Abstract: The present invention relates to a head and neck simulation phantom device for simulating the head and neck of a body, the phantom device including: a flat type first plate having a first insertion groove formed on one surface thereof; a flat type second plate disposed to come into contact with the other surface of the first plate and having a second insertion groove formed on the contacted surface with the other surface of the first plate in such a manner as to correspond to the first insertion groove; and a plurality of teeth simulants inserted into the first insertion groove and the second insertion groove and for simulating the teeth of the body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
The Catholic University of Korea Industry—Academic Cooperation Foundation
Inventors:
Tae Suk Suh, Min Young Lee, Ji Yeon Park, Jeong Woo Lee, Joon Yong Choi, Sang Won Kang, Hae Jin Park
Abstract: Disclosed are nucleotide sequences encoding thioesterase enzymes, methods for their production, their use in methods to form thioesters, and their use in methods of screening for other wild type bacteria capable of producing said thioesterase enzymes. Also disclosed are compositions comprising thioesters produced by the methods disclosed herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignees:
Givaudan SA, Utah State University, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Inventors:
Tarun Bhowmik, Jeff Broadbent, Dennis Welker, James Steele, Mateo Budinich
Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer comprising plural acrylated polyol monomeric units having different degrees of acrylation of hydroxyl groups. The acrylated polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation greater than 1 and less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol. The present invention also relates to a method of making the thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer, and using them in various applications, such as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesives, or an additive in a fracking fluid for oil fracking.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Eric W. Cochran, R. Christopher Williams, Nacu Hernandez, Elvira Joana Ferreira Peralta, Michael John Forrester
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a protein purification system and methods of using the system. In particular, disclosed is a split intein comprising an N-terminal intein segment, which can be immobilized, and a C-terminal intein segment, which has the property of being self-cleaving, and which can be attached to a protein of interest. Through the self-cleaving mechanism of the intein, the protein of interest can be purified.
Abstract: A heating appliance includes a heating structure having a lower surface and a flat upper surface for supporting and imparting heat into an object, such a pot or pan used to cook food. The heating structure includes an array of heating elements arranged on the lower surface of the heating structure in an m×n array having m columns and n rows. Each element is thermally coupled to a region of the structure for heating its respective region of the structure independently of other regions of the structure associated with the other heating elements.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 4, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Colorado State University Research Foundation
Inventors:
Kevin N. Thompson, Sam M. Foster, Craig M. Cogdill, Stanley Nestler
Abstract: A new imaging phantom called a “fusion phantom” enhances the efficiency of performance testing and quality control. The phantom relocates the test elements of a standard MRI phantom, and provides a configuration of inner containers that enables simultaneous performance testing on magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy within a predetermined error range. The fusion phantom is useful for multi-purpose performance testing of magnetic resonance imaging equipment, including correlation analysis, performance testing, system management and the like in the diagnosis field. The fusion phantom enhances efficiency of time and reliability in testing performance of the magnetic resonance imaging equipment, adjusts incorrect position accuracy and improves quality of images.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 24, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
Inventors:
Bo Young Choe, Kyu-Ho Song, Sang-Young Kim, Do-Wan Lee
Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to bridged phthalocyanine- and napththalocyanine-metal complex catalysts and methods of using and purifying the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of purifying a catalyst. The method includes contacting a catalyst composition with acid, the catalyst composition including a catalyst, to provide an acidified catalyst composition with the catalyst dissolved therein. The method includes precipitating the catalyst, and removing the precipitated catalyst from solution, to provide a purified catalyst.
Abstract: Systems and methods to detect sleep stages of a subject analyze physiological parameters of the subject in combination with a subject's reactions to stimuli of increasing intensity and/or stimuli having different modalities. Stimuli are provided until a predetermined level of probability is reached for the accuracy of an estimation of the sleep stage of the subject.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 28, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignees:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Inventors:
Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Sander Theodoor Pastoor, Stefan Pfundtner, Brady Alexander Riedner, Michele Bellesi, Giulio Tononi
Abstract: A method for an energy-aware selective compression scheme (EASCS) for solar-powered wireless sensor networks is provided. The method includes calculating an amount of residual energy of a battery in each of sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network, selecting one operation mode between a compression mode and a latency mode in reply to the amount of the residual energy, wherein the compression mode is a mode that data is compressed and transmitted, and the latency mode is a mode that the data is transmitted without compression, and compressing and transmitting the data if the compression mode in the each of the sensor nodes is selected, or transmitting the data without compression if the latency mode in the each of the sensor nodes is selected. Accordingly, end-to-end latencies of sensor networks can be reduced while blackout times thereof do not increase by implementing energy optimization in the wireless sensor network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry Corporation
Abstract: Disclosed are fiber optic devices and related methods that allow for measurement of blood flow and oxygenation in real time. These devices have particular application to the spinal cord. Such devices have applicability in, for example, the care of military members sustaining combatant and noncombatant spinal injuries, as well as to civilians. The devices also have utility in the acute and subacute management of spine trauma, enhancing the efficacy of interventions aimed at the prevention of secondary ischemic injury, and ultimately improving neurologic outcome.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2012
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignees:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Research Foundation of State University of New York
Inventors:
Thomas F. Floyd, Arjun G Yodh, Rickson C. Mesquita
Abstract: An optical fiber includes a graphene oxide and a reduced graphene oxide and a gas sensor includes the optical fiber. A method for manufacturing the optical fiber includes coating a graphene oxide layer and reducing a part of the graphene oxide layer, and a method for manufacturing the gas sensor includes coating a graphene oxide layer and reducing a part of the graphene oxide layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for joint random access control and resource allocation in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus using the same. A method for joint random access control and resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes estimating the total number of Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices, and determining at least one of an access control probability and an amount of resources to be allocated in a next frame depending on an amount of resources required to satisfy a random access delay requirement, by considering access control and resource allocation based on the total number of random access MTC devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
Inventors:
Tae Jin Lee, Dong In Kim, Chang Yeong Oh, Min Gyu Lee
Abstract: A communication terminal and a method of providing a unified natural language interface to the same are disclosed. The method includes: determining, when text information containing many characters is created, whether the text information conforms to one of preset grammatical constraints; extracting, when the text information conforms to one of the grammatical constraints, tokens of one or more of characters from the text information, and extracting, when the text information does not conform to one of the grammatical constraints, one or more characters having an attribute probability higher than a reference probability as a token; and analyzing the extracted tokens to determine a function to handle the extracted tokens, and executing the determined function based on the extracted tokens.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sogang University Research & Commercialization Foundation
Inventors:
Myeong Gi Jeong, Young Hee Park, Kwang Choon Kim, Jung Yun Seo, Choong Nyoung Seon
Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for treating obstructive sleep apnea in a subject. The system can include a power source and a neuromuscular stimulator in electrical communications with the power source. The neuromuscular stimulator can include a controller and at least one electrode. The controller can be configured to receive certain power and stimulation parameters associated with a therapy signal from the power source. The at least one electrode can be configured to deliver the therapy signal to a target tissue associated with control of a posterior base of the tongue of the subject.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide based block copolymer having biodegradability due to peptidase, and a process for the preparation thereof, and polymer micelles using the same. The block copolymer according to the present disclosure is a block copolymer of a polyethylene glycol-based compound having properties such that the solubility for water is different depending on the pH, but cannot form micelles due to a self-assembly phenomenon; and a polyglutamic acid-based compound formed using an aminolysis reaction of glutamic acid and tertiary amine in which the end of one alkyl group is substituted with NH2, or using an aminolysis reaction of glutamic acid and triamine. The block copolymer of the present disclosure has advantages in that the block polymer has both pH sensitivity and biodegradability due to peptidase in the body, and thereby a degradation rate related to a drug release cycle is controlled.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
Abstract: A soluble catalyst for a lithium-air battery is provided. The soluble catalyst including a redox mediator (RM) has an ionization energy of about 5.5 to 7.5 eV under vacuum or an oxidation potential of 3.0 to 4.0 V and is well dissolved in an electrolyte without reacting with the electrolyte. In addition, the soluble catalyst has a HOMO level in an original state (RM), which is less than a formation energy of lithium peroxide (Li2O2) but maximally close to the formation energy, and has a HOMO level in an oxidized state (RM+), which is greater than a HOMO level of the electrolyte.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
Inventors:
Won Keun Kim, Kyoung Han Ryu, Hee Dae Lim, Ki Suk Kang, Byung Ju Lee
Abstract: A new multi-purpose phantom evaluates the performance of an ultra high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus. The phantom can assess a degree of diagnostic capability of an MRI apparatus using imaging conditions and variables and simultaneously analyze and evaluate performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), performance of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) and metabolic components of a human body within a predetermined range of error and limit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 14, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
Abstract: A system and method for automatically administering insulin based on a feedforward control. The automatic insulin delivery system may include a computing device comprising a processor, machine readable non-transitory media which stores the coupled-model of the invention, and a monitoring system. The machine readable transitory media may be configured to receive one or more inputs and the coupled-model may utilize a feedforward control to parameterize the inputs and generate an output that can be translated to a type and amount of insulin to be administered by the system. The input(s) received by the machine readable non-transitory media may be created by a user or received from one or more sensors. The method may include providing a model that is stored on a machine readable non-transitory media and administering insulin based on the output provided by the model.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a mesoporous cobalt-metal oxide catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and a method of preparing the same. The mesoporous cobalt-metal oxide catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of the present invention can very stably maintain the mesoporous structure even under a H2-rich high-temperature reduction condition and under a reaction condition of the low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, easily transport reactants to the active site of the catalyst due to structural stability, and facilitate the release of heavier hydrocarbon products after production thereof. Additionally, unlike the conventional cobalt-based catalysts which are prepared by adding various co-catalysts for the purpose of improving reducibility, activity, selectivity and increasing thermal stability, etc.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2018
Assignee:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to high-throughput early detection of or point-of-care early detection of pregnant women susceptible to developing preeclampsia. For example, methods and materials related to performing flow cytometry or an ELISA to detect an elevated level of urinary podocytes within a urine sample of a pregnant woman early during her pregnancy to identify her as being susceptible to developing preeclampsia later during her pregnancy are provided. In addition, methods and materials related to performing flow cytometry or an ELISA to detect a lack of an elevated level of urinary podocytes within a urine sample of a pregnant woman early during her pregnancy to identify her as not being susceptible to developing preeclampsia later during her pregnancy are provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 26, 2018
Publication date:
August 30, 2018
Applicant:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research