Patents Assigned to The University of Abertay Dundee
  • Patent number: 8961179
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for mineralising demineralised and hypo-mineralised biological material such as tooth or bone. The apparatus has a probe electrode for receiving a mineralisation agent and a counter electrode. It is also provided with a controller to control the electrical signal provided to the probe such that the extent of mineralisation of the biological material is controlled by modulating or changing the electrical signal provided by the probe based upon the measured output of the circuit formed from the probe, counter electrode and biological material. The electrical output provides a measure of the extent of mineralisation of the biological material which is compared with data from a reference technique which gives 3D structural information on an area of interest in the biological material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: The University of Dundee, The University of Abertay, Dundee, The University Court of the University of St. Andrews
    Inventors: Christopher Longbottom, Joseph Crayston, Nigel Berry Pitts, Dmitri Grinev, Iain Young
  • Publication number: 20120287159
    Abstract: A method of generating a view of a computer-generated environment using a location in a real-world environment, comprising receiving real-time data regarding the location of a device in the real-world environment; mapping the real-time data regarding the device into a virtual camera within a directly-correlating volume of space in the computer-generated environment; updating the virtual camera location using the real-time data, such that the virtual camera is assigned a location in the computer-generated environment which corresponds to the location of the device in the real-world environment; and using the virtual camera to generate a view of the computer-generated environment from the assigned location in the computer-generated environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: University Court of the University of Abertay Dundee
    Inventor: Matthew David BETT
  • Publication number: 20120085647
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for mineralising demineralised and hypo-mineralised biological material such as tooth or bone. The apparatus has a probe electrode for receiving a mineralisation agent and a counter electrode. It is also provided with a controller to control the electrical signal provided to the probe such that the extent of mineralisation of the biological material is controlled by modulating or changing the electrical signal provided by the probe based upon the measured output of the circuit formed from the probe, counter electrode and biological material. The electrical output provides a measure of the extent of mineralisation of the biological material which is compared with data from a reference technique which gives 3D structural information on an area of interest in the biological material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicants: The University of Dundee, The University Court of the University of St. Andrews, The University of Abertay Dundee
    Inventors: Christopher Longbottom, Joseph Crayston, Nigel Berry Pitts, Dmitri Grinev, Iain Young
  • Publication number: 20100302000
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to a biometric security technique, and may relate to biometric identity verification and emotional stress state evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: University of Abertay Dundee
    Inventors: Andrea Szymkowiak, Michael Charles Dowman, Leslie Derek Ball
  • Patent number: 6794125
    Abstract: A method of assessing sperm viability by measuring the ability of the sperm to reduce a tetrazolium dye and allowing color development over a range of weakly acidic pHs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: University of Abertay Dundee
    Inventor: Graham John Hardman Wishart
  • Patent number: 6692632
    Abstract: A method of reacting chemicals comprising the exposure of the reactants to ultrasound and electrochemical energies in the presence of a metal or metal salt and hydrogen peroxide. HO* radicals are efficiently formed and react with a carbon-based reactant to form a carbon radical which then reacts with other reactants or may dimerize. The invention regenerates the metal ions and may be performed using no special facilities. Increased product yield was achieved for a number of hydroxylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: University of Abertay Dundee
    Inventors: David Bremner, Arthur Ernest Burgess