Patents Issued in January 2, 2024
  • Patent number: 11860108
    Abstract: An optofluidic diagnostic system and methods for rapid analyte detections. The system comprises an optofluidic sensor array, a test plate and an optical detection cartridge. The sensor array supports one or more distinct sensor units, each having a reactor section designed to temporarily enter a series of different kinds of wells in the test plate. One kind of well is a sample reservoir that holds reagent solution to be transferred into the reactor section. Another kind of well is a drainage chamber that removes reagent solution from the reactor section. A third kind of well is a colorant reservoir that holds a colorant reagent transferable into a reactor section. Finally, the sensor unit is transferred to the optical detection cartridge where it is placed into an isolation booth during the optical detection process so that its flat observation face is stationed in a viewing window opposite an optical detector lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Optofluidic Bioassay, LLC
    Inventors: Maung Kyaw Khaing Oo, Xudong Fan
  • Patent number: 11860109
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an optical detection element and GOI (Ge-on-insulator) device for ultra-small on-chip optical sensing, and a manufacturing method of the same. According to various embodiments, the optical detection element and the GOI device may be implemented on a GOI structure comprising a germanium (Ge) layer, and the GOI device may be implemented to have an optical detection element. Specifically, the GOI device may include a GOI structure with a waveguide region comprising a germanium layer, a light source element configured to generate light for the waveguide region, and at least one optical detection element configured to detect light coming from the waveguide region. At least one slot configured to collect light from the light source element may be formed in the germanium layer in the waveguide region. The light source element may generate light so as to be coupled to the germanium layer in the waveguide region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sanghyeon Kim, Jinha Lim, Joonsup Shim
  • Patent number: 11860110
    Abstract: To provide an article inspection apparatus capable of sensitively and stably detecting a change in a spectrum when an unspecified foreign substance is contained and determining a defective product. A transport unit that transports a tablet for inspection to an article inspection position, a light irradiation unit that irradiates the tablet transported to the article inspection position with light, a light detection unit that detects light transmitted through the tablet, and an article inspection unit that inspects a quality of the tablet based on spectral characteristics of the light detected by the light detection unit are provided, and the article inspection unit standardizes a measured value of a spectrum of the light detected by the light detection unit for each wavelength and determines whether the tablet is a normal product or a defective product based on a standardized value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Arai, Eiji Taniguchi, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11860111
    Abstract: An image reconstruction method, includes: generating differential data indicating a difference between detection data generated by detecting X-ray that passed through a measurement object by irradiating X-rays to the measurement object and estimate data generated by estimating X-rays that are assumed to have been passed through an estimated structure having been generated by estimating a shape of the measurement object; and generating an image using the differential data and the estimated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11860112
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including: an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit 11 that irradiates an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter, and receives a reflection wave; a detection unit 12 that performs detection processing of detecting an abnormal state, based on a signal of the reflection wave; a decision unit 13 that decides, for an inspection target person from which the abnormal state is detected, whether to perform a secondary inspection at a place or perform a secondary inspection later; and a registration unit 16 that registers, in association with a result of the detection processing, identification information about the inspection target person decided that a secondary inspection is performed later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Nakayama, Masanori Sekido, Shinichi Morimoto, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Tatsuya Sumiya, Toshiyuki Nomura, Toshinori Takemura
  • Patent number: 11860113
    Abstract: Provided is a tube weld X-ray inspection device for inspecting an abnormality, such as a tube welding part crack, of a heat exchanger by using X-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DIGIRAY CORP.
    Inventors: Sang Sub Kong, Young Ho Kang, Nam Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11860114
    Abstract: Atomic position data may be obtained from x-ray diffraction data. The x-ray diffraction data for a sample may be squared and/or otherwise operated on to obtain input data for a neural network. The input data may be input to a trained convolutional neural network. The convolutional neural network may have been trained based on pairs of known atomic structures and corresponding neural network inputs. For the neural network input corresponding to the sample and input to the trained convolutional neural network, the convolutional neural network may obtain an atomic structure corresponding to the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: David Hurwitz
  • Patent number: 11860115
    Abstract: A measurement mechanism that has a body, a vacuum chamber located on the body and in which a measurement process is performed is disclosed. A first sample and a second sample between which a heat transfer occurs are placed in the vacuum chamber and contact each other. A piston that provides the first sample and the second sample to continuously contact each other, a measurement unit that contacts the first sample and the second sample, and a cooler located below the first sample and the second sample is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TUSAS—TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Deger Akin, Dilek Kumlutas, Furkan Kulak
  • Patent number: 11860116
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a target layer disposed on a substrate, and a crack sensor for detecting a crack generated in the target layer. The crack sensor includes a first conductive pattern positioned at a bottom surface of the target layer, a second conductive pattern positioned on a top surface of the target layer, the top surface being opposite to the bottom surface of the target layer, a plurality of resistors, and nodes. The plurality of resistors are connected in parallel to each other through the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern. Each of the plurality of resistors is disposed to substantially penetrate the target layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11860117
    Abstract: A pH sensor for detecting a pH of a sample includes a reference electrode and a glass electrode. The reference electrode includes a hollow tubular housing, and at least one water absorbing unit disposed in the housing and including a porous junction member configured to contact the sample, and a water absorbing member disposed on one side of the porous junction member that is opposite to the sample. The water absorbing member is made by soaking a superabsorbent polymer in potassium chloride solution. The glass electrode is inserted into the water absorbing member, and protrudes from the junction member toward the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LUH CHERNG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Feng Tsai, Ke-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 11860118
    Abstract: A biosensing system configured to detect a target DNA and methods of detecting a target DNS are presented. The biosensing system comprises a biosensor comprising a suspension of a hybridization buffer containing dispersed gold nanoparticles, sodium chloride, and single-stranded DNA probes configured to undergo DNA hybridization with the target DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: XiuJun Li, Wan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11860119
    Abstract: A sensing method is described. The sensing method comprises providing a time-dependent electrical signal across a conductive connection between first and second terminals of a sensor, the conductive connection capacitively coupled to an environment via a mesoscopic probe element having an electroactive surface for exposure to the environment, the conductive connection having an associated relaxation time. The method further comprises receiving a time-dependent response signal from the sensor. The method further comprises analysing the time-dependent response signal with respect to the time-dependent electrical signal. The method further comprises determining, based on the analysis, a change in the relaxation time, the change in the relaxation time being correlated with an interaction between the electroactive surface and a measurand of the environment. A computer-readable medium, a sensing system and a sensor are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA “JULIO DE MESQUITA FILHO”—UNESP
    Inventors: Jason J. Davis, Paulo R. Bueno
  • Patent number: 11860120
    Abstract: An IC includes a source region and a drain region in a semiconductor layer. A channel region is between the source region and the drain region. A sensing well is on a back surface of the semiconductor layer and over the channel region. An interconnect structure is on a front surface of the semiconductor layer opposite the back surface of the semiconductor layer. A biosensing film lines the sensing well and contacts a bottom surface of the sensing well that is defined by the semiconductor layer. A coating of selective binding agent is over the biosensing film and configured to bind with a cardiac cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tung-Tsun Chen, Yi-Hsing Hsiao, Jui-Cheng Huang, Yu-Jie Huang
  • Patent number: 11860121
    Abstract: An IC includes a source region and a drain region in a semiconductor layer. A channel region is between the source region and the drain region. A sensing well is on a back surface of the semiconductor layer and over the channel region. An interconnect structure is on a front surface of the semiconductor layer opposite the back surface of the semiconductor layer. A biosensing film lines the sensing well and contacts a bottom surface of the sensing well that is defined by the semiconductor layer. A coating of selective binding agent is over the biosensing film and configured to bind with a cardiac cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tung-Tsun Chen, Yi-Hsing Hsiao, Jui-Cheng Huang, Yu-Jie Huang
  • Patent number: 11860122
    Abstract: A system for separating biological molecules includes a plurality of capillaries, a capillary mount, a plurality of optical fibers, a fiber mount, an optical detector, and a motion stage. The plurality of capillaries are configured to separate biological molecules in a sample. Each capillary comprising a detection portion configured to pass electromagnetic radiation into the capillary. The plurality of capillaries are coupled to the capillary mount such that the detection portions are fixedly located relative to one another. Each optical fiber includes a receiving end to receive emissions. The optical fibers are coupled to the fiber mount such that the receiving ends of the optical fibers are fixedly located relative to one another. The optical detector is configured to produce an alignment signal. The motion stage is configured to align the receiving ends of the optical fibers to the detection portions based on values of the alignment signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Shaohong Wang
  • Patent number: 11860123
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a membrane with a first side, a second side, and a pore that extends through the membrane; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: electronic sensing of an electrical characteristic associated with a translocation of a test DNA through the pore, resulting in a sensed electrical characteristic; comparing the sensed electrical characteristic with a plurality of reference electrical characteristics, wherein each of the plurality of reference electrical characteristics is associated with a respective one of a plurality of reference features, and wherein the comparing results in a comparison result; and determining, based upon the comparison result, with which of the plurality of reference features a feature of the test DNA corresponds. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Leburton, Lav Raj Varshney, Aditya Sarathy, Nagendra B. Athreya
  • Patent number: 11860124
    Abstract: A method to effectively utilize an oil debris monitor to provide advanced warning to mechanical system failures in a high noise system by adapting detection and annunciation algorithms to the background noise in a system that includes collecting I and Q channel data from a sensor; processing the I and Q channel data to both calculate a noise based (RMS adjusted) detection threshold and to identify a ferrous and nonferrous signal; processing the ferrous and nonferrous signals to determine signal peaks above the RMS adjusted detection threshold; adjusting a detection threshold if more signal peaks observed than allowable particles in a given time window; transmitting the detection threshold previously determined to particle detection, rate limit adjustment, detectability algorithms, and estimated mass loss accumulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Thomas Rocco, Danbing Seto
  • Patent number: 11860125
    Abstract: A system for detecting wear in an encoder used to sense a wheel speed in a vehicle comprises a sensor configured to sense the wheel speed of the vehicle by sensing a magnetic material on the encoder coupled to a wheel of the vehicle. A noise detection module includes a plurality of noise detectors configured to detect noise in a wheel speed signal generated by the sensor. An estimation module is configured to estimate a state of health of the encoder based on the noise detected in the wheel speed signal and to generate an alert in response to the state of health indicating that an amount of wear on the encoder is greater than a predetermined threshold. A filter is configured to filter the noise in the wheel speed signal and to output a filtered wheel speed signal to a control system controlling stability of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohit Batra, Jasmeet Singh Ladoiye, Milad Alekajbaf, Douglas James Spry
  • Patent number: 11860126
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention may include an eddy current nondestructive evaluation device. The eddy current nondestructive evaluation device may include a rotating body; a motor coupled with the rotating body such that the motor rotates the rotating body; a permanent magnet coupled with the rotating body; a pickup coil coupled with the rotating body; and an integrator circuit electrically coupled with the pickup coil that integrates a voltage from the pickup coil to produce integrated voltage data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: EHT Ventures LLC
    Inventors: James R. Prager, Timothy M. Ziemba, Kenneth E. Miller, Ilia Slobodov, Paul Melnik, Connor Liston, Kevin Muggli, TaiSheng Yeager, John G. Carscadden
  • Patent number: 11860127
    Abstract: An eddy current probe based on a Halbach array coil includes a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, a fourth coil and a fifth coil arranged in a form of a Halbach array. One side with dense magnetic induction lines is used as a displacement measurement direction of the eddy current probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA OIL & GAS PIPELINE NETWORK CORPORATION, SOUTH CHINA COMPANY, CHINA OIL & GAS PIPELINE NETWORK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongshan Tian, Xianzhong Wang, Lin Yi, Changqun Yang, Daodong Niu, Jiaming Liang
  • Patent number: 11860128
    Abstract: A measurement system for measuring an inhomogeneity of a medium in a vessel includes: a first ultrasound emitter for sending a first ultrasound signal along a first path; a second ultrasound emitter for sending a second ultrasound signal along a second path different from the first path; a first ultrasound receiver for receiving the first ultrasound signal and measuring a first measurement parameter p1 of the received first ultrasound signal; a second ultrasound receiver for receiving the second ultrasound signal and measuring a second measurement parameter p2 of the received second ultrasound signal; and a control unit: receives the first measurement parameter p1 from the first ultrasound receiver, receives the second measurement parameter p2 from the second ultrasound receiver, and determines a ratio p1/p2 of the first measurement parameter p1 to the second measurement parameter p2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Frank Kassubek, Miklos Lenner, Stefano Marano, Gerrit Held
  • Patent number: 11860129
    Abstract: Devices that include a low sensitivity bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator sensor including a surface to which a low recognition component is immobilized, the low recognition component being configured to selectively bind the analyte, an analyte molecule to which a tag is linked, or a tag, or any one of these molecules to which an amplification element-linked second recognition component is bound; a high sensitivity BAW resonator sensor including a surface to which a high recognition component is immobilized, the high recognition component being configured to selectively bind the analyte, an analyte molecule to which a tag is linked, or a tag, or any one of these molecules to which an amplification element-linked second recognition component is bound; one or more containers housing an amplification molecule, the amplification element-linked second recognition component, and optionally one or both of the tag and the analyte molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zomedica Biotechnologies LLC
    Inventors: James Russell Webster, Ian Robert Harmon
  • Patent number: 11860130
    Abstract: A vehicle can comprise a battery cell, a monitoring device, and a controller. The monitoring device can comprise an ultrasound source and an ultrasound sensor. The ultrasound source can direct ultrasound at the battery cell, and the ultrasound sensor can detect ultrasound transmitted through or reflected from at least a portion of an interior of the battery cell. The ultrasound sensor can generate one or more signals responsive to the detected ultrasound. The controller can process the one or more signals from the ultrasound sensor and can output an indication of an internal state of the first battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Bhanu Sood, Michael G. Pecht, Michael D. Osterman
  • Patent number: 11860131
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system with an ultrasonic transducer housing assembly that maintains an acoustic coupling path for spherically focused transducers while allowing the placement of the housing at angles relative to a vertical angle. This invention extends the use of spherically focused transducers into portable systems with significantly reduced system and operational costs for non-destructive testing. The transducer housing assembly features a lens housing with an opening that is sealed with a replaceable fluid-tight membrane defining an acoustic window with acoustic properties similar to those of fluid in the housing and therefore at least translucent to the transducer and causing minimal signal loss. The housing contains minimal fluid to be cleaned up in case of improper use or leakage. The transducer housing also includes an optional surface offset and an ability to adjust the focal point of the transducer relative to the component surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VERIFI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Jack, Benjamin M. Blandford, Nathaniel J. Blackman, Kayla P. Garrett, Douglas E. Smith
  • Patent number: 11860132
    Abstract: A material analysis device for analysing a material sample. The material analysis device is equipped with a—generally temperature-controllable—sample chamber and a sample holder, which, supported by at least one pillar, protrudes into the sample chamber, and a loading shaft, to one end of which force is applied by an exciter, and the other end of which bears a connecting member, with which it transmits force to the sample in a defined manner and loads same thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Neumann, Marco Zier, Patrick Biermann, Jürgen Tschöpel, Reinhard Gschwendtner, Wiebold Wurpts, Markus Hilmer, Leonhard Faulhammer, Stephan Lauer, Kai Dinges, Claas Luhmann, Michel Bellmann, Georg Storch
  • Patent number: 11860133
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-shaft pressurized rock mechanics tester, pertaining to the technical field of rock mechanics testing devices, comprising a base; the base is of an integral rectangular structure, and welded six vertical support plates symmetrically at the front and back ends, a -shaped bracket plate is horizontally welded at the top of the six vertical support plates (“” is a Chinese character, read as “Ri”), and a bracket plate is rotatably installed on the top section of the three rear vertical support plates, pressed against the -shaped bracket plate; the left and right sides of the base are symmetrically welded with four vertical bracing plates, an I-shaped installation plate is welded on the top of the four vertical bracing plates, four hydraulic cylinders are locked, fixed and hoisted on the bottom of the I-shaped installation plate with screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Huaguo Wen, Chao Ma, Yiquan Ma, Jintong Liang, Yixin Dong, Xiangye Kong, Xin Wang, Shaohui Wang, Ya Zhang, Wei Yan
  • Patent number: 11860134
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying force to a workpiece, the apparatus having a frame with spaced first and second side members and a top frame assembly. An anchor is spaced downwardly from the top frame assembly. There is a force generator connected to the frame assembly. The force generator is operative to apply a force to a workpiece connected between and to the force generator and anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Charles Fayle
  • Patent number: 11860135
    Abstract: A three-dimensional dynamic and static load test system for simulating deep roadway excavation and a method thereof are provided, which relates to the technical field of indoor simulation testing in underground engineering. The system includes a mobile platform, a box body, a support frame, a roadway excavation device, and a data monitoring unit. The system and method of the disclosure can reproduce the whole process of roadway excavation, simulate the multi-directional loading of deep roadway, and restore the real stress state of deep roadway under the influence of dynamic and static load superimposed disturbance. The problem of insufficient research under the condition of unidirectional static loading and lack of multi-directional dynamic and static loading in current large-scale experimental devices has been solved, and the stress and deformation of the surrounding rock of the roadway are reflected in real-time through the data monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Weiyao Guo, Yueying Zhang, Lexin Chen, Dongxiao Zhang, Yunliang Tan, Tongbin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11860136
    Abstract: A gas chromatography analysis method includes separating a component in sample gas by introducing the sample gas into a separation column (4) using carrier gas, and detecting a component in sample gas that has passed through the separation column (4) by introducing the sample gas into a detector (6). The detecting includes individually taking out hydrogen gas and oxygen gas generated by electrolysis of water, and controlling flow rates of taken-out hydrogen gas and oxygen gas and supplying the taken-out hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to the detector as detector gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeaki Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 11860137
    Abstract: Described is a method for detecting the presence of natural hydrocarbon compounds in drilling cuttings. The method includes introducing a chemical standard to an oil-based drilling fluid, producing a tagged drilling fluid. Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) is used to determine a concentration of hydrocarbon compounds in the tagged drilling fluid, which corresponds to a first hydrocarbon signal. The tagged drilling fluid is circulated in a borehole during drilling, and the drilling cuttings mixed with the tagged drilling fluid are recovered. Hydrocarbon compounds are then extracted from the drilling cuttings. GC-MS is used to determine a concentration of hydrocarbon compounds present in the drilling cuttings that were mixed with the tagged drilling fluid, which corresponds to a second hydrocarbon signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ibrahim Atwah
  • Patent number: 11860138
    Abstract: An analysis method includes: subjecting a sample to liquid chromatography; performing first mass spectrometry of the sample subjected to the liquid chromatography to detect a first ion corresponding to cholesteryl ester and a second ion corresponding to cholesteryl ester peroxide; and analyzing a degree of oxidation of the sample based on a ratio between an intensity of the detected first ion and an intensity of the detected second ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11860139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for analysing the composition of a quenched flow reaction liquid comprising a quenched flow reactor, and a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) apparatus; wherein the quenched flow reactor is in fluid communication with the HPLC apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Photophysics Limited
    Inventor: Lindsay John Cole
  • Patent number: 11860140
    Abstract: A method and system for injecting an unconcentrated sample into a receiving LC/MS/MS system that is configured to determine a concentration of one or more PFAS analytes within the unconcentrated sample, wherein the LC/MS/MS includes ESI. The unconcentrated sample may be subjected to one or more of the following ESI conditions: i) a probe gas temperature of approximately 120° C. to approximately 180° C.; ii) a sheath gas heater setting of approximately 250° C. to approximately 400° C.; and/or iii) a sheath gas flow of approximately 8 L/min to approximately 12 L/min. The unconcentrated sample's concentration and/or an injected amount of the one or more PFAS analytes is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUFFOLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY
    Inventor: Amanda Comando
  • Patent number: 11860141
    Abstract: Provided are methods for detecting or determining the amount of guanidinoacetate (GAA), creatine, and creatinine by mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventor: Thomas C. Lynn
  • Patent number: 11860142
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer specifying a location where a flow path is clogged and recovering in a short time. The liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer includes a first flow path passing through a separation column, a second flow path not passing through the separation column, a mass spectrometry unit on the downstream side of the first and second flow paths that analyzes a sample that has passed through the first flow path, a first valve for connecting any one of the first and second flow paths to the mass spectrometry unit, and a controller for controlling driving of the first valve connecting the first flow path to the mass spectrometric unit, comparing the measured value of the mass spectrometric unit with a predetermined threshold value, and connecting the second flow path to the mass spectrometry unit when it is determined to be abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masuyuki Sugiyama, Yuichiro Hashimoto, Hideki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11860143
    Abstract: A system for self-regulating a suppressor includes an ion chromatography suppressor, a power supply for applying an electric potential to the suppressor, and a control unit configured to provide an offset voltage VOS and an applied voltage VA to the suppressor, measure a current of the suppressor responsive to the offset and applied voltages VOS and VA, determine a suppressor state of the suppressor based upon the measured current, and adjust the offset voltage VOS based upon the suppressor state. A method for self-regulating a suppressor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinde F. Kadjo
  • Patent number: 11860144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring cell for carrying out chemical analyses, having a vessel, in which at least one liquid to be analyzed is located; a heating wire, which is guided at least partially around an outer wall of the vessel, so that the liquid inside the vessel can be heated in a uniform and controlled manner; and a first temperature sensor, which determines and/or monitors a first temperature of the liquid. The measuring cell furthermore comprises a magnetic stirrer with a stir bar and a cover for closing the vessel, wherein the cover has a plurality of ducts, wherein at least one first duct is provided for at least one first analysis sensor, which determines and/or monitors at least one chemical and/or physical variable of the liquid of the vessel and wherein at least one second duct is provided for a liquid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Kathe, Daniel Schweitzer, Michael Ingelmann
  • Patent number: 11860145
    Abstract: An automated wetstock management system can include a plurality of sensors disposed in a fuel storage facility, the plurality of sensors configured to sense fuel data characterizing one or more aspects of the fuel storage facility, and a wetstock management server communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors. The wetstock management server can process the fuel data to detect whether the fuel data satisfies an exception indicative of an operational issue of the fuel storage facility based on one or more predefined rules or models stored in the wetstock management server. In some embodiments, the wetstock management server can generate a workflow for assisting a user of the fuel storage facility to resolve the operational issue. In some embodiments, the wetstock management server can assign a risk category to the exception and electronically transmit an alert characterizing the operational issue to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: Philip Hill, Prem Swaroop, Atish Kamble, Konstantin Streltsov, Krystian Kulig
  • Patent number: 11860146
    Abstract: A device includes a housing with a reference electrode having a metal plug extending through the housing. One or more sensing surfaces are disposed on an exterior of the housing, where the one or more sensing surfaces are configured to perform a nutrient measurement of a soil. A moisture sensor is disposed on an exterior of the housing for detecting a moisture level of the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sufi Zafar, Hendrik F. Hamann
  • Patent number: 11860147
    Abstract: A device for determining the real evapotranspiration of a vegetated surface of a soil includes a porous evaporator, at least one portion of which has resistance to water vapor flow depending on a parameter, the porous evaporator having an upper surface exposed to the atmosphere, a tank of liquid water underlying the porous evaporator to which the tank is connected by a suction tube, and provided with a meter for measuring water level, a sensor for measuring the humidity value of the soil, and a CPU controlling the parameter on which the resistance to the water vapor flow through the porous evaporator depends, depending on the humidity value of the soil detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA
    Inventor: Giovanni Rallo
  • Patent number: 11860148
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for determining gas characteristics to monitor transformer operation include extracting gas from transformer fluid for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Henry L. Buijs, Louis-Philippe A. Bibeau, Alex Ouellet-Belanger, Raphael N. Desbiens
  • Patent number: 11860149
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a system for dynamic real-time water-cut monitoring that includes a plurality of sensors for sensing pressure across a pipe that includes logic that causes the system to determine whether to use a direct approach for determining water-cut. In some embodiments, in response to determining not to use the direct approach, the logic causes the system to determine an initial guess for water-cut, estimate at least one dynamic pressure loss across the distance, estimate at least one potential energy pressure loss across the distance, estimate a value for water-cut from the at least one dynamic pressure loss and the at least one potential energy pressure loss, determine whether the initial guess is within a predetermined threshold of the value for water-cut, and in response to determining that the initial guess is within the predetermined threshold of the value for water-cut, output the value for water-cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ali M. Al Shahri, Anas A. Al Shuaibi, Mohammed S. Kanfar, Kalid Saad Dosary, Abdulaziz A. Alsaleh
  • Patent number: 11860150
    Abstract: A method for evaluating damage-healing characteristics of paving asphalt based on energetics principle includes: obtaining a numerical integral AH of a stored pseudo strain energy required by asphalt to compensate damage-healing to loading times and obtaining local life compensation ?N of the asphalt benefiting from damage-healing characteristics; calculating an average stored pseudo strain energy QH of the asphalt according to the following formula: Q H = A H ? ? N ; and evaluating the asphalt damage-healing characteristics according to the average stored pseudo strain energy QH of the asphalt. This method is based on the evolution law of the average stored pseudo strain energy required to compensate the damage-healing to explore the damage-healing characteristics of asphalt. As a characteristic index of materials, this energy evaluation index has nothing to do with the damage state and the rest periods, but only depends on the strain load, which improves the testing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Guanyu Gong, Zhengyang Ren
  • Patent number: 11860151
    Abstract: Method for the extraction and the determination of microplastics in samples with organic and inorganic matrices, including the fundamental stages of: sampling and pre-treatment, acid digestion of the sample, extraction of microplastics in liquid phase, identification and quantification of the microplastics; and characterized by the fact of measuring the dimension and counting a plurality of microplastics, as the reading area measures 1 mm2, by means of electronic microscope coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Margherita Anna Letizia Ferrante, Gea Marzia Stefania Oliveri Conti, Pietro Zuccarello
  • Patent number: 11860152
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a circuit layer and a nanopore layer. The nanopore layer is formed on the circuit layer and is formed with a pore therethrough. The circuit layer includes a circuit unit configured to drive a biomolecule through the pore and to detect a current associated with a resistance of the nanopore layer, whereby a characteristic of the biomolecule can be determined using the currents detected by the circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Kun-Lung Chen, Tung-Tsun Chen, Cheng-Hsiang Hsieh, Yu-Jie Huang, Jui-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11860153
    Abstract: A device for storing and dispensing strips, including at least one cartridge which includes a recess including a first portion with a base shaped to receive at least one strip, the storage device further including at least one dispensing member including a projection with a contact surface shaped to cover at least a first end of each strip, wherein the dispensing member is at least partially housed in a second portion of the cartridge recess, the first portion of the recess and the second portion of the recess are connected by an angled intermediate portion and the dispensing member is configured to be rotatable between a rest position in which the projection extends away from the angled intermediate portion and an operating position in which the projection converges with the angled intermediate portion so as to at least press the first end of each strip against the angled intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventor: Denis Januel
  • Patent number: 11860154
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to detect white blood cells and/or white blood cell subtypes from non-invasive capillary videos is featured. The method includes acquiring a first plurality of images of a region of interest including one or more capillaries of a predetermined area of a human subject from non-invasive capillary videos captured with an optical device, processing the first plurality of images to determine one or more optical absorption gaps located in said capillary, and annotating the first plurality of images with an indication of any optical absorption gap detected in the first plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Leuko Labs, Inc
    Inventors: Carlos Castro Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro
  • Patent number: 11860155
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, materials and devices for approximation of blood volume in a fluid, such as in a biological fluid collected during a surgical procedure. The method and devices may include the use of an RBC flocculant, for example polyDADMAC, and an approximate blood hematocrit from the type of animal blood being evaluated, as well as a calculated RBC packing ratio corresponding to the collection device being used. Also provided is a Blood Indicator Panel (BIP), comprising a series of markings calculated from an observed red blood settlement volume, the average animal blood hematocrit, and a calculated RBC packing ratio “ii” value for the collection device. A collection device with a BIP is disclosed. Pediatric (about 200 ml or 250 ml size container), adult human (about 1,000 ml-1,500 ml) and veterinary (about 500 ml-2,500 ml) collection containers are also disclosed, that include a RBC flocculant, for use in approximating blood volume in a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cypher Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher A. Carew, Jian Ling
  • Patent number: 11860156
    Abstract: Methods to rapidly and accurately detect, characterize, measure, and quantify site-specific antibody drug conjugates, that may be present in pre-clinical animal biological samples, or human biological samples, including plasma/serum and tissue samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Martine Darwish, Surinder Kaur, Dian Su, Keyang Xu
  • Patent number: 11860157
    Abstract: A microfilter having a hydrophilic surface and suited for size-based capture and analysis of cells, such as circulating cancer cells, from whole blood and other human fluids is disclosed. The filter material is photo-definable, allowing the formation of precision pores by UV lithography. Exemplary embodiments provide a device that combines a microfilter with 3D nanotopography in culture scaffolds that mimic the 3D in vivo environment to better facilitate growth of captured cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CREATV MICROTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Olga Makarova, Cha-Mei Tang, Peixuan Zhu, Shuhong Li, Daniel Adams, Platte T. Amstutz