Abstract: An apparatus and a method reproduce a diagnostic or interventional procedure that is performed by medical personnel using ultrasound imaging. A simulator of ultrasound imaging is used for purposes such as training medical professionals, evaluating their competence in performing ultrasound-related procedures, and maintaining, refreshing, or updating those skills over time.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 13, 2011
Publication date:
December 15, 2011
Applicants:
higher education
Inventors:
Florence Sheehan, Catherine M. Otto, Edward L. Bolson, Mark D. Anderson
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include conserved-element vaccines and methods for designing and producing conserved-element vaccines. A conserved-element vaccine (“CEVac”) is a recombinant and/or synthetic vaccine that incorporates only highly conserved epitopes from an observed set of pathogen variants. The conserved epitopes are identified computationally by aligning biopolymer sequences, such as concatenated polypeptide sequences that together represent a pathogen proteome, corresponding to an observed set of pathogen variants, and computationally selecting conserved subsequences according to a number of subsequence-selection criteria.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 29, 2011
Publication date:
November 3, 2011
Applicants:
higher education
Inventors:
James Mullins, David Nickle, Morgane Rolland