Abstract: A laser light containment dome providing increased safety to microscopy users while allowing the microscopy instrument to be used in an effective and efficient manner is provided. The laser light containment dome includes a hemisphere or dome shaped enclosure that prevents dangerous intensities of laser light from exiting an objective lens and or microscopy sample holder while still allowing the user to witness and measure the direction of laser light in three dimensions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 28, 2019
Publication date:
June 27, 2019
Applicant:
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Abstract: A pet privy system is provided that is compact for shipping, and can be easily and quickly assembled by an owner. The system includes a cloth enclosure that has sidewalls and a top. A frame assembly supports the cloth enclosure, and includes a top frame, first and second side frames connected to the top frame, and cross-members that are connected between opposite sides of the first and second side frames from the top frame. A removable pan having a length and a width is provided, with the length being less than a distance between the first and second side frames. The pan is slideable between the first and second side frames. An inner guard wall is also provided having two sides and a back that are connected together and located inside the frame assembly and are adapted to be located between the sidewalls of the cloth enclosure and the removable pan.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 12, 2018
Publication date:
June 13, 2019
Applicant:
Vermont Juvenile Furniture Mfg., Inc. a/k/a Pet Gear, Inc.
Inventors:
Kristen Jakubowski, Chris Jakubowski, Todd Jakubowski
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
Abstract: A multi-plane imaging system for imaging multiple reflection planes of a regular or irregular shaped three-dimensional (3D) specimen having top, side and bottom views simultaneously. The system includes an inverted watertight pyramid well having at least four reflective side surfaces for reflecting the specimen side views, wherein each of the at least four reflective sides surfaces define an angle, ?, relative to the base horizontal plane, and wherein each reflective side surface comprises a plurality of reflective zones; A specimen is positioned horizontally equidistant from the at least four reflective side surfaces and positioned vertically from the base horizontal plane a predetermined vertical distance; wherein the predetermined vertical distance, the at least four reflective side surfaces, and the angle ? comprise a reflection image plane for reflecting the specimen bottom views.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 25, 2018
Publication date:
April 25, 2019
Applicant:
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to compounds, compositions, and methods to assess characteristics of mitochondrial antiviral-signaling (MAVS) polypeptides and also to methods of modulating MAVS polypeptide characteristics. In addition, the invention relates, in part, to assays to assess characteristics of polypeptides.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 21, 2017
Publication date:
April 4, 2019
Applicant:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Abstract: As described herein, the present invention features compositions comprising an HGF/IgG complex and methods of using such compositions to reduce ischemic reperfusion injury.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 23, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2019
Assignee:
The University of Vermont and State Agriculture College
Abstract: Methods and compounds useful to treat drug-induced diseases and conditions are provided. Methods of administering one or more MCJ-inhibiting compounds to decrease MCJ polypeptide activity in cells, tissues, and/or subjects as a treatment for a drug-induced disease or condition are provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 9, 2016
Publication date:
March 14, 2019
Applicants:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Asociacion Centro de Investigacion Cooperativa en Biociencias-CIC bioGUNE
Inventors:
Mercedes Rincon, Maria Luz Martinez Chantar, Juan Anguita, Oliver Dienz
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for diagnosing and treating anxiety disorders in female subjects. Diagnosis and treatment of such anxiety disorders are based, in part, on an analysis of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) expression levels in tissue collected from female subjects.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignees:
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Emory University
Inventors:
Victor May, Kerry J. Ressler, Sayamwong E. Hammack, Donna Toufexis, Karen M. Braas
Abstract: The invention includes, in part, methods and compounds for treating diseases and conditions characterized by elevated threonyl-tRNA synthetase (TARS) activity, which include, but are not limited to diseases and conditions in which angiogenesis is elevated as compared to normal. In some embodiments of the invention, a level of a TARS molecule is determined and compared to a control level of TARS to assess a treatment for a disease or condition characterized by elevated TARS activity.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 18, 2018
Publication date:
February 28, 2019
Applicant:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Inventors:
Christopher Francklyn, Karen M. Lounsbury, Jason Botten
Abstract: Featured is a method for assessing risk of a patient condition. Such a method includes providing criteria that relate predetermined parameters to each other, inputting observations into given criterion and relating observations of one or more acquired parameters, and converging the given criterion so as to provide an output representative of a patient condition. Such a method further includes translating the output into a visual form such as displaying the output on a display device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2012
Date of Patent:
January 29, 2019
Assignee:
The University of Vermont and State Agriculture College
Inventors:
Kathleen B. Ziedins, Christopher M. Danforth, Thomas Orfeo, Stephen J. Everse, Kenneth G. Mann
Abstract: The invention includes, in part, methods and compounds for diagnosing diseases and conditions characterized by altered threonyl-tRNA synthetase (TARS) activity, which include, but are not limited to diseases and conditions in which angiogenesis is altered. In some embodiments of the invention, a level of a TARS molecule is determined and compared to a control level of TARS to assess onset, progression, and/or regression of a disease or condition associated with altered TARS activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 2013
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2019
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Inventors:
Christopher Francklyn, Karen M. Lounsbury, Tamara Williams
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inhibitors of DUOX1. In some aspects, an inhibitor may be applied to a subject having or being at risk for asthma or other conditions. The inhibitor may be applied by various techniques, such as pulmonary or topical delivery. In some embodiments, the inhibitor may include a peptide or other moiety having a reactive electrophile. The reactive electrophile can target cysteine or other residues within DUOX1 to inhibit its activity, e.g., by covalently binding to the residue. Other non-limiting examples of suitable inhibitors include hydroxynonenal, curcumin, sulforaphane, cinnamaldehyde, dimethyl fumarate, or phenyl vinyl sulfonate. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such inhibitors, kits involving such inhibitors, devices or formulations containing such inhibitors, or the like.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2018
Assignee:
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Inventors:
Albert van der Vliet, David Earl Heppner, Karamatullah Danyal
Abstract: The invention includes, in part, methods and compounds for treating diseases and conditions characterized by reduced threonyl-tRNA synthetase (TARS) activity, which include, but are not limited to diseases and conditions in which angiogenesis is reduced as compared to normal. In some embodiments of the invention, a level of a TARS molecule is determined and compared to a control level of TARS to assess a treatment for a disease or condition characterized by reduced TARS activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 13, 2018
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Inventors:
Christopher Francklyn, Karen M. Lounsbury, Jason Botten
Abstract: A device for moving the back and core muscles while sitting includes a rocking assembly that sits atop a base assembly, and optionally a height adjustment mechanism between the rocking assembly and the base assembly. The rocking assembly includes a rocking mechanism that sits between a base plate or platform and a seat. The rocking mechanism can be, for example, a hollow or solid hemispheric- or dome-shaped rocking mechanism, an eccentric bicylinder rocking mechanism, and/or a rocking mechanism based on an arrangement of halfpipe members. The rocking mechanisms of the exercise chair allow to the seat to rock, wobble, and/or swivel with a side-to-side rocking motion, a front-to-back rocking motion, or both a side-to-side rocking motion and a front-to-back rocking motion, and are attached to base plate and seat via a fastener that includes a solid strut that passes through the rocking mechanism and includes a plurality of Belleville washers.
Abstract: The invention includes, in part, methods and compounds for treating diseases and conditions characterized by elevated threonyl-tRNA synthetase (TARS) activity, which include, but are not limited to diseases and conditions in which angiogenesis is elevated as compared to normal. In some embodiments of the invention, a level of a TARS molecule is determined and compared to a control level of TARS to assess a treatment for a disease or condition characterized by elevated TARS activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 2, 2018
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Inventors:
Christopher Francklyn, Karen M. Lounsbury, Jason Botten
Abstract: A device for moving the back and core muscles while sitting includes a rocking assembly that sits atop a base assembly, and optionally a height adjustment mechanism between the rocking assembly and the base assembly. The rocking assembly further includes a rocking mechanism that sits between a base plate or platform and a seat. The rocking mechanism can be, for example, a hollow or solid hemispheric- or dome-shaped rocking mechanism, an eccentric bicylinder rocking mechanism, and/or a rocking mechanism based on an arrangement of halfpipe members. The rocking mechanisms of the exercise chair allow to the seat to rock, wobble, and/or swivel with a side-to-side rocking motion, a front-to-back rocking motion, or both a side-to-side rocking motion and a front-to-back rocking motion.
Abstract: As described herein, the present invention features compositions comprising an HGF/IgG complex and methods of using such compositions to reduce ischemic reperfusion injury.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 23, 2016
Publication date:
August 23, 2018
Applicant:
The University of Vermont and State Agriculture College
Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for regulation of GSK3? activity. The invention provides phosphorylated GSK3? polypeptides and antibodies that recognize such polypeptides. The invention further includes methods for treating disorders that are associated with elevated or reduced GSK3? activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2018
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Abstract: The invention features compositions comprising agents having cardiac protective activity isolated from epicardial progenitor cells and derivatives thereof, and methods for the use of such compositions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 29, 2018
Publication date:
August 16, 2018
Applicant:
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURE COLLEGE