Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Patent number: 10608169
    Abstract: A magnetic device includes a conductive layer into which current can be injected in a first direction, the conductive layer causing spin Hall effect or Rashba effect. A ferromagnetic layer is disposed in contact with the conductive layer such that the ferromagnetic layer and the conductive layer are stacked on each other, a magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic layer being switched. A spin filter structure has a fixed magnetization direction, the spin filter structure being disposed on at least one of the opposite side surfaces of the first direction of the conductive layer to inject spin-polarized current into the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young Keun Kim, Kyung-Jin Lee, Gyungchoon Go
  • Patent number: 10602956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation amount estimating method, and more particularly, to a radiation amount estimating method of an MRI based composite image using a lookup table. To this end, the object of the present invention is to provide a radiation dose estimating method of an MRI based composite image using a lookup table including: generating a lookup table representing a linear attenuation coefficient of a region of interest from a CT image (S100); photographing at least two of a T1 image, a T2 image, and a PETRA image of a patient from MRI equipment (S120); generating a composite image by superimposing the photographed images (S140); representing a border line of the region of interest in the composite image to distinguish the region of interest (S160); designating the linear attenuation coefficient of the lookup table in the distinguished region of interest (S180); and estimating a radiation dose based on the composite image to which the linear attenuation coefficient is designated (S200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Catholic University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Young-Nam Kang, Shin-Wook Kim, Jina Kim, Hun-joo Shin, Hyeong-Wook Park, Chul-Seung Kay, Ki-jun Kim, Jin-Sol Shin
  • Patent number: 10604737
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a phage-based matrix for inducing stem cell differentiation and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a composition for inducing differentiation of stem cells, which includes a phage-based matrix in which a gradient of stiffness is controlled by crosslinking a recombinant phage with a polymer, and a method for preparing a phage-based matrix for stem cell differentiation. According to the present invention, the method of the present disclosure provides a physical and mechanical niche environment created by the formation of a nanofibrous structure of the phage whose stiffness is controlled, thereby promoting the differentiation of stem cells into target cells. Therefore, it can be applied to a tissue matrix platform as a variety of conventional tissue engineering materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: So Young Yoo
  • Patent number: 10604844
    Abstract: A method of growing graphene at low temperature on a substrate. The method includes placing a substrate with a layer of cobalt deposited thereon in a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber, providing a carbon precursor gas to the PECVD chamber, generating plasma at between about 350° C. and about 800° C. to decompose the carbon precursor gas to thereby deposit carbon atoms on the cobalt layer and enabling a plurality of the carbon atoms to diffuse through the cobalt layer thereby growing graphene on top of the cobalt layer and in between the substrate and the cobalt layer, removing carbon atoms from top of the cobalt layer, and removing the cobalt layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Zhihong Chen, Shengjiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10602915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trans-platform apparatus including a main platform and an operating device. The trans-platform apparatus of the present invention has the advantage of performing complex and various operations by inserting a maximum number/size of operating devices through a minimal number of openings within an operating space. In addition, since the trans-platform apparatus of the present invention does not use an additional connecting member for a spin shaft, the configuration thereof is further simplified, the operation thereof is easier, and power can be efficiently transmitted to an operating means. The trans-platform apparatus of the present invention is applicable to various fields including medical devices, and an engine room or a device for operating the inside of a radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Catholic Kwandong University Industry Foundation
    Inventor: Chee Soon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10605983
    Abstract: Disclosed are a collimator for reducing noise of a scanned image and an imaging catheter system comprising the same. The disclosed noise attenuation collimator comprises: a transparent tube having a diameter larger than a cladding diameter of double-clad fiber, wherein a coatingless region of the double-clad fiber is inserted into the transparent tube; and a first resin layer which is applied to an exterior of the transparent tube and has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the transparent tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Korea University Research and Business Foundation, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hong Ki Yoo, Jin Won Kim, Wang Yuhl Oh, Min Woo Lee, Tae Shik Kim
  • Patent number: 10603062
    Abstract: Pericardial modification devices and methods can be used for the treatment of heart conditions. For example, this document describes devices and methods for treating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, including diastolic heart failure, by performing a pericardial modification procedure. In one example embodiment, a method for treating diastolic heart failure includes creating an opening in a patient's pericardial tissue, or removing a portion of the patient's pericardial tissue. The creation of the opening or the removing of the pericardial tissue reduces pressure exerted by the pericardial tissue on the patient's heart. The pericardial modification procedures are performed while avoiding trauma to the epicardial surface of heart as well as the phrenic nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Samuel J. Asirvatham, Barry A. Borlaug, Vojtech Melenovsky
  • Patent number: 10603006
    Abstract: Predicting gastrointestinal impairment may involve obtaining intestinal sounds of a patient to generate audio data, identifying predefined spectral events in the audio data that are predictive of subsequent gastrointestinal impairment, the spectral events being defined by predefined parameters, and predicting the likelihood of subsequent gastrointestinal impairment relative to the identified spectral events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventor: John W. Cromwell
  • Patent number: 10604418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous oxide semiconductor including three-dimensionally interconnected nanopores, mesopores, and macropores, a method for preparing the porous oxide semiconductor, and a gas sensor including the porous oxide semiconductor as a gas sensing material. The nanopores have a diameter of 1 nm to less than 4 nm, the mesopores have a diameter of 4 nm to 50 nm, and the macropores have a diameter of 100 nm to less than 1 ?m. The oxide semiconductor gas sensor of the present invention exhibits ultrahigh response and ultrafast response to various analyte gases due to the presence of the controlled nanopores, mesopores, and macropores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Jong Heun Lee, Yun Chan Kang, Jee-Uk Yoon, Seung Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10604481
    Abstract: The invention provides organic complexes of Zn2+ that are useful for treating cancer, as well as compositions and kits comprising such complexes, and intermediate monomer compounds that are useful for the preparation of such complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Anthony F. Bencivenga, Adam Blanden, Darren R. Carpizo, John A. Gilleran, Spencer David Kimball, Stewart N. Loh, Xin Yu
  • Patent number: 10603397
    Abstract: An agent for removing malodor from a painting booth includes a volatile organic compound (VOC) degrading microorganism and a volatile fatty acid (VFA) degrading microorganism. The VOC degrading microorganism is configured to degrade VOC. The VFA degrading microorganism is configured to degrade VFA generated when the VOC is degraded. A method of removing malodor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Joong Kon Park, Min Ah Kim, Ye Ji Kim
  • Patent number: 10605970
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 10604558
    Abstract: The disclosure encompasses resurfaced cell-penetrating nanobodies and their methods of use. The resurfacing of nanobodies with positively-charged amino acids facilitates their penetration into a cell and allows targeting of a specific intracellular protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian R. McNaughton, Virginia J. Bruce
  • Patent number: 10604480
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I and II and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, Y, R3, and R4 have any of the meanings described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and methods for treating cancer using such compounds and salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Anthony F. Bencivenga, Adam Blanden, Darren R. Carpizo, John A. Gilleran, Spencer David Kimball, Stewart N. Loh, Xin Yu
  • Patent number: 10607674
    Abstract: A two-terminal stochastic switch is disclosed. The switch includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, an access switch controlled by a first terminal and coupled to the MTJ stack, such that when the access switch is on, electrical current flows from a first source coupled to the MTJ stack, through the MTJ stack, and through the access switch to a second source, and a digital buffer coupled to the MTJ stack and the access switch which is configured to transform an analog signal associated with a voltage division across the MTJ stack and the access switch to a digital signal, output of the digital buffer forming a second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kerem Yunus Camsari, Supriyo Datta, Sayeef Salahuddin
  • Patent number: 10608667
    Abstract: A method of low complexity SCL decoding for polar codes is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a codeword vector generated using polar encoding, and sequentially decoding multiple bits included in a source vector from the received codeword vector based on the successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding, wherein the decoding is configured not to perform a comparison of reliability between candidate decoding paths for a subset of information bits included in the source vector, but to determine value of the subset of information bits based on a reliability of the corresponding bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Sang Hyo Kim, Jong Hwan Kim, Yeon Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10603307
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided that are useful for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring alcohol dependence and disorders, susceptibility to alcohol dependence disorders, as well as drug related dependence and disorders. The methods include treating patients with an antagonist of the serotonin receptor 5-HT3 for such disorders, wherein the patient's serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 is known to have particular genotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Bankole A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10604655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an improved asphalt. The method involves providing an asphalt and providing a compound of formula (I), as described herein. The asphalt is mixed with the compound of formula (I) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt. Also disclosed are an asphalt product and a method of making asphalt material. The invention further discloses a method of producing an improved asphalt comprising providing a polymer modified asphalt and providing a compound of formula (IIa) or formula (II). The polymer modified asphalt is mixed with the compound of formula (IIa) or formula (IIb) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt, which is yet another aspect of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Williams, Joseph Herbert Podolsky, Eric W. Cochran
  • Patent number: 10608281
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to solid electrolytes comprising nanowhiskers. More particularly, embodiments of the disclosure relate to solid electrolytes comprising PEO6LiX crystalline complex and nanowhiskers to stabilize the PEO6LiX crystalline complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Janna Maranas, Pengfei Zhan, Lalitha VNR Ganapatibhotla
  • Patent number: D879544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Klein Erhekabor Ileleji, Heeju Kim