Abstract: A program that supports emergency determination with an information terminal (1) equipped with a display (11) and a touch panel (12). The program makes the information terminal function as: an input reception unit (102) configured to receive input of age and sex on an injured or ill person through the touch panel (12); the input reception unit (102) configured to display a plurality of symptoms on the display (11) to allow a user to select any symptom from the plurality of symptoms through the touch panel (12), and an emergency determination unit (103) configured to determine the level of emergency degree corresponding to the age and the sex of the injured or ill person and the selected symptom and display the emergency degree on the display (11). This enables determination of the emergency degree of symptoms as well as notification of the determined emergency degree to the individual using an information terminal owned by the individual.
Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed here relate to systems, methods, and devices for monitoring bladder health. Certain implementations are directed to patients who require daily catheterization. The various embodiments have at least one tube coupled to a catheter, a pressure sensor, a pump, and a processor. Certain embodiments include a digital device with a software application capable of displaying the monitored readings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 24, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
University of Iowa Research Foundation
Inventors:
Christopher Cooper, Ryan Steinberg, Lewis Thomas, Eric Pahl, Sanam Zarei, Kayla Jones
Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosing or monitoring progress of a pathology using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and machine learning are disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
The University of Massachusetts
Inventors:
Rosalba Gaudiuso, Ebo Ewusi-Annan, Noureddine Melikechi, Benyuan Liu
Abstract: An anesthetic syringe comprising a nerve detector and an illuminated indicator. The nerve detector is configured to receive a radiative energy from a nerve in a tissue and send a signal to the illuminated indicator. The illuminated indicator shows a direction to move the syringe to a tissue location proximal to the nerve for injecting a local anesthetic drug. The syringe may accommodate a standard drug cartridge and may provide manual or automatic movement of a plunger.
Abstract: Methods and systems for an electric vehicle charging decision support system are provided. A system can include: a higher level agent configured to be connected to an energy grid and to receive a charging request from an electric vehicle and transmit the charging request to a virtual block agent; and a plurality of charging station agents connected to an energy service provider, the energy grid, and the virtual block agent. The virtual block agent can be configured to receive a respective power set-point and availability from the plurality of charging station agents and transmit a recommended energy price charged at a respective charging station to the energy service provider. The recommended price can maximize a probability of an electric vehicle agent choosing a particular charging station. The system facilitates a win-win situation for the mutual and simultaneous benefit of electric vehicles and the power grid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
The Florida International University Board of Trustees
Inventors:
Abla Hariri, Mohamad El Hariri, Tarek Youssef, Osama Mohammed
Abstract: A novel methodology for providing security to maintain the confidentiality of additive manufacturing systems during the cyber-physical manufacturing process is featured. This solution is incorporated within the computer aided manufacturing tools such as slicing algorithms and the tool-path generation, which are in the cyber-domain. This effectively mitigates the cross domain physical-to-cyber domain attacks which can breach the confidentiality of the manufacturing system to leak valuable intellectual properties.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 10, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
Inventors:
Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque, Jiang Wan, Sujit Rokka Chhetri
Abstract: Provided are a method for diagnosing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), in particular, a diagnostic method for specifically diagnosing a group having a specific pathophysiology among CIDPs, and a kit and a biomarker for use in such a diagnosis. The diagnostic method for diagnosing CIDP of the present invention includes a step of measuring an anti-neurofascin 155 antibody contained in a sample.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
Kyushu University, National University Corporation
Abstract: A method of treating demyelinating diseases involves administering a PAK1 inhibitor that is PF-3758309 to a subject in need of such treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignees:
Vanderbilt University, The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
Abstract: A profiling-based energy-aware recommendation method for a cloud platform at a cloud mediator interface may include: collecting usage data of a cloud node over predetermined intervals of time; generating and storing an energy usage profile for each node by using the collected usage data; acquiring real-time usage data from the cloud node; and comparing the real-time usage data with the generated energy usage profile so as to calculate a recommendation value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
University—Industry Cooperation Foundation Of Kyung Hee University
Abstract: A base element for switching a magnetization state of a nanomagnet includes a heavy-metal strip having a surface. A ferromagnetic nanomagnet is disposed adjacent to the surface. The ferromagnetic nanomagnet has a first magnetization equilibrium state and a second magnetization equilibrium state. The first magnetization equilibrium state or the second magnetization equilibrium state is settable in an absence of an external magnetic field by a flow of electrical charge through the heavy-metal strip. A method for switching a magnetization state of a nanomagnet is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
University of Rochester
Inventors:
Mohammad Kazemi, Engin Ipek, Eby G. Friedman
Abstract: The present application includes a sheath that is suitable for use in a variety of medical procedures. In one or more implementations, the sheath includes a shunt member, and a curvable portion. The curvable portion may be configured in various orientations to facilitate an intervention, such as a hemodialysis intervention, or the like, by an operator. The curvable portion may be configured to bend between a substantially straight configuration and a curved configuration. In implementations, the sheath may be configured to have detachable and/or interchangeable components (e.g., shunt member, curvable portion, etc.).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Abstract: An injectable carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and methylcellulose (MC) hydrogel derived from the plant-based polysaccharide, cellulose, is provided which gels in situ and repairs the intervertebral disc in the spinal column or other cartilaginous tissues. One specific application is for replacement of the nucleus pulposus (NP), the central gelatinous region of the intervertebral disc, following injury or degeneration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
Abstract: A process for chemically recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which utilizes a microwave absorber to optimize glycolytic depolymerization of PET via microwave irradiation. The method of chemically degrading PET to its reactive intermediate, bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), is carried out by: (a) combining PET with ethylene glycol and a catalytic system comprising a catalyst and a microwave absorber to produce a heterogeneous reaction mixture; and then (b) heating by microwave irradiating the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient to produce a reaction product comprising BHET. The BHET monomer then can be purified and re-polymerized to form new, virgin PET.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Disclosed is an apparatus for performing an iteration decoding scheme for a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive an encoded signal based on a parity matrix set for a plurality of variable nodes including a first variable node with a first degree and a second variable node with a second degree. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to determine at least one variable node based on a first threshold determined according to the first degree and a second threshold determined according to the second degree among the plurality of variable nodes and to generate decoded data from the signal based on the at least one determined variable node.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
Inventors:
Myeong-Woo Lee, Tae Hyun Kim, Jong Hyun Baik, Jun Heo
Abstract: A smart window controller includes circuitry configured to establish a representative model of one or more building zones based on occupancy, construction, lighting, or cooling properties of a building. A lighting control strategy is implemented for the one or more building zones based on the representative model or one or more user preferences input at a first user interface screen of an external device. Automatic operations of one or more smart windows, cooling systems, or artificial lighting systems are controlled based on trigger points associated with the lighting control strategy, and a performance level of the lighting control strategy for the one or more building zones is determined based on one or more predetermined financial metrics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Inventors:
Mohammed Abdul Fasi, Ismail Mohammad Budaiwi
Abstract: Various systems and methods for detecting electron spins using electron paramagnetic resonance are described. An excitation signal generator configured to generate an excitation signal of varying amplitude and phase as compared to a reference signal may be present. A crossed-loop resonator configured to isolate a detection signal produced by the excitation signal exciting an object with a magnetic field may also be present. Further, a detection device configured to detect electron spins of the object using the detection signal isolated by the crossed-loop resonator may be present.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2013
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2019
Assignee:
Colorado Seminary, which owns and operates the University of Denver
Inventors:
Mark Tseitlin, Richard Quine, George Rinard, Gareth Eaton, Sandra Eaton