Patents and Patent Applications from Drexel University


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US20090286746 Small Survival-Promoting/Immunomodulatory Peptide for Treatment of Brain Damage, Neurodegenerative Disorders, and Inflammatory Disorders  
A synthetic peptide sequence demonstrating neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory functions is disclosed. Methods of use for the synthetic peptide are also provided.
US20090286257 WATER SOLUBLE NANOCRYSTALLINE QUANTUM DOTS CAPABLE OF NEAR INFRARED EMISSIONS  
A novel quantum dot capable of near infrared emissions at wavelengths of 750-1100 is made by forming solid solutions of metal sulfide, metal selenide or metal sulfide selenide by incorporating a...
US20090276073 INTELLIGENT MODELING AND CONTROL OF AUTOMATION  
A system and method for advanced device specific knowledge based modeling as well as intelligent control to yield high performance, low cost automation for optoelectronic design, packaging and...
US20090269384 BIOACTIVE THERMOGELLING POLYMER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THEIR USE  
Hydrogels comprising poly(N-alkylacrylamide), poly(alkyleneglyco)di-acrylate or methacrylate, cross-linking agent, a source of calcium ions, and water are described, as well as methods of their...
US20090263849 Bioprinting Three-Dimensional Structure Onto Microscale Tissue Analog Devices for Pharmacokinetic Study and Other Uses  
A microfluidic system for monitoring or detecting a change in a parameter of an input substance, which includes a microfluidic device having a tissue chamber and a tissue analog placed in the...
US20090258782 MESOPOROUS CARBONS  
Provided are products, systems, and methods relating to the removal of particles from fluid samples using mesoporous carbon materials.
US20090255435 PIEZOELECTRIC STUN PROJECTILE  
The present invention provides a non-lethal projectile for delivering an electric pulse to a target. In one aspect of the invention, the projectile utilizes a piezoelectric device and an electrical...
7597870 Water soluble quantum dots  
An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm...
US20090235746 Detecting And Measuring Live Pathogens Utilizing A Mass Detection Device  
Extremely minute amounts of live pathogens are rapidly detected using a piezoelectric cantilever sensor. A single pathogen is detectable in about 30 minutes. Pathogen-specific antibodies are...
US20090233850 CVN-12p1: a recombinant allosteric lectin antagonist of HIV-1 envelope gp120 interactions  
The invention provides a recombinant multi-functional chimera of CVN and 12p1. Chimeras of CVN and 12p1 present a model for targeting gp120 at two discrete sites, by two different modes of...
US20090224435 Method for Making Carbon Nanotubes with Embedded Nanoparticles  
The invention concerns methods for producing carbon nanotubes with embedded nanoparticles comprising providing a template comprising an anodized aluminum oxide membrane with a pore diameter of...
US20090221922 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IN SITU TISSUE NAVIGATION  
The “Smart Tool” includes a “Smart Tool Probe” and two processing modules. The Smart Tool Probe is a hand held, wired or wireless, device that a surgeon utilizes for interrogating and...
US20090220425 Method to Quantitatively Measure Effect of Psychotropic Drugs on Sensory Discrimination  
A method for evaluating an effect of a psychotropic compound or a treatment on a neuronal activity of an animal including determining a change in the amount of information generated by neurons in...
US20090216320 Magnetic Gradient Targeting And Sequestering Of Therapeutic Formulations And Therapeutic Systems Thereof  
A therapeutic system and a method that uses stents, and/or other implantable devices ( 104 ) for local delivery of a therapeutic agent is disclosed. A therapeutic formulation ( 102 ) may include...
US20090216149 SELF-CONTAINED, IMPLANTABLE, INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR ITS USE IN MONITORING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE  
A reliable and mass-producible microelectromechanical (MEMS)-based microwave intracranial pressure sensing device for use with a portable microwave monitor and methods for non-invasively monitoring...
US20090213529 Nanocellular high surface area material and methods for use and production thereof  
Nanocellular high surface area materials of a carbon material with high surface area that is controllable and which exhibits high conductivity, controllable structure and a precisely controllable...
US20090203000 DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS USING A CANTILEVER SENSOR  
Detection of miniscule amounts of nucleic acid is accomplished via binding of target nucleic acid to probe material, composed of nucleic acid, which is bound to a sensor configured to sense mass....
US20090202644 FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLE FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHODS OF THEIR PRODUCTION  
Carbon nanotubes filled with a suspension or colloidal solution of functional nanoparticles and methods for production of carbon nanotubes loaded with functional nanoparticles are provided.
7572313 Ternary carbide and nitride composites having tribological applications and methods of making same  
A turbomachinery component includes a substrate having a surface, the surface consisting essentially of at least one composite of at least one metal and at least one compound having the chemical...
US20090196827 Drug Loaded Contrast Agents: Combining Diagnosis and Therapy  
This invention provides an improvement to methods of drug loading of ultrasound contrast agents. Echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof produced by the...
7569203 Production and uses of carbon suboxides  
Methods for the reduction of gaseous carbon dioxide emissions from combustion or oxidation reactions are provided. The various methods involve the formation of carbon suboxides and/or polymerized...
US20090191630 Dual Inhibitors of HIV-1 GP-120 Interactions  
Compounds, which inhibit the binding of gp120 to CD4 as well as 17b and methods for their use in inhibiting the HIV fusion process, are provided.
7564402 Information gathering using reflected satellite signals  
A method of using reflected satellite signals, such as GPS signals or high orbit satellite signals, to determine information including the steps of: receiving direct and reflected satellite signals...
US20090181879 Methods for Monitoring Neuroinflammatory Destruction of Neurons and for Treating Diseases Having an Inflammatory component related to phospholipase A2  
The present invention relates to methods useful to monitor central and peripheral nervous system neuron/axon destruction resulting from an increase in acute phase inflammatory enzymes. The methods...
US20090165559 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACIAL SENSING  
A sensor is disclosed for analyzing information, such as interfacial interactions, found in various systems. A sensor is located proximate to an interface that is to be studied. The sensor is...
US20090145246 ALL-ELECTRIC PIEZOELECTRIC FINGER SENSOR (PEFS) FOR SOFT MATERIAL STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT  
A PEFS (Piezoelectric Finger Sensor) acts as an “electronic finger” capable of accurately and non-destructively measuring both the Young's compression modulus and shear modulus of tissues with...
7528112 Small survival-promoting/immunomodulatory peptide for treatment of brain damage, neurodegenerative disorders, and inflammatory disorders  
A synthetic peptide sequence demonstrating neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory functions is disclosed. Methods of use for the synthetic peptide are also provided.
7526356 Intelligent modeling and control of automation  
A system and method for advanced device specific knowledge based modeling as well as intelligent control to yield high performance, low cost automation for optoelectronic design, packaging and...
7524909 Fatty acid monomers to reduce emissions and toughen polymers  
Novel fatty acid monomers and methods for their synthesis are provided for use in polymerization reactions. Fatty acid monomers are employed as reactive diluents in the polymerization of vinyl...
US20090099441 BRAIDED ELECTRODES  
Electrodes for intracorporeal and other uses are provided. The invention features sterilizable, braided electrodes which are formed of or include conductive elements in electronic communication...
US20090098166 Chimeric MSP-based malaria vaccine  
The invention provides an immunogenic composition comprising MSP-8 linked to an antigen. Methods of using the composition to induce an immune response in an animal are also provided.
US20090081712 ATM-Dependent Phosphorylation of Sp1 Is Involved in the Cellular Response to DNA Damage and Enhances Cellular Survival After DNA Damage  
The present invention is related to the discovery that phosphorylation of SP1 (SEQ ID NO.: 2) at serine residue 101 (known herein as phosphoserine 101 Sp1) is an important part of a cell's...
US20090078023 Detection And Quantification Of Biomarkers Via A Piezoelectric Cantilever Sensor  
Quantification of a target analyte is performed using a single sample to which amounts of the target analyte are added. Calibration is performed as part of quantification on the same sample. The...
7506588 Piezoelectric stun projectile  
The present invention provides a non-lethal projectile for delivering an electric pulse to a target. In one aspect of the invention, the projectile utilizes a piezoelectric device and an electrical...
US20090076743 NOVEL METHOD FOR ZERO POINT DETECTION  
The present invention relates to a method for the simple, objective and accurate determination the zero point or effective zero point of a material, the point of first contact between an indenter...
US20090065742 SYNTHESIS OF WATER SOLUBLE NON-TOXIC NANOCRYSTALLINE QUANTUM DOTS AND USES THEREOF  
An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble ZnS QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous ZnS QDs with emission wavelengths varying from...
7497133 All electric piezoelectric finger sensor (PEFS) for soft material stiffness measurement  
A PEFS (Piezoelectric Finger Sensor) acts as an “electronic finger” capable of accurately and non-destructively measuring both the Young's compression modulus and shear modulus of tissues with...
US20090055106 METHOD FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING USING A SMART SENSOR SYSTEM  
The structural health monitoring method of the present invention utilizes a sensor system to determine information about deformation, stress and/or damage in structural elements. The sensor system...
US20090053709 ENHANCED SENSITIVITY OF A CANTILEVER SENSOR VIA SPECIFIC BINDINGS  
Detection of miniscule amounts of an analyte is accomplished via multiple bindings of specific materials on a sensor configured to sense mass. The sensor is prepared by immobilizing an antibody to...
US20090045698 PIEZOELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLES AND MOTORS  
One or more piezoelectric elements are employed to generate electrical energy from one or both of the mechanical energy of a moving part of a conventional engine or vehicle or the combustion energy...
US20090042029 POLYAMIDE NANOFIBERS AND METHODS THEREOF  
Provided are methods for dissolving polyamides under ambient conditions and for forming polyamide nanofibers by electrospinning. Also provided are methods for incorporating nanoparticles, including...
US20090028797 Novel polymeric ultrasound contrast agent and methods of making thereof  
The present invention provides a novel method of manufacturing nanosized polymeric echogenic contrast agents. The method of the present invention comprises a modified salting out process which...
US20090018287 Fatty Acid Monomers To Reduce Emissions and Toughen Polymers  
Novel fatty acid monomers and methods for their synthesis are provided for use in polymerization reactions. Fatty acid monomers are employed as reactive diluents in the polymerization of vinyl...
US20090017055 PLASMODIUM LIVER STAGE ANTIGENS  
The invention provides isolated liver stage Plasmodium polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-48 and immunogenic derivatives thereof. The...
US20090011004 IMPROVED CARRIERS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACID AGENTS TO CELLS AND TISSUES  
This invention relates to drug delivery and specifically to the preparation and use of functionalized carriers such as nanopolymers and nanovesicles for improved delivery of nucleic acid agents...
US20090007645 PIEZOELECTRIC MICROCANTILEVERS AND USES IN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY  
The invention is direct to a piezoelectric microcantilever for static contact and dynamic noncontact atomic force microscopy which may be carried out in solution. The piezoelectric microcantilever,...
US20090000035 TWO-PIECE LIGHTWEIGHT LITTER SYSTEM  
This invention is directed to a durable, compact, two-piece, light weight, load sustaining litter system for the transport of humans, animals or objects. The litter system comprises a litter frame,...
US20080319247 Method of local therapy using magnetizable thermoplastic implant  
A method for local therapies using heat generating implants comprising magnetic or magnetizable features or objects distributed in a solidified moldable matrix to treat bone infection or loosening...
US20080318247 Biomarker for cardiac transplant rejection  
The invention provides a method of diagnosing a disease or disorder featuring an abnormal level of a ring-containing molecule in a tissue. In one embodiment, a method of diagnosing organ transplant...
7458265 Piezoelectric cantilever sensors  
A piezoelectric cantilever with a non-piezoelectric, or piezoelectric tip useful as mass and viscosity sensors. The change in the cantilever mass can be accurately quantified by monitoring a...
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