公开(公告)号：US11447655B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16639010

申请日：2018-08-17

Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION ,  THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Inventor： Luyi Sun ,  Jingjing Liu ,  Songshan Zheng ,  Thomas D'Auria ,  Young Hoon Lim ,  Tianlei Zhou ,  Masaya Kotaki

IPC: C09D129/04 ,  C09D7/61 ,  C23C14/18 ,  C23C14/34 ,  B05D1/00 ,  B05D1/02 ,  C08K3/34

Abstract: Hybrid organic/inorganic coating compositions of nanometer thickness are described, where the organic layer is a clay-containing layer comprising a clay and a hydrophilic polymer and the inorganic layer is a metal-containing layer comprising a metal with a refractive index greater than 1.5, where the coating compositions allow for the generation and tenability of iridescent color through control of the coat thickness.

公开(公告)号：US11426570B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16293588

申请日：2019-03-05

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Thanh D. Nguyen ,  Khanh Tran

IPC: A61M37/00 ,  A61B17/20 ,  B29C41/00 ,  B29C43/00 ,  B29C65/02 ,  B29C43/32 ,  B29C43/02 ,  B29C39/00 ,  B29C39/02

Abstract: A core-shell microneedle system and a method of manufacturing the microneedle system provides a pulsatile drug delivery system which is programmed to release drugs/vaccines at predictable times using biodegradable polymers and with controllable dosages. This microneedle system can be fully embedded into the skin and then release drugs/vaccines as sharp bursts in a timely manner, similar to multiple bolus injections.

公开(公告)号：US20220194858A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17552178

申请日：2021-12-15

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Douglas H. Adamson ,  Garrett Kraft

IPC: C04B35/14 ,  C01B32/19 ,  C04B41/50

Abstract: Porous, electrically conductive ceramic foams incorporating continuous self-assembled graphene networks are described. The disclosed approach uses interfacial trapping to spontaneously exfoliate and assemble pristine graphite, not graphite oxide, in a ceramic sol-gel. The composite foams display electrical conductivity and joule heating, with anticipated applications as, for example, catalyst supports, thermoelectrics, and porous electrodes.

公开(公告)号：US20220193411A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17554973

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Douglas L. Oliver ,  Alice L. Burghard ,  Christopher Lee ,  Emily Fabrizio-Stover

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/04 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: Disclosed is a method. The method may include receiving first data based on a stimulus defined according to a patient. The method may include receiving second data based on the stimulus. The method may include determining an indication of tinnitus. The indication of tinnitus may be based on a comparison between the first data and the second data. The method may include administering a tinnitus treatment on the patient. The treatment may be based on the indication. A tinnitus treatment may include one or more of an biological feedback with the patient, transcranial magnetic stimulation of the patient, surgical insertion of the cochlear implant, the cognitive behavioral therapy, the transcutaneous electrical stimulation, pharmacologic therapy on the patient, or applying a hearing aid to the patient.

公开(公告)号：US20220176171A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17541658

申请日：2021-12-03

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Thanh Nguyen ,  Eli Curry ,  Thinh T. Le ,  Thi Tra Nguyen

IPC: A62B23/02 ,  A61L2/10 ,  D04H1/728

Abstract: A facepiece respirator configured to be worn by a user. The facepiece respirator includes including a first layer and a second layer coupled to the first layer. The first layer is positionable adjacent the user. A filtering layer is positioned between the first and second layer, and the filtering layer includes a piezoelectric film.

公开(公告)号：US11355259B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US17066174

申请日：2020-10-08

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Douglas H. Adamson ,  Steven Woltornist ,  Andrey V. Dobrynin

IPC: B01J20/26 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  H01B1/04 ,  C09K5/14 ,  H01B1/12 ,  B01J20/28 ,  B01J20/32 ,  B01J20/20 ,  B01J20/30 ,  C08J9/12 ,  C08J9/36 ,  C09D5/24 ,  C09D165/00 ,  C09K3/32

Abstract: The present disclosure provides advantageous graphene/graphite stabilized composites (e.g., graphene/graphite stabilized emulsion-templated foam composites), and improved methods for fabricating such graphene/graphite stabilized composites. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved methods for fabricating pristine, graphene/graphite/polymer composite foams derived from emulsions stabilized by graphene/graphite kinetic trapping. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides that, instead of viewing the insolubility of pristine graphene/graphite as an obstacle to be overcome, it is utilized as a means to create or fabricate water/oil emulsions, with graphene/graphite stabilizing the spheres formed. These emulsions are then the frameworks used to make foam composites that have shown bulk conductivities up to about 2 S/m, as well as compressive moduli up to about 100 MPa and breaking strengths of over 1200 psi, with densities as low as about 0.25 g/cm3.

公开(公告)号：US20220021929A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929807

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. ,  THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Inventor： Subhabrata Sen ,  Yanyuan Qin ,  Bing Wang

IPC: H04N21/434 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/61

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing adaptive streaming information for a multimedia content segment, determining available access bandwidths for a plurality of video tracks and a plurality of audio tracks identified by the adaptive streaming information, selecting one of a plurality of candidate track pairings identified by the adaptive streaming information based on the available access bandwidths, obtaining video content of the multimedia content segment via a video track of the selected track pairing, and obtaining audio content of the multimedia content segment via an audio track of the selected track pairing. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210393807A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17194649

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University ,  University of Connecticut

Inventor： Dean F. Wong ,  Emad Boctor ,  Haichong Zhang ,  Jeeun Kang ,  Jin Kang ,  Arman Rahmim ,  Dan Thorek ,  Leslie Loew ,  Ping Yan

IPC: A61K49/22 ,  C09B23/08 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61K49/00 ,  C09B23/01

Abstract: Photoacoustic voltage dependent dyes and their use in measuring an electrophysiological activity in a subject in vivo are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210355034A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US16163475

申请日：2018-10-17

Applicant: The University of Connecticut

Inventor： Maurice Gell ,  Eric Jordan ,  Jeffrey Roth

IPC: C04B35/44 ,  C23C4/02 ,  C23C28/00 ,  C23C4/11 ,  C23C4/134 ,  C23C4/10 ,  F01D5/28 ,  F02C7/24

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coating includes dissolving at least one salt in a mixture of water and ethanol to form a precursor solution, adding an additive to the precursor solution to form a fuel solution, and injecting the fuel solution into a plasma flame. The additive includes at least one of urea or ammonium acetate. The additive functions as a fuel to increase a temperature of the plasma flame. The method further includes manufacturing the coating on a substrate. The coating includes a garnet structure including a predetermined amount of yttrium-aluminum, one or more first cracks extending completely through a thickness of the coating, and a porosity greater than ten volume percent.

公开(公告)号：US20210348122A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17307808

申请日：2021-05-04

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Kelly Anne Burke ,  Yongjian Wang

IPC: C12N5/00 ,  C12N5/0775 ,  C09K19/34

Abstract: Provided are polymers, which may be crosslinked to form a main-chain liquid crystalline (LC) hydrogel with a three-dimensional network. Also provided are methods of using the hydrogel as a substrate for tissue culture. For example, the hydrogel may organize into LC phases and encapsulate a plurality of cells within its polymeric network. In some embodiments, human stem cells are cultured using the present method with good viability and demonstrate faster proliferation in the present LC hydrogel compared to a non-LC gel.