Publications

Patents

  • “Radiographic Strain Indicators and Chemical Sensors” US10667745B2 (2020). Licensed to Aravis BioTech. 

  • “Blinking multiplexed LED strain and chemical sensors for implanted medical devices” US11013410B2 (2021). Licensed to Aravis BioTech.

Journal Publications

  • Rajamanthrilage A.C., Arifuzzaman M., Millhouse P.W., Pace T.B., Behrend C.J., DesJardins J.D., and Anker J.N.

    “A Method to Track Fracture Healing: Measuring Tibial Plate Bending Strain/Bending Under Load with an Attached Fluidic Sensor Read Via Plain Radiography with an Integrated Fluidic Sensor.”

    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2021), DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2021.3092291

  • Wijayaratna U.N., Kiridena S.D., Adams J.D., Behrend C.J., Anker J.N.

    “Synovial fluid pH sensor for early detection of prosthetic hip infections.”

    Advanced Functional Materials; 2104124 (2021), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202104124.

  • Uzair U., Johnson C., Beladi S., Rajamanthrilage A., Benza D., Raval Y., Ranasinghe M., Schober G., Tzeng T.-R. J., and Anker J.N.

    “Conformal coating of orthopedic plates with x-ray scintillators and pH indicators for x-ray excited luminescence chemical imaging through tissue.”

    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 52343−52353 (2020). DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c13707

  • Carrington N.T., Millhouse P.W., Behrend C.J., Pace T.B., Anker J.N.

    “Measuring Intertrochanteric Fracture Stability with a Novel Strain-Sensing Sliding Hip Screw.”

    medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.20183251 (2020).

  • Suckey M.M., Benza D.W., DesJardins J.D., and Anker J.N.

    “Upconversion Spectral Rulers for Transcutaneous Displacement Measurements.”

    MDPI Sensors, 21(10), 3554 (2021), DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21103554.

  • Suckey, M.M., Benza D.W., Arifuzzaman M., Millhouse P.W., Anderson D., Heath J., DesJardins J.D., Anker J.N.
    “Luminescent spectral rulers for noninvasive displacement measurement through tissue.”
    ACS Sensors, 5, 711-718 (2020).

  • Uzair U., Benza D., Behrend C.J., Anker J.N.
    “Noninvasively imaging pH at the surface of implanted orthopedic devices with X-ray excited luminescence chemical imaging (XELCI).”
    ACS Sensors, 144, 2984-2993 (2019). Labelled Newsworthy by Editor.

  • Arifuzzaman M., Millhouse P.W., Raval Y., Pace T.B., Behrend C.J., Behbahani S.B., DesJardins J.D., Tzeng T-R.J, and Anker J.N.
    “An implanted pH sensor read using radiography.”
    Analyst, 144, 2984-2993 (2019).

  • Ravikumar N., Rogalski M.M., Benza D., Lake J., Urban M., Pelham H., Anker J.N., DesJardins J.D.
    “Development of an Optically-based Tension-Indicating Implanted Orthopedic Screw with a Luminescent Spectral Ruler,”
    SPIE Proceedings 100810N (2017).

  • Pelham H., Benza D., Millhouse P.W., Carrington N., Arifuzzaman M. Anker J.N., Behrend C.J., and DesJardins J.
    “Implantable strain sensor to monitor fracture healing with standard radiography,”
    Nature Scientific Reports, 7, 1489 (2017).

Abstracts

  • N. Ravikumar, M.M. Rogalski, D. Benza, J. Lake, M. Urban, H. Pelham, J.N. Anker, J.D. DesJardins, Development of an Optically-based Tension-Indicating Implanted Orthopedic Screw with a Luminescent Spectral Ruler, Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems IX, edited by Amos Danielli, Benjamin L. Miller, Sharon M. Weiss, Proc. of SPIE Volume 10081, April 18, 2017, [DOI LINK]

  • M.M. Rogalski, J. Lake, D. Anderson, J. Heath, J.D. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, Magnetically Actuated Optical Strain Sensors, Proceedings of the Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles III Conference, June 2013, Colorado.

  • M.M. Rogalski, D. Benza, H. Pelham, D. Anderson, J. Heath, J.D. DesJardins and J.N. Anker, Measuring Displacement on the Micron Scale: Novel Luminescent Spectral Rulers for Orthopedic Applications, Presentation#370-1. Annual PITTCON Conference and Exhibition, March 6 -10, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

  • M.M. Rogalski, B. Smith, H. Pelham, N. Ravikumar, J.D. DesJardins and J.N. Anker, Spectral Encoders: Detecting Position-Dependent Luminescent Spectra Through Tissue, Poster #2250-3 P. Annual PITTCON Conference and Exhibition, March 6 -10, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

  • M. Arifuzzaman, C. Behrend, J. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, A hydrogel based pH sensor for biomedical implants with radiographic readout, Session 7, Poster 1, NIH, NIGMS Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) Conference, June 26-28, 2016, Washington, DC.

  • M.M. Rogalski, N. Ravikumar, H. Pelham, D. Benza, J. Lake, J.D. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, Spectral Rulers for Non-invasively Monitoring Load-Sharing Changes between Orthopedic Fixation Devices and Healing Bone, Poster, NIH, NIGMS Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) Conference, June 26-28, 2016, Washington, DC.

  • J.N. Anker, M.M. Rogalski, N. Ravikumar, H. Pelham, D. Benza, J. Lake, J.D. DesJardins, Measuring Displacement on the Micron Scale Through Tissue: Novel Luminescent Spectral Rulers for Orthopaedic Applications, Bioengineering/Biotechnology/Nanotechnology- Session 1, Presentation #6, NIH, NIGMS Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) Conference, June 26-28, 2016, Washington, DC.

  • B. Kunkle, N. Carrington, J. Anker, J. DesJardins, T. Pace , C. Behrend, Developing an in vivo, X-Ray Detectable Strain Sensing Device For Use in Dynamic Hip Screws, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Poster P- Sat-277, October 5-8, 2016, Minneapolis, MN.

  • N. Carrington, B. Kunkle, J. Anker, J. DesJardins, C. Behrend, T. Pace, Developing an in vivo, X-Ray Detectable Strain Sensing Device For Use in Dynamic Hip Screws, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Poster#1959, March 19 - March 22, 2017, San Diego, CA.

  • Paul W. Millhouse, Md Arifuzzaman, Nathan Carrington, Caleb J. Behrend, John Desjardins, Jeffrey N. Anker. Passive Radiographic Detection of Cervical Pseudarthrosis. 2017 World Molecular Imaging Congress. September 13, 2017. Philadelphia, PA.

  • N. Carrington, B. Kunkle, C. Behrend, T. Pace, P. Millhouse, J. Anker, J.D. DesJardins, An Integrated Passive Strain Sensor for Dynamic Hip Screws to Monitor Intertrochanteric Fracture Stability with Radiography, Poster# 0910, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Poster#0910, March 10 - March 13, 2018, New Orleans, LA.

  • N. Carrington, B. Kunkle, C. Behrend, T. Pace, P. Millhouse, J. Anker, J. DesJardins, An Integrated Passive Strain Sensor for Dynamic Hip Screws to Monitor Intertrochanteric Fracture Stability with Radiography, Greenville Health System Health Sciences Center Research Showcase, Poster #10, April 13, 2018, Greenville, SC

  • P.W. Millhouse, Arifuzzaman, A.C. Rajamanthrilage, N.T. Carrington, C. Behend, J. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, Cervical Interbody Spacer with Passive Radiographic Fusion Status Indicator, Greenville Health System Health Sciences Center Research Showcase, Poster #41, April 13, 2018, Greenville, SC

  • P.W. Millhouse, M. Arifuzzaman, A.C. Rajamanthrilage, N.T. Carrington, C. Behrend, J.D. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, Cervical Interbody Spacer with Passive Radiographic Fusion Status Indicator, North American Spine Society (NASS), September 26-29, 2018, Los Angeles, CA

  • J.D. DesJardins; P.W. Millhouse; Md. Arifuzzaman; A.C. Rajamanthrilage; N.T. Carrington; C. Behrend; J.N. Anker, Novel Cervical Interbody Spacer to Detect Fusion Radiographically, International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty October 10-13, 2018, London, UK

  • N. Carrington, P. Milhouse, C. Behrend, T. Pace, J. Anker, J. DesJardins, A Cadaveric Model for Passive Strain Sensing in Dynamic Hip Screws to Measure Fracture Stability, Biomedical Engineering Society, October 17-20, 2018. Atlanta, GA.

  • P.W. Millhouse, M. Arifuzzaman, A.C. Rajamanthrilage, N.T. Carrington, C. Behrend, J.D. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, Detecting Fusion On Radiographs: Cervical Interbody Spacer With Passive Fusion Status Indicator, Cervical Spine Research Society, December 5, 2018, Scottsdale, AZ

  • P.W. Millhouse, M. Arifuzzaman, A.C. Rajamanthrilage, N.T. Carrington, C. Behrend, J.D. DesJardins, J.N. Anker, P122. Cervical interbody spacer with passive radiographic fusion status indicator, August 2018, Volume 18, Issue 8, Supplement, Pages S197–S198

  • N. Carrington; P. Millhouse; C. Behrend; T. Pace; J. Anker; J. DesJardins, A Cadaveric Model for Passive Strain Sensing in Dynamic Hip Screws to Measure Fracture Stability, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Poster#0910, February 2-5, 2019, Austin, TX.

  • N. Carrington, P. Millhouse, C. Behrend, T. Pace, K. Jeray, J. Anker, J.D. DesJardins, An Ovine Model For Monitoring Intertrochanteric Fracture Stability With A Strain-Sensing Dynamic Hip Screw, Biomedical Engineering Society, Abstract ID 2172, Podium Presentation, October 16-19, 2019. Philadelphia, PA.