公开(公告)号：US20150251141A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-10

申请号：US14440641

申请日：2013-11-05

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION

Inventor： Pierre D. Mourad ,  Jaffer Alali ,  Brian Macconaghy

IPC: B01D71/68 ,  B01D71/56 ,  C02F1/44 ,  B01D71/02 ,  B01D71/34 ,  B01D65/08 ,  B01D61/00

CPC classification number: B01D71/68 ,  B01D61/00 ,  B01D63/10 ,  B01D63/16 ,  B01D65/08 ,  B01D71/024 ,  B01D71/34 ,  B01D71/56 ,  B01D2313/90 ,  B01D2321/2058 ,  B01D2321/2075 ,  C02F1/44 ,  C02F2101/10 ,  C02F2103/08 ,  C02F2303/22

Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods for preventing or otherwise reducing scaling and fouling of a membrane using ultrasonic vibrations. One example method involves: (1) directing a solution to a membrane of a membrane assembly, where the membrane passes a solvent of the solution through the membrane at a first rate, and where the membrane prevents at least some of a solute of the solution from passing through the membrane; and (2) causing a piezoelectric material that is physically coupled to the membrane to produce ultrasonic waves directed at the membrane, where the ultrasonic waves induce oscillations in at least a portion of the membrane and thereby the solvent of the solution passes through the membrane at a second rate that is greater than the first rate.

Abstract translation: 这里描述的是使用超声波振动防止或以其他方式减少膜的结垢和结垢的装置和方法。 一个示例性方法包括：（1）将溶液引导到膜组件的膜上，其中膜以第一速率通过溶液的溶剂通过膜，并且其中膜防止溶液的至少一部分溶液 通过膜; 和（2）使物理耦合到膜的压电材料产生指向膜的超声波，其中超声波在至少一部分膜中引起振荡，从而溶液的溶剂通过膜在 第二个比第一个比率高。

公开(公告)号：US20150142007A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-21

申请号：US14399143

申请日：2013-05-17

Applicant: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization

Inventor： John N. Krieger ,  Michael R. Bailey ,  James M. Hotaling ,  Brian Macconaghy ,  Francis Olson

IPC: A61B17/326

CPC classification number: A61B17/326 ,  A61B2090/08021

Abstract: The present technology relates generally to surgical devices for male circumcision and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, a circumcision device configured in accordance with the technology comprises an outer member configured to be positioned along an exterior portion of a prepuce adjacent a glans of a penis of a human patient. The outer member may include an open-ended band moveable between an unlocked position and a plurality of locked positions. The band includes circumferentially overlapping first and second ends in each of the locked positions, and defines a closed space having a different fixed diameter in each of the locked positions. The device can also include a cylindrical inner member configured to be positioned within the band of the outer member and adjacent an inner portion of the prepuce.

Abstract translation: 本技术一般涉及用于男性包皮环切术和相关系统和方法的手术装置。 在一些实施例中，根据该技术构造的包皮环切装置包括构造成沿邻近人类患者的阴茎的龟头的包皮的外部部分定位的外部构件。 外部构件可以包括在解锁位置和多个锁定位置之间可移动的开放式带。 该带在每个锁定位置包括周向重叠的第一和第二端，并且在每个锁定位置中限定具有不同固定直径的封闭空间。 该装置还可以包括圆柱形内部构件，该圆柱形内部构件被配置为定位在外部构件的带内并且邻近该包层的内部部分。