MULTI-TARGETED, TUNABLE, SUSTAINED DELIVERY OF PAYLOADS TO CHARGED AVASCULAR TISSUES

    公开(公告)号:WO2021021276A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:PCT/US2020/034529

    申请日:2020-05-26

    IPC分类号: A61K38/17 C12N15/87 A61K47/50

    摘要: Provided here in are methods and compositions for delivering a payload molecule to a charged avascular tissue or charged partially vascularized tissue in a subject, the method including administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a carrier, wherein the carrier is a cationic carrier and/or has a surface charge distribution such that about 40% or greater of a continuous region of the surface is positively charged, and wherein the carrier is linked with a payload molecule, to deliver the payload molecule to the charged avascular tissue and/or the charged partially vascularized tissue.

    DC-DC CONVERTER BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR

    公开(公告)号:WO2020252250A2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-17

    申请号:PCT/US2020/037418

    申请日:2020-06-12

    IPC分类号: H02J1/10

    摘要: A dc-dc converter can include a plurality of switches, a piezoelectric resonator (PR) for power stage energy storage, and a means for controlling one or more switching sequences. The switches operate in accordance with the switching sequences to transfer energy from the input to the output via the PR while providing low-loss resonant soft-charging of the PR's capacitance. The switching sequences include: connected stages in which a first and second PR terminals are both connected to one of the input, the output, or the other PR terminal; and open stages in which at least one of the first or second PR terminal is not connected by a closed switch to one of the input, the output, or the other PR terminal.

    METHODS OF REDIRECTING DROPLETS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND USES

    公开(公告)号:WO2020247434A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-10

    申请号:PCT/US2020/035831

    申请日:2020-06-03

    IPC分类号: B08B17/06

    摘要: Method and article for redirecting droplets impinging on the article, the article (14, 18, 22) comprising a non-wetting surface (210) having a dynamic contact angle (9d) of at least 90 degrees, the non- wetting surface (210) comprising a plurality of macro-scale features (220) configured to induce momentum redirection of a droplet (20) impinging onto the non-wetting surface (210), thereby reducing an area of contact between the droplet (20) and the non-wetting surface (210).

    ULTRASONIC METHODS FOR TRACKING STRESS FRACTURES OF BONE

    公开(公告)号:WO2020247056A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-10

    申请号:PCT/US2020/026911

    申请日:2020-04-06

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/00

    摘要: Devices and methods are provided herein for diagnosing, ranking, and/or tracking of stress fractures in biological materials such as bone and/or other hard tissue(s) using ultrasound imaging. The methods and devices provided herein include, for example: methods and devices for identifying a location on a bone; methods and devices for automated alignment of the transducer over a location of interest; and methods and devices for enhancing the sensitivity to in ultrasound imaging. The methods and devices provided herein may further provide for improved diagnosis, ranking, and/or tracking of stress fractures in bone and/or other hard tissue(s) by using signature characteristics of stress fractures.