Abstract: A method for producing customized object is provided. A resin (e.g. plastic or cellulose) is heated and a quaternary salt is added. The resulting admixture is used in forming a material that embodies customized characteristics. In another embodiment, a halogen-containing polymer has a quaternary molecule covalently bonded to it that results in customized properties.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
Inventors:
William J. Blanford, Gregory D. O'Mullan, Robert Engel
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel nano-droplet composition comprising a fluorocarbon core and a polymeric shell, and the method of using and making the novel nano-droplet composition. The fluorocarbon core and the polymeric shell of the novel nano-droplet form a micelle with a size range of 10-1000 nm. The fluorocarbon core comprises at least one fluorocarbon compound with a formula of CnF2n+2 and n is 5-10. The fluorocarbon compound is substantial in liquid form. And the nano-droplet composition has a temperature profile such that the nano-droplet composition has a temperature range of 20-60° C. throughout a temperature modulation process, and has a temperature of about 37° C. prior to administration to a human, animal, biological cell, or tissue subject.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation
Inventors:
Pavlos P Vlachos, Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Luis Solorio
Abstract: A method, apparatus, and processor for capturing digital images. The method comprising: displaying a preview scene to be captured in a user interface of the imaging device, capturing a plurality of images using a lens having one or more lens elements and at least one moveable lens element, and moving the moveable lens element electro-mechanically to counter an effect of motion. The method further including processing the plurality of images, receiving and executing instructions stored in a memory of the imaging device, to obtain a corrected image, such that the corrected image includes a first and second subject, the first subject in the corrected image is blur free, and the second subject in the corrected image is blurred compared to the first subject, storing the corrected image in the memory, and displaying the corrected image in the user interface.
Abstract: A system associated with determining physician attribution related to in-patient care based at least on prediction of attribution values associated with patient-physician attribution is disclosed. The system extracts clinical data associated with a patient from a first database, with the extracted clinical data comprising clinical information related to the patient and the clinical information including vector values indicative of clinical progress of the patient at various stages of treatment. The system stores the extracted clinical data in a second database and determines attribution values using the attribution manager with the attribution values being based on a predictive analysis using predetermined weights associated with the vector values. A training data set is generated based on learned weight values associated with the clinical progress of the patient. The system iteratively updates the vector values of the patient at least using a predictive analysis associated with the training data set.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
Inventors:
Todd R. Griffin, Erin J. Healy, I. V. Ramakrishnan, Vikas Ganjigunte Ashok
Abstract: A method of treating a metal carbonate salt includes hydrolyzing a metal halide salt to form a hydrohalic acid and a hydroxide salt of the metal in the metal halide salt. The metal includes an alkaline earth metal or an alkali metal. The method includes reacting the hydrohalic acid with the metal carbonate salt, wherein the metal carbonate salt is a carbonate salt of the alkaline earth metal or alkali metal, to form CO2 and the metal halide salt. At least some of the metal halide salt formed from the reacting of the hydrohalic acid with the metal carbonate salt is recycled as at least some of the metal halide salt in the hydrolyzing of the metal halide salt to form the hydrohalic acid and the hydroxide salt.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 2023
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation
Abstract: The invention relates to a perforating device for thermoplastic plates, which relates to the technical field of a plate processing device. The device comprises an electromagnetic chuck, one side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with the motion part, the other side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with a mounting plate and a spike. When the electromagnetic chuck is powered on, the spike is attracted below the mounting plate by the electromagnetic force. A clamping part is arranged below the mounting plate, the thermoplastic plate is fixed by the clamping part, and a heating system is also provided to heat the thermoplastic plate. As the electromagnetic chuck is powered on or off, the spike can be attracted in or separated from the mounting plate, respectively. Therefore, the perforating device can make a new plate be pierced during the cooling and curing process of the perforated plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2023
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
China Institute of water Resources and Hydropower Research
Abstract: An optical seismic surveying system including, a multibeam laser source including a plurality of laser-sources, a Diffractive-Optical-Element (DOE), an imager and a processor. The laser-sources direct respective laser-beams toward a single common focal point. The DOE is located at a single common focal point and configured to split each laser-beam into a plurality of laser-beams, toward an instantaneous area of interest. The laser-beams impinging on the instantaneous area of interest produce a laser spot assemblage including a plurality of laser spots. The imager acquires a plurality of defocused images of speckle patterns produced by diffused reflections of the laser spots. The speckle pattern correspond to a respective laser spot and thus to a respective sensing point in the instantaneous area of interest.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignees:
ELBIT SYSTEMS LAND AND C4I LTD., SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER
Inventors:
Aner Lev, Shai Mordechai Butzin, Barak Alfassi, Alon Refael Heimer
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a number of pipes (100) with a predetermined pipe diameter. The method includes feeding multiple pipe parts (101, 102) with the predetermined pipe diameter to a welding station (53), aligning in each case a first pipe part (101) and a second pipe part (102) coaxially with respect to one another and axially adjacent to one another, welding the pipe parts (101, 102) by means of a fully encircling weld seam (109) to form a pipe run (104), conveying the pipe run (104) to a cutting station (57) in a machine direction (A) downstream of the welding station (53), and cutting off the number of pipes (100) in a respectively designated length from the pipe run (104).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Rönpagel, Jan Ehlers, Jendrik Schütt, Hanjo Diederley, Kai Zeugner
Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for providing simple, fast, effective, and repeatable anastomotic graft connections, which can reduce (or eliminate) risks associated with graft anastomoses, thus improving patient outcomes. An example embodiment is an anastomotic graft connection device that includes a connector and a cuff. The connector includes a first flared end and a second flared end. The first flared end is configured to be inserted into a vessel (e.g., blood vessel). At least the second flared end is configured to be attached to a graft. The cuff includes an inner ring and an outer ring. The inner ring is configured to secure the graft to at least the second flared end of the connector, and the outer ring is configured to exert force on the vessel to seal the first flared end of the connector against an inner wall of the vessel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Landon H. Tompkins, Michael Sobieski, Steven Koenig, Gretel Monreal, Mark Slaughter
Abstract: A method for constructing an n-qubit fault tolerant encode for any k-qubit quantum gate M, in any given quantum code [n, k, C], comprising: choosing a number n?k of independent spinors Sr from the first stabilizer C and a first ordered set SC consists of the independent spinors Sr; choosing a number n?k of independent spinors ?r from a second stabilizer ? in the intrinsic coordinate and a second ordered set ?r consists of the independent spinors ?r consist; implementing an encoding Qen, wherein the encoding Qen converts the first ordered set SC to the second ordered set S?, wherein the encoding Qen is a sequential product provided by sequential operations of a number n?k of unitary operators Qr; wherein each of the unitary operator Qr is composed of a single s-rotation or a product of two s-rotations; and wherein the encoding Qen converts and maps the rth independent spinor Sr in the first ordered set SC to the rth independent spinor ?r in the second ordered set S? correspondingly; a fault tolerant action Û i
Abstract: A method of forming ferroelectric hafnium oxide (HfO2) in a substrate processing system includes depositing an HfO2 layer on a substrate, depositing a hafnium nitride (HfN) layer on the HfO2 layer; and annealing the HfO2 layer and the HfN layer to form ferroelectric hafnium HfO2.
Abstract: A method for controlling a robotic device includes observing a first object associated with an object type at one or more first locations in an environment over a period of time prior to a current time. The method also includes generating a probability distribution associated with the one or more first locations based on observing the first object over the period of time. The method further includes observing, at the current time, a second object associated with the object type at a second location in the environment. The method still further includes determining a probability of the second object being at the second location based on observing the second object at the second location. The probability is based on the probability distribution associated with the one or more first locations. The method also includes controlling the robotic device to perform an action based on the probability being less than a threshold.
Abstract: A method of forming ferroelectric hafnium oxide (HfO2) in a substrate processing system includes depositing an HfO2 layer on a substrate, depositing a capping layer on the HfO2 layer, annealing the HfO2 layer and the capping layer to form ferroelectric hafnium HfO2, and selectively etching the capping layer to remove the capping layer without removing the HfO2 layer.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibody sequences found in antibodies that bind to human CD25. In particular, the present disclosure provides sequences of anti-human CD25 antibodies, which do not block the binding of CD25 to IL-2 or IL-2 signalling. Antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof including such sequences can be used in 5 pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment, in particular for treating cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignees:
Tusk Therapeutics Ltd., Cancer Research Technology Limited
Inventors:
Anne Goubier, Beatriz Goyenechea Corzo, Josephine Salimu, Kevin Moulder, Pascal Merchiers, Sergio Quezada
Abstract: A device for generating singlet oxygen is provided. The device has a sensitizer that converts triplet oxygen to single oxygen upon exposure to light. The device is configured to keep the sensitizer from contacting external fluids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignees:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, SingletO2 Therapeutics LLC
Inventors:
Alan M. Lyons, Alexander Greer, QianFeng Xu
Abstract: Method and system are provided for efficiently populating a phase diagram for modeling of multiple substances. The method may include defining an n-way phase diagram with data points each being an n-tuple describing the n substance inputs, wherein the n-way phase diagram is defined at a user-configured resolution. The method may select an initial subset of data points and calculate their contribution to the phase diagram. The method may then generate a Bayesian model based on the initial subset of calculated data points and predicting the resultant phase and an associated uncertainty of all the uncalculated data points in the defined phase diagram. The method may select a sample subset of the data points using maximum entropy sampling and calculating a resultant phase for each of the selected data points, and incorporate the calculated phases into the Bayesian model.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignees:
United Kingdom Research and Innovation, International Business Machines Corporation
Abstract: A sample extraction cassette and method are provided to test for a target in a sample. The sample is obtained on a swab. The swab is inserted into a chamber in a case and into contact with a contact portion of a membrane. The contact portion of the membrane is axially moved into sequential communication with a wash fluid and a reaction fluid. The reaction fluid reacts with the target to provide a visual display corresponding to the presence of the target.
Abstract: A system for monitoring organ health during treatment for cancer and the like makes use of physiological imaging of the kind used for treatment monitoring and organ-specific processing to provide a comprehensive assessment of treatment side-effects.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignees:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, AIQ Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert Jeraj, Daniel Huff, Timothy Perk, Stephen Yip, Glenn Liu
Abstract: Systems and methods for a powered, robotic exoskeleton, or exosuit, for a user's limbs and body are provided. The exosuit may be equipped with airbag devices mounted at various locations on the suit. The exosuit may include on-board computing equipment that can sense, compute control commands in real-time, and actuate limbs and airbags to restore stability (fall prevention) and minimize injuries due to falls, should they happen (fall protection).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
Inventors:
Jonathan Decastro, Soon Ho Kong, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Frank Permenter, Dennis Park