Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Serial L-C resonator with three-dimensional structure and ultra-wide bandpass filter using the same
    Patent number: 8531253
    Abstract: In an ultra-wideband (UWB) band-pass filter, an equivalent circuit of a band-pass filter for direct frequency conversion is configured to have a series LC resonator and a parallel LC resonator, the parallel LC resonator is implemented as a short stub and an open stub, and the series LC resonator is implemented by modeling an inductor and a capacitor as a distributed constant circuit. The series LC resonator is implemented to have a 3D structure for effective designing of the band-pass filter by a new method of implementing a series resonator circuit. In the UWB band-pass filter, a low-pass filter for improving band-stop characteristics is additionally connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Soonchunhyang University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Dal Ahn, Jong Im Park
  • Treating cancer with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
    Patent number: 8530428
    Abstract: Methods for treating cancer (e.g., metastatic cancer to the lung or chronic lymphocytic leukemia) in patients are described that include administrating an aerosolized granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor to the patients. Methods for stimulating an immune response in patients also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Svetomir N. Markovic
  • Processing of photoplethysmography signals
    Patent number: 8529459
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices of processing photoplethysmography signal information. The methods for processing will allow numerous medical observations and diagnoses from a simple, non-invasive probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Convergent Engineering, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Malker, Neil R. Euliano, Michael W. Stahl, Jr.
  • Codebook for multiple input multiple output communication and communication device using the codebook
    Patent number: 8532042
    Abstract: In a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication, each of receivers may use a different channel codebook and a transmitter may determine beamforming vectors using a beamforming codebook corresponding to each of the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bruno Clerckx, Ki Il Kim, Junil Choi, David J. Love, Tae Joon Kim
  • System and method for simultaneous 3DPR device tracking and imaging under MR-guidance for therapeutic endovascular interventions
    Patent number: 8532742
    Abstract: A system and method of both tracking a medical device and generating an image in real time from the same set of radial data. A multi-mode medical device system having tracking, imaging, and visualizing capabilities is coupled to an MR scanner and multiple-echo VIPR acquisition sequence is applied to simultaneously provide conventional real-time imaging of the target region using an external coil, 3D tip-tracking information, and a localized higher-quality image showing the region surrounding the medical device using an internal multi-mode coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Orhan Unal, Ethan K. Brodsky, Krishna N. Kurpad
  • Method of Forming Dendritic Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
    Publication number: 20130230917
    Abstract: This invention relates to the culture of dendritic cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Human ES cells are first cultured into hematopoietic cells by co-culture with stromal cells. The cells now differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage are then cultured with GM-CSF to create a culture of myeloid precursor cells. Culture of the myeloid precursor cells with the cytokines GM-CSF and IL-4 causes functional dendritic cells to be generated. The dendritic cells have a unique phenotype, as indicated by their combination of cell surface markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Igor I. Slukvin, James A. Thomson, Maksym A. Vodyanyk, Maryna E. Gumenyuk
  • INFLUENZA VIRUSES WITH MUTANT PB2 GENE SEGMENT AS LIVE ATTENUATED VACCINES
    Publication number: 20130230552
    Abstract: The invention provides a recombinant biologically contained influenza virus that is a PB2 knockout virus, e.g., one that is useful to generate a multivalent vaccine, and methods of making and using that virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: WARF - Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Gabriele Neumann, Makoto Ozawa
  • ISOLATED MESENCHYMAL PROGENITOR CELLS AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20130230601
    Abstract: Provided are methods of isolating an extracellular matrix from mesenchymal progenitor cells which are characterized by a reduced differentiation ability into an adipogenic lineage as compared to adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Also provide isolated extracellular matrix and hybrid devices comprising electrospun elements and extracellular matrix which can be used for various tissue regeneration, repair and reconstruction surgeries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, Ronit Shtrichman, Eyal Zussman, Efrat Barak
  • THEFT DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130229274
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a theft detection system including one or more tag nodes configured to detect movement and transmit a beacon message and one or more anchor nodes configured to receive the beacon message from the one or more tag nodes and alert a third party of the beacon message. Another aspect of the invention provides a theft detection node including a power source, a motion detector, a transmitter, and a microcontroller in communication with the power source, the motion detector, and the transmitter. The microcontroller is configured to determine whether the node is being transported and if the node is being transported, instructing the transmitter to transmit a beacon message. Another aspect of the invention provides a theft detection method including detecting motion in a motor vehicle and transmitting a beacon message to an anchor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: University of Memphis Research Foundation, The Regents of the University of California, The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Santosh Kumar, Prasun Sinha, Kurt Plarre, Somnath Mitra, Zizhan Zheng, Santanu Guha, Animikh Ghosh, Prabal Dutta, Bhagavathy Krishna
  • HIGH-SPEED, FLEXIBLE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR MAKING HIGH-SPEED, FLEXIBLE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20130229776
    Abstract: The present invention provides flexible devices, such as integrated circuits, having a multilevel electronic device structure including two or more electronic components. The electronic components within the structure are electrically connected by an interconnect structure having multiple interconnect levels. In addition to the multilevel electronic device structure, the flexible devices include an elastomeric material disposed around the interconnect levels, including within the spaces between the interconnect levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Zhenqiang Ma, Guoxuan Qin, Namki Cho
  • Cellular Preparations For Wound Management
    Publication number: 20130230494
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of preserving or preparing cell-based compositions for use in wound management. The methods can be carried out by steps including: (a) providing skin cells; (b) treating the skin cells with a monosaccharide; (c) treating the skin cells with a disaccharide; and (d) lyophilizing the skin cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: Marcia Simon
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT VIEWER-CENTRIC DEPTH ADJUSTMENT BASED ON VIRTUAL FRONTO-PARALLEL PLANAR PROJECTION IN STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES
    Publication number: 20130229408
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for adjusting a depth of stereoscopic images including a plane determining unit to determine a first predetermined plane parallel to a first image, a depth adjusting unit to determine a second point by projecting a first point of the first image onto the first plane in a direction of a first viewer's viewpoint associated with the first image, to determine a third point by moving the second point, according to a depth adjustment value, and to determine a fourth point by projecting the third point onto the first image in a direction from the first viewer's viewpoint to the third point, and an image synthesizing unit to generate a second image which represents the depth adjusted scene obtained from the first image by determining a color value of the fourth point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Sull, Han Je Park, Hoon Jae Lee
  • Multiple Petal Deployable Telescope
    Publication number: 20130229709
    Abstract: An opto-mechanical deployable telescope includes a hub, at least one deployable multiple petal primary mirror mounted to the hub, a deployment assembly, and a deployment engine assembly. The deployment assembly is operable to move the at least one primary mirror between a stowed position and a deployed position. The deployment engine assembly is operable to power the deployment assembly using stored mechanical energy. The deployment assembly includes a kinematic or semi-kinematic interface between the hub and the at least one primary mirror to hold petals of the at least one primary mirror in alignment relative to each other in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Trent Newswander, Blake Crowther, James Champagne, Adam Norris
  • Rotating Housing Turbine
    Publication number: 20130230380
    Abstract: The invention is a new turbine structure having a housing that rotates. The housing has a sidewall, and turbine blades are attached to a sidewall portion. The turbine may be completely open in the center, allowing space for solids and debris to be directed out of the turbine without jamming the spinning blades/sidewall. The turbine may be placed in a generator for generation of electrical current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Louisiana Tech Research Foundation; A Division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Louisiana Tech Research Foundation; A Division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
  • PROTEINS WITH REPETITIVE BACTERIAL-IG-LIKE (BIG) DOMAINS PRESENT IN LEPTOSPIRA SPECIES
    Publication number: 20130230903
    Abstract: The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: The United States Government represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Albert I. Ko, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Julio Henrique Rosa Croda, Isadora Cristina Siqueira, David A. Haake, James Matsunaga, Lee W. Riley, Michele Barocchi, Tracy Ann Young
  • PATTERNED SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES TO REDUCE ICE FORMATION, ADHESION, AND ACCRETION
    Publication number: 20130227972
    Abstract: A method for reducing ice formation. The method involves using a substrate that has a patterned hydrophobic surface including raised structures. Also disclosed is a substrate having a hydrophobic surface including raised structures that form compartments or grooves having a surface free of angles that are less than or equal to 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Benjamin Hatton, Lidiya Mishchenko, Joanna Aizenberg, Tom Krupenkin, Joseph Ashley Taylor
  • PAINT COMPOSITION FOR PRE-COATED METAL AND METHOD OF CURING TREATMENT OF PRE-COATED METAL BY USING THE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130230732
    Abstract: Provided is a paint composition for a two-step curing process including a binder resin containing a hydroxyl group and a hardener having a functional group reactable with the hydroxyl group. The paint composition includes: one or more binder resins selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, an alkyd resin, an acryl resin, and a modified resin thereof; and a hardener including one or more selected from an isocyanate group and one or more selected from a melamine group, wherein mechanical processing is performed on a steel sheet coated with the composition and primarily cured, and then mechanical and chemical properties of a coating layer damaged during the mechanical processing are recovered through secondary curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Jong Myung Park, Jung Teag Kim, Ho Su Jung
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAFELY EXPANDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL INCISIONS
    Publication number: 20130231538
    Abstract: An insertion tongue of the retractor device may be pushed into the subject through the trocar incision, along one side of the organ. The tip of the insertion tongue pushes the impacted organ and its endoscopic recovery bag slightly away from the cavity wall. A scalpel is passed through the insertion guide with the tip of the scalpel blade in the retention guide on the back of the insertion tongue, and with the sharp side of the scalpel blade facing away from the organ and from the tongue of the retractor device. The scalpel is then passed down through the cavity wall, with its tip in the retention guide, while tension on the retractor device handle away from the organ, and gentle outward traction on the organ (and bag) permits removal of the organ (and bag) as soon as the opening is just large enough to allow it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation d/b/a University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group
    Inventors: William H. Guilford, Craig L. Slingluff, JR., Joshua M. Judge
  • Organic Photovoltaic Device with Ferroelectric Dipole and Method of Making Same
    Publication number: 20130230942
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an organic photovoltaic device. The method includes providing a first electrode which by applying a layer of conductive material onto a transparent substrate. The conductive material forms the first electrode. The method also includes placing an active layer of organic photovoltaic material on top of the first electrode. The active layer is configured to convert photonic energy into electrical energy. Placing an active layer of organic photovoltaic material includes placing an active layer of organic photovoltaic material having ferroelectric dipoles dispersed therein. The method further includes applying a second electrode on top of the active layer of organic photovoltaic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanwar Singh Nalwa, Sumit Chaudhary
  • USE OF GELSOLIN TO TREAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND TO DIAGNOSE NEUROLOGIC DISEASES
    Publication number: 20130230455
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of gelsolin to treat neurologic diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis) and to the use of gelsolin to diagnose, monitor, and evaluate therapies of neurologic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: BloodCenter Research Foundation, Inc., THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Stossel, Po-Shun Lee, Bonnie Dittel, Katarzyna Maresz