Patents Assigned to Technion Research and Development Foundation
  • Patent number: 11587212
    Abstract: A submersible vehicle comprising: an image sensor; a first illuminator; at least one hardware processor operatively coupled with said image sensor and first illuminator, and the at least one hardware processor being configured to: acquire a first image of a scene inside a medium, when there is no object along the line-of-sight (LOS), under illumination from a first location or orientation, acquire a second image of the scene inside the medium, when there is no object along the LOS, under illumination from a second, different location or orientation, and compute attenuation coefficients, one per color channel, based on backscatter in the first and second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: CARMEL HAIFA UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC CORPORATION LTD., TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Tali Treibitz, Guy Gilboa, Ori Spier
  • Patent number: 11571446
    Abstract: The ubiquitin ligase, RNF5, regulates the gut microbiota composition and influences the immune checkpoint response to tumors. RNF5 deficient animals exhibit significant inhibition of tumor development as well as an altered gut microbiota composition. Methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species in combination with one or more anti-cancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Sanford Bumham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Li, Scott Peterson, Linda Bradley, Roberto Tinoco, Ze'ev Ronai, Shiri Ashkenazi
  • Publication number: 20230027866
    Abstract: A system and a method for separation of ions from ions-containing medium is disclosed herein, that utilizes capacitive-faradaic fuel cells (CFFC) particles coated at least partially with catalysts capable of catalyzing redox reactions provided a reductant (fuel) and/or an oxidant, thereby polarizing the particles to more effectively absorb charged species (ions) from the water upon introducing, e.g., H2 gas or O2 gas, in the medium during the adsorption or regeneration. The same concept is utilized in a hybrid electrochemical cell for providing a system and a method for generating and converting electrochemical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Youri GENDEL, Paz NATIV, Gidon AMIKAM
  • Patent number: 11563122
    Abstract: The present invention provides a self-healing field-effect transistor (FET) device comprising a self-healing substrate and a self-healing dielectric layer, said substrate and said layer comprising a disulfide-containing poly(urea-urethane) (PUU) polymer, wherein the dielectric layer has a thickness of less than about 10 ?m, a gate electrode, at least one source electrode, and at least one drain electrode, said electrodes comprising electrically conductive elongated nanostructures; and at least one channel comprising semi-conducting elongated nanostructures. Further provided is a method for fabricating the FET device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Hossam Haick, Muhammad Khatib
  • Patent number: 11555101
    Abstract: A composite comprised of: (i) at least one inverse freezing material, and (ii) an additive in the form of at least one solid particle. Articles made of the composites, and uses of the composites or the articles incorporating same, particularly for reducing incoming shockwaves, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Galit Parvari, Daniel Rittel, Yonatan Rotbaum, Yoav Eichen
  • Publication number: 20230009618
    Abstract: A modular robotic surgical system comprising: a base; a plurality of tool-receivers arranged as separate units, each tool-receiver unit operable to move an elongate surgical tool received therein; a plurality of interface coupling pairs, each coupling pair comprising a first coupler as part of the base and a second coupler as part of each of the tool-receiver units; wherein each of the tool-receiver units is independently and interchangeably attachable to the base via the coupling pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicants: Microbot Medical Ltd., Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Simon SHARON, Idan BOADER, Evgeny KOFMAN, Eran COHEN, Eyal MORAG, Harel GADOT, Moshe SHOHAM
  • Patent number: 11550070
    Abstract: There may be provided a radiation sensing device that includes a first TMOS with temperature dependent electrical parameters; wherein the first TMOS is exposed to radiation, and a second TMOS transistor that is sheltered from radiation. The radiation sensing device performs a differential measurement, and applied various measures for noise reduction, and maintaining the stability of the radiation sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Yael Nemirovsky, Sharon Bar-Lev Shefi, Igor Brouk
  • Patent number: 11547307
    Abstract: A method for detecting or monitoring respiratory or cardiac health of a patient includes measuring any intravascular or intracardiac pressure (IVP) of a patient over a period of time, said IVP including a measured respiratory wave, defining respiratory effort of the patient as a peak-to-peak amplitude of said respiratory wave, and using the respiratory effort to detect or monitor respiratory and cardiac health of the patient by comparing the respiratory effort with a known value of respiratory effort or by monitoring changes in the respiratory effort of the patient over another period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Amir Landesberg, Anna Faingersh-Klebanov
  • Patent number: 11547315
    Abstract: A spectrally encoded flow cytometry (SEFC) technique for imaging blood in the microcirculation. Since the dependency of one of the axes of the image on time prevents effective quantification of essential clinical parameters, the optical path in an SEFC system is split into two parallel imaging lines, followed by data analysis for recovering the flow speed from the multiplexed data. The data analysis may be auto-correlation of a pair of images obtained from a sequence of images of the imaged blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Dvir Yelin, Tal Elhanan
  • Patent number: 11548986
    Abstract: A compositions-of-matter in the form of HIPE-templated hydrogels, comprising a crosslinked polymer of zwitterionic monomers, which exhibit unusual antipolyelectrolyte characteristics, dual pH-, and temperature-responsiveness, as well as processes of obtaining the same and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Michael S. Silverstein, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230005640
    Abstract: Protein based highly stretchable compositions with ionic conductivity are disclosed herein. Methods for preparing such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Nadav AMDURSKY, Ramesh NANDI
  • Patent number: 11541601
    Abstract: There is provided a method of representing a three dimensional (3D) object using univariate curves, comprising: receiving an initial definition of a 3D object representation, calculate a covering set of univariate curves, the covering set comprising at least one non-planar univariate curve, wherein the covering set of univariate curves represent the volume of the 3D object within a tolerance requirement, and generating a representation of the 3D object based on the set of univariate curves, wherein the set of univariate curves represent the volume of the 3D object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Gershon Elber, Ben Ezair
  • Patent number: 11530690
    Abstract: A narrow channel Hall thruster comprising a thruster body with a magnetic circuit, an annular thruster channel having a channel width of less than 3 mm formed within the magnetic circuit, an annular anode, a cathode positioned externally to the thruster, and configured for electron emission, a power supply applying a positive potential to the anode, such that a plasma discharge can be generated in the annular thruster channel, and another power supply applying a negative potential to the cathode, relative to the thruster body and the anode. The second power supply reduces its negative voltage output to the cathode when the current supplied by the anode power supply exceeds a predetermined level, indicating that the discharge has reached a stable initiated condition. The reduction of the voltage output of the second power supply can be achieved either by self-regulation, or by use of a current limit circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventor: Igal Kronhaus
  • Patent number: 11531671
    Abstract: A method comprising: receiving a plurality of pairs of queries associated with a database, wherein the queries in each pair in the plurality of pairs of queries have an identical FROM clause; at a training stage, training a machine learning model on a training set comprising: (i) the plurality of pairs of queries, and (ii) labels associated with containment rates between each of the pairs of queries over the database; and at an inference stage, applying the trained machine learning model to a pair of target queries, to estimate containment rates between the target pair of queries over the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Oded Shmueli, Rojeh Hayek
  • Patent number: 11530447
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and kits for determining the presence of a mutated SLC30A2 polynucleotide. The invention is further directed to methods of determining a subject's genetic-susceptibility to zinc deficiency and evaluating zinc levels in a composition comprising breast milk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yehuda G. Assaraf, Yarden Golan Maor
  • Patent number: 11530285
    Abstract: A polyHIPE-based substance-releasing system capable of releasably encapsulating a highly concentrated solution and/or a room temperature solid while minimizing or avoiding burst release from the closed-cell microstructure of an elastic polyHIPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Michael S. Silverstein, Katya Kapilov-Buchman, Reinhard Effenberger, Dorit Canfi
  • Patent number: 11525246
    Abstract: A system for extracting water from the atmosphere is disclosed. The system has a vapor absorber vessel, an absorption cycle pump, a flash drum vapor desorber, a vapor condenser, an output conduit, and a heat exchanger. The vessel has an atmospheric air inlet and outlet ports, at least one liquid desiccant inlet port, at least two liquid desiccant outlet ports, and a surface on which the liquid desiccant flows between the at least one liquid desiccant inlet port and the at least two liquid desiccant outlet ports. The pump is adapted to circulate a first portion of the liquid desiccant from a first of the outlet ports to the at least one inlet port. The desorber is adapted to receive a second portion of the liquid desiccant from a second of the outlet ports, after passage through an expansion valve, the desorber incorporates a heat exchanger for supplying heat to liquid desiccant therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Ben Gido, David Broday, Eran Friedler
  • Patent number: 11526145
    Abstract: A method for controlling a controlled system by a control device, the method may include transmitting multiple actuation signals to multiple degree of freedom (DOF) points of the controlled system; wherein the multiple actuation signals comprise multiple alternating current (AC) components that are mutually orthogonal, measuring at least one feedback signal from at least one probe point of the controlled system; wherein a number of DOF points exceeds a number of the at least one probe point; determining, based upon the at least one feedback signal, values of line search pulses to be sent to the multiple DOF points during at least one line search iteration; and performing the at least one line search iteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Moshe Nazarathy, Jonathan Fisher
  • Patent number: 11519864
    Abstract: A monitoring system and method are presented for use in monitoring a target. The monitoring system comprises: an input utility for receiving input data comprising measured data indicative of optical response of the target measured under predetermined conditions and comprising phase data indicative of a two-dimensional profile of full phase of the optical response of the target in a predetermined two-dimensional parametric space including a two-dimensional range in which said target exhibits phase singularity; an analyzer module for processing said measured data and extracting at least one phase singularity signature of the target characterizing the target status, the phase singularity signature being formed by a number N of phase singularity points, each corresponding to a condition that the physical phase continuously accumulates a nonzero integer multiple m of 2? around said point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Boris Simkhovich, Gilad Rosenblatt, Meir Orenstein
  • Patent number: 11519648
    Abstract: A high-efficiency, motorless purge system for closed-cycle absorption heat pumps, adapted for both absorption heat transformers and absorption chillers, using a series of valves to control the entry and exit of absorbent solution into a low-pressure, secondary absorption vessel. A small percentage of the total circulating solution is forced under pressure into the secondary absorption vessel via a spray nozzle, causing adiabatic absorption of absorbate vapor by the solution. Non-condensable gases accumulate in the secondary absorber until a certain vapor pressure is reached, upon which, gas, and possibly liquid, are transferred to an exhaust vessel having an exit vent for non-condensable gases. In an absorption chiller system, the secondary absorber has an internal heat exchanger to lower the temperature of the solution within, to facilitate the absorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Khaled Gommed, Gershon Grossman, Yigal Evron