Patents Assigned to Universitat
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTACTLESS INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20250088035
    Abstract: A device for contactless inductive energy transmission having a first side and a second side is proposed, wherein the device comprises an energy transmission coil and a synchronisation coil, in each case, on the first side and on the second side. The energy transmission coils are in each case configured for inductive transmission and for receiving of energy, while the synchronisation coils are in each case configured for inductive transmission and for receiving a synchronisation signal, such that the first side and the second side are configured as a transmission side for contactless transmission of energy to be transmitted, and as a receiving side for contactless receiving of transmitted energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Universität Stuttgart Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Weizhou YE, Tobias GÖTZ, Nejila PARSPOUR
  • Magnetic resonance imaging with prior knowledge and oversampling
    Patent number: 12248047
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for performing magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, which exploits prior knowledge of the interactions between electromagnetic fields and spins in the sampled object. This technique is able to provide shorter acquisition times with respect to traditional (Nyquist-Shannon limited) MRI. The method is based on an encoding matrix formalism constructed from the specific knowledge of how every spin would evolve in time depending on their position for a given pulse sequence. This particular previous knowledge has not been fully exploited previously by traditional MRI techniques. Moreover, the method of the invention can be used in combination with other schemes, such as compressed sensing, parallel imaging, or deep learning, for further shortening the MRI scan time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC), UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA
    Inventors: Fernando Galve, Joseba Alonso, José Miguel Algarín, José Maria Benlloch
  • Photonic chip, field programmable photonic array and photonic integrated circuit
    Patent number: 12248180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photonic chip carried out by the combination and interconnection of equally-oriented Programmable Photonics Processing Blocks, with all their longitudinal axes in parallel, implemented over a photonic chip that is capable of implementing one or multiple, simultaneous photonics circuits with optical feedback paths and/or linear multiport transformations, by the appropriate programming of its resources and the selection of its input and output ports. The invention also relates to a parallel field-programmable photonic array (P-FPPA) comprising of, at least one programmable circuit based on equally-oriented/parallel tunable beam-splitters with independent coupling and phase-shifting configuration and peripheral high-performance building blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA
    Inventors: Daniel Pérez López, Jose Capmany Francoy, Prometheus Dasmahapatra
  • Therapeutic use of afatinib in cancer
    Patent number: 12246016
    Abstract: The present invention provides the afatinib or a pharmaceutically salt thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a cancer in a patient suffering from a disease caused by a defect in DNA damage repair mechanism. Surprisingly, when afatinib was administered to FA cells, it was confirmed that there was a therapeutic anti-cancer effect without any toxic side-effect on DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA, CONSORCIO CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED, M.P, FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA DE L'HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU
    Inventors: Jordi Surrallés Calonge, Jordi Minguillón Pedreño, Helena Montanuy Escribano
  • Device and method for particle isolation
    Publication number: 20250073702
    Abstract: A device for particle isolation includes a reservoir to contain a liquid including particles and a channel with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is configured to be fluidically coupled to the reservoir containing the liquid including particles. The device includes further a pressure generator configured to generate a pressure gradient in the channel by which liquid including a single particle is aspirated from the reservoir through the inlet of the channel against the force of gravity and to cause liquid to be output through the outlet of the channel. Additionally, the device includes an actuator configured to cause a relative movement between the particles and the inlet of the channel so as to bring a single particle in a vicinity of the inlet to be aspirated through the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Viktoria ZIEGER, Sabrina KARTMANN, Daniel FREJEK
  • 2D ANISOTROPIC BISMUTH MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAME USING COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20250074786
    Abstract: A 2D bismuth material, also called bismuthene, has a sandwich-like sheet structure with at least two outer layers formed by organic molecules containing sulphur atoms that form Bi—S bonds and at least one inner layer formed by a crystalline network of Bi(0) atoms. These materials are useful in electronic, optoelectronic, catalytic applications or in energy storage and transformation. Furthermore, a process produces this material from a bismuth salt that reacts with an amine and subsequently with a thiol by effect of the application of radiation and a subsequent reduction. This process has a colloidal approach to producing Bi(0) crystals based on a photocatalytic reduction of a soluble Bi(III) organometallic complex leading to the generation of the crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA
    Inventors: Christian DOLLE, Victor OESTREICHER, Gonzalo ABELLAN SAEZ
  • CHITOSAN OLIGOMERS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20250075008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chitosan oligomers obtainable by enzymatic hydrolysis of chitosan polymers, compositions containing them, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Universität Münster
    Inventors: Bruno Maria MOERSCHBACHER, Stefan CORD-LANDWEHR, Eva Katharina REGEL, Carolin RICHTER
  • ORGANIC ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSISTOR, USE OF IT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT
    Publication number: 20250081706
    Abstract: The invention refers to an electronic component, in particular an organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) which comprises at least one gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a channel and an electrolyte. The electrolyte is a solid electrolyte comprising a polymer, and the channel comprises an organic semiconductor as channel material. The electrolyte has a low water content and/or a low C1-C3-alcohol content as well as a low maximum halogen alkaline salt or alkaline earth or acetate salt content. The invention further refers to the use of this electronic component as a Schmitt-Trigger or a Muller-C-element or a flip-flop or a 1-bit memory. Further, the invention provides a method for forming such an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN, UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-SACLAY, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Hans KLEEMANN, Jann KRAUSSE, Lukas BONGARTZ, Karl LEO, Laurie CALVET, Zonglong LI
  • METHOD FOR QUANTUM-SECURED COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20250080338
    Abstract: A method of encryption for quantum-secured communication includes structuring a pair of quantum-enabled hardware security modules to include an interface to a temporarily common quantum channel and an interface to a communication channel. A secret key is shared with the pair of quantum-enabled hardware security modules for a symmetrical encryption between the pair of quantum-enabled hardware security module. The secret key is obtained using quantum key distribution via the temporarily common quantum channel. The temporarily common quantum channel is disconnected from at least one of the pair of quantum-enabled hardware security modules and a communication network is structured to include at least two nodes configured to communicate using symmetrical encryption between the pair of quantum-enabled hardware security modules sharing a same secret key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Universität Hamburg
    Inventor: Ralf Riedinger
  • ABSORBER DEVICE AND DAMPER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20250075765
    Abstract: An absorber device for absorbing a force acting thereon includes an absorber housing which encloses an interior space and a hydraulic medium arranged in the interior space. An absorber piston rod has an absorber piston arranged thereon. The absorber piston divides the interior space into a first chamber and a second chamber. The absorber piston rod has a spring device for resiliently supporting the absorber piston relative to a quasi-static component. The absorber piston is mounted axially movably on the absorber piston rod. A first spring and a second spring of the spring device are arranged in each case on both sides of the absorber piston and resiliently connect the absorber piston rod to the absorber piston and counteract a movement of the absorber piston in the axial direction, relative to the absorber piston rod. The absorber device can be arranged in a hollow damper piston rod of a damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Industrial Science GmbH powered by IAV
    Inventors: Nicolas BRÖTZ, Peter PELZ, Ingo DIETRICH
  • Multi-layer electrolyte assembly for lithium batteries
    Patent number: 12243980
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte arrangement for a cell having at least one anode (1) and at least one cathode (3) comprising at least three superposed layers (2.1, 2.2, 2.3), wherein the middle layer (2.2) comprises a porous electrically nonconductive structure, and wherein a layer of a polymer-based electrolyte (2.1, 2.3) is arranged on both opposite sides of the porous electrically nonconductive structure, wherein at least one of the superposed layers (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) contains a ceramic material, wherein the ceramic material of the middle layer (2.2) is selected from metal ion-conductive ceramic material, a ceramic material which does not conduct metal ions, and/or mixtures thereof, and the ceramic material of the polymer-based electrolyte layer(s) (2.1, 2.3) is a metal ion-conductive ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER
    Inventors: Mengyi Zhang, Peter Bieker, Lei Gui, Martin Winter
  • System and method for monitoring personal mobility vehicles in urban environments
    Patent number: 12243419
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring personal mobility vehicles in urban environments, comprising a double magnetic coil (1), disposed at an area of personal mobility vehicle traffic, and connected to an oscillator circuit (2), a phase-locked loop (3), a signal conditioning circuit (4) and a signal processor (5); where the signal processor (5) is configured to calculate the temporal variation in voltage (V(t), V?(t)) produced in the phase-locked loop (3) and due to a variation in the oscillation frequency of the double magnetic coil (1) when at least one personal mobility vehicle passes said double magnetic coil (1); and to establish the type, speed, direction of travel and length of the personal mobility vehicle that has generated the variation in the oscillation frequency of the double magnetic coil (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE VALÉNCIA
    Inventors: Antonio Mocholí Salcedo, Ferrán Mocholí Belenguer, Antonio Martinez Millana, Clara Perez Fuster, Carlos Moyano Gomez
  • Apparatus and method for promoting reaction in fluid media
    Patent number: 12239951
    Abstract: An apparatus for promoting a mass transfer reaction having a flow distributor and a drive unit. The flow distributor has a top end surface, a bottom end surface and a peripheral surface that are axisymmetric with respect to a rotation axis. The flow distributor is configured to submerge in a fluid medium and to generate a flow of the fluid medium through at least one of the top end surface and the bottom end surface and through the peripheral surface by rotating around the rotation axis. The drive unit is configured to move the flow distributor perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Technische Universität München
    Inventor: Christian Von Heynitz
  • BIOENGINEERED NEURONAL ORGANOIDS (BENOS) AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20250067727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of in vitro 3D modeling of neural tissues, particularly of the brain. There is the need of developing cell culture models of neural tissue that reflect physiological aspects of neural tissues. The present invention provides bioengineered neuronal organoid (BENOs) compositions capable of organizing as a functional neuronal network and methods for modeling a disease of neural tissue and/or for drug design based on phenotypic tissue screening or phenotypic drug screening using the disclosed BENO compositions. The present invention also relates to kits for making the instant BENO compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts, Universitätsmedizin
    Inventors: WOLFRAM-HUBERTUS ZIMMERMANN, Maria Patapla Zafeiriou
  • PROSTATE CANCER CLINICAL STATUS MARKERS
    Publication number: 20250067741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of assessment of the health status, particular with regard to prostate cancer risk, by measurement of certain proteins in human samples, in particular in human urine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Irina BANZOLA, Blaz PAVLOVIC, Nagjie Laila ALIJAJ, Daniel EBERLI
  • DEVICE FOR PERFORMING AN INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20250069849
    Abstract: Device for performing an interferometric measurement having a source for generating at least two coherent waves, an overlap apparatus for overlapping the at least two coherent waves and for generating an interference pattern, a measuring apparatus for measuring the interference pattern so as to form measured interference values, a disturbance apparatus for disturbing the interference pattern and an analyzer for analyzing the measured interference values, wherein the overlap apparatus comprises a passage region that is delimited at its edge by an edge element and is passed through by the at least two overlapping coherent waves, and comprises a beam-splitting element in the center region of the passage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Technische Universitat Berlin
    Inventor: Tolga WAGNER
  • Apparatus and method for determining a response of a device under test to an electrical pulse generated by a pulse generator
    Patent number: 12235307
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a response of a device under test to an electrical pulse generated by a pulse generator. The apparatus can include a conductor for coupling the electrical pulse generator to the device under test and at least two sensing probes connected to the conductor. Each of the at least two sensing probes can be positioned at one of at least two measurement points and can be configured to generate a signal in direct proportion to a current flowing in or a voltage applied to the conductor at the corresponding measurement point. A determination device can be configured to determine the response of the device under test to the electrical pulse based on the signals generated by the at least two sensing probes nd the transit times of the electrical pulse between these different measurement points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DER BUNDESWEHR MÜNCHEN, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Dennis Helmut, Gerhard Groos
  • Therapeutic methods involving modulating inflammasome activation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells
    Patent number: 12234480
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of treating a subject having or at risk of having graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) generally includes administering to the subject a plurality of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) effective to ameliorate at least one symptom or clinical sign of graft-versus-host disease compared to a suitable control subject. In another aspect, a method of treating a tumor in a subject generally includes administering to the subject an anti-tumor therapy and co-administering to the subject an inflammasome inciting agent in an amount effective to increase inflammasome activation of MDSCs sufficiently to reduce suppressor function of the MDSCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Blazar, Brent Koehn, Peter J. Murray, Jenny P. Y. Ting, Robert Zeiser, Jeff S. Miller
  • Method and apparatus for manufacturing nanostructures from a material layer having a thickness below 1 ?m
    Patent number: 12235576
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus of manufacturing nano-structures by cutting out portions of a material layer and removing the cut-out portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg
    Inventors: Enno Schatz, Bert Hecht, Thien Anh Le, Henriette Maass
  • Methods and systems for gradual exposure to a fear
    Patent number: 12236804
    Abstract: Methods for gradually exposing a subject to a fear comprising: adapting a virtual reality scenario to expose the subject to the fear by gradually transforming one or more of objects from a first state to a second state, the second state of the object provoking an increase of the fear, and wherein the transforming one or more of the objects take place only if the following two conditions are fulfilled: a time condition specifying an amount of time from the previous increase of fear, and the object is in a peripheral field of vision of the subject as derived from the orientation of the head mounted device. A computer program and computing systems for gradually exposing a subject to a fear are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
    Inventor: Mel Slater