Patents Assigned to University of Sheffield
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Publication number: 20210244848Abstract: A solid suspension for use in bone regeneration and/or the repair of bone defects, comprising a source of at least one group II metal cation and a source of zinc cations, wherein the source of zinc cations comprises zinc oxide and wherein where there is only one group II metal cation this is strontium. A bone graft comprising a solid suspension, a method of preparation of a solid suspension and a use of a solid suspension in bone regeneration and/or in the repair of bone defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Caroline Joanne Harrison, Paul Vincent Hatton, Rebecca Louise Hutchinson, Cheryl Ann Miller
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Patent number: 11067545Abstract: A continuous wave ultrasound analysis device for analysing a surface of a component includes an input to receive ultrasound data relating to continuous wave, swept frequency ultrasound propagated through the component; a processing section to derive a standing wave amplitude spectrum from the received ultrasound data, and determine a property of an unconstrained layer on the surface based on the standing wave amplitude spectrum; and an output to output the determined property of the layer. A method of continuous wave ultrasound for analysing a surface is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Robin Mills, Robert S. Dwyer-Joyce, Matthew Marshall
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Publication number: 20210108173Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method for generating otic progenitor cells. The invention also relates to uses of such otic progenitor cells, for example as a medicament (e.g. in the treatment of hearing loss, deafness or other auditory disorder associated with loss of inner ear function) and/or in drug screening methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Carlos Marcelo Nicolas RIVOLTA, Darrell Michael BARROTT
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Publication number: 20210013357Abstract: In an example, an avalanche photodiode comprises a substrate and a structure comprising a first layer and a second layer, the first and second layers over and parallel to the substrate, wherein the first layer is between the substrate and the second layer. The first layer is an Aluminium Arsenide Antimonide multiplication layer, and wherein the cross-sectional area parallel to the substrate of the first layer is smaller than that of the second layer, thereby forming a recess in a sidewall of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: University College Cardiff Consultants Limited, The Regents of The University of California, University of SheffieldInventors: Baolai Liang, Shiyu Xie, Diana Lynne Huffaker, John Paul Raj DAVID, Chee Hing Tan
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Patent number: 10844351Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method for generating otic progenitor cells. The invention also relates to uses of such otic progenitor cells, for example as a medicament (e.g. in the treatment of hearing loss, deafness or other auditory disorder associated with loss of inner ear function) and/or in drug screening methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: The University of SheffieldInventors: Carlos Marcelo Nicolas Rivolta, Darrell Michael Barrott
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Patent number: 10801027Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antagonists that target Serine/Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1); expression vectors comprising SRSF1 antagonists; and the use of such antagonists in therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and cancer and screening methods that identify agents that inhibit the expression or activity of SRSF1.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: University of SheffieldInventors: Guillaume Hautbergue, Mimoun Azzouz, Alexander Whitworth, Pamela Shaw
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Device including a polymeric material for detecting species and stimulus and method of using thereof
Patent number: 10782238Abstract: A device for sensing and/or detecting species or stimulus at a locus, preferably at a fluid or moist locus by means of fluid communication therewith, comprising a surface configured to contact the locus, wherein the surface comprises a polyurethane material which material comprises a polyurethane polymer network having a hydrophilic polymer immobilised therein wherein the hydrophilic polymer comprises immobilised therein a ligand or moiety for detecting or sensing species or stimulus and an indicator for indicating detection or sensing prior to contact with the locus and change in indication as a function of species or stimulus present at the locus wherein species or stimulus are selected from chemical and biological species or stimulus; the use thereof preferably for detecting and/or sensing or binding bacteria, or for detecting or sensing pH or for detection or scanning with use of a reader; and a Kit.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: Smith & Nephew PLC, University of SheffieldInventors: John Kenneth Hicks, Stephen Rimmer, Richard Hoskins, Dorothy McCulloch -
Publication number: 20200289590Abstract: A monocyte, monocyte derived cell or macrophage infected with an oncolytic herpes simplex virus is disclosed together with uses of such infected cells in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicants: Virttu Biologics Limited, The University of SheffieldInventors: Joe Conner, Munitta Muthana, Claire Elizabeth Lewis
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Patent number: 10765779Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell-free, multi-layered medical device having bespoke, multifunctional bioactivity for the purpose of regeneration of skeletal tissues. The medical device may actively promote homing of stem cells into the medical device and promote their differentiation into the required cell type and promote de-novo tissue formation. The invention includes methods of making the medical device, uses of the medical device in promoting regeneration of the articular cartilage of a joint surface and in promoting healing and regeneration of skeletal tissues, for example, meniscal cartilage, tendon and ligament tissues and also healing of bone tissue indications such as fractures.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Aileen Crawford-Corrie, David John Buttle, John William Haycock
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Publication number: 20200268851Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition comprising adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or a synthetic ACTH analogue for use in a diagnostic test for adrenal insufficiency. A method to conduct said diagnostic test; a combined diagnostic and method of treatment; and kits comprising the components for said test are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicants: Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, University of SheffieldInventors: Neil Peter Wright, Charlotte Jane Elder
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Patent number: 10717095Abstract: An end effector for a robot having a threaded shaft; a motor coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft about its axis; a nut threaded onto the shaft; a feature for preventing the nut from rotating about the axis of the shaft; and an elongate member fixed at one end to the nut and extending from the nut in a direction parallel to the axis of the shaft. The end effector may further include a container for containing a fluid having an elongate body portion having an opening at one end; and a reciprocable plunger extending into an opposite end of the body portion. A second end of the elongate member may be coupled to the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: BAE Systems plc, The University of SheffieldInventors: Martin Knott, Ryan Wesley Diver
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Publication number: 20200164033Abstract: The disclosure relates to long acting parathyroid or parathyroid hormone like fusion polypeptides comprising a receptor polypeptide and its use in the treatment of hypoparathyroidism and osteoporosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: University of SheffieldInventors: Ian Wilkinson, Richard Ross
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Publication number: 20200160706Abstract: Examples relate to detectors for determining motion from visual cues, said determining being invariant to changes in at least one of temporal and spatial frequencies of said visual cues.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: The University of SheffieldInventor: Alex COPE
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Patent number: 10617553Abstract: A neck orthosis, head support system and method of use for supporting a head of a patient having a medical condition are described. The neck orthosis can comprise a body made of a material which is flexible and stretchy and a releasable fastener. The neck orthosis is shaped to cause the neck orthosis snuggly to conform to the anatomy of the patient adjacent the neck of the patient when the neck support is secured in use about the neck of the patient by the releasable fastener to support the head of the patient. A head support system can include a plurality of different support members which can be releasably attached to the neck orthosis to provide different types of support to the head of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Alexander Heathcliff Reed, Joseph Langley, Andrew Stanton, Nicola Heron, Christopher McDermott
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Patent number: 10596210Abstract: A monocyte, monocyte derived cell or macrophage infected with an oncolytic herpes simplex virus is disclosed together with uses of such infected cells in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignees: Virttu Biologics, The university of SheffieldInventors: Joe Conner, Munitta Muthana, Claire Elizabeth Lewis
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Publication number: 20200024639Abstract: The present invention provides a polypeptide comprising an N-terminal polypeptide domain having luciferase activity and a C-terminal polypeptide domain having VAMP1, VAMP2 or VAMP3 activity where VAMP stands for vesicle-associated membrane protein. Corresponding nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors and genetically modified cells are also provided. The invention also provides methods and uses of the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Bazbek Davletov, Andrew Alexander Peden, Aleksander Mikael Rudolf Rust, Ciara Louise Doran
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Patent number: 10520446Abstract: A polyurethane material for the detection or sensing of species or stimulus comprising a polyurethane network comprising immobilized therein, or modified by the immobilization therein of, a hydrophilic polymer comprising a ligand or moiety for the detection or sensing of species or stimulus and an indicator for indicating detection or sensing wherein species or stimulus is selected from chemical or biological species or stimulus; the material for medical, dental, hygiene, point of use sterilization, sanitation, personal care, biosurveillance or packaging use, the use thereof preferably for detecting and/or sensing or binding bacteria, or for detecting or sensing pH or for detection or scanning with use of a reader; a Kit and a device comprising the same; and a process for the preparation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: Smith & Nephew PLC, University of SheffieldInventors: John Kenneth Hicks, Stephen Rimmer, Dorothy McCulloch, Richard Hoskins
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Publication number: 20190344293Abstract: An end effector for a robot comprising: a threaded shaft; a motor coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft about its axis; a nut threaded onto the shaft; means for preventing the nut from rotating about the axis of the shaft; and an elongate member fixed at one end to the nut and extending from the nut in a direction parallel to the axis of the shaft. The end effector may further comprise a container for containing a fluid comprising: an elongate body portion comprising an opening at one end; and a reciprocable plunger extending into an opposite end of the body portion. A second end of the elongate member may be coupled to the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicants: BAE SYSTEMS PLC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Martin Knott, Ryan Wesley Diver
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Publication number: 20190204159Abstract: A thermal imaging device is provided, comprising: a detector for receiving radiation and outputting a detector signal corresponding thereto; a steerable mirror device arranged in relation to the detector; wherein the steerable mirror device is steerable to scan an entrance pupil over a plurality of locations such that the detector outputs respective detector signals indicative of temperatures of respective portions of the object corresponding to the locations of the entrance pupil, and wherein the thermal imaging device is configured to provide a substantially constant etendue for all of the entrance pupil locations of the plurality of entrance pupil locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: The University of SheffieldInventor: Jonathan Raffe Willmott
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Publication number: 20190194660Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antagonists that target Serine/Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1); expression vectors comprising SRSF1 antagonists; and the use of such antagonists in therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and cancer and screening methods that identify agents that inhibit the expression or activity of SRSF1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: University of SheffieldInventors: Guillaume Hautbergue, Mimoun Azzouz, Alexander Whitworth, Pamela Shaw