MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, E.G., FOR FEEDING, WRITING

    公开(公告)号:US20210369478A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17272707

    申请日:2019-09-05

    申请人: UNIVERSITE LAVAL

    IPC分类号: A61F4/00 B25J1/02

    摘要: An apparatus comprises a main arm having links extending from a ground end to an effector end and allowing movement of the effector end from a first position to a second position, the links including at least a base link adapted to be pivotally connected to a base, and a spacing link pivotally mounted to a free end of the base link and extending to the effector end. A first 4-bar parallelogram has pivot joints at its corners and including the base link of the main arm. A second 4-bar parallelogram has pivot joints at its corners and including the spacing link of the main arm and an effector link at the effector end adapted to support an object. A serial interconnection is between the first 4-bar parallelogram and the second 4-bar parallelogram constraining the effector link to maintaining a constant orientation in at least two rotational degrees of freedom relative to the base.

    Optical devices and method for tuning an optical signal

    公开(公告)号:US10459168B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US16114590

    申请日:2018-08-28

    申请人: UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL

    发明人: Wei Shi

    摘要: The optical device coupleable to a waveguide to receive an optical signal from the waveguide generally has at least two optical grating devices optically coupled to one another and having corresponding spectral responses, the spectral response of at least one of said optical grating devices being tunable to adjust an amount of overlapping between the spectral responses of the at least two optical grating devices.

    Use of protectin DX for the stimulation of muscular IL-6 secretion

    公开(公告)号:US09782379B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-10

    申请号:US14763080

    申请日:2014-01-23

    申请人: Universite Laval

    CPC分类号: A61K31/202 A61K38/1709

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for the stimulation of secretion or expression of muscular IL-6 in a subject with the administration of Protectin DX (PDX). Particularly, the increase in circulating levels of IL-6 originating from the subject muscles is useful for regulating blood glucose and suppressing lipid-induced inflammation and other related inflammatory conditions such as insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Alternatively, the increase in muscular IL-6 expression in a subject may also be useful for increasing energy supply during exercise, or facilitating muscular recovery after strenuous effort.