Patents and Patent Applications from Florida International University


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US20110295361 Catheter Deliverable Artificial Multi-Leaflet Heart Valve Prosthesis and Intravascular Delivery System for a Catheter Deliverable Heart Valve Prosthesis  
A heart valve prosthesis includes a collapsible stent and a one-piece multi-leaflet valve. The stent includes at least one length of wire having a series of turns forming a spring-like stent. The...
US20110213193 Magnetic Nanodelivery of Therapeutic Agents Across the Blood Brain Barrier  
Liposomes comprising magnetic nanoparticles bound to one or more therapeutic agents are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient across the blood...
8006746 3-dimensional high performance heat sinks  
A heat sink having a very high heat transfer capability may be made from a plurality of unit elements. Each unit element includes a series of inlet tubes having a range of diameters and a series of...
7969775 Three dimensional magnetic memory and/or recording device  
An electronic memory and/or recording device includes a three dimensional magnetic medium. Three dimensional magnetic medium includes a plurality of magnetic sublayers, each of the magnetic...
US20110105421 ELLAGITANNINS AS INHIBITORS OF BACTERIAL QUORUM SENSING  
Described herein are materials and methods for the inhibition of bacterial QS. Methods of treating bacterial infections by administration of one or more ellagitannins in amount effective to inhibit...
7910729 Azulenyl nitrone spin trapping agents, methods of making and using same  
The present invention provides azulenyl nitrones, such as those having the following general formula: (I) compositions comprising the same and methods of their use for the treatment or prevention...
7781218 Identification of humans through characteristic compounds detected in human scent  
The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and/or comparing humans. More particularly, the present invention is directed to methods of collecting human scent compounds from a...
US20100172055 Three Dimensional Magnetic Memory and/or Recording Device  
An electronic memory and/or recording device includes a three dimensional magnetic medium. Three dimensional magnetic medium includes a plurality of magnetic sublayers, each of the magnetic...
US20100155599 Hand-Held Optical Probe Based Imaging System with 3D Tracking Facilities  
A method, apparatus, and system display image data for a three-dimensional object in real-time, co-registering the image data acquired from a probe with the location on the three-dimensional object...
US20100101956 NANOSCALE DNA DETECTION SYSTEM USING SPECIES-SPECIFIC AND/OR DISEASE- SPECIFIC PROBES FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION  
A method and system for detecting a DNA strand using carbon nanotubes or nanowires. A specific single strand of template DNA serves as a probe for its complementary strand in a solution containing...
7706179 Three dimensional magnetic memory and/or recording device  
An electronic memory and/or recording device includes a three dimensional magnetic medium. Three dimensional magnetic medium includes a plurality of magnetic sublayers, each of the magnetic...
US20100016349 PSEUDOAZULENYL NITRONES  
Disclosed herein are pseudoazulenyl nitrone compounds and methods of using these compounds to trap free radicals and to treat, prevent, or ameliorate various diseases associated with free radicals.
US20090309016 Method and apparatus for Detecting Explosives  
An interface that couples SPME to IMS has been constructed and evaluated for the detection of the following detection taggants: 2-nitrotoluene (2-NT), 4-nitrotoluene (4-NT), and...
US20090155850 Horse:Human Chimeric Antibodies  
The present invention provides a plurality of chimeric single chain variable region (scFv) antibodies. The chimeric scFv antibodies individually comprise variable regions from both horse and...
US20090112309 Collapsible Heart Valve with Polymer Leaflets  
A Catheter Based Heart Valve (CBHV) is described herein which replaces a non functional, natural heart valve. The CBHV significantly reduces the invasiveness of the implantation procedure by being...
US20090084201 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTION, DETECTION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF VAPORS FROM EXPLOSIVES, TAGGANTS IN EXPLOSIVES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, AND BIOHAZARDS  
An improved method of extraction, detection, and characterization of a vapor from an explosive, a taggant in an explosive, a controlled substance, a biohazard, and mixtures thereof uses a new and...
US20090081795 Identification of Humans Through Characteristic Compounds Detected in Human Scent  
The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and/or comparing humans. More particularly, the present invention is directed to methods of collecting human scent compounds from a...
7502763 Artificial neural network design and evaluation tool  
Disclosed herein is a programming tool stored on a computer-readable medium and adapted for implementation by a computer for designing an artificial neural network. The programming tool includes a...
US20080296558 Method of Synthesizing Y-Junction Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Products Formed Thereby  
A method has been developed of synthesizing Y-SWNTs with controlled density, position, and growth direction. The process includes patterning a substrate with a solvent solution of catalyst metal...
US20080295783 Controlled Odor Mimic Permeation System  
The primary aspect of the Controlled Odor Mimic Permeation System (COMPS) is that it provides a field deployable instant and reproducible source of known amounts of target odors. This technology...
US20080167474 Azulenyl Nitrone Spin Trapping Agents, Methods of Making and Using Same  
The present invention provides azulenyl nitrones, such as those having the following general formula: (I) compositions comprising the same and methods of their use for the treatment or prevention...
US20080097377 Temperature-controlled catheter system and method  
A catheter system and method are provided for delivering a substance, such as medication, to body tissue. The catheter system includes a medication delivery tube and at least one heat transfer...
US20070094168 Artificial neural network design and evaluation tool  
Disclosed herein is a programming tool stored on a computer-readable medium and adapted for implementation by a computer for designing an artificial neural network. The programming tool includes a...
US20070011609 Configurable, multimodal human-computer interface system and method  
Disclosed herein is a method of configuring a human-computer interface system having an eye gaze device that generates eye gaze data to control a display pointer. The method includes selecting a...
US20060257378 Adaptive SOL-GEL immobilization agents for cell delivery  
The present invention relates to formulations which form hydrogels at physiological temperatures. More specifically, the present invention relations to formulations having a prepolymer, an...
US20060230462 Internet-Based Secure Access Control with Custom Authentication  
A method of providing an owner with secure online control of private information comprises providing an owner-editable set of private information. Allowing the owner to edit at least one item of...
US20060028766 Three dimensional magnetic memory and/or recording device  
An electronic memory and/or recording device includes a three dimensional magnetic medium. Three dimensional magnetic medium includes a plurality of magnetic sublayers, each of the magnetic...
6784999 Surface plasmon resonance detection with high angular resolution and fast response time  
A device and method of detecting surface plasmon resonance for sensing molecules or conformational changes in molecules with high resolution and fast response time is disclosed. Light from a light...
6566854 Apparatus for measuring high frequency currents  
An apparatus for measuring high frequency currents includes a non-ferrous core current probe that is coupled to a wide-band transimpedance amplifier. The current probe has a secondary winding with...
6447366 Integrated decontamination and characterization system and method  
A system for decontaminating and characterizing a structure is provided in which a decontamination module is used to remove interior and exterior surfaces of the structure. The decontamination...
6291702 Azulenyl nitrone spin trapping agents, methods of making and using same  
The present invention relates to chromotropic nitrone spin trapping agents, methods of making these agents, compositions comprising same, and methods of their use. In particular, azulenyl nitrones...
6197825 Azulenyl nitrone spin trapping agents, methods of making and using same  
The present invention relates to chromotropic nitrone spin trapping agents, methods of making these agents, compositions comprising same, and methods of their use. In particular, azulenyl nitrones...
6153872 Optoelectronic devices in which a resonance between optical fields and tunneling electrons is used to modulate the flow of said electrons  
An apparatus for high speed gating of electric current based on the resonant interaction of tunneling electrons with optical fields is disclosed. The present invention biases an electron-emitting...
5251849 Strain reduced airplane skin  
An aircraft has the space between the bulkheads on the interior of the aircraft filled with a polyisocyanurate solid closed cell foam material. The foam is applied so that it adheres to both the...
5113864 Electric field and temperature probe  
A catheter is used to insert a probe into a tumor undergoing hyperthermia treatment. The probe is designed to isotropically measure the electric field and temperature in the tumor during the...
4913153 Personal dosimeter  
A current detector for detecting the high frequency current flowing in a conductor includes a coil of high resistivity material wound around an non-ferromagnetic core. The coil is arranged in a...
4897600 High frequency ammeter  
A current detector for detecting the high frequency current flowing in a conductor includes a coil of high resistivity material wound around an non-ferromagnetic core. The coil is arranged in a...
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