Yang Liu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is behind an invention that Time selected among its best inventions of 2024.
Liu helped invent digital loupes, which are digitized magnifying lenses worn by surgeons. Liu co-founded Unify Medical, which commercialized the product. “The company’s digital loupes allow surgeons at hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic, to see with microscope-level precision and record their fields of vision for future training or analysis,” according to Time.
Liu, a faculty affiliate of the Iowa Technology Institute, has secured multiple federal research grants to advance the technology, including building night vision capabilities to allow surgery in austere environments.
