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Personal Robotic Air-conditioning Device
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundHeating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems have made tremendous gains in full-load efficiency over decades of research. However, the efficiencies of many full-load HVAC systems are approaching a maximum where it will not be cost effective to improve these systems any further. In many cases, in order to reduce energy...
Categories: Clean Tech, Chemical, Devices, Industrial Processing, Robotics
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2014-101
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Distributed Row-Column Decoding For A One-Sided Mesh Switch
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background: One-sided crossbar fabric is well-suited to interconnecting active ports such as line cards in network routers and peripheral devices in computer systems where ports serve both as inputs and outputs. Its simple topology and straightforward routing makes it more attractive for network-on-chip and system-on-chip designs compared to...
Categories: Microelectronics, Power Electronics, Devices
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2014-102
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Single Material All Solid-State Lithium-ion Battery
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background:The current all-solid-state Li-ion batteries consist of three distinct components: an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode. In addition, current collectors are also used to ensure electron transport through the electrodes and the external circuit. The anode, cathode, and electrolyte normally use three different materials due to the...
Categories: Devices, Engineering, Power Electronics, Microelectronics
Keyword(s): Solid-State, Lithium-ion, battery, Anode, Cathode, Energy storage
Docket: PS-2014-143
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Device and Cloud-Based System to Reduce Lower Back Injury in the Workforce
Published Sunday, May 17, 2015Background:A solution to lower-back pain in the workplace needs to be addressed. Lower-back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed workdays. In fact, the total direct costs of chronic lower-back pain related health care utilization are estimated to be about $100 million a year (Mehra, 2012...
Categories: Devices, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): Back Injury mitigation
Docket: PS-2015-006
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Portable Multi-Parameter Cancer Diagnostic Device
Published Sunday, May 17, 2015Background: Each year in USA alone, more than 200,000 breast cancer cases are diagnosed. The transformation from benign to cancerous state changes the morphological signatures in the tumor environment. Mechanical and electrical phenotyping has been demonstrated as a promising technique to study the progression of the breast cancer. Thus, a...
Categories: Diagnostics, Platforms, Devices
Keyword(s): breast cancer, Cancer Diagnosis
Docket: PS-2015-017
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Microdevice for the Detection of Sequence Differences in Biological Samples
Published Tuesday, November 4, 2014BackgroundWith the advancements in biomedical research, accurate sequencing of biological samples is becoming of greater importance. The completion of the Human Genome Project has highlighted the potential of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA while the increase in protein-based therapies has increased interest in the...
Categories: Diagnostics, Devices, Research Tools, Antibodies, & Reagents
Keyword(s): Gene sequencing, protein sequencing, lab-on-chip
Docket: LS-2014-076
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Rapid Separation of Bacteria from Complex Samples
Published Wednesday, May 7, 2014BackgroundFoodborne illness in the United States costs billions of dollars each year in health care and other losses. While many of the pathogenic bacteria responsible for foodborne illnesses are known, and testing for them is routine, contaminated food still reaches the consumer. Part of the problem may be due to the length of time...
Categories: Microfluidics, Devices
Keyword(s): Bacteria detection, food safety, Salmonella, E. coli
Docket: LS-2014-071
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Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Using Surface Acoustic Waves in Piezoelectric Semiconductors
Published Thursday, January 13, 2011The field of photovoltaic energy conversion is rapidly becoming more diverse. Improvements have been made in many existing devices in the form of traditional photovoltaic panels, and new fabrication techniques and materials have permitted researchers to explore different approaches in an attempt to combine improved efficiency of photovoltaic...
Categories: Microelectronics, Power Electronics, Materials, Engineering, Devices
Keyword(s): photovoltaics, surface acoustic wave, energy conversion
Docket: PS-2009-039
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Therapeutic Nano-Particle Magnetic Injector System
Published Tuesday, October 13, 2009BackgroundMagnetic targeted delivery provides the ability to direct therapeutic substances to different tissues in the body using external magnetic fields. Magnetic targeting makes locations of disease, infection, and cancerous growth more accessible and more treatable with greater efficacy and less cost. A tremendous amount of research has...
Categories: Drug delivery devices, Devices, Engineering
Keyword(s): drug delivery, magnetic drug delivery, magnet, magnetic, cancer, tumor
Docket: PS-2008-116
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Mobility Assistive Device With Wide Support Base
Published Monday, July 27, 2009ES Updated /MCBackground Children with neurological disorders, such as spina bifida, often use wheelchairs for mobility to the detriment of their physical development and healthy operation of internal organs. The leg and hip muscles may not be properly innervated so that the child cannot independently ambulate. A mechanical orthotic...
Categories: Devices
Keyword(s): crutch, wide base, arm pit, foot, ambulatory, medical device
Docket: PS-2005-097