公开(公告)号：US20140366480A1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-18

申请号：US14154806

申请日：2014-01-14

Applicant: Nanopore, Inc.

Inventor： Douglas M. Smith

IPC: E04B1/76

CPC classification number: E04B1/803 ,  E04B1/806 ,  E04B2001/742 ,  E04B2001/7691 ,  F16L59/065 ,  F16L59/141 ,  Y02A30/242 ,  Y02B80/12

Abstract: High-efficiency thermal insulation products and methods for use thereof for use in insulating buildings, residential homes, and other enclosed environments. In one arrangement, a thermal insulation product includes a substantially gas-impermeable envelope having first and second opposing surfaces and a sealed interior portion between the first and second opposing surfaces, a support material within the sealed interior portion of the gas-impermeable envelope, and at least about 2 grams of a liquid per liter of a total volume of the sealed interior portion within the sealed interior portion. At least a portion of the liquid is operable to cyclically evaporate from adjacent one of the first and second opposing surfaces and subsequently condense adjacent the other of the first and second opposing surfaces depending on temperature differences between the first and second opposing surfaces.

Abstract translation: 高效保温产品及其用于绝缘建筑物，住宅和其他封闭环境中的使用方法。 在一种布置中，绝热产品包括具有第一和第二相对表面的基本上不透气的外壳和在第一和第二相对表面之间的密封内部部分，在气体不可渗透外壳的密封内部部分内的支撑材料，以及 至少约2克液体每升密封内部部分内的密封内部部分的总体积。 液体的至少一部分可操作以从第一和第二相对表面中的相邻表面周期性地蒸发，随后根据第一和第二相对表面之间的温度差，紧邻第一和第二相对表面中的另一个冷凝。

公开(公告)号：US20200179880A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16788733

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Inc.

Inventor： Ping Xie ,  Ken Healy ,  Justin Millis

IPC: B01D67/00 ,  C25F3/14 ,  C12Q1/6869 ,  B01D69/12 ,  G01N33/487 ,  C25F7/00 ,  B01D69/02 ,  C25F3/02 ,  B01D69/06

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown are provided. In one disclosed arrangement a plurality of apertures are formed. The membrane comprises a first surface area portion on one side of the membrane and a second surface area portion on the other side of the membrane. Each of a plurality of target regions comprises a recess or a fluidic passage opening out into the first or second surface area portion. The method comprises contacting all of the first surface area portion of the membrane with a first bath comprising ionic solution and all of the second surface area portion with a second bath comprising ionic solution. A voltage is applied across the membrane via first and second electrodes in respective contact with the first and second baths comprising ionic solutions to form an aperture at each of a plurality of the target regions in the membrane.

公开(公告)号：US10596523B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15575798

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Inc.

Inventor： Ping Xie ,  Ken Healy ,  Justin Millis

IPC: B01D67/00 ,  B01D69/02 ,  C25F7/00 ,  G01N33/487 ,  B01D69/06 ,  C25F3/02 ,  B01D69/12 ,  C12Q1/6869 ,  C25F3/14 ,  B82Y40/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown are provided. In one disclosed arrangement a plurality of apertures are formed. The membrane comprises a first surface area portion on one side of the membrane and a second surface area portion on the other side of the membrane. Each of a plurality of target regions comprises a recess or a fluidic passage opening out into the first or second surface area portion. The method comprises contacting all of the first surface area portion of the membrane with a first bath comprising ionic solution and all of the second surface area portion with a second bath comprising ionic solution. A voltage is applied across the membrane via first and second electrodes in respective contact with the first and second baths comprising ionic solutions to form an aperture at each of a plurality of the target regions in the membrane.

公开(公告)号：US20180141007A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-24

申请号：US15575798

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Inc.

Inventor： Ping Xie ,  Ken Healy ,  Justin Millis

IPC: B01D67/00 ,  B01D69/12 ,  B01D69/02 ,  C25F3/14 ,  C25F7/00 ,  G01N33/487 ,  C12Q1/6869

CPC classification number: B01D67/0062 ,  B01D69/02 ,  B01D69/06 ,  B01D69/12 ,  B01D2323/42 ,  B01D2325/021 ,  B01D2325/06 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  C12Q1/6869 ,  C25F3/02 ,  C25F3/14 ,  C25F7/00 ,  G01N33/48721

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown are provided. In one disclosed arrangement a plurality of apertures are formed. The membrane comprises a first surface area portion on one side of the membrane and a second surface area portion on the other side of the membrane. Each of a plurality of target regions comprises a recess or a fluidic passage opening out into the first or second surface area portion. The method comprises contacting all of the first surface area portion of the membrane with a first bath comprising ionic solution and all of the second surface area portion with a second bath comprising ionic solution. A voltage is applied across the membrane via first and second electrodes in respective contact with the first and second baths comprising ionic solutions to form an aperture at each of a plurality of the target regions in the membrane.

公开(公告)号：US09133973B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-15

申请号：US14154760

申请日：2014-01-14

Applicant: Nanopore, Inc.

Inventor： Douglas M. Smith

IPC: F16L59/02 ,  F16L59/14 ,  B29C53/04 ,  E04B1/80 ,  E04B1/74 ,  E04B1/76

CPC classification number: F16L59/028 ,  B29C53/04 ,  E04B1/803 ,  E04B1/806 ,  E04B2001/742 ,  E04B2001/7691 ,  F16L59/065 ,  F16L59/14 ,  F16L59/141 ,  Y02A30/242 ,  Y02B80/12 ,  Y10T156/1028 ,  Y10T156/103 ,  Y10T156/1033 ,  Y10T428/231

Abstract: High-efficiency thermal insulation products and methods for use thereof for insulating cylindrically-shaped and other non-planar objects such as pipes, tanks, and the like. One method includes heating a substantially gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure pliable, wrapping the inner surface of the gas-tight enclosure about at least a portion of a non-planar surface, and cooling the gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure substantially unpliable about the non-planar surface. The gas-tight enclosure may include a sealed interior portion having a pressure that is not greater than about 500 mbar at a temperature of about 20° C. before the heating step and/or after the cooling step. A ratio of a thickness of the gas-tight enclosure to a radius of curvature of the portion of the non-planar surface may be at least about 1 to 8.

Abstract translation: 用于绝缘圆柱形和其它非平面物体如管道，罐等的高效保温产品及其使用方法。 一种方法包括加热基本上气密的外壳以使气密的外壳柔软，将不透气外壳的内表面围绕非平面表面的至少一部分包围，并冷却气密外壳以呈现 气密的外壳在非平面表面上基本上是不可能的。 气密性外壳可以包括在加热步骤之前和/或冷却步骤之后在约20℃的温度下具有不大于约500毫巴的压力的密封内部部分。 不透气外壳的厚度与非平面表面部分的曲率半径之比可以至少约为1至8。