Patents Assigned to State University
  • Patent number: 9606245
    Abstract: A system and method for imaging gamma- and x-ray, and charged particles sources employing a three dimensional array of scintillation elements arranged surrounding an emission source. According to a preferred embodiment, each element of the array comprises a scintillator element, a solid-state photon detector, and processing electronics to output an electronic signal. The elements may be efficiently packed in both the X-Y plane and stacked in the Z-axis, to provide depth of interaction information. The elements of the array are preferably hierarchically arranged with control electronics provided together for subarray modules (e.g., an n×m×1 module), and synchronization electronics provided at a larger scale. The modules preferably communicate with a control system through a shared addressable packet switched digital communication network with a control and imaging system, and receive control information from that system through the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of South Carolina, Cornell University
    Inventors: Steve Czarnecki, Andrzej Krol, Krishna Mandal, Mark D. Poliks, C. Ross Schmidtlein, Michael Thompson, James Turner
  • Publication number: 20170081623
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for the delivery of gas bubbles to liquids are generally described. The devices can include a primary conduit (102) comprising a plurality of openings (104) fluidically connecting an internal flow pathway (106) of the primary conduit to an environment outside the primary conduit. The devices may also include, in some instances, a secondary conduit (114) located at least partially within the primary conduit, the secondary conduit configured to redistribute the pressure of the gas delivered to the openings of the primary conduit, and comprising a plurality of openings (116) fluidically connecting an internal flow pathway (118) of the secondary conduit to a portion of the internal flow pathway (106) of the primary conduit outside the secondary conduit. Certain of the gas delivery systems and methods described herein are capable of delivering gas at relatively uniform linear flow velocities across multiple gas outlet openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicants: Biogen MA Inc., North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Fanxing Li, Weiwei Hu, Yang Liu, Kelly Wiltberger, Haofan Peng, Rachel Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20170081540
    Abstract: Compositions containing fungal pigments and methods for making the compositions are described, as are methods of staining, painting or dyeing objects with such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Sara C. Robinson, Sarath Mercedes Vega Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20170086341
    Abstract: A new and distinct Corylus plant named ‘Burgundy Lace’ characterized by rich dark burgundy-colored developing leaves and burgundy-colored fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer; deeply dissected leaves; burgundy color of the catkins and leaf buds; moderate vigor and upright-spreading plant habit; resistance to eastern filbert blight (EFB) caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller; presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and 258-580 in DNA; expression of incompatibility alleles S6 and S20 in the styles; catkins that are abnormal and small, and produce little pollen; and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from ‘Cutleaf’.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Shawn A. Mehlenbacher, David C. Smith, Rebecca L. McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20170082565
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor for sensing a gaseous analyte includes a substrate having at least two electrodes disposed thereon, and a carbon nanotube-polyaniline (CNT/PANI) film disposed on the substrate and in contact with at least two electrodes. The CNT/PANI film includes carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of polyaniline. The thickness of the polyaniline coating is such that electron transport can occur along and/or between the carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventor: Vladimir Samuilov
  • Publication number: 20170080405
    Abstract: In a method for capturing carbon, sulfur, and/or nitrogen from a target source, a matrix including activated metal dispersed in a metal activating agent is provided. The target source may be or include a carbon, sulfur, and/or nitrogen target compound. The target source is contacted with the matrix, wherein the activated metal reacts with the target source to produce elemental carbon, elemental sulfur, elemental nitrogen, and/or one or more compounds transformed from the target compound(s). The matrix may be produced by contacting a metal with the metal activating agent, and maintaining contact between the metal and the metal activating agent for a period of time sufficient for metal atoms from the solid metal to disperse in the metal activating agent. The reaction may also produce a metal compound. The activated metal may also be utilized in alkylation and other synthesis processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Jerome J. Cuomo
  • Publication number: 20170080098
    Abstract: A graft copolymer having drug-containing side chains is described. The graft copolymer can be prepared, for example, by directly polymerizing a drug-containing monomer on multiple sites of a linear copolymer. When exposed to water, the graft copolymer can form uniform nanocarriers, e.g., nanomicelles, optionally encapsulating additional drugs, e.g., non-covalently in the interior of the nanocarriers, for coordinated drug delivery of a plurality of drugs. Also described herein is the use of the nanocarriers for delivery of therapeutic agents, particularly the dual delivery of chemotherapeutic agents to treat tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Zhen Gu, Wanyi Tai
  • Publication number: 20170083387
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a high-performance computing framework for cloud computing environments. A parallel computing application executable by at least one computing device of the cloud computing environment can call a message passing interface (MPI) to cause a first one of a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) of a cloud computing environment to store a message in a queue storage of the cloud computing environment, wherein a second one of the plurality of virtual machines (VMs) is configured to poll the queue storage of the cloud computing environment to access the message and perform a processing of data associated with the message. The parallen computing application can call the message passing interface (MPI) to access a result of the processing of the data from the queue storage, the result of the processing being placed in the queue storage by the second one of the plurality of virtual machines (VMs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: SUSHIL K. PRASAD, SARA KARAMATI, DINESH AGARWAL
  • Patent number: 9600418
    Abstract: Certain embodiments herein relate to using tagless access buffers (TABs) to optimize energy efficiency in various computing systems. Candidate memory references in an L1 data cache may be identified and stored in the TAB. Various techniques may be implemented for identifying the candidate references and allocating the references into the TAB. Groups of memory references may also be allocate to a single TAB entry or may be allocated to an extra TAB entry (such that two lines in the TAB may be used to store L1 data cache lines), for example, when a strided access pattern spans two consecutive L1 data cache lines. Certain other embodiments are related to data filter cache and multi-issue tagless hit instruction cache (TH-IC) techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: David Whalley, Hans Magnus Sjalander, Alen Bardizbanyan, Per Larsson-Edefors, Peter Gavin
  • Patent number: 9601025
    Abstract: The present invention may be embodied as a method of minimally-invasive surgery (“MIS”) training using a video of an MIS comprising the steps of providing a processor, a display, and a first input device. The method comprises the step of processing the video using the processor to determine a location of the first surgical tool in each of the frames, determining whether the configuration of the first input device substantially corresponds to the location of the first surgical tool in each frame of the video while the video is displayed. The present invention may be embodied as a system for MIS training. The system comprises a processor, a communication device, and a first input device in communication with the processor. The processor is programmed perform any or all of the described disclosed methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Health Research, Inc., The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Khurshid Guru
  • Patent number: 9597015
    Abstract: A method for estimating joint angles of a multi-segment limb from inertial sensor data accurately estimates and tracks the orientations of multiple segments of the limb as a function of time using data from a single inertial measurement unit worn at the distal end of the limb. Estimated joint angles are computed from measured inertial data as a function of time in a single step using a nonlinear state space estimator. The estimator preferably includes a tracking filter such as an unscented Kalman filter or particle filter. The nonlinear state space estimator incorporates state space evolution equations based on a kinematic model of the multi-segment limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Portland State University
    Inventors: James Nathan McNames, Mahmoud El-Gohary, Sean Christopher Pearson
  • Patent number: 9598707
    Abstract: A method to increase the production of products of interest in plant material including plant cultures, such as, for example, cell suspension cultures, root cultures, and hairy root cultures is provided. In one embodiment, the method is to contacting the plant material with a precursor or xenobiotic when producing a product of interest from a plant. In another embodiment the plant material is also contacted with a trapping agent. The process may also provide for contacting an elicitor of the product of interest with the plant material. An embodiment provides for contacting an elicitor, precursor and trapping agent with the plant material. The ability to produce novel compounds such as glucosides and glucuronides is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Arkansas State University-Jonesboro
    Inventors: Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, Tianhong Yang
  • Patent number: 9597667
    Abstract: Catalysts useful for the selective hydrogenation of carbonyl groups, including for the reduction of aldehydes to alcohols, are described. The catalysts incorporate palladium and rhenium on an alumina support. Methods of making the catalysts, and methods of using the catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of furanyl 2-carbaldehydes to 2-furanmethanols, are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: H. Henry Lamb, Simon T. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9596824
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tobacco inbred plants NC1209-23 SRC, CMS NC1209-23 SRC, DH19 SRC, DH98-325-5 SRC, NC1426-11 SRC, CMS NC1426-11 SRC, and NC1426-17 SRC, and hybrids NC 3 SRC, NC 6 SRC, and NC 4 SRC. The present disclosure also provides parts of such plants, cured tobacco, and tobacco products made from those parts. The present disclosure also includes progenies of the provided plants including hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Ramsey S. Lewis, Ralph E. Dewey
  • Patent number: 9596823
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tobacco inbred plants Banket A1 SRC, CMS Banket A1 SRC, NC 2000 SRC, CMS NC 2000 SRC, NC 2002 SRC, CMS NC 2002 SRC, Burley 21 SRC, and CMS Burley 21 SRC. The present disclosure also provides parts of such plants and cured tobacco and tobacco products made from those parts. The present disclosure also includes progenies of the provided plants including hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Ramsey S. Lewis, Ralph E. Dewey
  • Patent number: 9599228
    Abstract: Seals having incorporated heat pipes are disclosed relating to pumps and other comparable sealing equipment that may include a seal face, a cavity, a wicking material within the cavity, and a working fluid within the cavity. The seals may be used as a pump seal rings and in other applications having comparable heat transfer requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
    Inventors: Michael M. Khonsari, Nian Xiao
  • Patent number: 9598364
    Abstract: Indolyl or indolinyl compounds of formula (I): wherein bond, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating cancer with these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Taipei Medical University, Ohio State University, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ching-Shih Chen, Jing-Ping Liou, Hsing-Jin Liu, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Pei-Wen Shan, Wen-Ta Chiu, Che-Ming Teng
  • Patent number: 9599602
    Abstract: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) levels in plasma are useful in diagnosing cardiovascular disease. The ratio of H2S to NO in plasma is useful in diagnosing peripheral artery disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Christopher G. Kevil, Elvis A. Peter, Xinggui Shen
  • Patent number: 9598441
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: and salts thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for treating cancer using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Wayne State University, Regents of the University of Michigan, Department of Veteran Affairs
    Inventors: Arun K. Rishi, Scott D. Larsen
  • Patent number: 9597434
    Abstract: Surface modified medical devices with nanotubes and polyelectrolyte multilayers, methods of promoting endothelialization, and methods of modifying a medical device surface are disclosed. Nanotubes may be formed on the surface of the medical device and may further be coated with polyelectrolyte multilayers of a polycation and a polyanion. The surface modification is characterized by a nanopattern on the surface of the medical device, with biomimetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Matthew Kipper, Ketul Popat, Melissa Reynolds, Victoria Leszczak, Raimundo Romero