Patents Assigned to The University of Bristol
  • Patent number: 12121593
    Abstract: The application provides gene therapies for treating monogenic forms of nephrotic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Moin Ahson Saleem-Uddin, Gavin Iain Welsh, Wen Yi Ding
  • Patent number: 12066661
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first multi-mode waveguide, a first optical coupler coupled to the first multi-mode waveguide, the first coupler being tapered and curved, and a first single-mode waveguide having a first end coupled to the first optical coupler. The optical device may be used in an optical delay device. A method of propagating light in a first multi-mode waveguide toward a first optical coupler, propagating the light in the first optical coupler toward a first single-mode waveguide, the first optical coupler being tapered and curved, and propagating the light along the first single-mode waveguide is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: PsiQuantum, Corp., The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Damien Bonneau, Mark Thompson
  • Patent number: 11984524
    Abstract: Provided herein is a diamond gammavoltaic cell comprising: a diamond body having a diamond body surface including first and second opposing surfaces; a low-barrier electrical contact formed on the first surface; and a high-barrier electrical contact formed on the second surface, wherein the diamond body surface that is not in contact with either the low-barrier electrical contact or the high-barrier electrical contact is at least partially surface transfer doped to provide a p-type surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Gordon Robson MacKenzie, Thomas Bligh Scott, Neil Anthony Fox, Chris Hutson
  • Patent number: 11927568
    Abstract: A wireless ultrasound sensor 404 for non-destructive testing of a test object 502, the sensor comprising: an ultrasound transducer 406; a first induction coil 408, electrically coupled to the ultrasound transducer; a second induction coil 414, electrically coupled in parallel with the first induction coil; wherein the first and second induction coils are arranged to enable the transducer to be inductively operated by a remote device 504; and wherein the diameter of the second induction coil is greater than the diameter of the first induction coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Inventors: Cheng Huan Zhong, Anthony Croxford, Paul Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11905594
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process for producing diamond includes providing a CVD Growth Chamber containing a growth substrate, charging the CVD growth chamber with a source gas mixture that includes a carbon source gas, activating the gas mixture to facilitate growth of diamond on the growth substrate, and providing for a period of diamond growth in a static mode during which the gas mixture is sealed within the CVD growth chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Neil Fox, Hugo Dominguez Andrade, Thomas B Scott, Edward JD Mahoney, Alexander Croot
  • Patent number: 11905287
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel analogs of cytisine, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the prevention of or treatment of CNS disorders including addictive disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Inventors: Timothy Charles Gallagher, Hugo Rego Campello
  • Patent number: 11821903
    Abstract: A sensor array comprising at least two sensors, wherein each sensor comprises a protein barrel and a reporter dye; wherein the protein barrel defines a lumen; the reporter dye is bound to the lumen reversibly; and wherein the protein barrel is different in structure in the at least two sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Derek Neil Woolfson, William Michael Dawson, Guto Glyn Rhys, David Arne Scott, Jordan Michael Fletcher, Christopher Robin Wells Wood
  • Patent number: 11798703
    Abstract: A radiation powered device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a semiconductor disposed between the first and second electrodes, and a radioactive source configured to generate a flow of electrons through the semiconductor between the first and second electrodes, wherein the semiconductor comprises diamond material, wherein the radioactive source is embedded within the diamond material, wherein the radioactive source comprises a beta-emitting radioisotope, and atoms of the radioisotope are either substitutionally or interstitially integrated into the diamond material, wherein the diamond material comprises a plurality of regions in the form of layers within a continuous crystal lattice of the diamond material, and wherein at least one layer of the diamond material comprises the radioactive source and at least one layer of the diamond material does not comprise the radioactive source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Thomas Scott, Neil Fox, Liam Payne, Chris Hutson, Hugo Dominguez Andrade
  • Patent number: 11789205
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first multi-mode waveguide, a first optical coupler coupled to the first multi-mode waveguide, the first coupler being tapered and curved, and a first single-mode waveguide having a first end coupled to the first optical coupler. The optical device maybe used in an optical delay device. A method of propagating light in a first multi-mode waveguide toward a first optical coupler, propagating the light in the first optical coupler toward a first single-mode waveguide, the first optical coupler being tapered and curved, and propagating the light along the first single-mode waveguide is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: PSIQUANTUM CORP., UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Inventors: Damien Bonneau, Mark Thompson
  • Patent number: 11791157
    Abstract: The invention provides a method 100 of manufacturing a precursor 105a for use in manufacturing a semiconductor-on-diamond substrate 110, the method comprising: a) starting with a base substrate 112; b) forming a sacrificial carrier layer 114 on the base substrate, the sacrificial carrier layer comprising a single-crystal semiconductor; c) forming a single-crystal nucleation layer 116 on the sacrificial carrier layer, the single-crystal nucleation layer arranged to nucleate diamond growth; and d) forming a device layer 118 on the single-crystal nucleation layer, the device layer comprising a single-crystal semiconductor layer or multiple single-crystal semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Inventors: Martin Hermann Hans Kuball, James Wayne Pomeroy, Michael John Uren, Oliver Aneurin Williams
  • Publication number: 20230261131
    Abstract: Provided herein is a diamond gammavoltaic cell comprising: a diamond body having a diamond body surface including first and second opposing surfaces; a low-barrier electrical contact formed on the first surface; and a high-barrier electrical contact formed on the second surface, wherein the diamond body surface that is not in contact with either the low-barrier electrical contact or the high-barrier electrical contact is at least partially surface transfer doped to provide a p-type surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Gordon Robson MACKENZIE, Thomas Bligh SCOTT, Neil Anthony FOX, Chris HUTSON
  • Patent number: 11684266
    Abstract: A probe comprising a body portion and a tip portion. The body portion comprises: a first mounting portion comprising a plurality of first carriers, each first carrier being arranged to support an elongate first waveguide, the first carriers being disposed in an equiangular arrangement around a longitudinal axis of the body portion; a plurality of first waveguides, each first waveguide being supported in a respective one of the plurality of first carriers; and a body end fitting at which first ends of the first waveguides are supported in the equiangular arrangement around the longitudinal axis of the body portion such that the first waveguides can transmit electromagnetic radiation signals from an energy source to the body end fitting and/or transmit electromagnetic radiation signals from the body end fitting to a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: The University of Bristol, The University of Exeter, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Inventors: Nicholas Stone, John Charles Clifford Day
  • Patent number: 11617512
    Abstract: A probe, such as a spectroscopic probe, for enabling a fluid or tissue sample to be tested in situ. The probe includes a conduit, such as a hypodermic needle, that can be inserted into a test subject and a wave coupling arranged to direct electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from an energy source to the sample and/or from the sample to a receiver for analysis. The receiver may comprise a Raman spectroscope. The probe may include a carriage that can be used to move at least some of the optical coupling towards and away from the insertion tip of the conduit. The probe may include a pressure modifier that can be used to draw fluid into or expel fluid from the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: The University of Bristol, GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
    Inventors: John Charles Clifford Day, Nicholas Stone
  • Publication number: 20230101788
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector gene therapy comprising a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)C transgene; and minimal nephrin promoter NPHS1 or podocin promoter NPHS2. The gene therapy vector can be used to target podocytes within the glomerulus of the kidney in order to treat or prevent kidney disease, such as diabetic kidney disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Inventors: Rebecca R. Foster, Moin Ahson Saleem-Uddin, Gavin Iain Welsh
  • Publication number: 20220370482
    Abstract: A compound for use in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome in a subject in need thereof, wherein the compound is an inhibitor of binding between a target protein and keratin 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Inventors: Moin Ahson SALEEM-UDDIN, Gavin Ian WELSH
  • Publication number: 20220333077
    Abstract: A method of making an erythroid cell comprising elevated levels of a target protein or polypeptide, the method comprising: a) provision of an erythroid progenitor which is able to express the target protein or polypeptide; b) expression of the target protein or polypeptide; and c) maturation of the erythroid progenitor into the erythroid cell; wherein during maturation of the erythroid progenitor into the erythroid cell, the target protein or polypeptide is configured and/or inhibited such that ubiquitination of the target protein or polypeptide is hindered or prevented. Erythroid cells, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use related thereto, and a method of screening for proteins or polypeptides degraded by ubiquitination during maturation of an erythroid progenitor are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Timothy James Satchwell, Ashley Mark Toye, Marjolein Meinders
  • Publication number: 20220325406
    Abstract: Described herein is a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process for producing diamond, the process comprising: providing a CVD growth chamber containing a growth substrate; charging the CVD growth chamber with a gas mixture, the gas mixture comprising a carbon source gas; activating the gas mixture to facilitate growth of diamond on the growth substrate; and providing for a period of diamond growth during which the gas mixture is sealed within the CVD growth chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Neil FOX, Hugo Dominguez ANDRADE, Thomas B SCOTT, Edward JD MAHONEY, Alexander CROOT
  • Patent number: 11469067
    Abstract: A micro or nano electromechanical relay device (10) comprising a source electrode (204) an electrically conductive beam (202) comprising an arcuate portion (12a) coupled to the source electrode by an arm portion, first and second drain electrodes (DE1, DE2) and first and second actuator electrodes (AE1, AE2). The arc of the arcuate portion defines a beam axis (BA). The arcuate portion is mounted for pivotal movement about a pivot axis (PA) which is coaxial or generally coaxial with the beam axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Dinesh Pamunuwa, Sunil Rana
  • Patent number: 11391890
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first multi-mode waveguide, a first optical coupler coupled to the first multi-mode waveguide, the first coupler being tapered and curved, and a first single-mode waveguide having a first end coupled to the first optical coupler. The optical device maybe used in an optical delay device. A method of propagating light in a first multi-mode waveguide toward a first optical coupler, propagating the light in the first optical coupler toward a first single-mode waveguide, the first optical coupler being tapered and curved, and propagating the light along the first single-mode waveguide is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: PSIQUANTUM CORP., University of Bristol
    Inventors: Damien Bonneau, Mark Thompson
  • Publication number: 20220223310
    Abstract: A radiation powered device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a semiconductor disposed between the first and second electrodes, and a radioactive source configured to generate a flow of electrons through the semiconductor between the first and second electrodes, wherein the semiconductor comprises diamond material, wherein the radioactive source is embedded within the diamond material, wherein the radioactive source comprises a beta-emitting radioisotope, and atoms of the radioisotope are either substitutionally or interstitially integrated into the diamond material, wherein the diamond material comprises a plurality of regions in the form of layers within a continuous crystal lattice of the diamond material, and wherein at least one layer of the diamond material comprises the radioactive source and at least one layer of the diamond material does not comprise the radioactive source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: Thomas SCOTT, Neil FOX, Liam PAYNE, Chris HUTSON, Hugo DOMINGUEZ ANDRADE