Patents Assigned to DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF SUPERVISED LEARNING OF SEMANTIC RELATEDNESS
    Publication number: 20130185307
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a semantic relatedness of terms. The method comprises providing a plurality of text segments, calculating, using a processor, a plurality of weights each for another of the plurality of text segments, calculating a prevalence of a co-appearance of each of a plurality of pairs of terms in the plurality of text segments, and evaluating a semantic relatedness between members of each the pair according to a combination of a respective the prevalence and a weight of each of the plurality of text segments wherein a co-appearance of the pair occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Ran EL-YANIV, David Yanay
  • Enhanced SMF passive optical networks using polarization beamforming
    Patent number: 8488974
    Abstract: The new invention relates to a novel high-performance Passive Optical Network (PON) upgrade architecture, based on adapting Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) beamforming techniques to polarization multiplexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Amos Agmon, Moshe Nazarathy
  • IMMUNOREACTIVE EHRLICHIA P120/P140 EPITOPES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130177978
    Abstract: Provided herein are immunoreactive peptides which can selectively bind Ehrlichia-specific anti-p120 or anti-p140 antibodies. Methods and kits utilizing the immunoreactive peptides are also provided. The immunoreactive peptides may be utilized, e.g., for determining whether or not a subject is infected with Ehrlichia chaffeensis or Ehrlichia canis. In certain embodiments, the immunoreactive peptides may be utilized in an ELISA or lateral flow assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Research Development Foundation
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST RETINAL IMAGING
    Publication number: 20130176531
    Abstract: An optical system and measurement method for imaging three-dimensional objects with low light scatter comprising at least one source of radiation; a radiation projection means for creating a set of foci through a volume of an object; and a means for imaging the returned light from the set of foci on at least one camera, wherein the imaging of the volume of the object is at a different angle from the projection, allowing for detection of the returned light on separate camera pixels. The measurement method further comprises projecting a longitudinal grid of elongated foci through the volume of an object; imaging returned light from the object at a different angle on at least one camera, so as to avoid overlapping the elongated images; and analyzing the imaged, returned light to yield depth information of the object at a multiplicity of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventor: EREZ RIBAK
  • Device and method of particle focusing
    Patent number: 8479567
    Abstract: A method of focusing a plurality of discrete particles. The method comprises establishing a flow of a fluid medium carrying a plurality of discrete particles within a capillary having a plurality of separate walls and a longitudinal axis. The method further includes vibrating the plurality of separate walls to apply an acoustic field having a central axis substantially along the longitudinal axis to focus the plurality of discrete particles substantially along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Peter Vainshtein, Michael Shapiro
  • Diarylphosphine-containing compounds, processes of preparing same and uses thereof as tridentate ligands
    Patent number: 8481746
    Abstract: A novel process of preparing tridentate ligands containing a diarylphosphine electron donating group are disclosed. Use of this process for preparing a combinatorial library of such tridentate ligands and of organometallic complexes containing same is also disclosed. Further disclosed are novel diarylphosphine-containing compounds that can serve as tridentate ligands (e.g., pincer ligands), combinatorial libraries of such tridentate ligands, organometallic complexes containing these ligands (e.g., pincer complexes), and combinatorial libraries of such complexes. Methods utilizing these libraries for screening for candidate organometallic catalysts are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Mark Gandelman, Elaine Melissa Schuster
  • Apparatus and methods for diagnosing renal disorders
    Patent number: 8481324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system containing an array of chemically sensitive sensors based on coated single walled carbon nanotubes, for measuring volatile organic compounds indicative of renal failure. Methods of breath analysis for diagnosing chronic, acute and end-stage renal failure are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Hossam Haick, Zaid Abassi, Farid Nakhoul
  • OPTICALLY SENSITIVE CELL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20130171116
    Abstract: A neural network is disclosed. The neural network comprises a plurality of optogenetically modified neural cells being three-dimensionally distributed in a hydrogel medium and being disconnected from any solid support having a shear modulus above 1 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventor: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd
  • MORPHOLOGY ENGINEERING OF CONDUCTIVE METALLIC NANOPARTICLES CAPPED WITH AN ORGANIC COATING
    Publication number: 20130171733
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sensor having continuous and discontinuous regions of conductive metallic nanoparticles capped with an organic coating which enables the detection of volatile organic compounds and/or water vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventor: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
  • Media for culturing stem cells
    Patent number: 8476070
    Abstract: Well-defined, xeno-free culture media which comprise a TGF-beta isoform or the chimera formed between IL6 and the soluble IL6 receptor (IL6RIL6), which are capable of maintaining stem cells, and particularly, human embryonic stem cells, in an undifferentiated state are provided. Also provided are cell cultures comprising the culture media and the stem cells and methods of expanding and deriving embryonic stem cells in such well-defined, xeno-free culture media. In addition, the present invention provides methods of differentiating ESCs or EBs formed therefrom for the generation of lineage specific cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Michal Amit, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
  • Successive approximation analog to digital converter with a direct switching technique for capacitor array through comparator output and method thereof
    Patent number: 8477058
    Abstract: A method for a successive approximation register ADC which includes at least one capacitor array and a plurality of switches is provided, in which the capacitors of the capacitor array are one-to-one corresponding to the switches. The method includes the following steps: firstly, at least one multiplexer is configured. Then, a first comparison voltage is outputted based on the terminal voltages on the terminals of the capacitor array, and a comparison result is outputted according to the first comparison voltage and a second comparison voltage. Afterwards, a sequence of comparisons is controlled based on the comparison result to enter into a sequence of comparison phases. Finally, the switches are orderly selected, by the multiplexer based on the comparison phases, to switch directly according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: NCKU Research and Development Foundation, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Soon-Jyh Chang, Guan-Ying Huang, Chung-Ming Huang
  • AFFINITY METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS EMPLOYING ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF PH
    Publication number: 20130164860
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for detection of target molecules are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD., BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
  • Imidazoacridinone derivative compounds and methods for their use
    Patent number: 8470844
    Abstract: The present invention provides IA derivative compounds of the formula: where the variables are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Yehuda G. Assaraf, Eran E. Bram, Yamit Bney-Moshe, Andrzej M. Skladanowski
  • Antimicrobial agents
    Patent number: 8470770
    Abstract: New antimicrobial polymeric agents which are designed to exert antimicrobial activity while being stable, non-toxic and avoiding development of resistance thereto and a process of preparing same are disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing same and a method of treating medical conditions associated with pathological microorganisms, a medical device, an imaging probe and a food preservative utilizing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Amram Mor, Inna Radzishevsky
  • SELF CLEANING SHUNT
    Publication number: 20130158464
    Abstract: A self cleaning inlet head for use on a shunt. The head has a tube with openings disposed in predetermined positions in its wall, and a cleaning element installed inside the tube. The cleaning element may comprise a central shaft with a number of bristles protruding therefrom, preferably in locations substantially identical to the positions of the openings in the wall of the tube. Mutual vibratory motion between the cleaning element and the tube causes at least some of the bristles to enter the openings, thereby keeping them clear, and preventing tissue growth into them. The vibratory motion may be generated by the action of an external field on a responsive part of the cleaning element, such as an external magnetic field operating on a magnetic or magnetized part of the cleaning element or the bristles. Alternatively, the external field may be an ultrasound field operating on the bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Or Samoocha, Menashe Zaaroor, Moshe Shoham
  • High harmonics generation of light
    Patent number: 8466427
    Abstract: A method of generating light is disclosed. The method comprises irradiating a substance with first optical field of a first frequency and second optical field of a second frequency. The second frequency being higher than a cutoff frequency of a harmonics generation spectrum characterizing the interaction of the substance with the first optical field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Nimrod Moiseyev, Avner Fleischer
  • BREATH ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY NODULES
    Publication number: 20130150261
    Abstract: The present invention provides a unique profile of volatile organic compounds as breath biomarkers for lung cancer. The present invention further provides the diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of lung cancer or predicting the response to an anti-cancer treatment through the detection of the unique profile of volatile organic compounds indicative of lung cancer at its various stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Tel Hashomer Medical Research, Infrastructure and Services Ltd., Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Tel Hashomer Medical Research, Infrastructure and Services Ltd.
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO DOPAMINERGIC NEURONAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20130149717
    Abstract: A method of differentiation stem cells cells by contacting stem cells with a dopaminergic differentiation agent is provided in certain aspects. For example, the agent may comprise substituted benzoxazole. These methods and compositions may be used in toxicological screens, e.g., to evaluate the neurotoxicity of a test compound or treatment of neurological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Krause, Olivier Preynat-Seauve
  • USE OF LOW-DOSE LADOSTIGIL FOR NEUROPROTECTION
    Publication number: 20130150438
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a method of preventing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject or oxidative stress in the brain of a subject, comprising administering to the subject a less than cholinesterase-inhibitory amount or a less than monoamine oxidase-inhibitory amount of R(+)-6-(N-methyl,N-ethyl-carbamoyloxy)-N?-propargyl-1-aminoindan or a salt thereof effective to prevent the neurodegenerative disease or oxidative stress in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD., Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
  • Method and device for ex situ magnetic resonance analysis
    Patent number: 8461836
    Abstract: A device for ex situ magnetic resonance analysis is disclosed. The device comprises a static magnetic field unit (12) for generating a generally cylindrically symmetric static magnetic field outside the static magnetic field unit, and a radiofrequency unit (14) for generating a generally cylindrically symmetric radiofrequency field outside the radiofrequency unit. The radiofrequency field is perpendicular to the static magnetic field. A spatial inhomogeneity of the magnetic field substantially matches a spatial inhomogeneity of the radiofrequency field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Aharon Blank, Itai Katz