Electrode systems, devices and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11517234B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US15956461

    申请日:2018-04-18

    摘要: An electrode system include a flowable and cohesive surface contact element comprising a hydrophilic polymer swollen with an electrolyte fluid, the contact element having a Q′ ratio of at least 5 as defined by the equation Q ′ = W W W G wherein WG is the dry weight of the hydrophilic polymer and WW is weight of water in the sample after absorption of the electrolyte fluid comprising water and an electrolyte salt. The surface contact element can consist essentially of the hydrophilic polymer swollen by the electrolyte fluid. Another electrode system includes a contact element including a crosslinked hydrophilic polymer matrix. The contact element has a Q′ ratio of at least 5 as defined by the equation Q ′ = W W W G . The contact elements can also have a Q′ ratio of at least 6, at least 7, at least 10 or even at least 11.

    VOXELATED MOLECULAR PATTERNING IN 3-DIMENSIONAL FREEFORMS

    公开(公告)号:US20220355540A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17621115

    申请日:2020-06-22

    IPC分类号: B29C64/129 B33Y10/00

    摘要: A four-dimensional (“4D”)-printing or 4D-additive manufacturing method for producing anisotropic macroscopic structures and/or anisotropic macroscopic materials having a plurality of voxels, comprising: providing or forming a first layer of a photocurable first liquid crystalline (LC) monomer; wherein the first layer of the first LC monomer has been provided or formed at a temperature falling within a nematic phase range of the first LC monomer; applying a magnetic field, having a first three-dimensional (“3D”) magnetic field vector with respect to an origin point of a 3D coordinate system, to the first layer of first LC monomer or one or more of the plurality of voxels within the first layer of first LC monomer for a first dwell time, to produce in alignment with the first 3D magnetic field vector a first molecular director and/or first nematic alignment vector within the first layer of first LC monomer or within each of the one or more of the plurality of voxels within the first layer of first LC monomer; exposing the first layer of first LC monomer or the one or more of the plurality of voxels within the first layer of first LC monomer to a first dose of light radiation.

    TREATMENT METHODS FOR EYE DISORDERS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220332812A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17641044

    申请日:2020-09-10

    IPC分类号: C07K16/24 A61P27/02 A61K9/00

    摘要: A method of inhibiting neutrophil activation in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells comprising administering an inhibitor of interferon (IFN) λ to a subject in need thereof, as well as a method of restoring lysosomal function of RPE cells comprising administering a polypeptide comprising βA1-crystallin or a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide to a subject in need thereof, are provided. A method of rejuvenating Vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) activity in RPE cells by modulating assembly and disassembly of the V-ATPase in a subject in need thereof also is provided. Additionally, a method of treating diabetic retinopathy in a subject comprising administering a polypeptide comprising βA1-crystallin or a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide to the subject is provided.