forest Innovations, will receive a combined $595,000 investment from the Catalyst Fund to support their initial development.

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a medical app for risk-evaluation and clinical support that can help emergency department personnel more efficiently determine which patients with acute chest pain can be discharged safely.

On May 19, Wake Forest Innovations will host its second annual Open Thinking Innovation Showcase. The event will showcase the latest health care products and technologies that can change the way we live and will feature inventors from Wake Forest School of Medicine and Wake Forest University.

Earlier this year Donald Spector, Chairman of the Board at New York College, and one of the most prolific inventors in the world, got a patent for biosensor signals that are transmitted from Smartphones to third party agencies.

The new device is a single-prong nasal cannula that offers simpler, safer and more reliable performance than the dual-prong devices currently in use worldwide, with more than 50 million surgeries performed each year in the United States alone.

Wake Forest Innovations, the commercialization arm of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, announced a licensing agreement with one of its newest startup companies, Causa Research, at the 12th-annual Tech Briefing hosted by the Tech Council of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.

Wake Forest Innovations is collaborating with Novarus Healthcare to develop mobile apps and web-based tools to improve patient care and reduce costs.