Patents Assigned to 1
  • Method for determining a sedimentation or creaming rate
    Patent number: 11927518
    Abstract: A method for determining a rate of sedimentation or of creaming of a mixture in suspension, including an application of a sample of the mixture in suspension to a photonic microresonator, an application of a first optical signal at the input of the photonic microresonator carrying the sample of the mixture in suspension, an acquisition and a recording of a second optical signal, delivered at the output of the microresonator carrying the sample of the mixture in suspension, and a determination of information representing a rate of sedimentation or of creaming of the mixture from the recorded second signal, by successive iterations of spectral analysis of the second optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Bruno Beche, Hervé Lhermite, Véronique Vie, Lucas Garnier
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING BY MOULDING AN OPTICAL COMPONENT, OPTICAL FIBRE COMPRISING SAID OPTICAL COMPONENT AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING BY MOULDING SAID OPTICAL COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20240075699
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing by moulding an optical component includes at least the following steps: a step of providing at least one mould, during which a glass profile is provided, said glass profile including a doping according to a predetermined geometry and having a refractive index profile depending on said doping and including at least an end including at least a structuring obtained by chemically etching of said doping, said structuring forming said at least one mould, and a moulding step, during which at least a moulding material suitable for forming at least an optical component is provided and arranged in said mould in order to shape said optical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES, UNIVERSITE FERHAT ABBAS SETIF 1
    Inventors: Sylvain LECLER, Nacer Eddine DEMAGH, Assia GUESSOUM, Djamila BOUAZIZ, Zaid BOUHAFS
  • Sausage additive comprising cellulose ether and natural gums
    Patent number: 11918015
    Abstract: An edible composition consisting of (a) natural gum comprising a polysaccharide hydrocolloid (a1) containing mannose repeating units; (b) carrageenan; (c) cellulose ether, and optionally (d) water, wherein the weight ratio of carrageenan (b) to polysaccharide hydrocolloid (a1) ranges from 0.4:1 to 1.4:1 and the weight ratio of cellulose ether (c) to polysaccharide hydrocolloid (a1) is at least 0.02:1; its use in an edible product; and the edible product, typically sausage, comprising the edible composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Cao, Zheng Yong Yan, Dong Yun, Xiuqin Shi, Xiaoyi Pang
  • Climbing exercise machine
    Patent number: 11918849
    Abstract: An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating motion along the upright. The handles and foot pedals are interconnected so that they move concurrently. An adjustable resistance mechanism may be operatively connected to the interconnection of the handles and foot pedals to provide adjustable resistance for the simulated continuous climbing motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CLMBR1, LLC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Carruthers, Joe Ellis
  • Smart 1TOUCH
    Patent number: 11918779
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of using a device for dispensing fluid having a flexible and collapsible container, a fluid dispenser pump connected to the flexible and collapsible fluid container configured to draw fluid from the flexible and collapsible fluid container into the fluid dispenser pump and to dispense fluid through a fluid delivery channel to an exit port upon actuation of the pump; and the dispenser pump having an actuator that has a dose delivery button, and a sensor located in the apparatus and configured to actuate the dispenser pump upon physical contact of the dose delivery button by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: 1TOUCH HOLDINGS INC
    Inventors: Jim Warner, Judith Grupp
  • Gas-filled chamber for catheter pump motor assembly
    Patent number: 11918800
    Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a chamber and a shaft-driving portion disposed in the chamber. The shaft-driving portion can be configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly. The chamber can be filled with a gas that at least partially surrounds the shaft-driving portion. A fluid pathway can convey fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A bypass pathway can be in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the bypass pathway configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid to bypass the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
  • Reduced rotational mass motor assembly for catheter pump
    Patent number: 11911579
    Abstract: A catheter pump is disclosed. The catheter pump can include an impeller and a catheter body having a lumen in which waste fluid flows proximally therethrough during operation of the catheter pump. The catheter pump can also include a drive shaft disposed inside the catheter body. A motor assembly can include a chamber. The motor assembly can include a rotor disposed in the at least a portion of the chamber, the rotor mechanically coupled with a proximal portion of the drive shaft such that rotation of the rotor causes the drive shaft to rotate, the rotor including a longitudinal rotor lumen therethrough. The motor assembly can also comprise a stator assembly disposed about the rotor. During operation of the catheter pump, the waste fluid flows from the lumen into the chamber such that at least a portion of the waste fluid flows proximally through the longitudinal rotor lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Adam R. Tanner, Paul F. Muller, Alan Schenck, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
  • Embedded universal integrated circuit card supporting two-factor authentication
    Patent number: 11916893
    Abstract: A module with an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) can include a profile for the eUICC. The profile can include a first and second shared secret key K for authenticating with a wireless network. The first shared secret key K can be encrypted with a first key, and the second shared secret key K can be encrypted with a second key. The module can (i) receive the first key, (ii) decrypt the first shared secret key K with the first key, and (iii) subsequently authenticate with the wireless network using the plaintext first shared secret key K. The wireless network can authenticate the user of the module using a second factor. The module can then (i) receive the second key, (ii) decrypt the second shared secret key K, and (iii) authenticate with the wireless network using the second shared secret key K. The module can comprise a mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Nix
  • Information code, information code generation device, information code readout device, program, and information code utilization system
    Patent number: 11907777
    Abstract: The information code has an information code area constituted of colored information cells with two or more colors, the information code area having the specific information recorded using the information cells as information units, and a teacher code area having teacher cells with the same colors and the same number of colors as the information cells so as to identify the colors of the information cells. In the information code, the teacher code area is placed away from the information code area or inside the information code area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VARIETY M-1 INC.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Mitake
  • Biopsy system with a core collector that remains radially centered in an outer cannula while severing a tissue sample
    Patent number: 11903569
    Abstract: A core collector is shaped as a crescent in cross-section and has lateral sides formed into axially extending rows of axially spaced teeth. The arc angle of the crescent shape is sufficient to keep the core collector radially centered in a cannula by having the crescent's lateral sides bear against the inside of the cannula. The set of a core collector and cannula can be used in a known biopsy system to replace the known cannula and core collector of can be used in a new core biopsy instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: URO-1, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Rackers, Philip Allred, Jack Snoke, Rob Deckman, Ted Belleza, Bela Denes
  • Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing CD95-mediated cell motility
    Patent number: 11905253
    Abstract: The present invention relates the field of reducing CD95-mediated cell motility in a subject, in particular for their use in the reduction of CD-95 mediated cancer cell motility, the reduction of CD95-mediated lymphocyte motility and/or B cell maturation, or the treatment of B-cell tumors, in a subject. The inventors identified a novel family of compounds having the ability to disrupt CD95/PLC?1 interaction and to neutralize the CD95-mediated calcium signaling pathway and cell migration in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and Th17 cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT BERGONIE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX
    Inventors: Pierre Vacher, Patrick Legembre, Mickael Jean, Patrick Blanco, Pierre Van De Weghe
  • PROPORTIONAL VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR REFRIGERANT
    Publication number: 20240052934
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a proportional valve arrangement for refrigerants, with a valve housing comprising a valve body chamber, a valve body which is arranged inside the valve body chamber and which is configured to be transferable between a first sealing seat and a second sealing seat. An electrically actuable drive is connected to the valve body via a spindle. A locking device is arranged between the spindle and the valve body and is configured to generate an axial preload between the valve body and the first sealing seat when the valve body abuts against the first sealing seat and for generating an axial preload between the valve body and the second sealing seat when the valve body abuts against the second sealing seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter MAISCH, Hartmut WEBER, Toni SCHNEIDER, Jens MÖHRING
  • Alternating Pump Gaps
    Publication number: 20240052840
    Abstract: A blood pump system includes a pump housing and an impeller for rotating in a pump chamber within the housing. The impeller has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The system includes a stator having drive coils for applying a torque to the impeller and at least one bearing mechanism for suspending the impeller within the pump chamber. The system includes a position control mechanism for moving the impeller in an axial direction within the pump chamber to adjust a size of a first gap and a size of a second gap, thereby controlling a washout rate at each of the first gap and the second gap. The first gap is defined by a distance between the first side and the housing and the second gap is defined by a distance between the second side and the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Masamichi Yanai, Shunzhou Yu, Tao Zhang
  • FLUORESCENCE-DETECTED ASSAYS ON MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS
    Publication number: 20240053268
    Abstract: An assay unit for carrying-out fluorescence-detected assays having a microfluidic chip with a microfluidic system to convey a sample or analyte solution through one or more microfluidic channels arranged on the chip, and a photonic system with two or more rectangular waveguide structures. The microfluidic channels and the waveguide structures cross each other at a detection site. In an assay area, where a certain microfluidic channel and a certain waveguide structure cross each other, one or more lateral surfaces of the core of the waveguide structure at least partially face an inner volume of the microfluidic channel, such that an evanescent field of light guided within the waveguide structure overlaps with a certain part of the inner volume of the microfluidic channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: 1DROP SA
    Inventors: Luc Gervais, Jörg ZIEGLER, Nicolas DESCHARMES
  • HYDROGEN PURIFICATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240042379
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Element 1 Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Robert Todd Studebaker
  • Selective stimulation systems and signal parameters for medical conditions
    Patent number: 11890472
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided for targeted treatment of a variety of conditions, particularly conditions that are associated with or influenced by the nervous system, such as pain. Targeted treatment of such conditions is provided with minimal deleterious side effects, such as undesired motor responses or undesired stimulation of unaffected body regions. This is achieved by directly neuromodulating a target anatomy associated with the condition while minimizing or excluding undesired neuromodulation of other anatomies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Eyad Kishawi, Mir A. Imran, Brian J. Mossop, Jeffery M. Kramer, Richard W. O'Connor
  • Barrier transition framework
    Patent number: 11891765
    Abstract: A barrier transition framework such as for use as a bridge transition, is disclosed for connection to a concrete anchor at an entrance, comprising a tubular upper transition chord having first and second beveled ends, and a tubular lower transition chord having first and second beveled ends. The first beveled ends of each of the upper and lower chords are welded to an approach deflector. The second beveled ends of each of the upper and lower chords are welded to an anchorage plate. A transition assembly is formed by connecting thrie-beams to the road-side of the transition framework. A thrie-beam may also be connected to the field-side of the transition framework. The disclosed transition framework provides a preassembled solid four bar structure with exceptional resistance to deflection in both the vertical and horizontal planes, that spans a greater distance than convention transitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Vandorf BT1 Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Fraser Powell, William Price Longstreet, Dean Clinton Alberson
  • Multi-axis parachute and skydiving simulator
    Patent number: 11891182
    Abstract: A multi-axis parachute and skydiving module simulator comprising a multi-directional gimbal assembly and cable assembly that provide the combination of motions and simulations to produce real parachute flight characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Flight-1 Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: William Charles Neger, III
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1015348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.
    Inventors: Natasha Clarke, John Britton, Friedrich Wetterling, Michael Kelly, Fiachra Sweeney
  • Footbed for a shoe
    Patent number: D1015709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FRANKIE4 IP 1 Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Caroline Rose Haire