Patents Assigned to University
  • Publication number: 20190126517
    Abstract: A methodology is disclosed to produce nanostructured carbon particles that act as effective reinforcements. The process is conducted in the solid state at close to ambient conditions. The carbon nanostructures produced under this discovery are nanostructured and are synthesized by mechanical means at standard conditions. The benefit of this processing methodology is that those carbon nanostructures can be used as effective reinforcements for composites of various matrices. As example, are to demonstrate its effectiveness the following matrices were including in testing: ceramic, metallic, and polymeric (organic and inorganic), as well as bio-polymers. The reinforcements have been introduced in those matrices at room and elevated temperatures. The raw material is carbon soot that is a byproduct and hence abundant and cheaper than pristine carbon alternatives (e.g. nanotubes, graphene).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Francisco C. Robles, Hector A. Calderon, Anderson Okonkwo
  • Publication number: 20190127237
    Abstract: An ammonia adsorption product is described which may be used for fresh caught fish and bait. The product may comprise functionalized tectosilicate compound and a buffer. High concentrations of ammonia produced by fish waste can be lethal, even though oxygen availability is rich enough to keep fish breathing. The product is a user-friendly, sustainable, affordable product which is able to extend the life of the fish by safely removing ammonia by an ion-exchange mechanism. This product can convert toxic ammonia into ammonium and uptake ammonium by releasing sodium ions in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Norma A. Alcantar, Wen Zhao, Sarina Joy Ergas
  • Publication number: 20190129786
    Abstract: The techniques described herein may include memory allocation techniques that provide improved security and performance. In embodiments, a method implemented in a computer system may include a processor and a memory, the method may comprise mapping a block of memory, dividing the block of memory into a plurality of heaps, dividing each heap into a plurality of sub-heaps, wherein each sub-heap is associated with one thread of software executing in the computer system, dividing each sub-heap into a plurality of bags, wherein each bag is associated with one size class of objects, and storing a plurality of objects in at least some of the bags, wherein each object is stored in a bag having size class corresponding to a size of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Tongping Liu, Sam Silvestro, Hongyu Liu
  • Publication number: 20190131965
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation-damage-compensation-circuit and a SOI-MOSFET that has high radiation resistance. The SOI-MOSFET has the radiation-damage-compensation-circuit to recover the characteristics of the SOI-MOSFET after X-ray irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Inter-University Research Institute Corporation High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
    Inventors: Ikuo Kurachi, Yasuo Arai, Miho Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190127776
    Abstract: A high through-put screening method for identifying agents effective for inhibiting biofilm formation and/or killing established biofilm are disclosed. The method includes three tiers, and each tier includes three specific biological process assays. The tier levels are a primary screen, a confirmation screen, and a dose-response screen, and the biological process assays include assays for total bacterial growth, bacterial metabolic activity, and biofilm formation. The series of assays may be run once or more than once at each tier. A library of compounds is subject to tier A and only compounds meeting a primary parameter advance to tier B, and only tier B compounds meeting a confirmation parameter advance to tier C, and only tier C compounds meeting a dose-response parameter are identified as putative agents effective for inhibiting and/or eradicating a biofilm, further wherein the assays are conducted for each compound subject to the respective tier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: University of Cincinnati, Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Daniel J. Hassett, Thomas J. Lamkin, Warunya Panmanee, Deborah E. Taylor, Chloe J.A. Shea
  • Publication number: 20190130161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for analyzing cell kinematics in a nucleated cell culture from a time-series sequence of multiple fluorescence microscopic images of the nucleated cell culture. The method includes the steps of, (a) identifying every cell nucleus in each fluorescence microscopic image; (b) identifying every cell cluster using the cell nuclei identified in the step (a); and (c) tracking the cells and/or cell clusters using the cell nuclei and cell clusters identified for the fluorescence microscopic images in steps (a) and (b) respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang CHANG, Hideo Yokota, Kuniya Abe, Ming-Dar TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190125443
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering in vivo hyperthermia treatments to a subject and methods of performing such treatments are provided. The apparatus comprises an imaging device, such as an MRI scanner, a microwave applicator, and a controller to target particular tissues within the subjects body for hyperthermia treatment. The microwave applicator emits microwave energy toward the target tissue and the imaging device provides real-time feedback as to the position of the applicator relative to the target tissues and thermometry data so as to permit real-time adjustment of the applicators operating parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Punit Prakash, Stefan H. Bossmann, Sergio Curto
  • Publication number: 20190125487
    Abstract: A scalpel that safely and efficiently removes excess dental composite from the surfaces of teeth. A method for removing excess dental composite from a dental surface using this dental scalpel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Fahad Ibrahim FATINY, Helal M. SUNBOL, Turki Y. ALHAZZAZI
  • Publication number: 20190126198
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for cleaning air comprising one or more pollutants, the method comprising contacting the air with thermal decompositions products of ozone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: University of Copenhagen
    Inventors: Matthew Stanley Johnsson, Andreww Charles Butcher, Carl Meusinger, Kristoffer Skovlund Kipinen
  • Publication number: 20190127311
    Abstract: Methods of halogenating a carbon containing compound having an sp3 C—H bond are provided. Methods of fluorinating a carbon containing compound comprising halogenation with Cl or Br followed by nucleophilic substitution with F are provided. Methods of direct oxidative C—H fluorination of a carbon containing compound having an sp3 C—H bond are provided. The halogenated products of the methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: The Trustees Of Princeton University
    Inventors: John T. Groves, Wei Liu
  • Publication number: 20190130954
    Abstract: A two-terminal stochastic switch is disclosed. The switch includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, an access switch controlled by a first terminal and coupled to the MTJ stack, such that when the access switch is on, electrical current flows from a first source coupled to the MTJ stack, through the MTJ stack, and through the access switch to a second source, and a digital buffer coupled to the MTJ stack and the access switch which is configured to transform an analog signal associated with a voltage division across the MTJ stack and the access switch to a digital signal, output of the digital buffer forming a second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: Purdue Research Foundation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kerem Yunus Camsari, Supriyo Datta, Sayeef Salahuddin
  • Publication number: 20190127441
    Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to compounds, compositions, and methods to reduce infectivity of virus particles and to treat viral infections in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Inventors: Jason Botten, Joseph Klaus, Anne Mason
  • Publication number: 20190130077
    Abstract: Sensors arranged on a chair on which a subject is seated detect a physical characteristic of the subject during administration of a cognitive health assessment. An assessment processor coupled to the sensors executes computer-executable instructions causing the processor to determine a contemporaneous reaction corresponding to each of the questions as a function of the detected physical characteristic. And the subject is assigned a cognitive health assessment score based on the subject's answers and determined reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Debraj De, Sajal K. Das, Mignon Makos
  • Publication number: 20190125185
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods to measure the intraocular pressure, ocular tissue geometry and the biomechanical properties of an ocular tissue, such as an eye-globe or cornea, in one instrument. The system is an optical coherence tomography subsystem and an applanation tonometer subsystem housed as one instrument and interfaced with a computer for at least data processing and image display. The system utilizes an air-puff and a focused micro air-pulse to induce deformation and applanation and displacement in the ocular tissue. Pressure profiles of the air puff with applanation times are utilized to measure intraocular pressure. Temporal profiles of displacement and/or spatio-temporal profiles of a displacement-generated elastic wave are analyzed to calculate biomechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Kirill V. Larin, Manmohan Singh, Jiasong Li, Zhaolong Han, Michael D. Twa
  • Publication number: 20190125205
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a muscle activity measurement device and a muscle activity measurement method which make it possible to measure the muscle activity of an object to be sensed with increased accuracy. The muscle activity measurement device 1 according to the present invention is provided with a magnetic sensor unit 11 which senses a magnetic field generated from a living body, and an identification means which identifies an installed direction of the muscle activity measurement device 1. The identification means includes an indication 24, on a surface of a container 20, which comprises identification information for installing the muscle activity measurement device 1 in such a way that a magnetism sensing direction X of the magnetic sensor unit 11 and the direction in which the muscle fibers of the living body as the object to be sensed extend are substantially orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Kawabata, Shuichi Okawa, Shuta Ushio
  • Publication number: 20190125681
    Abstract: The present invention utilises 3D printing technology, specifically fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing, to produce solid dosage forms, such as pharmaceutical tablets. The production process utilises novel printing filaments, typically on a spool, which contain the active ingredient. Such active-containing filaments have proved to be extremely robust and the principles outlined in the present disclosure provide access to a variety of viable formulations directly from a 3D printer. This, for the first time, affords a viable means for the in situ (e.g. within a pharmacy) 3D printing of personalised medicines tailored to a patient's needs. The invention also relates to purpose-built software for operating the printing apparatus, as well as local, national and global systems for monitoring the real time operation of a plurality of printing apparatuses to enable facile detection of malfunctions, thereby making regulatory approval viable and facilitating regulatory compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: University of Central Lancashire
    Inventor: Mohamed ALBED ALHNAN
  • Publication number: 20190125849
    Abstract: A device that includes a scaffold composition and a bioactive composition with the bioactive composition being incorporated into or coated onto the scaffold composition such that the scaffold composition and/or a bioactive composition controls egress of a resident cell or progeny thereof. The devices mediate active recruitment, modification, and release of host cells from the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: David J. Mooney, Omar Abdel-Rahman Ali, Eduardo Alexandre Barros E Silva, Hyun Joon Kong, Elliot Earl Hill, JR., Tanyarut Boontheekul
  • Publication number: 20190126210
    Abstract: An oil-water separation membrane is described. The oil-water separation membrane comprises a porous metal sheet with a photocatalyst layer on one side and a layer of nanoparticles and a surfactant on the other side. The layer of nanoparticles and surfactant create a superoleophobic and superhydrophilic coating that allows passage of an aqueous phase and rejection of an oil phase. The photocatalyst layer, combined with UV irradiation, enables degradation of organic contaminants in the aqueous phase. The oil-water separation membrane may be used as part of an oil-water separation system, and a filtered water product may be recycled through the membrane to increase the removal of organic contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Talal F. QAHTAN, Leonardo D. Banchik, Mohammed A. Gondal, Gibum Kwon, Divya Panchanathan, Umair Baig, Gareth McKinley, Mohamed A. Dastageer
  • Publication number: 20190125882
    Abstract: Isatoic anhydride derivatives having an N-substituent which includes a quaternary ammonium group are useful for labeling and/or functionalizing a target material and/or for coupling materials together. The isatoic anhydride derivatives of the present disclosure can be advantageously water soluble, easily prepared and purified. Isatoic anhydride derivatives useful in the present disclosure preferably have at least one chemically reactive group or at least one binding group or at least one detectable label. Anthranilate derivatives made from the isatoic anhydrides derivatives or otherwise and kits including the isatoic anhydride derivatives are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Inventors: Craig A. OGLE, Anthony J. FOWLER
  • Publication number: 20190131995
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a digital representation of the amplitude and phase of a bandpass signal are disclosed. The methods comprise filtering the bandpass signal with a bandpass filter, generating the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal with a quadrature hybrid, determining the amplitude of the complex analytic signal by adding an even power-law transform of the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal, and determining the phase of the complex analytic signal by comparing the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal to zero and comparing an even power-law transform of the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal to each other. Analog to digital converters and methods of converting complex analytic signals to digital signals are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Associated Universities, Inc.
    Inventor: Omar Artemi Yeste Ojeda