Patents Assigned to University
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Patent number: 11131702Abstract: A sparse voltage measurement-based fault location determination system and method for an alternating current (AC) distribution network is described. This method can use sparse voltage measurements and Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS) algorithm to reconstruct a sparse current vector. A fault location is then determined based on the reconstructed sparse current vector. The disclosed method provides robust fault location results under a variety of asymmetrical fault scenarios. Fewer intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) allocated in the terminal buses are needed for determining the fault location; therefore, this implementation is relatively cost effective.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: North China Electric Power UniversityInventors: Ke Jia, Tianshu Bi, Bin Yang, Hao Liu
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Patent number: 11129545Abstract: A breath collection device can detect changes associated with pathogenesis of a disease, such as COVID-19, including biomarkers of immune response for respiratory symptoms, central nervous system injury, and/or peripheral nervous system injury in user breath and/or odor. The breath collection device can detect concentrations of alcohol, acetone, and carbon monoxide in user breath samples. A breath sample can be received in an internal bladder of the device for sensor analysis. Concentrations of alcohol, acetone, and carbon monoxide can be determined by calibrated calculation. A detection method for alcohol, acetone, and carbon monoxide can provide a non-invasive, rapid, and selective detection of gases in a variety of applications in virus detection as well as agricultural and homeland security.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Tiffany Crystal Miller, Salvatore Domenic Morgera, Stephen Edward Saddow, Arash Takshi
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Patent number: 11129543Abstract: A process for more sensitive characterization of tissue composition for generating a quantitative MRI (qMRI) map and corresponding delta analysis. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), resulting in the depletion of hydrophilic glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) located in the nucleus pulposus (NP), can lead to debilitating neck and back pain. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a promising means of IVD assessment due to the correlation between GAG content and MRI relaxation values. T1 and T2 relaxation data were obtained from healthy cervical IVDs, and relaxation data was modeled using both conventional and stretched exponential (SE) decays. Normalized histograms of the resultant quantitative MRI (qMRI) maps were fit with stable distributions. SE models fit relaxation behavior with lower error compared to monoexponential models, indicating anomalous relaxation behavior in healthy IVDs. SE model parameters T1 and T1 increased with IVD segment, while conventional monoexponential measures did not vary.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Regents of the University of ColoradoInventors: Corey P. Neu, Robert L. Wilson, David Reiter
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Patent number: 11129830Abstract: Compositions and methods for the induction of cancer cell death. The compositions and methods of using them include use of compositions in therapy for the treatment of cancer and for the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells. The drug combinations described herein can be synergistic and can have lower neurotoxicity effects than the same amounts of other compounds and combinations of compounds and can be effective when a particular cancer has become resistant to previously administered therapies.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Jessie Peh
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Patent number: 11131733Abstract: A system and method is provided for acquisition of magnetic resonance fingerprinting (“MRF”) data that includes determining a non-locally sequential sampling pattern for a Cartesian grid of k-space, performing a series of sequence blocks using acquisition parameters that vary between sequence blocks to acquire MRF data from a subject using the Cartesian grid of k-space and the determined non-locally sequential sampling pattern, assembling the MRF data into a series of signal evolutions, comparing the series of signal evolutions to a dictionary of known signal evolutions to determine tissue properties of the subject, and generating a report indicating the tissue properties of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: Case Western Reserve University, Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Yun Jiang, Mark A. Griswold, Gregor Korzdorfer, Mathias Nittka
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Patent number: 11129849Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for combined transplantation of a solid organ and hematopoietic cells to a recipient, where tolerance to the graft is established through development of a persistent mixed chimerism. An individual with persistent mixed chimerism, usually for a period of at least six months, is able to withdraw from the use of immunosuppressive drugs after a period of time sufficient to establish tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Samuel Strober, Robert Lowsky
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Patent number: 11130795Abstract: The present invention provides methods and materials for treating and preventing autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to the discovery that small peptides are capable of interacting with CD40, thereby interfering with the ability of CD40 to interact with CD154, which is important in inflammation. The present invention also relate to the use of such peptides in reducing the inflammatory response, and in particular, the autoimmune inflammatory response. The present invention also relates to the use of such short peptides to prevent or reverse autoimmune disease, and particular, diabetes, in individuals suffering from such disease. It also relates to methods and materials for detecting T-cells that express CD40 (Th40 cells). Also provided are kits for reducing inflammation, treating autoimmune diseases, or detecting Th40 cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Regents of the University of ColoradoInventor: David Wagner
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Patent number: 11133458Abstract: Disclosed is a memory device. A memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory device including a substrate; and a lower electrode, seed layer, lower synthetic antiferromagnetic layer, magnetic tunnel junction, upper synthetic antiferromagnetic layer, and upper electrode that are laminated on the substrate, wherein the magnetic tunnel junction includes a lower pinned layer, lower tunnel barrier layer, lower free layer, separation layer, upper free layer, upper tunnel barrier layer and upper pinned layer that are sequentially laminated.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniversityInventors: Jea Gun Park, Jin Young Choi, Han Sol Jun, Dong Gi Lee, Kondo Kei, Jong Ung Baek
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Patent number: 11129696Abstract: An orthodontic appliance may include an archwire and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire may fit within a human mouth and contain multiple male connectors. Each orthodontic bracket may have a configuration that facilitates attaching the orthodontic bracket to a single tooth. Each orthodontic bracket may allow one of the male connectors to be locked into the orthodontic bracket with a snapping action. The male connector may be unable to slide with respect to the orthodontic bracket after being locked in the orthodontic bracket. A manual unlocking action may allow the male connector to disengage from the orthodontic bracket.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Behrokh Khoshnevis, Hongsheng Tong, Yong Chen, Philong John Pham, Robert Lee
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Patent number: 11130731Abstract: The present invention provides for certain sulfonyl ureas and related compounds which have advantageous properties and show useful activity in the inhibition of activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders in which the inflammation process, or more specifically the NLRP3 inflammasome, have been implicated as being a key factor.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, And The Other Members Of Board, Of The College Of The Holy And Undivided Trinity Of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin, The University Of QueenslandInventors: Luke O'Neill, Rebecca Coll, Matthew Cooper, Avril Robertson, Kate Schroder
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Patent number: 11132572Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for splicing and restoring shredded paper based on an extreme learning machine (“ELM”). The method includes: acquiring a shredded paper training sample to be spliced; extracting left and right boundary feature data of the sample; training an ELM neural network model according to the feature data to obtain a trained neural network model (“TNNM”); acquiring a shredded paper test sample to be spliced; extracting feature data of the test sample; selecting a first piece of to-be-spliced shredded paper; selecting, by the TNNM, a shredded piece with a highest degree of coincidence with the first piece; determining whether the shredded piece is correctly spliced to the first piece; if yes, splicing shredded paper until all shredded paper is spliced and restored; if not, adopting manual marking, and continuing to select, by the TNNM, shredded paper with a highest degree of coincidence with the first piece.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Xiangtan UniversityInventors: Juan Zou, Zhenghui Zhang, Bing Wu, Lingtao Zeng, Qiuzhen Wang, Jinhua Zheng
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Patent number: 11131650Abstract: A method of facilitating ultrasonic analysis of a subject is provided. The method involves producing signals for causing a set of outgoing ultrasonic signals to be transmitted to the subject, wherein the set of outgoing ultrasonic signals is defined at least in part by a variable imaging parameter that varies over time in accordance with a variable imaging parameter function, the variable imaging parameter function represented or representable at least in part by a function characteristic, receiving signals representing a time dependent representation of the subject generated from a set of received ultrasonic signals scattered by the subject, determining at least one property representation of the subject based on the function characteristic and the time dependent representation of the subject, and producing signals representing the at least one property representation of the subject to facilitate analysis of the subject. Systems, non-transitory computer readable media, and other methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: The University of British Columbia, Queen's University at KingstonInventors: Purang Abolmaesumi, Parvin Mousavi
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Patent number: 11133709Abstract: Described is a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field. In one embodiment magnetohydrodynamics is used to generate thrust with a plurality of electrodes. In another embodiment, asymmetric drag forces are used to generate thrust.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Daniel M. Pivonka, Anatoly Anatolievich Yakovlev, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
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Patent number: 11129867Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer cells. The method comprises administrating a composition comprises a rhodamine or rhodamine derivative conjugated to a peptide comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 to a subject in need, and activate the composition with light.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Hui-Ching Wang, Dah-Tsyr Chang, Yu-Hsuen Tu, Ping-Hsueh Kuo
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Patent number: 11133185Abstract: The present invention discloses an epitaxial lift-off process of graphene-based gallium nitride (GaN), and principally solves the existing problems about complex lift-off technique, high cost, and poor quality of lift-off GaN films. The invention is achieved by: first, growing graphene on a well-polished copper foil by CVD method; then, transferring a plurality of layers of graphene onto a sapphire substrate; next, growing GaN epitaxial layer on the sapphire substrate with a plurality of graphene layers transferred by the metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method; finally, lifting off and transferring the GaN epitaxial layer onto a target substrate with a thermal release tape. With graphene, the present invention relieves the stress generated by the lattice mismatch between substrate and epitaxial layer; moreover, the present invention readily lifts off and transfers the epitaxial layer to the target substrate by means of weak Van der Waals forces between epitaxial layer and graphene.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Xidian UniversityInventors: Jing Ning, Jincheng Zhang, Dong Wang, Yanqing Jia, Chaochao Yan, Boyu Wang, Peijun Ma, Yue Hao
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Patent number: 11133601Abstract: Various examples are provided that are related to fractal-based reactive impedance surfaces. These surfaces allow for miniaturization of antennas. In one example, a fractal rectangular reactive impedance surface (FR-RIS) includes a plurality of fractal rectangular (FR) patches having an outer edge defined by a fractal rectangular pattern that is repeated along each side of inner FR patches of the plurality of FR patches. The fractal rectangular pattern of a FR patch matches with the fractal rectangular pattern of an adjacent FR patch. An antenna can include a planar antenna disposed over the FR-RIS.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)Inventors: Yong Kyu Yoon, Seahee Hwangbo, Hae Yong Yang
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Patent number: 11132815Abstract: A system and method for retrieving a blood vessel corresponding positional relation under multi-angle angiography. The system includes an angiography machine, an angiographic image receiving module, a center point calibration module, a corresponding feature point detection module, and a feature point corresponding blood vessel module. The angiography machine is used for performing angiography and collecting angiographic images of multiple projection body positions. The angiographic image receiving module is used for receiving an angiographic image and transmitting the angiographic image to the center point calibration module. The center point calibration module is used for calibrating a center point offset caused by the multi-angle angiography system and transmitting the result to the feature point detection module.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Shanghai Jiaotong UniversityInventors: Shengxian Tu, Lulu Yang, Junqing Yang, Su Zhang
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Patent number: 11130126Abstract: There is provided a fluid analysis chamber module that allows an analysis element to be replaced in a sliding manner. The module includes a middle body, an upper body, and a lower body, in which the upper body and the lower body are rotated to be in contact with an upper surface and a lower surface of the middle body and to release from the contact state. The middle body provides a chamber hole where a tray with the analysis element seated thereon can be mounted. The middle body is provided on its front end with a tray receiving opening through which the tray is mounted into the chamber hole. When the upper body and lower body are rotated to be in contact with the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively, the chamber hole is closed, a fluid supplying line and discharging line are sealed, pogo pins for power supply and signal transmission are contacted to electrodes of the analysis element.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation FoundationInventors: Si Hyung Lim, Jang Hyeon Lee, Yeong Seok Lee, Ae Ran Song
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Patent number: 11134007Abstract: A packet routing method includes computing, for a source node in the data network and a destination node in the data network, a set of multiple routes providing a set of shortest routes from the source to the destination that satisfy all the truth assignments for the Boolean algebra available from the path in the network. The method selects, for a packet flow, a route where logical conjunction of the policy constraints of the flow and the route is satisfied and where the route has sufficient bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: Bradley R. Smith
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Patent number: 11129554Abstract: The concentration of an administered compound, such as a drug (D), in an organ or a bodily fluid, such as blood, is determined directly through detecting the drug (D) or its metabolites (DM) in sweat. The concentration may be determined indirectly by administering the drug (D) together with one or more tracer compounds (T, T2) or metabolites thereof (TM, T2M) or by detecting concentrations and trends of other analytes present in the body that react to the presence of the drug (D). By determining tracer concentration in sweat, the concentration of the drug (D) in blood or an organ can be determined. The tracer (T, T2) is a compound selected for ease of detection in sweat, known metabolic and solubility profiles that correspond to those of the drug (D), and safety of use. A smart transdermal delivery patch (300) is used to administer a dosage of drug to a wearer in coordination with at least one sweat sensor (324) reading conveying information about the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: University Of CincinnatiInventor: Jason C. Heikenfeld