Research & publications

From models to published research.

My research focuses on cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, intrathecal drug delivery, patient-specific modeling, and propulsion.

Intellectual property

Patent applications & invention disclosures.

Four co-invented, published US patent applications. Drawings are extracted from the original application PDFs, with the publication and application numbers shown for each record.

From research to invention

Submitted invention disclosures.

Titles and submission dates are recorded in my résumé. The images below come from related published research; public disclosure documents and record numbers are not available.

Spinal anatomy and the Neurapheresis filtration circuit — Fig. 1 from the published PDFEnlarge figure ↗
Related published research · Fig. 1 · Spinal anatomy and the Neurapheresis filtration circuitOriginal PDF · page 2 ↗© ASME 2020

Submitted invention disclosure

Dual-lumen neurapheresis catheter for equal flow at aspiration and return ports.

Martin BA, Khani M

Submitted October 24, 2018 · University of Idaho

MRI-based human anatomy and spinal nerve roots — Fig. 1 from the published PDFEnlarge figure ↗
Related published research · Fig. 1 · MRI-based human anatomy and spinal nerve rootsOriginal PDF · page 3 ↗CC BY 4.0

Submitted invention disclosure

Subject-specific prediction and optimization of intrathecal (IT) drug therapy based on medical imaging and computational modeling.

Martin BA, Khani M

Submitted March 2020 · University of Idaho

Research impact

Citations & collaborators.

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Citations

453All time

344Since 2021

h-index

10All time

9Since 2021

i10-index

11All time

9Since 2021

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14 journal articles · 1 dissertation · 3 conference abstracts

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14 journal articles

Peer-reviewed research.

MRI-based human anatomy and spinal nerve roots — Fig. 1 from the published PDFEnlarge figure ↗
Fig. 1 · MRI-based human anatomy and spinal nerve rootsOriginal PDF · page 3 ↗CC BY 4.0

2022 · Drug delivery

Human in silico trials for parametric computational fluid dynamics investigation of cerebrospinal fluid drug delivery: impact of injection location, injection protocol, and physiology

M. Khani, G. K. R. Burla, L. R. Sass, O. N. Arters, T. Xing, H. Wu, B. A. Martin

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Three-dimensional spinal fluid domain and computational mesh — Fig. 2 from the published PDFEnlarge figure ↗
Fig. 2 · Three-dimensional spinal fluid domain and computational meshOriginal PDF · page 3 ↗© ASME 2017

2017 · CSF dynamics

Nonuniform moving boundary method for computational fluid dynamics simulation of intrathecal cerebrospinal flow distribution in a cynomolgus monkey

M. Khani, T. Xing, C. Gibbs, J. N. Oshinski, G. R. Stewart, J. R. Zeller, B. A. Martin

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Doctoral research

PhD dissertation.

3 conference abstracts

Conference contributions.

2025 · Conference abstract

A novel approach for treatment of rett syndrome and other x-linked disorders through miREX gene regulation combined with FalconTM precision CSF delivery

C. N. Dennys et al., including M. Khani

Human Gene Therapy 36 (3–4), E280 · Conference abstract

2024 · Conference abstract

The miREX Platform Technology Allows for Highly Efficacious X-Reactivation for Treatment of X-linked Disorders

C. Dennys et al., including M. Khani

Molecular Therapy 32 (4), 317–318 · Conference abstract

2024 · Conference abstract

Leveraging In Silico and In Vitro Modeling for Optimization of Intrathecal AAV9 Delivery to the Brain: Validation in Nonhuman Primates and Translation to Human Rett Syndrome Patient Anatomy

B. Martin et al., including M. Khani

Molecular Therapy 32 (4), 746–747 · Conference abstract