SURFACE-BASED LUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENT SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20220187208A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17437396

    申请日:2020-03-09

    IPC分类号: G01N21/64

    摘要: Surface-based measurement substrate including: At least one optical cavity layer; a first optical mirror and a second optical mirror, the first and second optical mirrors enclosing the optical cavity layer and defining an optical cavity, the first optical mirror and the second optical mirror are attached or fixed to the optical cavity layer to sandwich the optical cavity layer between the first and second mirrors; and an interface layer or interface coating provided on the first mirror or the second mirror, the interface layer or coating being configured to receive or hold at least one entity comprising at least one electromagnetic radiation emitting marker.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220184386A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17595382

    申请日:2020-05-14

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/36

    摘要: A system for neuromodulation and/or neurostimulation, for the treatment of a mammal, at least comprising: at least one control unit configured and arranged to provide stimulation data; at least one stimulation unit configured and arranged to provide a stimulation pulse; at least one real-time monitoring unit; at least one signal-processing unit; wherein the system is configured and arranged for control of blood pressure,
    wherein the stimulation unit is constructed to comprise a lead, and wherein the lead is capable and configured to provide stimulation to the spinal cord at level T9-L1.

    MUTANT AEROLYSIN AND USES THEREOF
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220127310A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17082682

    申请日:2020-10-28

    摘要: Aerolysin polypeptides and/or mutant aerolysin monomers include modified amino acid sequences that could have improved substrate analyte, such as (poly)nucleotide and peptide, improved reading properties such as enhanced substrate analyte capture and improved substrate analyte recognition and/or discrimination. Also, aerolysin pores may be derived from the mutant monomers as well as apparatuses and devices may include modified aerolysin polypeptides. Further, methods of using modified aerolysin proteins and pores derive therefrom may be used in characterizing and/or sequencing a polymeric molecule or may be for use as molecular sensors.

    KOEHLER INTEGRATOR DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN A MULTI-FOCAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE

    公开(公告)号:US20220026695A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17413699

    申请日:2018-12-17

    IPC分类号: G02B21/00 G02B27/30 G02B27/09

    摘要: A Koehler integrator device (10) comprises a collimating lens (11) being arranged for collimating a light field created by an incoherent or partially coherent light source, a pair of planar first and second micro-lens arrays (12, 13) being arranged for relaying portions of the collimated light field along separate imaging channels, wherein all micro-lenses of the first and second micro-lens arrays (12, 13) have an equal micro-lens focal length and pitch and the micro-lens arrays (12, 13) are arranged with a mutual distance equal to the micro-lens focal length, and a collecting Fourier lens (4) having a Fourier lens diameter and a Fourier lens focal length defining a Fourier lens front focal plane and a Fourier lens back focal plane, wherein the Fourier lens (14) is arranged for superimposing light from all imaging channels in the Fourier lens front focal plane and wherein the second micro-lens array (13) is arranged in the Fourier lens back focal plane, wherein a third micro-lens array (15) is arranged in the Fourier lens front focal plane for creating a wavelength independent array of illumination spots. Furthermore, a confocal microscope apparatus, which comprises the Koehler integrator device, and a method of using the confocal microscope apparatus are described.

    Multichromatic calibration method and device

    公开(公告)号:US11226232B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16651060

    申请日:2018-09-26

    摘要: A Multichromatic Calibration (MC) method of at least a spectral sensor which is one of a list comprising at least a spectrometer, a multispectral sensor, a hyperspectral sensor, a spectral camera, a color camera. The method comprises a. generating a plurality of different multichromatic spectra, wherein i. a spectrum from the plurality of different multichromatic spectra contains light intensity measurable by the at least one spectral sensor and by a reference spectral device, and ii. a spectrum from the plurality of different multichromatic spectra contains light centered around at least two different wavelengths and is configured to be integrated during an exposure time of a single measurement from any of the at least one spectral sensor or the reference spectral device; b. measuring each multichromatic spectrum of the plurality of different multichromatic spectra with the reference spectral device and the at least one spectral sensor; and from all data of the measured multichromatic spectra, compute a transfer function which relates a response of the at least one spectral sensor to a corresponding response of the reference spectral device, without measuring the spectral response of the at least one spectral sensor.

    MECHANICAL MANIPULATOR FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210369360A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17385824

    申请日:2021-07-26

    IPC分类号: A61B34/30 A61B34/00 F16H19/08

    摘要: A novel mechanical system, based on a new cable driven mechanical transmission, able to provide sufficient dexterity, stiffness, speed, precision and payload capacity to actuate multi-DOF micro-manipulators. Besides the possibility of being used in several articulated surgical instruments and robotic systems for surgery or other applications involving remote manipulation, it enables the design of a novel fully mechanical surgical instrument, which offer the advantages of: conventional laparoscopy (low cost, tactile feedback, high payload capacity) combined with the advantages of single port surgery (single incision, starless surgery, navigation through several quadrants of the abdominal cavity) and robotic surgery (greater degrees of freedom, short learning curve, high stiffness, high precision, increased intuition). The unique design of the proposed system provides an intuitive user interface to achieve such enhanced manoeuvrability, allowing each Joint of a teleoperated slave system to be driven by controlling the position of a mechanically connected master unit.

    SPRING WITH A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS, AND ACTUATOR INCLUDING SUCH AS A SPRING

    公开(公告)号:US20210361929A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US16767106

    申请日:2018-11-23

    摘要: A spring (3, 3′) comprising a plurality of elements (30), each element (3) comprising a rigid portion (31) and a flexible beam (32), the extremities (320, 321) of the flexible beam being supported by the rigid portion (31), the flexible beam (32) having a single stable position, so that the flexible beam can be deformed when a pressure is exerted between said extremities in the direction of the rigid portion (31), and returns to said single stable position when the pressure is released, and wherein the rigid portion (31) of at least one element (30) is in contact with the flexible beam (32) of the next element between said extremities (320, 321) of the flexible beam (32), so that the spring has a negative stiffness over an operating range. The arrangement ensures a pure radial compression/expansion of the spring.