Patents Assigned to The University
  • Ocular monitoring headset
    Patent number: 11185224
    Abstract: A system for monitoring ocular movement can comprise a housing, a plurality of light sources, at least one imager, and a controller. The housing can define a cavity configured to allow each eye of a patient to view an interior region of the housing. The plurality of light sources can be oriented within the interior region of the housing. The at least one imager can be oriented to capture an image of an eye of a patient during an evaluation. The at least one controller can comprise at least one processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions. The instructions can be executed by the processor and cause the controller to receive image data from the at least one imager and illuminate the plurality of light sources in a predetermined and reconfigurable sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Emory University, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ghassan AlRegib, Yousuf M. Khalifa, Melvin J. Mathew, Dogancan Temel
  • System and method for programmable nonlinear silicon photonic circuit
    Patent number: 11187963
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an all-optical thresholder device is disclosed. The all-optical thresholder device includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) coupled to a Mach-Zehnder coupler (MZC). The MZI includes at least one microring resonator (MRR) and a first tunable element, where the MRR further includes a second tunable element. The MZC includes a third tunable element. The first, second, and third tunable elements are configured to control biases of the all-optical thresholder device to achieve a desired power transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chaoran Huang, Thomas Ferreira De Lima, Alexander Tait, Siamak Abbaslou, Aashu Jha, Bhavin Shastri, Paul R. Prucnal, Mitchell A. Nahmias, Hsuan-Tung Peng
  • Biosensor array for the detection of analytes
    Patent number: 11185263
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally devices for detecting analytes in a subject. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a biosensor array for detecting analytes in a subject. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a biosensor array comprising a plurality of sensor cells for detecting an analyte in a subject. In accordance with these embodiments, the plurality of sensor cells comprise at least one electrode, at least one antibody immobilized on a surface of the at least one electrode, and a biodegradable coating in contact with the at least one antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey LaBelle, David Probst, Bin Mu
  • Dinuclear copper catalyst for the oxidation/oxygenation of hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 11186532
    Abstract: The subject invention provides synthetic compounds, and compound complexes having catalytic activities towards oxidation or oxygenation, and/or dehydrogenation of various substrates comprising C—H bonds. The catalysts of the subject invention comprise a dinuclear Cu(I)/Cu(II) center that can convert between a resting state and a reactive species. The subject invention also provides methods of using such catalysts for the oxidation of substrates comprising C—H bonds, e.g., hydrocarbons, to synthesize chemicals for use as pharmaceuticals and industrial feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Raphael G. Raptis, Logesh Mathivathanan
  • Synthetic receptors for hydrosulfide
    Patent number: 11187690
    Abstract: A method for detecting for the presence of H2S or HS? anion in a system, comprising contacting a sample from the system with a compound, or a protonate or salt thereof, having a structure represented by: wherein Y represents an aromatic group or a substituted aromatic group; n is 1 or 2; R is independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, a polyether moiety, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, carbamate, substituted carbonate, carbonyloxy, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, haloalkyl, halogen, nitro, amino, amido, aryloxy, cyano, hydroxyl, or sulfonyl; R1 is H, substituted lower alkyl, lower alkyl, substituted aralkyl or aralkyl; R2 is selected from H, acyl, substituted aralkyl, aralkyl, phosphonyl, —SO2R3; —C(O)R5; —C(O)OR7 or —C(O)NR9R10; R3; R5; R7; R9 and R10 are each independently selected from H, substituted lower alkyl, lower alkyl, substituted aralkyl, aralkyl, substituted aryl or aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: University of Oregon
    Inventors: Michael M. Haley, Michael Pluth, Darren W. Johnson, Sean Fontenot
  • ALDA-1 treatment and prevention of pulmonary disease
    Patent number: 11185528
    Abstract: Methods of treating or preventing allergic or pulmonary diseases characterized by endothelial dysfunction with Alda-1 are presented. Treatment of pulmonary endothelial cells subjected to hyperoxia with Alda-1 showed an increase in ALDH2 activity and expression. Treatment with Alda-1 also illustrated a decrease in oxidative stress, a decrease in reactive oxygen species (ROS), a decrease in apoptosis, a decrease in inflammation and an enhancement of mitochondrial membrane potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Narasaiah Kolliputi, Richard F. Lockey, Lakshmi Galam
  • Aerial delivery system
    Patent number: 11186376
    Abstract: An aerial payload delivery system uses a cruciform parachute canopy that is connected to base by plurality of suspension lines including an adjustable control line. A control system includes an actuator to selectively adjust the length of the control line. By adjusting the length of the control line, the parachute can be selectively set to glide or descend substantially vertically subject to wind. In an embodiment, the suspension lines also include a short line and a plurality of long lines. The parachute is set to glide by adjusting the control line to be about the same length as the short line and set to vertically descend by adjusting the length of the control line to differ from the short line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, The Curators of the University of Missouri, The United Sates of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Travis D. Fields, Oleg A. Yakimenko, Richard Benney
  • Smart marking system for surgical video and method thereof
    Patent number: 11185386
    Abstract: A smart marking system for a surgical video and a method thereof are disclosed. The image recognition is performed for each surgical video to generate object information corresponding to each surgical video. The object information is used as feature data of the surgical video corresponding thereto. After a video to be analyzed is loaded, eigenvalue analysis and statistics are performed according to the video to be analyzed and all the feature data to calculate a similarity rate between the video to be analyzed and each surgical video. A surgical name corresponding to the surgical video with the highest similarity rate is selected to mark as a surgical name corresponding to the video to be analyzed. The video to be analyzed and the surgical name corresponding thereto are stored in a database as the surgical video. Thus, the efficiency of marking the surgical videos is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Taipei Medical University
    Inventors: Wei Min Liu, Yu Chieh Lee, Yi Ta Shen
  • Discrete time charge sharing IIR bandpass filter incorporating clock phase reuse
    Patent number: 11190167
    Abstract: A novel and useful discrete time IIR bandpass filter is disclosed that takes advantage of clock phase reuse thereby leading to significant improvements in filtering, especially stop band rejection in comparison to prior art filters. The bandpass filter of the present invention achieves improved filtering performance without adding any additional clock phases to the circuit. In particular, reuse of the already existing clock phases increases the order and performance of the filter. The invention exploits reuse of the clock phases to provide higher order filtering along with a discrete time IIR filter design which is capable of operating at high frequency. Consequently, much better filtering is achieved and the quality factor of the filter is improved leading to sharper transition bands especially for close-in band blockers in modern 4G/5G receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
    Inventors: Amirhossein Ansari Bozorg, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
  • Methods of treating cancer using bifunctional molecules that target growth factors
    Patent number: 11186632
    Abstract: This description provides novel strategies and methods for treatment of hyperproliferation conditions such as keloids, lung fibrosis, and lung cancer with the use of bi-functional molecules that target growth factors. A bifunctional hepatoma-derived growth factor (HDGF)-specific antibody for these methods comprises at least one complementarity determining region (CDR) specific for HDGF, at least one receptor domain that specifically binds to a growth factor selected from vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Li Mao, Hening Ren
  • II-VI based non-Cd quantum dots, manufacturing method thereof and QLED using the same
    Patent number: 11186770
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides II-VI based non-Cd visible light emitting quantum dots (QDs) and a manufacturing method thereof to solve the problems with broad full width at half maximum (FWHM) and low quantum efficiency. The present disclosure further provides a QD light emitting diode (QLED) using the II-VI based non-Cd visible light emitting QDs. The QDs according to the present disclosure include a II-VI based ternary ZnSeTe core, wherein a Se:Te ratio in the ZnSeTe core is 1:10 to 100:1. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide QDs that emit visible light ranging from red to blue by adjusting the Se:Te ratio in the II-VI based ternary ZnSeTe core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Hee-Sun Yang, Eun-Pyo Jang
  • System and method for a six-primary wide gamut color system
    Patent number: 11189213
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Gary B. Mandle
  • Transfersome-containing transdermal film formulations and methods of use
    Patent number: 11185513
    Abstract: A transdermal film formulation containing transfersomes incorporated onto the transdermal film is provided. The transfersomes include avanafil, a phospholipid, and an edge activator, wherein the phospholipid to avanafil ratio is from 3.5:1 to 4.5:1 and wherein the edge activator has a hydrophilic-lipophilic (HLB) value of 2-4. Methods of making the transdermal film formulation and methods of delivering avanafil using the transdermal film formulation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Khalid M. El-Say, Omar D. Al-hejaili, Abdullah A. Alamoudi, Osama A. A. Ahmed
  • High voltage 10, 11, and 12-vertex carborane and borane electrolytes, their use in rechargable batteries, and processes for their preparation
    Patent number: 11189862
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides electrolytes for an electrochemical device. In some embodiments, these electrolytes are Mg salts comprising 10-vertex or 12-vertex carborane anions. The present disclosure also provides processes for preparing electrolytes for an electrochemical device. In some embodiments, the process comprises reduction of a reactive cation complexed with a 10-vertex or 12-vertex carborane or 12-vertex borate anion to form metal carborane or borate electrolytes. In some embodiments, the process comprises comproportionating a Mg+2 10-vertex or 12-vertex carborane salt to form a Mg+1 electrolyte comprising a 10-vertex or 12-vertex carborane. The present disclosure further provides electrochemical devices comprising the electrolytes disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the electrochemical device comprises an electrolyte that is stable at an electrical potential greater than 4 V vs Mg0/+2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Vincent Lavallo, Juchen Guo, Scott G. McArthur
  • X-ray microscope
    Patent number: 11189392
    Abstract: An X-ray microscope includes at least one of an X-ray source, a sample holding part, a concave Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror, a convex Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror, and a light receiving part located at a position in an imaging relation to a position of the sample holding part in this order along an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuyama, Jumpei Yamada
  • Multilayer thin film drug delivery device and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11185499
    Abstract: Multilayer thin film devices that include a bioactive agent for elution to the surrounding tissue upon administration to a subject are provided. The multilayer thin film devices are useful as medical devices, such as ocular devices. Also provided are methods and kits for localized delivery of a bioactive agent to a tissue of a subject, and methods of preparing the subject devices. The multilayer thin film medical device includes a first layer, a bioactive agent and a second layer. The first and the second layers may be porous or non-porous. The devices have a furled structure, suitable for administration to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Tejal Ashwin Desai, Mark Rory Steedman, Robert Bhisitkul, Daniel A. Bernards, Kevin D. Lance
  • Process of manufacturing surfactants and lubricants
    Patent number: 11186683
    Abstract: A method of producing an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant or lubricant includes reacting a low molecular weight initiator with ethylene oxide in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, the low molecular weight initiator having a nominal hydroxyl functionality at least 1, and the polymerization catalyst being a Lewis acid catalyst having the general formula M(R1)1(R2)1(R3)1(R4)0 or 1, whereas M is boron, aluminum, indium, bismuth or erbium, R1, R2 and R3 each includes a same fluoroalkyl-substituted phenyl group, and optional R4 includes a functional group or functional polymer group. R1, R2, and R3 are the same fluoroalkyl-substituted phenyl group. The method further includes forming the alcohol ethoxylate surfactant or lubricant having a number average molecular weight of greater than the number average molecular weight of the low molecular weight initiator in the presence of the Lewis acid catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Arjun Raghuraman, William H. Heath, Bruce D. Hook, Wanglin Yu, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Heather A. Spinney, David R. Wilson, Justin M. Notestein, SonBinh T. Nguyen
  • Method of extracting phospholipids from fish roe
    Patent number: 11186597
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method to extract bioactive phospholipids from fish roe, particularly from salmon roe, providing an extraction solvent composition mixture of chloroform, ethanol, and isopropanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Alaa Eldin M. Khedr, Abdelsattar M Omar
  • Active steering system using planetary gear set with less tooth difference and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11186309
    Abstract: An active steering system using planetary gear set with less tooth difference and a control method thereof. The system includes a first input shaft with one end connected to a steering wheel of an automobile and the other end fixedly sleeved with a first gear; a ring gear sleeve, where a ring gear is fixedly mounted in the ring gear sleeve circumferentially, and a hollow shaft protrudes from a center of an end of the ring gear sleeve and is fixedly sleeved with a second gear engaged with the first gear; a second input shaft with one end fixedly connected to an output end of a coupled motor and the other end fixedly sleeved with a third gear; an eccentric shaft with one end fixedly sleeved with a fourth gear engaged with the third gear and the other end sleeved in the hollow shaft and eccentrically provided with a boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Jilin University
    Inventors: Junnian Wang, Dedong Guo, Zheng Luo
  • Suspension system for vehicle
    Patent number: 11186132
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel, and a lower control arm disposed along a vehicle's width direction and connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body, wherein the lower control arm includes a wheel-side end portion connected to a lower portion of the knuckle through a front lower external joint and a rear lower external joint, and two vehicle body-side end portions connected to the vehicle body through a front lower inner joint and a rear lower inner joint, the two vehicle body-side end portions including first and second vehicle body-side end portions, wherein the first vehicle body-side end portion among the two vehicle body-side end portions is connected to the vehicle body interposing a compliance control arm between the first vehicle body-side end portion and the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Dongil Shin, Sang Min Han, Suh In Kim, Seok Won Kang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Sub Yi, Moon Won Kang, Seungmin Kwon