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Solvent nuclear magnetic resonance for noninvasive inspection of particle-containing products
Published Wednesday, May 17, 2023Summary This patented technology uses solvent nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as a noninvasive method for quality control testing of particle products in both pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceuticals. This technique is rapid,...
Investigator(s): Bruce Yu, Marc Taraban
Categories: Diagnostics, Industrial Processing, Other
Keyword(s): NMR, Pharmaceutical, food, nanoparticles, Quality Control, Counterfeit Detection
Docket: BY-2017-009
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Noninvasive Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Materials and Tissue using Magnetic Resonance Techniques
Published Wednesday, February 6, 2019Many diseases alter the mechanical properties of tissue. Accordingly, the mechanical properties can serve as biomarkers for disease, diagnosis, and tumor assessment. While some larger diseased tissues or abnormalities near the surface of a patient can be detected by palpitation, many are located deep within the patient or too small to...
Investigator(s): Bruce Yu, Mark Taraban, Yue Feng
Categories: Devices, Software + Algorithm, Sensors/Monitors, Industrial Processing, Other
Keyword(s): MRI, NMR, diagnostic
Docket: BY-2012-013
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Compliant Passive Grasping Technology for Arbitrary Shaped and Sized Objects
Published Monday, December 7, 2015BackgroundSuction grippers (also referred to as "vacuum grippers") can grasp objects for handling and manipulation. They enable active control of grasp, enhance grasp stability, and handle some objects such as large flat plates more easily than standard graspers. However, the application of suction cups to object manipulation has been...
Categories: Robotics, Industrial Processing, Robotics, Devices, Engineering
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2009-107
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Multifunctional Variable Refrigerant Flow System with a Thermal Energy Storage
Published Thursday, November 12, 2015Background:Commercial and residential buildings account for the majority of energy consumption in the United States. Therefore, there has been a great effort to improve the performance of cooling and heating systems in both residential and commercial buildings. The variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system is one of the most energy...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): Thermal Energy Storage, energy efficiency, cooling, heating,
Docket: PS-2015-039
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Transient Liquid Phase Sintering Paste
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundElectronic systems are increasingly used in harsh environments under elevated thermal conditions. This includes applications with high absolute temperatures as well as those with very large temperature swings. Some examples of these types of applications include deep well drilling, military and aerospace, or automotive products...
Categories: Power Electronics, Microelectronics, Industrial Processing, Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials, Materials
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2014-096
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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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Modified Proteobacterial Enzyme for Industrial and Medicinal Applications
Published Wednesday, August 26, 2015BackgroundNaturally derived and modified enzymes have been used for a variety of biological and non-biological applications. Sea weed and bacteria derived polysaccharide, aliginate has been used in food as thickening or gelling agent, and as a stabilizer; alginate hydrogels have applications in the drug delivery and wound healing areas (...
Categories: Biologics, Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): alginate, alginate lyase, enzyme, bacterial enzyme, bacteria, sea weed, proteobacteria, bioremediation, biofilm, antibiotic, antimicrobial,industrial, Therapeutic, food, food processing, marine, catheter
Docket: LS-2014-086
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Microchannel Heat Exchanger with Built In Header Subcooler
Published Wednesday, October 3, 2012The two basic demands for air-conditioning and refrigeration systems are improving the efficiency and reducing the size of the equipment. As manufacturing technology advances and has allowed for much smaller heat exchanger tubes, the use of many parallel tubes has led to refrigerant flow malfunction when the microchannel heat exchanger is used as...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): microchannel tubes, Heat exchangers, refrigerant
Docket: PS-2011-032
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Heating Performance Improvement of Heatpump System
Published Wednesday, October 3, 2012As cars continue to become more electrified in hybrid, electric, and plug-in hybrid vehicles, the automobile industry is facing a heat source shortage for cabin heating and air-conditioning systems. In conventional cars, the industry has been able to utilize the waste heat from the internal combustion engine in order to keep passengers and...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): Thermoelectric module, heat pump, dehumidification, vapor injection
Docket: PS-2011-040
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Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling System with Chilled Panels
Published Wednesday, October 3, 2012In the US, over 80% of households have air-conditioning (AC) systems, either central systems or window mounted units. These AC systems consume up to 10% of a home’s entire yearly energy usage. Conventional AC systems provide simultaneous sensible and latent cooling; hence the evaporating temperature of the refrigerant, usually 7° to 10° C, is...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): air-conditioning,separate sensible and latent cooling (SSLC), vapor compression system (VCS)
Docket: PS-2011-056