Patents Assigned to State University
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Publication number: 20200408899Abstract: An imaging system including a transmitter configured to transmit a signal in a direction of a scene of interest. The transmitted signal is spatially and temporally incoherent at a point where the transmitted signal reaches the scene of interest. The system includes a receiver set including at least a first receiver and a second receiver. The first receiver and the second receiver are configured to receive a reflected signal. The reflected signal is a reflection of the transmitted signal from the scene of interest. The system further includes an active incoherent millimeter-wave image processor configured to obtain the reflected signal and reconstruct a scene based on the reflected signal. The system also includes a display device configured to display the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventor: Jeffrey NANZER
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Publication number: 20200405989Abstract: An apparatus to remove liquid from a ventilation system can include a housing, a first port extending into an interior volume of the housing and a second port extending toward the first tube, into the interior volume, separated from the first port by a gap that is at least 5 mm in length, such that ventilating fluid transfers from the first port to the second while secretions and condensate escape through the gap, to be trapped in the housing. The first port joins with a ventilator. The second port joins with an intubation tube coupled to a tracheostomy or endotracheal tube. An extraction port is in a floor of the housing so that accumulated liquids in the housing can drain downward and out the extraction port, while minimizing positive end expiratory pressure loss in the ventilation system, and without exposing caregivers to biological material in the drained liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicants: Spectrum Health Innovations LLC, Grand Valley State University, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State UniversityInventors: John P. Farris, Casey S. McKellar, Hannah N. Gorenflo, Jonathan T. Moroney, Angelo Fusco, Travis L. Dusendang, Kristina H. Emery, Eric J. VanMiddendorp, Chad M. Huizenga, Nelson C. Edward Schrader
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Patent number: 10879156Abstract: A method comprising incorporating indium into an entire Sn film for preventing the growth of whiskers from the Sn film, wherein the Sn film is applied to a metallic substrate. The indium is present in the entire thickness of the Sn film.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Washington State UniversityInventor: Indranath Dutta
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Patent number: 10874737Abstract: Immunogenic compositions and methods of using them include a biodegradable or bioerodible polyanhydride nanoparticle comprising 1,8-bis(p-carboxyphenoxy)-3,6-dioxaoctane (CPTEG) and 1,6-bis(p-carboxyphenoxy)hexane (CPH) copolymers, an immunogenic protein of an Influenza Virus and an adjuvant entrapped within an interior of the nanoparticle, and an excipient. The immunogenic composition may be administered to a subject to confer both local and systemic immunity to the Influenza Virus.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Balaji Narasimhan, Kathleen A. Ross, Kevin L. Legge, Thomas J. Waldschmidt
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Patent number: 10874652Abstract: The invention provides anelastase inhibitor for use in the promotion of muscle regeneration in the treatment of a myopathy, as well as a method for promoting muscle regeneration in a subject with a myopathy, the method comprising providing the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of an elastase inhibitor. Further provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising anelastase inhibitor for use in the promotion of muscle regeneration in the treatment of a myopathy. Elastase inhibitors may have a protective effect on muscle progenitor cells and their regenerative potential, which aids muscle cell regeneration. By protecting regenerative potential of muscle progenitor cells, elastase inhibitors enable or enhance the grown of new or existing muscle fibres.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventor: Addolorata Pisconti
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Patent number: 10875861Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, wherein R2-R4 and p have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful as anti-cancer agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyInventors: David J. Augeri, Hatem E. Sabaawy
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Patent number: 10877568Abstract: Various embodiments for a three-dimensional in-the-air finger motion based user login framework for gesture interface are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Dijiang Huang, Duo Lu
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Patent number: 10875890Abstract: Disclosed herein are peptide inhibitors of AniA. Pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed that include one or more peptide inhibitors of AniA and/or nucleic acids encoding the same. The pharmacological inhibition of AniA should disable anaerobic respiration and augment the ability of existing antimicrobials to clear the pathogen. Thus, also disclosed are methods of inhibiting and/or treating infection from N. gonorrhoeae.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: Oregon State University, The University of Kentucky Research FoundationInventors: Aleksandra Sikora, Konstantin V. Korotkov
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Patent number: 10879839Abstract: Power converter circuitry includes a direct current (DC) input comprising a first DC input node and a second DC input node, an alternating current (AC) output comprising a first AC output node coupled to the first DC input node and a second AC output node, a first boost switch coupled between the second DC input node and a boost intermediate node, a second boost switch coupled between the boost intermediate node and a common node, a boost inductor coupled between the boost intermediate node and the first DC input node, a link capacitor coupled between the second DC input node and the common node, a first half-bridge switch coupled between the second DC input node and a half-bridge intermediate node, a second half-bridge switch coupled between the half-bridge intermediate node and the common node, and a half-bridge inductor coupled between the half-bridge intermediate node and the second AC output node.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Rajapandian Ayyanar, Yinglai Xia, Jinia Roy
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Patent number: 10876210Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for post-processing a printed graphene ink pattern or other deposition on a substrate. A pulsed UV laser is tunable between various energy densities to selectively modify the printed ink or deposition in electrical or physical properties. In one example, radical improvements in electrical conductivity are achieved. In another example, controlled transformation from essentially 2D printed or deposited graphene to surface topology of 3D nanostructures are achieved. The 3D structures are beneficial in such applications as electrochemical sensors of different types and characteristics. In another example, hydrophobicity of the printed or deposited graphene can be manipulated starting from a hydrophilic to super hydrophobic surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Claussen, Suprem Das
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Patent number: 10875339Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions to produce high resolution, highly scalable patterns on a variety of substrates. A high resolution sacrificial negative of the desired pattern in inkjet printed on the substrate with an inkjet printable ink. A viscous solution is coated or deposited over the negative pattern and substrate. The solution is stabilized such as by drying and adheres to the substrate. The sacrificial negative is removed, leaving the dried solution in the high resolution form factor defined by the removed negative. This allows the solution to be formulated without regard to meeting inkjet printing requirements but results in a high resolution final positive pattern on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Claussen, John Hondred, Loreen Stromberg
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Patent number: 10879535Abstract: A process for the facile prelithiation of silicon-containing materials for use in lithium ion batteries is disclosed. The process can include using a lithium additive comprising LiSt, Li2O—SiO2—TiO2—P2O5, LATP, LAGP, LLTO, LLZO, Li3N, LiBF4, Li2CO3, Li3PO4, lithium-enriched variations thereof, or combinations thereof. The resulting prelithiated materials demonstrate enhanced physicochemical properties providing for high target capacity and excellent cycle stability for the batteries prepared with the materials.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityInventor: Sungjin Cho
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Patent number: 10876904Abstract: A system, a method of use, and a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor for determining a dew point and/or ice point is provided. For example, a sensing system may include a thermal device configured to generate heating or cooling to change a temperature of a surface, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surface, a controller configured to control the thermal device, a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor mounted on the surface having a moisture sensitive resistance and a processor configured to determine one or more parameters based on the moisture sensitive resistance of the CNT condensation sensor and the temperature measured by the temperature sensor. The one or more parameter can be used to determine the dew point and/or ice point. A method for forming a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Cosa XentaurInventors: Vladimir Samuilov, John Lewis Ayres
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Patent number: 10875970Abstract: The invention provides a metallopolymer coordination network comprising one or more coinage or similar metals and a glyme or glyme-equivalent. The composition has an amorphous polymer network that is significantly stronger than previously reported supramolecular hydrogels synthesized without glyme. Glyme chain length and water content strongly influence the mechanical, electronic, and optical behavior of the network.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Colorado State University Research FoundationInventors: William Scott Compel, Christopher J. Ackerson, O. Andrea Wong
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Patent number: 10876972Abstract: An improved hyperspectral Raman imaging system and device that obtains full scale Raman images from a sample surface in seconds, wherein the dichromic mirror is located between the objective lens and sample surface. The laser is delivered to the sample surface and the Raman image is collected and transmitted through optic fiber to a camera after filtration. By delivering the laser to the sample without going through the objective lens, a high-power laser can safely illuminate the full field of view of the objective lens, allowing for safe Raman imaging within seconds. This fast and safe Raman imaging system can be used for, among other applications, the early detection of dental caries in practical settings.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Jackson State UniversityInventor: Shan Yang
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Patent number: 10877049Abstract: Biomarkers associated with neuroimmunological disease are described. The disclosed biomarkers are secreted proteins identified in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) samples of patients with neurological disease. The disclosed biomarkers identify patients with intrathecal inflammation, distinguish multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from patients with other types of inflammatory neurological diseases and from subjects without MS, distinguish progressive MS patients from patients with relapsing-remitting MS, identify subjects with non-MS inflammatory neurological diseases, differentiate healthy subjects from patients with any type of neurological disease, and/or identify subjects with increased disability, CNS tissue damage and/or neurodegeneration. Process-specific biomarkers that can be used in place of a brain biopsy to identify immune cell infiltration and/or activation in the CNS are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Montana State UniversityInventors: Bibiana Bielekova, Mika Komori, Peter Kosa, Mark C. Greenwood, Christopher Barbour
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Publication number: 20200403831Abstract: A packet position modulation system includes a node configured to transmit a plurality of packets at corresponding time intervals. The node is configured to adjust, for at least one packet of the plurality of packets, the corresponding time interval to transmit the at least one packet. The system includes a base station configured to receive the plurality of packets from the node at corresponding time intervals, determine a difference between a previous time that a previous packet of the plurality of packets was received and a present time that a present packet of the plurality of packets was received, and recover coded data from the present packet based on the difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Subir K. BISWAS, Dezhi FENG, Saptarshi DAS
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Publication number: 20200402678Abstract: A resistive heater capable of delivering heat loads on the same order as those produced by in-pile nuclear fuel experiments. The heater rod provides the energy for high-temperature steady-state testing, as well as the power needed to simulate the transient pulse in the Transient Reactor Test Loop (TRTL) system. The resistive heater includes a removable housing, two or more thermal conductors in the housing; and one or more stabilizers coupled to the two or more thermal conductors to keep the two or more thermal conductors separated to avoid shorting, wherein the two or more thermal conductors are coupled to the housing via an inert gas (e.g., Helium). The two or more thermal conductors comprise a material with substantially zero infrared spectrum (e.g., sapphire, silica, or glass).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Oregon State UniversityInventors: Daniel LaBrier, Wade R. Marcum, James Nylander, Aaron W. Weiss, Salem Sharaf
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Patent number: 10872708Abstract: A phase contrast X-ray imaging system includes: an illumination source adapted to illuminate a region of interest; a diffraction grating adapted to receive illumination from the illuminated region of interest, the diffraction grating comprising a spatial structure having a first periodicity superimposed with a second periodicity that is different from the first periodicity; and a detector adapted to detect illumination passing through the diffraction grating, wherein the spatial structure is defined by varying height and/or pitch, and wherein the spatial structure imparts a first phase dependence based on the first periodicity and an additional phase dependence based on the second periodicity on the illumination passing through the diffraction grating.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeInventors: Joyoni Dey, Narayan Bhusal, Leslie Butler, Jonathan P. Dowling, Kyungmin Ham, Varshni Singh
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Patent number: 10873471Abstract: For measuring an area of interest based on a sensor task and/or routing sensor data, a method discovers a network topology for a network comprising a plurality of network nodes connected by links. The method dynamically generates a minimum spanning tree from the network topology. Given sensor data traverses one link of the minimum spanning tree only once. The method routes a sensor task to a sensor with a sensor motion track that includes an area of interest. The method measures the area of interest with the sensor based on the sensor task. The method routes sensor data from the measurement of the area of interest via links of the minimum spanning tree.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Utah State University Space Dynamics LaboratoryInventors: Troy R. Johnson, Jonathan R. Haws, Nathan A. Jensen
