Patents by Inventor Jianxin Zhao

Jianxin Zhao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200261515
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of microbial technology, and discloses a probiotic composition and use thereof. The probiotic composition in the present disclosure is consisted of Bifidobacterium adolescentis CCFM8630, Lactobacillus reuteri CCFM8631 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus CCFM1044, whose effect of alleviating metabolic syndrome is significantly better than that of CCFM8630 or CCFM8631 alone or combination of the two, especially in aspects of lowering epididymal fat content, lowering fasting blood glucose level, lowering the area under sugar tolerance curve and lowering contents of serum low density lipoprotein and total cholesterol, improving liver antioxidant capacity and lowering serum IL-1? content, etc. The extent of decrease or increase is increased by 9.62% to 769.62% compared with formulations of a single probiotic or a combination of two probiotics. The combination of three probiotics achieves a significant synergistic effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: INFINITUS (CHINA) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanyuan WANG, Wei CHEN, Gang WANG, Xiaofeng ZHU, Fangli MA, Junyong XIAO, Hao ZHANG, Jianxin ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200229685
    Abstract: An optical system for a stereo video endoscope including: first and second lens system channels each having optical elements in identical configurations, the optical elements being arranged in a same position along first and second optical axes, respectively, an optical axis of first and second optical elements coincide with the first and second optical axes, respectively, first and second cross-sectional areas of the first and second optical elements are inscribed in first and second circumferential circles, respectively, centers of first and second circumferential circles each coincide with the first and second optical axes, respectively, to define a maximum radius of the first optical element and the second optical element, the first and second circumferential circles overlap one another, and circumferential shapes of the first and second optical elements deviate from the first and second circumferential circles circumscribing them such that the first and second optical elements do not contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin WIETERS, Peter SCHOUWINK, Jianxin ZHAO, Alrun THUEMEN
  • Patent number: 10698194
    Abstract: An optical system including: a sideways-viewing, distal optical assembly including an entry lens, a deflecting unit configured as a prism unit, and an exit lens on a common optical axis; a proximal optical assembly including left and right lens system channels, wherein the right and left lens system channels are identically configured and parallel to each other and each having an optical axis; and a prism unit between the distal optical assembly and the proximal optical assembly, the prism unit couples a left beam path exiting the exit lens into the left lens system channel and a right beam path exiting the exit lens into the right lens system channel; wherein a second distance between the left and right lens system channels is adjustable, the second distance being in a direction perpendicular to the first and second optical axes of the respective first and second lens system channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jianxin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200000321
    Abstract: An optical system including: a distal optical assembly; a proximal optical assembly; and an image sensor; wherein the distal and proximal optical assemblies define a beam path; the distal optical assembly couples incident beams of light from a field of view located in an object space in the proximal optical assembly; the proximal optical assembly directs the incident beams of light onto a light-sensitive surface of the image sensor; and at least one of the distal and proximal optical assemblies comprise, at least one prism arranged in the beam path, such that the at least one prism limits the field of view of the optical system on at least one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventors: Jianxin ZHAO, Mario BOCK
  • Patent number: 10520718
    Abstract: An optical system including: a sideways-viewing, distal optical assembly including an entry lens, a deflecting unit configured as a prism unit, and an exit lens on a common optical axis; a proximal optical assembly including left and right lens system channels, wherein the right and left lens system channels are identically configured and parallel to each other and each having an optical axis; and a prism unit between the distal optical assembly and the proximal optical assembly, the prism unit couples a left beam path exiting the exit lens into the left lens system channel and a right beam path exiting the exit lens into the right lens system channel; wherein a second distance between the left and right lens system channels is adjustable, the second distance being in a direction perpendicular to the first and second optical axes of the respective first and second lens system channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jianxin Zhao
  • Patent number: 10441138
    Abstract: An optical system including: a distal optical assembly; a proximal optical assembly; and an image sensor; wherein the distal and proximal optical assemblies define a beam path; the distal optical assembly couples incident beams of light from a field of view located in an object space in the proximal optical assembly; the proximal optical assembly directs the incident beams of light onto a light-sensitive surface of the image sensor; and at least one of the distal and proximal optical assemblies comprise, at least one prism arranged in the beam path, such that the at least one prism limits the field of view of the optical system on at least one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Jianxin Zhao, Mario Bock
  • Publication number: 20190285869
    Abstract: An optical system having a viewing angle ? relative to a longitudinal axis including: a prism group to deflect incident light by reflection at first and second surfaces including prisms with mutually adjacent boundary surfaces arranged in pairs and separated by a gap, a total reflection of incident light from outside a field of view takes place at a boundary surface between a prism and a corresponding gap, the prism group has a cylindrical envelope (D), and an input-side prism is configured to have a wedge-shape with angle ? and an optical path length ?; an entry surface of the prism has a length L, which is a length of a line of intersection of the entry surface with a plane that is spanned by a central beam path; and the first prism meets the conditions: ?<cos ?·tan ?·D/2 and L<D/cos ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Jianxin ZHAO, Alrun THUEMEN
  • Publication number: 20190216302
    Abstract: An optical system for use with a stereo video endoscope with a fixed lateral viewing direction. The optical system including: a laterally-viewing distal optical assembly; and a proximal optical assembly, the distal optical assembly and proximal optical assembly jointly establishing a beam path, the proximal optical assembly including: a left channel lens system; and a right channel lens system similarly configured to the left channel lens system; wherein the distal optical assembly establishes an optical axis and is configured to couple incident light along the beam path from an object space into the left channel lens system and into the right channel lens system of the proximal optical assembly; and the optical system comprises an angle-selective optical element with a surface oriented perpendicular to the optical axis of the distal optical assembly, the surface being located in the beam path and coated with an incidence-angle-selective dielectric coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter SCHOUWINK, Jianxin ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190167082
    Abstract: An optical system for use with a stereo video endoscope with a fixed, lateral viewing direction, including: laterally-viewing distal and proximal optical assemblies, similarly configured left and right lens system channels; the distal optical assembly couples incident light from an object space into the left and right lens system channels; the distal optical assembly includes an entrance lens, a deflection prism group and an exit lens in a direction of incident light; the deflection prism group includes first and second prisms in the direction of incident light; the first prism includes first entrance and first exit sides at an angle relative thereto; the second prism includes a second entrance side, a reflection side and a second exit side; and the first entrance side of the first prism and the reflection side of the second prism enclose an angle that is greater than a total reflection angle of the second prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter SCHOUWINK, Jianxin ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190142044
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a microwave and conduction combined heating method for improving the gel strength of surimi products, belonging to the technical field of food processing. According to the present invention, surimi is first fully gelatinized by conduction heating, and then heated by microwave heating so that surimi gel can pass through a gel cracking zone quickly. This kind of microwave and conduction combined heating way can not only increase the gel strength of the surimi to achieve the desired elasticity, but also can save a lot of time and improve the production efficiency. Compared with ordinary microwave heating, the microwave and conduction combined heating method of the conduction and microwave heat preservation, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Daming FAN, Jianlian HUANG, Hongwei CAO, Xuepeng LI, Hao ZHANG, Wenguo ZHOU, Bowen YAN, Xidong JIAO, Tenghui YU, Wenhai ZHANG, Weijian YE, Jiangping CHEN, Dengying LEI, Jianxin ZHAO, Qingmiao ZHANG, Wei CHEN
  • Patent number: 10288866
    Abstract: An optical system for a stereo video endoscope, a stereo video endoscope and a method for operating an optical system. The optical system includes a distal optical assembly and a proximal optical assembly with a left lens system channel and a right lens system channel. The distal optical assembly couples light incident from an object space into the left lens system channel and into the right lens system channel of the proximal optical assembly. The distal optical assembly is an optical assembly with an adjustable focal length, wherein a change in the focal length causes a displacement of an axis intersection point in the object space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jianxin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190112675
    Abstract: Provided is a strain CCFM8631 of Lactobacillus reuteri and use thereof. The strain CCFM8631 of Lactobacillus reuteri can significantly increase neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine level in peripheral blood, recover the hormone levels, for example testosterone and so on in peripheral blood of rat, normalize abnormal abundances of Blautia genus and Turicibacter genus, Oscillospira genus and Bifidobacterium genus in intestinal flora of rat affected by high-fat high-starch diet, show good tolerance to simulated gastrointestinal fluid and quickly colonize in intestinal, significantly improve pathological damages of tissues such as liver, duodenum and so on, and increase triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in serum and oral glucose tolerance of rat with metabolic syndrome caused by high-fat high-starch diet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: INFINITUS (CHINA) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Fangli MA, Wei CHEN, Gang WANG, Guangsu ZHU, Yuanyuan WANG, Lingyun XIAO, Minghua HU, Hao ZHANG, Jianxin ZHAO, Chung Wah MA
  • Publication number: 20190112674
    Abstract: Provided is a strain CCFM8630 of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and use thereof. The strain CCFM8630 of Bifidobacterium adolescentis can significantly increase neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine level in peripheral blood of rat, recover the hormone levels, for example testosterone and so on in peripheral blood of rat, normalize abnormal abundances of Bifidobacterium genus, Blautia genus and Turicibacter genus in intestinal flora of rat affected by high-fat high-starch diet, show pretty good tolerance to simulated gastrointestinal fluid and quickly colonize in intestinal, significantly improve pathological damages of tissues such as liver, duodenum and so on, and increase triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in serum and oral glucose tolerance of rat with metabolic syndrome caused by high-fat high-starch diet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: INFINITUS (CHINA) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanyuan WANG, Wei CHEN, Gang WANG, Guangsu ZHU, Fangli MA, Lingyun XIAO, Minghua HU, Hao ZHANG, Jianxin ZHAO, Chung Wah MA
  • Patent number: 10088665
    Abstract: An optical system of a stereo video endoscope with lateral viewing direction. The optical system including: a sideways looking distal optical assembly; and a proximal optical assembly. Where the distal optical assembly includes, successively in a direction of light incidence on a common optical axis: an entrance lens configured as a raised negative meniscus, an optical deflection unit; and an exit lens configured as a hollow positive meniscus, Where the distal optical assembly has, at least in sections, a right and a left lens system channel of identical type and arranged parallel to one another, each of the right and left lens system channel having: a dedicated optical axis, and at least one first lens and an achromatic lens group in the direction of light incidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Jianxin Zhao, Tsutomu Uzawa
  • Publication number: 20180237789
    Abstract: It relates to a Mortierella alpine ATCC32222 uracil auxotroph strain and a construction method thereof. In the present invention, Mortierella alpine ATCC32222 is used as a material and undergoes gene knockout through an Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated genetic manipulation technology, to obtain the Mortierella alpine uracil auxotroph. The method is of great significance for the basic theoretic researches of the oil producing fungus Mortierella alpine ATCC32222 and product development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haiqin CHEN, Wei CHEN, Yongquan CHEN, Guangfei HAO, Xin TANG, Zhennan GU, Jianxin ZHAO, Hao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180180868
    Abstract: An optical system including: a sideways-viewing, distal optical assembly including an entry lens, a deflecting unit configured as a prism unit, and an exit lens on a common optical axis; a proximal optical assembly including left and right lens system channels, wherein the right and left lens system channels are identically configured and parallel to each other and each having an optical axis; and a prism unit between the distal optical assembly and the proximal optical assembly, the prism unit couples a left beam path exiting the exit lens into the left lens system channel and a right beam path exiting the exit lens into the right lens system channel; wherein a second distance between the left and right lens system channels is adjustable, the second distance being in a direction perpendicular to the first and second optical axes of the respective first and second lens system channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jianxin ZHAO
  • Patent number: 9982269
    Abstract: It relates to a Mortierella alpine ATCC32222 uracil auxotroph strain and a construction method thereof. In the present invention, Mortierella alpine ATCC32222 is used as a material and undergoes gene knockout through an Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated genetic manipulation technology, to obtain the Mortierella alpine uracil auxotroph. The method is of great significance for the basic theoretic researches of the oil producing fungus Mortierella alpine ATCC32222 and product development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Haiqin Chen, Yongquan Chen, Guangfei Hao, Zhennan Gu, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Xiaoyun Huang, Kai Du, Shanshan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180028050
    Abstract: An optical system including: a distal optical assembly; a proximal optical assembly; and an image sensor; wherein the distal and proximal optical assemblies define a beam path; the distal optical assembly couples incident beams of light from a field of view located in an object space in the proximal optical assembly; the proximal optical assembly directs the incident beams of light onto a light-sensitive surface of the image sensor; and at least one of the distal and proximal optical assemblies comprise, at least one prism arranged in the beam path, such that the at least one prism limits the field of view of the optical system on at least one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Jianxin ZHAO, Mario BOCK
  • Publication number: 20180011308
    Abstract: An optical system for a stereo video endoscope, a stereo video endoscope and a method for operating an optical system. The optical system includes a distal optical assembly and a proximal optical assembly with a left lens system channel and a right lens system channel. The distal optical assembly couples light incident from an object space into the left lens system channel and into the right lens system channel of the proximal optical assembly. The distal optical assembly is an optical assembly with an adjustable focal length, wherein a change in the focal length causes a displacement of an axis intersection point in the object space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jianxin ZHAO
  • Patent number: 9649347
    Abstract: An anti-oxidative Lactobacillus rhamnosus CCFM1107 can relieve chronic alcoholic liver injury, and L. rhamnosus CCFM1107 can be used in preparing dairy products as starter culture. The dairy products of this invention include milk, milk powder, milk capsules or fermented milk containing L. rhamnosus CCFM1107. It has strong abilities of anti-oxidation, scavenging diphenyl picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical and hydroxyl radical, inhibiting lipid peroxidation, tolerating cholate, chlorine sodium and pH, and can improve liver function and antioxidative index, lower serum endotoxin level and regulate intestinal flora distribution, thus effectively relieving alcoholic liver injury of mice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Fengwei Tian, Wenli Huang, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Gang Wang, Qiuxiang Zhang, Xiaoming Liu, Daming Fan, Feifei Chi