Patents Assigned to University of Nottingham
-
Patent number: 10301264Abstract: Anti-angiogenic treatments, treatments of hyperpermeability disorders, treatments of neuropathic and neurodegenerative disorders, pain treatments, methods of reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia and compounds for use in such methods are described.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: The University of NottinghamInventors: Steven James Harper, David Owen Bates, Melissa Gammons, Jonathan Morris
-
Publication number: 20190157980Abstract: A high frequency high power converter system comprises: a plurality of resonant tank circuits arranged in parallel, a plurality of transformers, each transformer having a single primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, and a vacuum electronic device, the output of each resonant tank circuit being applied to a respective different transformer and the outputs of the transformers being arranged to drive the vacuum electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Chao JI, Alan James WATSON, Jonathan Charles CLARE
-
Patent number: 10226537Abstract: This invention relates to transduction of cargo molecules into living cells, such as protein transduction, in particular a delivery molecule for transduction of a cargo into a cell comprising: a cargo-binding molecule and/or a cargo; a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding element, which is capable of binding to GAG on the surface of the cell; and a protein transduction domain. Methods of transduction, methods of producing or modifying cargo for transduction, delivery molecules for transduction and methods of treatment using transduction, or using transduced cells are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: The University of NottinghamInventors: James Dixon, Kevin Shakesheff, Chris Denning
-
Publication number: 20190069785Abstract: A combined sensor adapted to measure at least one medical or clinical sign is provided. The combined sensor comprises a textile sensor configured so as to determine pressure applied to the combined sensor; and an optical sensor. The optical sensor typically comprises at least one fibre-optic sensor (FOS) and may function as a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, optionally a reflectance mode photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor. The combined sensor is able to eliminate motion artefacts caused by movement of a subject wearing the sensor thereby facilitating long-term ambulatory monitoring of subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2016Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicants: FOOTFALLS AND HEARTBEATS (UK) LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Simon MCMASTER, Barrie HAYES-GILL, Stephen MORGAN, Sergiy KORPOSH
-
Patent number: 10189887Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides and uses thereof for reducing CD95-meditated cell motility. In particular, the present invention relates to a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence having at least 70% of identity with the amino acid sequence ranging from the amino-acid residue at position 175 to the amino-acid residue at position 191 in SEQ ID NO:1.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE), UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES, ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SANTE PUBLIQUE (EHESP), UNIVERSITE DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE, INSTITUTE BERGONIE, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Patrick Legembre, Pierre Vacher, Doriane Sanseau, Aubin Penna, Robin Flynn
-
Patent number: 10183062Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treatment for cancer in a subject comprising the administration of a prodrug, wherein the subject is colonised with an obligate anaerobic microorganism capable of expressing a polypeptide having nitroreductase activity, wherein the polypeptide exhibits preferential reduction of CB1954 to a 4-hydroxylamine (4HX) derivative instead of a 2-hydroxylamine derivative; and is capable of reducing CB1954 to the 4HX derivative with a Km of less than 30 micromolar. The present invention further provides an isolated polypeptide, nucleic acids encoding said polypeptide, vectors and host cells comprising said nucleic acids and vectors and uses of the above in treating solid tumours.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Nigel Peter Minton, John Timothy Heap
-
Patent number: 10139406Abstract: A method of determining the P. aeruginosa or related species infection status of a subject comprising: (i) providing a sample of material obtained from the subject; (ii) determining the level of one or more alkyl quinolones or metabolites thereof produced by P.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: The University of NottinghamInventors: Miguel Camara, Paul Williams, David Barrett, Nigel Halliday, Alan Knox, Alan Smyth, Andrew Fogarty, Helen Barr, Doug Forrester
-
Patent number: 10125739Abstract: A system suitable for extracting power directly from the main shafts of slow-moving mechanical systems. The system has a closed gas circuit having a lower-pressure (LP) side and a higher-pressure (HP) side. The LP side is at a pressure substantially greater than atmospheric pressure. The system includes primary compressors coupled to the wind turbines, thermal stores coupled to heat-exchangers on both the LP and HP sides of the closed gas circuit, a secondary motor-compressor set and an expander-generator set. The system allows some degree of independence between the input power resource and the output power. When substantial wind power is present and the demand for electrical power is weak, this system can export a fraction of the energy captured and store the rest. When the wind resource is low, the system can export more power than is being collected by drawing energy from the thermal stores.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: The University of NottinghamInventor: Seamus Dominic Garvey
-
Publication number: 20180296733Abstract: The invention provides a method for inhibiting bacterial attachment to a surface, the method comprising forming the surface from a polymer, or applying a polymer to the surface, wherein the polymer is a homopolymer formed from a (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomer or a copolymer formed from one or more (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomers, wherein the (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomers are of formula (I) or (II): [H2C?CR?—C(=0)-0-]n, R (I) [H2C?CR?—C(=0)-NH—]n R (II) wherein n is 1, 2 or 3, R? is independently H or CH3, R is an organic group having a total of from 2 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein the organic group includes an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon moiety and wherein the organic group does not include any hydroxyl groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicants: The University of Nottingham, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Paul Williams, Morgan Russell Alexander, Martyn Christopher Davies, Robert Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson
-
Publication number: 20180271987Abstract: The invention relates to apH mediated cell delivery vehicle comprising: a cargo or a cargo-binding molecule for binding to a cargo; a protein transduction domain; and a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding element, which is capable of binding to GAG on the surface of the cell, wherein the GAG binding element is a peptide which is modified to comprise one or more histidine residues which are capable of being protonated in an acidic environment. The invention further relates to the use of such a delivery vehicle including methods of treatment, such as treatment for cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: The University of NottinghamInventor: James Dixon
-
Patent number: 10072073Abstract: A glycan having the structure gal?1-3GLcNac?1-3Gal?1-4(Fuc?1-3)GlcNAc (LecLex) which is attached to a lipid or protein backbone, and isolated binding members capable of binding thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: The University of NottinghamInventors: Lindy Gillian Durrant, Jiaxin Chua, Tina Rose Parsons
-
Patent number: 10012591Abstract: The disclosure relates to measurement and classification of tissue structures in samples using a combination of light imaging and spectroscopy, in particular although not necessarily exclusively for detection of tumors such as basal cell carcinoma or breast tumors in tissue samples. Embodiments disclosed include a method of automatically identifying tissue structures in a sample, the method comprising the steps of: measuring (1702, 1703) a response of an area of the sample to illumination with light; identifying (1704) regions within the area having a measured response within a predetermined range; determining (1705) locations within the identified regions; performing (1706) spectroscopic analysis of the sample at the determined locations; and identifying (1707) a tissue structure for each region from the spectroscopic analysis performed on one or more locations therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignees: The University of Nottingham, Royal Holloway University of LondonInventors: Ioan Notingher, Kenny Kong, Christopher Rowlands, Hywel Williams, Iain Leach, Sandeep Varma, William Perkins, Alexey Koloydenko
-
Patent number: 9981068Abstract: The invention provides a method for inhibiting bacterial attachment to a surface, the method comprising forming the surface from a polymer, or applying a polymer to the surface, wherein the polymer is a homopolymer formed from a (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomer or a copolymer formed from one or more (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomers, wherein the (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomers are of formula (I) or (II): [H2C?CR?—C(?O)—O—]nR??(I) [H2C?CR?—C(?O)—NH—]nR??(II) wherein n is 1, 2 or 3, R? is independently H or CH3, R is an organic group having a total of from 2 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein the organic group includes an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon moiety and wherein the organic group does not include any hydroxyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: The University of Nottingham, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Paul Williams, Morgan Russell Alexander, Martyn Christopher Davies, Robert Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson
-
Publication number: 20180117082Abstract: An antifungal composition comprising an agent that affects the availability of functional amino acids and either i) another agent that affects the availability of functional amino acids or ii) an aminoglycoside antibiotic.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: SIMON AVERY, SARA HOLLAND, CINDY VALLIERES, ELENA MORENO-MARTINEZ
-
Patent number: 9932330Abstract: Anti-angiogenic treatments, treatments of hyperpermeability disorders, treatments of neuropathic and neurodegenerative disorders, pain treatments, methods of reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia and compounds for use in such methods are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: The University of Nottingham, NewSouth Innovations PTY LimitedInventors: David Bates, Jonathan Morris
-
Patent number: 9861662Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a bone-derived extracellular matrix (bECM) product are provided. Also provided are bECM products and methods of using those products.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The University of NottinghamInventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Michael J. Sawkins, Kevin M. Shakesheff, Lisa J. White
-
Publication number: 20170354813Abstract: A medical device material impregnated with a combination of antimicrobial agents, the combination of antimicrobial agents comprising a first antimicrobial agent, the first antimicrobial agent being triclosan and at least a second antimicrobial agent, wherein the combination of antimicrobial agents provides the device material with antimicrobial activity and inhibition of resistant microbial mutations for of the order of, or greater than, 80 days.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventor: Roger Bayston
-
Patent number: 9803208Abstract: The present invention now provides a conditional vector comprising DNA encoding for: (i) an inducible expression cassette comprising an inducible promoter operably linked to a plasmid replication region; and (ii) a selectable marker.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Nigel Peter Minton, Ying Zhang
-
Patent number: 9796707Abstract: Anti-angiogenic treatments, treatments of hyperpermeability disorders, treatments of neuropathic and neurodegenerative disorders, pain treatments, methods of reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia and compounds for use in such methods are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: The University of Nottingham, NewSouth Innovations PTY LimitedInventors: David Bates, Jonathan Morris
-
Publication number: 20170275323Abstract: A compound of Formula I: R1-L1-C(A)(A?)-CH2, -L2-R2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in medicine, for example in the treatment of a disease or condition selected from the group comprising cancer, autistic spectrum disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: ANDREW BOTTLEY, CHRISTOPHER HAYES, GRAHAM SEYMOUR, ANNA GRABOWSKA, PHILIP CLARKE