公开(公告)号：US20240389861A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18674020

申请日：2024-05-24

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Haichong Zhang ,  Shang Gao ,  Xihan Ma

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B34/10 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61M25/01

Abstract: A photoacoustic (PA) sensor device has a localization feature that defines a position of the sensor or scan information with a coordinate frame defining relative positions a scanned specimen and sensor information of other imaging planes of the scanned specimen. The coordinate frame is defined by positional information from localization markers at a known offset from the sensor, or from position signals from a robotic actuator driving the sensor. A processor coalesces the sensor information and positional information to reconstruct a 3-dimensional rendered structure by stitching together the sensor information to form a continuous rendering. Stitching may include adjacent imaging planes at an angular offset due to a varied pose of the sensor, and/or adjacent images over a lateral area too large for a single scan or imaging plane to capture.

公开(公告)号：US20240372112A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18654330

申请日：2024-05-03

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Andrew R. Teixeira ,  Ravindra Datta ,  Pratap Rao ,  Ari Athair ,  Cameron Armstrong ,  Muntasir Shahabuddin

IPC: H01M4/90 ,  H01M4/86 ,  H01M8/18 ,  H01M50/497

Abstract: A low temperature, liquid metal approach provides a metal-air battery at room temperature or slightly above for high current density, using ambient oxygen as an electrode without the need for high heat for an opposed metal electrode. A metal-air battery employs a low melting point metal such as gallium for an all-fluid battery having a flowing aqueous electrolyte for maintaining a large volume of electrical storage capacity separate form a relatively small reactor or cell for powering an electrical load. Reversibility of the forward discharge (load powering) reaction provides a recharging capability well suited for grid storage to moderate supply and demand variations. The result is an ultra-high density, rechargeable, safe, grid-scale electricity storage technology as an alternative to lithium-ion and solvent-based flow batteries.

公开(公告)号：US20240353430A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18640521

申请日：2024-04-19

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Kathryn Woodland ,  Madison Gass ,  Isabel Nearing ,  Grace Jolin ,  Ziya Isiksacan ,  Mathias Bonmarin ,  Sakthikumar Ambady ,  O. Berk Usta ,  Ahmet C. Sabuncu

IPC: G01N33/72 ,  G01N21/78

CPC classification number: G01N33/726 ,  G01N21/78

Abstract: A storage and monitoring device for red blood samples in storage for donation (blood bank) and research. Stored blood can be susceptible to degradation, most often from a phenomenon known as ice nucleation. Accurate detection and identification of relevant factors causing ice nucleation can determine healthy samples of stored blood, and identify storage factors that promote storage longevity. A photodetection approach directs an illumination source and photometer on opposed sides of a blood containing vessel for measuring an illuminance affected by hemoglobin released from ruptured cells. Hemoglobin released from ruptured cells reduces light passage though the sample to indicate unusable samples. An accelerometer and temperature sensor measure the physical and temperate factors correlating with the detected cell degradation to determine storage criteria for extending blood longevity.

公开(公告)号：US12055381B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17669042

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Yuxiang Liu ,  Hamed Jafarishad ,  Mucheng Li

IPC: G01B11/16

CPC classification number: G01B11/16

Abstract: A strain gauge device employs a reflective base adapted to reflect a divergent optical signal, and a glass tube attached to the reflective base for optical communication therewith, the glass tube having a working length into which an optical fiber is inserted. The optical fiber is configured for transporting an optic signal indicative of the detected strain. The optic fiber has an outside diameter slightly smaller than an inside diameter of the glass tube for providing a slight tolerance. A distal end is disposed in slidable communication with an interior of the glass tube and accommodated by the tolerance, and a sensing circuit at the proximate end receives an optical signal indicative of strain or displacement. A resilient buffer layer made of soft silicone is disposed outside the glass tube to allow for large deformation measurements and reduce the distortion of the deformation by the introduction of the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US12046725B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US18113130

申请日：2023-02-23

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute ,  Ascend Elements, Inc.

Inventor： Yan Wang ,  Diran Apelian ,  Haiyang Zou

IPC: H01M10/54 ,  C22B1/24 ,  C22B3/00 ,  C22B7/00 ,  C22B26/22

CPC classification number: H01M10/54 ,  C22B1/24 ,  C22B7/007 ,  C22B23/0423 ,  C22B23/043 ,  C22B23/0438 ,  C22B26/22

Abstract: Cathode material from exhausted lithium ion batteries are dissolved in a solution for extracting the useful elements Co (cobalt), Ni (nickel), Al (Aluminum) and Mn (manganese) to produce active cathode materials for new batteries. The solution includes compounds of desirable materials such as cobalt, nickel, aluminum and manganese dissolved as compounds from the exhausted cathode material of spent cells. Depending on a desired proportion, or ratio, of the desired materials, raw materials are added to the solution to achieve the desired ratio of the commingled compounds for the recycled cathode material for new cells. The desired materials precipitate out of solution without extensive heating or separation of the desired materials into individual compounds or elements. The resulting active cathode material has the predetermined ratio for use in new cells, and avoids high heat typically required to separate the useful elements because the desired materials remain commingled in solution.

公开(公告)号：US20240208141A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18380500

申请日：2023-10-16

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： ETHAN R. WILKE ,  Loris Fichera ,  Nicholas E. Pacheco

IPC: B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00

CPC classification number: B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00

Abstract: A nozzle apparatus for a 3D printer employs a center post or shape and extrudes a circumferential, tubular form having a central void. The nozzle includes a radial arrangement of prongs or supports around a center post, which provides space for molten print medium to flow in a 360° form around the center post. The nozzle extrudes a hollow tubular form around the post that can lay a tube shaped article on a perpendicular print bed, or can be used to deposit high resolution, hollow cylindrical segments for forming lightweight articles with less volume of print medium required due to the hollow extruded shape. A stream of air or gas may be emitted into the center of the extrusion for maintaining a tubular shape. Other suitable shapes may be employed by altering the contour of the center post and the bore.

公开(公告)号：US20240192198A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18508058

申请日：2023-11-13

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Christina M. Bailey-Hytholt ,  Daniel Zimmer

IPC: G01N33/50 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  G01N33/531

CPC classification number: G01N33/5035 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  G01N33/5076 ,  G01N33/531 ,  B33Y40/00

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to biomimetic proteoliposomes, a method of making and a method of using the same. In particular, this disclosure provides proteoliposomes comprising one or more phospholipid carrier and one or more protein embedded in the one or more phospholipid carrier, wherein the one or more phospholipid carrier comprises a phospholipid composition with similar proportions of phospholipids as a naturally occurring cell type and a phospholipid concentration of about 1-50 mM; and wherein the one or more protein comprises a protein composition with similar proportions of proteins as the naturally occurring cell type.

公开(公告)号：US11911174B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US16212576

申请日：2018-12-06

Applicant: University of Massachusetts ,  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Raymond Dunn ,  John McNeill ,  Yitzhak Mendelson

IPC: A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G16H50/70 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H50/20 ,  A61B5/0531

CPC classification number: A61B5/447 ,  A61B5/0015 ,  A61B5/0064 ,  A61B5/0531 ,  A61B5/6833 ,  A61B5/7203 ,  A61B5/7264 ,  A61B5/7275 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/70 ,  A61B5/6829 ,  A61B5/746 ,  A61B2560/0214 ,  A61B2560/0247 ,  A61B2560/0252 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/046 ,  A61B2562/08 ,  A61B2562/164

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods of the present application relate to the diagnostic measurement of condition for pressure ulcers. Preferred embodiments utilize pressure measurements at body locations to determine a diagnostic pressure ulcer value. A pressure sensor device generates patient pressure data that is processed by a data processor which utilizes a diagnostic function to determine the diagnostic value that indicates whether corrective action is needed to prevent pressure ulcer formation. One or more sensor devices can be attached to a patient to measure to transmit data for further processing.

公开(公告)号：US20240018529A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18136660

申请日：2023-04-19

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Andrés Felipe Carrillo Rincón ,  Natalie G. Farny

IPC: C12N15/63 ,  C12N15/11

CPC classification number: C12N15/635 ,  C12N2840/002 ,  C12N2830/36 ,  C12N15/111

Abstract: Provided herein are nucleic acid constructs that comprise an inducible promoter. Dual expression systems are provided comprising two nucleic acid constructs or a single nucleic acid construct with two inducible promoters. Also provided are methods of expressing transcripts by transforming a nucleic acid construct described herein into a prokaryotic cell and contacting the prokaryotic cell with an inducer. Methods of producing a carotenoid are also disclosed herein.

公开(公告)号：US20230422590A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18244641

申请日：2023-09-11

Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Inventor： Winston O. Soboyejo ,  Oluwaseun K. Oyewole ,  Deborah O. Oyewole ,  Omolara Oyelade ,  Sharafadeen Adeniji ,  Jaya Cromwell

IPC: H10K71/60 ,  H10K30/40 ,  H10K71/40

CPC classification number: H10K71/60 ,  H10K30/40 ,  H10K71/40 ,  H10K30/50

Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating photovoltaic devices are provided. A method includes forming a photovoltaic device comprising an active layer with one or more interfacial layers adjacent the active layer, wherein the active layer comprises a photovoltaic material and the one or more interfacial layers comprise a material configured to collect charge carriers generated in the photovoltaic material; applying pressure onto the photovoltaic device to increase an amount of electrical contact between the active layer and the one or more interfacial layer; and annealing the photovoltaic device.