Abstract: A linear body drive device capable of safely and reliably operating a linear body is provided. A linear body insertion device includes a drive portion, an operation portion, a sensor portion and a processing portion serving as a measurement portion, and an output portion serving as a notification portion. The drive portion drives a linear body having flexibility. The operation portion includes an input member (an operation lever) operated by an operator for controlling performance of the drive portion. The sensor portion included in the measurement portion detects compressive force in a direction of longitudinal axis applied to the linear body, based on a degree of bending of the linear body driven by the drive portion. The output portion provides notification of data of compressive force detected by the measurement portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignees:
National University Corporation Nagoya Institute of Technology, NTN Corporation
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for channel estimation and feedback in a wireless communication system that estimates a channel for each transmission antenna using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) impulse signal.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Choong il Yeh, Dong Seung Kwon, Jee Hwan Ahn
Abstract: The present invention relates to a vanadium oxide thin film pattern which is fabricated by using APTS (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, H2NC3H5Si(OCH3)3) or the like to prepare an APTS-SAM or the like on the surface of a substrate, irradiating this APTS-SAM with vacuum ultraviolet light through a photomask to thereby modify amino-terminal silanes into silanol groups in the exposed area, and then depositing vanadium oxide in a liquid phase using a patterned self-assembled monolayer having the amino-terminated silane surface and silanol group surface as a template for patterning the vanadium oxide, to a method of fabricating the same, and to a vanadium oxide device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of therapeutic treatment and compounds having utility therefor, in particular the therapy or management of conditions associated with excessive, unwanted or undesirable sodium ion passage through cellular membranes via voltage-gated sodium channels. In one embodiment the invention is concerned with the treatment of neuropathic pain. The invention contemplates to aryloxy-substituted amines, as sodium channel blockers or modulators. In further embodiments, the invention also relates to compounds which may advantageously have dual sodium channel blocker/modulating and antioxidative (free-radical scavenging) effects. Methods for their manufacture and compositions containing the compounds are also contemplated.
Abstract: Provided are a full genome DNA of a human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain JHC isolated from Korean patients and open reading frames (ORFs) thereof and, more particularly, UL1, UL119 and RL6.
Abstract: Disclosed are a passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system and method capable of recognizing a great deal of tags at a high speed. A reader of a passive RFID system, including: a processor dividing slots and subchannels to configure a round, recognizing subchannels that are not involved in a collision and interference by the slots, and changing the subchannels that are not involved in a collision and interference, into a sleep state; a transmission unit encoding a command generated through the processor, performing an amplitude jitter modulation on the encoded command, and transmitting the modulated command; and a reception unit acquiring and demodulating tag signals received through a plurality of subchannels by the slots, and providing the demodulated tag signals to the processor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Ji Hoon Bae, Cheng Hao Quan, Dong Han Lee, Chan Won Park, Won Kyu Choi, Kwang Soo Cho, Man Sik Park, Gil Young Choi, Jong Suk Chae
Abstract: The invention discloses a reflective liquid crystal material formulation, wherein a liquid crystal component of high dielectric anisotropy is employed to lower the driving voltage. By modulating the addition ratio of the high dielectric anisotropy components, reflective liquid crystal compositions of different reflective colors can be driven by a single driving voltage. The invention also provides a reflective bistable display using the above formulation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 13, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition of benproperine derivatives for preventing and treating angiogenesis-related diseases. The benproperine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof according to the present invention inhibit cancer cell migration and the angiogenesis of vascular endothelial cells, and therefore can be effectively used not only as an anticancer agent, but also as an agent for preventing and treating diseases caused by abnormal angiogenesis, such as diabetic retinopathy and corneal transplant rejection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Inventors:
Byoung Mog Kwon, Dong Cho Han, Dae Seop Shin, Young Min Han
Abstract: Disclosed is a transformed cell (a cell model) which can form a cytoplasmic inclusion body derived from TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) that is found in the brain of a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disease such as FTLD and ALS. The transformed cell is characterized by having, introduced therein, a promoter capable of functioning in a host cell and a mutant TDP-43 gene.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating cancer that is resistant to treatment with an anti-ErbB therapeutic agent and which is associated with an activating MET gene mutation or a MET gene amplification. The methods involve administering to a subject a combination of an anti-ErbB therapeutic and an anti-MET therapeutic. Also provided are methods for reducing ErbB mediated signaling or PI3 kinase mediated signaling in a cancer cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignees:
The General Hospital Corporation, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Inventors:
Pasi A. Janne, Jeffrey Engelman, Lewis C. Cantley
Abstract: The present invention relates to mutant microorganisms having the ability to produce propanol in high concentration and high yield, and to a method of producing propanol using the same. More particularly, the invention relates to mutant microorganisms having the ability to produce propanol in high concentration and high yield, which have introduced therein genes that encodes enzymes which are involved in the biosynthesis of propanol from threonine, and to a method of producing propanol using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Inventors:
Sang Yup Lee, Yong Jun Choi, Jin Hwan Park
Abstract: An apparatus to create a homogenous liposome population without post-processing using laminar flow/diffusive mixing, and for reducing waste discharge of the therapeutic or compound to be encapsulated and delivered by the liposomes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Inventors:
Michael Gaitan, Andreas Jahn, Laurie E. Locascio, Wyatt Vreeland, Joseph E. Reiner
Abstract: An augmented broadcasting stream transmission device and method and an augmented broadcasting service providing device and method capable of ensuring that augmented broadcasting metadata arrive at a receive terminal in a time more rapid as compared to a corresponding video frame by a predetermined time are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Soon Choul Kim, Jeoung Lak Ha, Jung Hak Kim, Seung Chul Kim, Bum Suk Choi, Young Ho Jeong, Jin Woo Hong
Abstract: A method for adaptively performing power saving in a station of a wireless communication system includes: receiving first power-save capability information from an AP, the first power-save capability information containing information on power-save schemes supported by a MAC layer of the AP; transmitting second power-save capability information to the AP in response to the first power-save capability information, the second power-save capability information containing information on power-save schemes supported by a MAC layer of the station; transmitting power-save policy information, into which properties of traffics used in the station are reflected, to the AP; and performing a power-save function while interworking with the MAC layer of the station, according to the power-save policy information based on a predetermined power-save scheme.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device having epitaxial source/drain regions, in which a diffusion barrier layer of the source/drain regions made of epitaxial silicon-carbon or germanium silicon-carbon are added on the basis of epitaxially growing germanium-silicon of the source/drain regions in the prior art process, and the introduction of the diffusion barrier layer of the source/drain regions prevents diffusion of the dopant in the source/drain regions, thus mitigating the SCE and DIBL effect.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
The Institute of Microelectronics Chinese Academy of Science
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating an ultra-short ultra-high intensity pulse laser, comprising: a pulse laser providing unit which generates an ultra-short ultra-high intensity pulse laser, stretches pulse width, then selects and provides only a pulse laser having a predetermined polarizing angle; a polarization characteristic adjusting unit which divides the pulse laser provided by the pulse laser providing unit into S-polarizing component light and P-polarizing component light, varies the phase difference and amplitude difference between the S-polarizing component light and the P-polarizing component light, and combines the two types of light to generate a pulse laser with varied polarization characteristics; and a pulse compression unit which compresses the pulse width of the pulse laser, the polarization characteristics of which are varied by the polarization characteristic adjusting unit, and outputs the pulse laser.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 2011
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preparing biodegradable polymer stereocomplexes using a supercritical fluid-organic solvent system and polymer stereocomplexes prepared by such methods. The method of the present invention involves introducing two types of homopolymers having different stereostructures and a small amount of organic solvent into a reactor, adding a supercritical fluid thereto, followed by applying a specific temperature and pressure to form a polymer stereocomplex having a crystalline structure. According to the method of the present invention, biodegradable polymer stereocomplexes in the form of powder or porous foam having excellent thermal and mechanical stabilities can be prepared in a simple, economical and environmentally-friendly manner in a single process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 17, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Inventors:
Soo Hyun Kim, Young Mee Jung, Sang-Heon Kim, Purnama Purba
Abstract: Method and system for obtaining brain characteristic parameters, thrombolysis decision guideline system and method thereof, provide middle of reference data for early diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic brain death, and provide effective reference data for thrombolytic therapy. The present invention uses diffusion-weighted imaging, comparing to the clinical programs of diffusion-weighted imaging and perfusion weighted imaging, perfusion weighted imaging can omitted and the degree of functional characterization of perfusion abnormalities is reflected without the perfusion weighted imaging, to provide middle data of brain tissue can be saved and the risk of thrombolytic therapy. The present invention based on ADC low signal constraint and DWI high signal constraint DWI binarization processing to obtain the core area and transition area, that is more accurate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Shengzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences
Abstract: Provided is a data transmission system that may determine a multiple input multiple output dynamic spectrum management (MIMO-DSM) operation mode of a base station based on information associated with a data transmission route and a computational capability of each base station. A terminal may generate feedback information based on a cooperation level between base stations and may transmit the generated feedback information to a serving base station. The serving base station may select terminals that may receive data from among a plurality of terminals through a MIMO-DSM algorithm and a user scheduling based on the feedback information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Inventors:
Won Jong Noh, Yung Yi, Tae Soo Kwon, Soo Hwan Lee, Chang Yong Shin