Patents Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
  • Biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer
    Patent number: 10802026
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Joshua Labaer, Karen Sue Anderson, Garrick Wallstrom, Sahar Sibani, Niroshan Ramachandran
  • Biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer
    Patent number: 9857374
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting For and On Behalf of Arizona State University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua LaBaer, Karen Sue Anderson, Garrick Wallstrom, Sahar Sibani, Niroshan Ramachandran
  • Reagents and methods for cyanobacterial production of bioplastics and biomaterials
    Patent number: 9683246
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for biomaterial production from cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting For And On Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Hatem Mohammed, Willem Vermaas
  • Laterally varying II-VI alloys and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9589793
    Abstract: Described herein are semiconductor structures comprising laterally varying II-VI alloy layer formed over a surface of a substrate. Further, methods are provided for preparing laterally varying II-VI alloy layers over at least a portion of a surface of a substrate comprising contacting at least a portion of a surface of a substrate within a reaction zone with a chemical vapor under suitable reaction conditions to form a laterally varying II-VI alloy layer over the portion of the surface of the substrate, wherein the chemical vapor is generated by heating at least two II-VI binary compounds; and the reaction zone has a temperature gradient of at least 50-100° C. along an extent of the reaction zone. Also described here are devices such as lasers, light emitting diodes, detectors, or solar cells that can use such semiconductor structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting For And On Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Cun-Zheng Ning, Anlian Pan
  • Reagents and methods for cyanobacterial production of bioplastics and biomaterials
    Patent number: 8962300
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for biomaterial production from cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Hatem Mohammed, Wim Vermaas
  • Neurostimulator
    Patent number: 8626303
    Abstract: Methods and devices of stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry (12), an acoustic transducer (14) and a pair of electrodes (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Bruce Towe, William E. Crisp
  • High speed, high fidelity, high sensitivity nucleic acid detection
    Patent number: 8530199
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and kits for nucleic acid detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting for and On Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Wayne D. Frasch, David Spetzler, Justin York
  • Buffers for Stabilizing Biological Specimens and their Use
    Publication number: 20130189169
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for limiting adsorptive and/or oxidative protein losses in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
  • BIOMARKERS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER
    Publication number: 20130150259
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joshua LaBaer, Karen Sue Anderson, Garrick Wallstrom, Sahar Sibani, Niroshan Ramachandran
  • DNA nanostructures that promote cell-cell interaction and use thereof
    Patent number: 8440811
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ligand-nucleic acid nanostructure that promotes cell-cell interaction. Specially, the invention provides a ligand-nucleic acid nanostructure for treating tumor in a mammal. The methods of using and making the composition comprising a ligand-nucleic acid nanostructure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Yung Chang, Hao Yan
  • NEUROSTIMULATOR
    Publication number: 20130096656
    Abstract: Methods and devices for stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry, an acoustic transducer and a pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate, actin
  • MOLECULAR FILMS FOR HYDROPHOBIC IMPLANT SURFACES
    Publication number: 20130071590
    Abstract: Compositions are disclosed containing a solvated viscoelastic polymeric gel diluted into an ionically conductive aqueous solution which can be usefully applied to any surface that is hydrophobic to act, for example, as an antifogging coating with minimal optical distortion and excellent transparency. The compositions can also be used as lubricious agents on medical implants, shunts, and surgical supplies to minimize tissue trauma, to maximize bio-compatibility, and to increase healing by enhancing better irrigation and flow in adjacent tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting
  • Silicon-Germanium Hydrides and Methods for Making and Using Same
    Publication number: 20130032857
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel silicon-germanium hydride compounds, methods for their synthesis, methods for their deposition, and semiconductor structures made using the novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: John Kouvetakis, Cole J. Ritter, III, Changwu Hu, Ignatius S.T. Tsong, Andrew Chizmeshya
  • Neurostimulator
    Patent number: 8369956
    Abstract: Methods and devices for stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry, an acoustic transducer and a pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Bruce C. Towe, William E. Crisp
  • Photobioreactor and uses therefor
    Patent number: 8361786
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel photobioreactors, modules thereof, and methods for use in culturing and harvesting algae and cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld
  • Neurostimulator
    Patent number: 8340773
    Abstract: Methods and devices of stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry (12), an acoustic transducer (14) and a pair of electrodes (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Bruce Towe, William E. Crisp
  • Methods and systems for fluid examination and remediation
    Patent number: 8338182
    Abstract: A system for in situ monitoring within a specified environment includes a housing with an intake inserted into the environment. A plurality of pumps are included in the housing with a number of test beds, each being separately coupled to one of the number of pumps, where each of the number of test beds holds material and where each of the plurality of pumps operate to separately push fluid through a coupled test bed. An effluent storage device is disposed to receive effluent from the number of test beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Rolf Ulrich Halden
  • Gas dynamic virtual nozzle for generation of microscopic droplet streams
    Patent number: 8272576
    Abstract: A nozzle for producing a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector, comprising the nozzle of the invention, for providing the single-file stream of droplets of a fluid to a high-vacuum system are described. The nozzle comprises two concentric tubes wherein the outer tube comprises a smoothly converging-diverging exit channel and the outlet end of the first tube is positioned within the converging section of the exit channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Doak, John C. H. Spence, Uwe Weierstall, Daniel DePonte, Dmitri Starodub, Jared Scott Warner
  • Methods of algal growth in photobioreactors
    Patent number: 8241895
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel photobioreactors, modules thereof, and methods for use in culturing and harvesting algae and cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld
  • HIGH SPEED, HIGH FIDELITY, HIGH SENSITIVITY NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION
    Publication number: 20120196771
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and kits for nucleic acid detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE ACTING FOR & ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wayne Frasch, David Spetzler, Justin York