公开(公告)号：US20240358543A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18649757

申请日：2024-04-29

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

发明人： Kaleigh RUIZ ,  Samantha RYAN ,  Sarah STUTSMAN ,  Tanya TIRUMALA ,  JaTara WILLIAMS ,  Amir JAFARI ,  Trevor W. EXLEY

IPC分类号： A61F7/00

CPC分类号： A61F7/007 ,  A61F2007/0035 ,  A61F2007/0075 ,  A61F2007/0082 ,  A61F2007/0095

摘要： A device includes a flexible Peltier; a power supply in electrical communication with the flexible Peltier; a control switch electrically coupled to the power supply and the flexible Peltier. The control switch is configured to control direction of current supplied from the power supply to the flexible Peltier, and at least one flexible layer is coupled to the flexible Peltier. The at least one flexible layer is configured to retain the flexible Peltier about a portion of a subject.

公开(公告)号：US20240358527A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18649708

申请日：2024-04-29

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

发明人： Emilly HAYS ,  Emily CARNEY ,  Kobe CRUZ ,  Jack SLAYTON ,  Gary TEJEDA-GODINEZ ,  Trevor W. EXLEY ,  Amir JAFARI

IPC分类号： A61F2/54

CPC分类号： A61F2/54 ,  A61F2220/0075

摘要： A device can include at least one of an exoskeleton comprising a preloaded elastic spring, a plurality of drums coupled to the preloaded elastic spring, and a cable coupled to a user, the plurality of drums and the preloaded elastic spring; and a robotic hand. The robotic hand includes a glove comprising digits, a tubing system in fluid communication with a fluid supply, a plurality of sensors coupled to the digits of the glove, and a plurality of soft actuators coupled to the tubing system and the plurality of sensors. The plurality of soft actuators comprises a thickened base, a fluid cavity above the thickened base defined by a tube, and a retaining device wrapped around the tube.

公开(公告)号：US20240277818A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18584761

申请日：2024-02-22

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ,  WUHAN UNIVERSITY

发明人： Shengqian MA ,  Jian TIAN

IPC分类号： A61K38/28 ,  A61K9/00 ,  A61K47/55 ,  A61K47/64 ,  A61K47/69

CPC分类号： A61K38/28 ,  A61K9/0053 ,  A61K47/551 ,  A61K47/644 ,  A61K47/6935

摘要： A composition can comprise a metal-organic framework (MOF) nanoparticle for oral protein administration, wherein the MOF comprises a nano-scale acid-resistant MOF; a small molecular protein/polypeptide drug and a targeting molecule, wherein the MOF is loaded with the small molecular protein/polypeptide; and targeting molecules, wherein a surface of the MOF is coated with the targeting molecules.

公开(公告)号：US20240263187A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18594315

申请日：2024-03-04

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

发明人： Richard A. Dixon ,  Fang Chen ,  Chunliu Zhuo

IPC分类号： C12N15/82

CPC分类号： C12N15/8255 ,  C12N15/8218

摘要： The disclosure provides recombinant LAC polynucleotides encoding a laccase (LAC) polypeptide capable of polymerizing caffeyl alcohol, vectors and cells including the recombinant LAC polynucleotide. The disclosure also provides transgenic plants including cells having the recombinant LAC polynucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of increasing production of C-lignin in a plant.

公开(公告)号：US20240241138A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18559096

申请日：2022-05-06

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH

发明人： O'Bryant Sid E.

IPC分类号： G01N33/68 ,  G01N21/76 ,  G16H50/20

CPC分类号： G01N33/6896 ,  G01N21/76 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G01N2333/4713 ,  G01N2333/4737 ,  G01N2333/524 ,  G01N2333/525 ,  G01N2333/5409 ,  G01N2333/5412 ,  G01N2333/5418 ,  G01N2333/5428 ,  G01N2333/70525 ,  G01N2333/7151 ,  G01N2333/745 ,  G01N2800/2835

摘要： In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for excluding a subject from the need for diagnostic testing for Parkinson's disease (PD). In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for excluding a subject from recruitment into a clinical study for an investigational PD medication. In yet another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for screening a subject to determine whether the subject is ruled out as having PD, wherein the subjects who cannot be ruled out are administered a diagnostic test for PD, a treatment for PD, or a combination thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20240209274A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18545198

申请日：2023-12-19

申请人： University of North Texas

发明人： Diana Berman ,  Asghar Shirani

IPC分类号： C10M103/06 ,  C10M105/04 ,  C10M105/12 ,  C10M111/02 ,  C10M177/00 ,  C10N50/00 ,  C10N70/00 ,  C25D9/10

CPC分类号： C10M103/06 ,  C10M105/04 ,  C10M105/12 ,  C10M111/02 ,  C10M177/00 ,  C25D9/10 ,  C10M2201/0603 ,  C10M2203/022 ,  C10M2207/0215 ,  C10N2050/023 ,  C10N2070/00

摘要： The present disclosure provide for coatings, coated structures, methods of coating, methods of coating a structure, and the like. In an aspect, the coating is a tribocatalytically-active coating, where the tribocatalytically-active coating interacts with the hydrocarbon environment forming a protective carbon-based tribofilm on the surface of the coating, which can be actively formed (reformed) during use of the coated structure within the hydrocarbon environment.

公开(公告)号：US20240174937A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18523579

申请日：2023-11-29

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ,  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

发明人： Andrey VOEVODIN ,  Samir AOUADI ,  Diana BERMAN ,  Stephen BERKEBILE ,  Euan CAIRNS

IPC分类号： C10M103/06 ,  C23C24/10

CPC分类号： C10M103/06 ,  C23C24/10 ,  C10M2201/0613 ,  C10M2201/0653 ,  C10M2201/0663 ,  C10N2050/02

摘要： A coated article includes a substrate, and a coating disposed on a surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). A method of forming a coating includes dispersing a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) and optionally tungsten carbide in a solvent to form a mixture, spraying the mixture on a surface of a substrate, evaporating the solvent, and forming a coating on the substrate comprising the TMD.

公开(公告)号：US11906403B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17536293

申请日：2021-11-29

申请人： University of North Texas

发明人： Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV

IPC分类号： G01N1/22 ,  G01N1/26 ,  B01J20/28 ,  G01N21/3504 ,  B01J20/26 ,  G01N1/40

CPC分类号： G01N1/2273 ,  B01J20/26 ,  B01J20/28033 ,  G01N1/26 ,  G01N1/405 ,  G01N21/3504

摘要： The present disclosure provides a system, method, and apparatus for detecting chemical effluents in an environment using Teslin substrates. To illustrate, a system includes one or more Teslin substrates which can capture molecules present in an ambient environment. The system includes a housing with the one or more Teslin substrates disposed within the housing. The system further includes means for selectively exposing different portions of the one or more Teslin substrates to the ambient environment, in which the molecules present in the ambient environment are captured by the different portions of the one or more Teslin substrates as the different portions of the one or more Teslin substrates are exposed. The system can include that the means for selectively exposing different portions of the one or more Teslin substrates is an aperture in the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20240019604A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18222439

申请日：2023-07-15

申请人： University of North Texas

发明人： Zihao Richard Zhang

IPC分类号： G02B1/10

CPC分类号： G02B1/10

摘要： A monolithic dielectric coating composed of microscale periodic high-contrast gratings on multilayers of high and low refractive index optical materials is described, which is deposited on metal thin-films of flexible polymer insulation sheeting. The emittance can be minimized to any blackbody temperature, using parameter optimization of high-contrast grating phase-shift mode conditions. The high-low refractive index infrared-transparent multilayer is based on Fabry-Pérot cavity, but with non-quarter-wave thicknesses to achieve multilayer insulation conductance below that of metal films. This ultralow emittance coating is most relevant to thermal management of refrigeration and electronic components.

公开(公告)号：US11874270B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17033596

申请日：2020-09-25

申请人： InspectIR Systems, LLC ,  University of North Texas

发明人： Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV ,  John Redmond ,  Tim C. Wing ,  Luke Keiser

IPC分类号： G01N33/497 ,  G01N1/22 ,  G01N21/39 ,  G01N33/94 ,  G01N30/72 ,  G01N27/624

CPC分类号： G01N33/497 ,  G01N1/2247 ,  G01N21/39 ,  G01N27/624 ,  G01N30/72 ,  G01N33/948 ,  G01N33/9486 ,  G01N2021/392 ,  G01N2021/396 ,  G01N2033/4975 ,  G01N2560/00

摘要： An exemplary breath analysis system may include a sampling chamber having a molecule collector disposed therein. The molecule collector may be configured such that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in a breath sample introduced to the sampling chamber adhere to the molecule collector. A photodiode array configured to excite and/or heat the molecule collector to release at least a portion of the VOCs from the molecule collector to release at least the portion of the VOCs adhered to the molecule collector. An analysis device (e.g., a mass spectrometer or Terahertz (THz) spectrometer) may identify one or more target VOCs from among at least the portion of the VOCs released from the molecule collector and generate an output representative of the identified target VOC(s). The output may include information that quantitates a concentration of the target VOC(s) with respect to a source of the breath sample.