| ETH ZURICH Patent applications |
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| 20120122959 | Targeting MicroRNAs for Metabolic Disorders - Provided herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of metabolic disorders. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for the reduction of blood glucose level, the reduction of gluceoneogenesis, the improvement of insulin resistance and the reduction of plasma cholesterol level. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise inhibiting the activity of miR-103. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise inhibiting the activity of miR-107. In certain embodiments, the activity of both miR-103 and miR-107 is inhibited. In certain embodiments, such methods comprise administering a compound comprising an oligonucleotide targeted to a microRNA. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120076711 | AMINE CONTAINING FIBROUS STRUCTURE FOR ADSORPTION OF CO2 FROM ATMOSPHERIC AIR - A structure is disclosed containing a sorbent with amine groups that is capable of a reversible adsorption and desorption cycle for capturing CO | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076164 | MICROWAVE CIRCUIT - A microwave circuit includes at least one inductive portion and at least one capacitive portion and having a resonance frequency, the microwave circuit including a material which acts as a dielectric for the capacitive portion, characterized in that the material acting as a dielectric includes an active region that is an electrically pumped semiconductor heterostructure having at least two energy levels whose energy separation is close to the resonance frequency of the microwave circuit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120043124 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electrical device comprising a substrate, a pair of electrodes arranged on the substrate and a functional layer arranged between the pair of electrodes, said functional layer comprising a functional domain being capable of transforming an external stimulus into an electrical signal or vice versa. The electrical device is characterized in that at least two conductive domains are dispersed in the functional layer. Said at least two conductive domains are separated from each other and are formed in each case by a particle or an agglomerate of particles of a conducting or semiconducting material having a higher electrical conductivity than the material of the functional domain. Each of the conductive domains form an electrically conductive path on the functional domain. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20110303460 | ROCK DRILLING IN GREAT DEPTHS BY THERMAL FRAGMENTATION USING HIGHLY EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS EVOLVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF A WATER-BASED DRILLING FLUID - A method and a device to thermally fragment rock for excavation of vertical and directional boreholes in rock formations, preferentially hard rock, using highly exothermic reactions. Exothermic reactions are initiated directly in the pressurized, aqueous environment of a water-based drilling fluid preferably above the critical pressure of water (221 bar). After reaction onset temperatures within the reaction zone exceed the critical temperature for water (374° C.) providing supercritical conditions, which favor the stabilization of the reaction, e.g. a supercritical hydrothermal flame. Since reactions can be run directly in a water-based drilling fluid, the method proposed here allows high density drilling action as in conventional rotary drilling. A part from the hot reaction zone of the proposed reaction can be brought directly to the rock surface in case of hard polycrystalline rock, where high temperatures are required. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110297748 | METHOD AND PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING BAR CODES - A method for optical recording of a linear barcode pattern and determination of a symbol sequence as defined by the barcode pattern from a blurred raw image and includes the following steps: taking a raw image of the barcode pattern, preprocessing the raw image to generate a series of output patterns, comparing the output pattern with stored reference patterns, wherein the reference patterns correspond to blurred images of sharp nominal patterns and each reference pattern is provided with at least one symbol, determining for each of the output patterns the reference pattern which most closely resembles the output pattern outputting, transmitting or storing the symbols corresponding to the determined reference pattern and following the sequence of output patterns, as a symbol sequence. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110291738 | JFET Series Connection - The invention relates to a switching device for switching a current between a first connection ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110144920 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR ENHANCING FLOW FIELD DATA - A method, system and device are described for generating high-resolution flow-field data from sparse measurement data by interpolating from a reference database of pre-computed, highly-resolved fluid dynamic simulation results, to generate a highly-resolved set of flow field data which correspond to the sparse measurements. In one embodiment, the method, system and device use Principal Component Analysis techniques to interpolate the multidimensional fluid flow data. Applications of the invention are, amongst others, in the field of biomedical diagnosis involving fluid dynamic modeling of biological fluid systems such as blood flow in an artery. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110123183 | SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASH UNIT - Using photographic flash for candid shots often results in an unevenly lit scene, in which objects in the back appear dark. A spatially adaptive photographic flash ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110123120 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PICTORIAL REFERENCE DATABASE USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION - For generating a pictorial reference database from a plurality of digital images, distributed geographical sub-areas are defined (S | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110065605 | METHOD FOR BIOMARKER AND DRUG-TARGET DISCOVERY FOR PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AS WELL AS BIOMARKER ASSAYS DETERMINED THEREWITH - The invention relates to a method for the determination of a cancer diagnostic/therapeutic biomarker assay and drug-targets including the following steps: (a) identification of potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers and drug-targets based on the measurement of protein/peptide constituent concentrations in tissue sample proteomes as well as serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from healthy non-human mammalian individuals as well as from cancerous non-human mammalian individuals and qualitatively selecting as potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers those which show a pronounced differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes; (b) optional verification of the potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers as identified in step (a) by quantitative mass spectrometric measurement of the potential candidate protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from healthy non-human mammalian individuals as well as from cancerous non-human mammalian individuals and selecting as candidate protein/peptide biomarkers those which show a mass-spectrometrically measurable quantitative differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes; (c) validation of the candidate protein/peptide biomarkers as identified in step (a), or as optionally verified in step (b), by mass spectrometric measurement and/or antibody-based assays such as an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) determination of the candidate protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from healthy human individuals as well as from cancerous human individuals and selecting as protein/peptide biomarkers those which show a mass-spectrometrically measurable and/or antibody-based assay detectable differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes; (d) application of statistical methods to uncover single or groups of protein/peptide biomarkers as validated in step (c) as signatures for the detection of patients with cancer. The invention furthermore relates to specific biomarker assays for the highly reliable diagnosis of cancer, specifically of localized or non-localized prostate cancer, using human serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20100264776 | WIRELESS RESONANT MAGNETIC ACUTATION FOR UNTETHERED MICROROBOTS - The invention concerns a novel magnetic actuator mechanism suitable for use on untethered microrobots. It relies on the interaction of magnetic bodies in an external magnetic field. By an oscillating field, the bodies are driven to oscillatory motion, and the energy stored in the oscillation is harnessed. The untethered wireless microactuator according to the invention comprises a mechanical system with at least two magnetic bodies resiliently connected to one another, wherein the mechanical system is capable of being oscillated, in particular driven to resonance, by an oscillating external magnetic field. The actuation system according to the invention comprises such a microrobot as well as a magnetic field generator with adjustable field direction and oscillation frequency. The actuation method comprises exciting two or more magnetic bodies with an oscillating magnetic field such that they perform mechanical oscillations, and harnessing this energy for propulsion of the device or to fulfill other tasks. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100250737 | DETECTING AND CONTROLLING PEER-TO-PEER TRAFFIC - A method for communication management includes detecting addresses of peer nodes ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100214291 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A 3D GEOMETRIC MODEL - For generating a 3D geometric model ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100196440 | Implant Material - The present relates to the field of dental and bone surgery. In particular, the invention relates to fibrous pharmaceutical compositions; fibrous webs, yarns and woven fabrics of such pharmaceutical compositions; to implant material essentially consisting of fibrous pharmaceutical compositions; to the manufacturing and use of such fibers/webs/implant materials. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100150980 | ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIAL - The present invention relates to nanoparticles containing a non-persistent support material and metallic silver particles on the surface of said support material as further specified in the description; to composites containing said nanoparticles; to the manufacture of said nanoparticles and composites and to the use of said nanoparticles and composites. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100121110 | METHOD FOR THE BREAKDOWN OF LIGNIN - The invention describes a method for the direct production of molecules with a minimum molecular weight of 78 g/mol by the breakdown of lignin, lignin derivatives, lignin fragments, and/or lignin-containing substances or mixtures in the presence of at least one polyoxometallate and preferably in the presence of a radical scavenger in a liquid medium. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100094605 | ITERATIVE MULTI-SCALE METHOD FOR FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA - Computer-implemented iterative multi-scale methods and systems are provided for handling simulation of complex, highly anisotropic, heterogeneous domains. A system and method can be configured to achieve simulation of structures where accurate localization assumptions do not exist. The iterative system and method smoothes the solution field by applying line relaxation in all spatial directions. The smoother is unconditionally stable and leads to sets of tri-diagonal linear systems that can be solved efficiently, such as by the Thomas algorithm. Furthermore, the iterative smoothing procedure, for the improvement of the localization assumptions, does not need to be applied in every time step of the computation. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100078034 | IMMOBILIZING DEVICE FOR A PART OF A BODY - An immobilizing device for immobilizing a body part includes a bag which is filled with a granular material and is placed over the body part, an outer shell in which the bag is mounted and a hollow space formed between the outer shell and the bag for receiving pressured air in order to produce a force on the bag for immobilizing the body part. The device provides combined advantages over conventional devices, such as almost no absorption of x-rays, a perfect fit for every kind of body part, comfort for a patient, reusability, low cost, neutral smell, very light weight and easy application. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100059449 | Carbon Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Use in Separation Processes - The invention relates to a process for separating a dispersed phase from a continuous phase comprising the steps of i) contacting said phases with an effective amount of nanoparticles; ii) applying a magnetic field gradient to the obtained system; iii) separating the obtained phases wherein said nanoparticles are of the core shell type, said core consists of a metal or alloy having soft magnetic properties and said shell contains a graphene layers which are optionally functionalized; to new nanoparticles and method of manufacturing such nanoparticles. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100022857 | MAGNETICALLY CONTROLLED WIRELESS OPTICAL OXYGEN SENSOR FOR INTRAOCULAR MEASUREMENTS - A sensor for intraocular measurements moveable within at least one of an vitreous humor of an eye, an aqueous humor of an eye and an intraocular replacement medium. The sensor includes a magnetic body susceptible to magnetic fields and at least one sensor film. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090306443 | Production of Saturated C2 to C5 Hydrocarbons - Catalytic methods for the production of saturated hydrocarbons with 2 to 5 carbon atoms per molecule by conversion of small hydrocarbon halides and/or hydrogenation of carbonaceous material are disclosed that result in high yield of saturated C2 to C5 hydrocarbons at reduced corrosion of the reactors and in good lifetime of the catalyst. The methods are performed in the presence of a Lewis acid comprising catalyst and in the absence of oxygen or oxygen containing compounds, whereby an upper limit of at most 50 parts per million mass of oxygen or oxygen containing compounds can be tolerated. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090304114 | METHOD FOR DECODING DIGITAL INFORMATION ENCODED WITH A CHANNEL CODE - The performance of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, employing coding with multiple antennas depends heavily on the demapper algorithm which is used for MIMO detection. Soft-output demappers lead to better bit error rate (BER) performance compared to hard-decision demappers, but have a higher implementation complexity. The algorithm, proposed in this paper, relies on low-complexity harddecision MIMO detection. The reliability information for the received bits used to compute log-likelihood ratios is based on an estimate of the average bit error rate which is for example derived from the corresponding channel state information only. The algorithm is applicable to any hard-decision MIMO detector. As an example, we describe the application of the scheme to a linear MMSE detector and to sphere decoding with early termination. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303574 | BROADBAND TERAHERTZ RADIATION GENERATION AND DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a broadband Terahertz (THz) radiation generation and detection system and method. THz radiation is generated by optical rectification of an ultrashort pump pulse of a first wavelength having a duration in the picosecond- or sub-picosecond range in a first nonlinear optical crystal. The THz radiation is detected by electro-optic sampling or another appropriate method of a probe beam having a second wavelength in a second nonlinear optical crystal. According to the invention, at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled: a) the first wavelength is different from the second wavelength; b) the material of the first nonlinear optical crystal is different from the material of the second nonlinear optical crystal. This makes it possible to choose for the generation and for the detection process—independent of one another—the combination of wavelengths and nonlinear material and possibly other features of the pump/probe pulses like polarization with the highest efficiency for generation and detection of Terahertz pulses, respectively. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090261845 | ENANTIOSELECTIVE CAPACITIVE SENSOR - The present invention relates to an enantioselective capacitive sensor, its manufacture and use and to devices comprising such sensors. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090184892 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is formed from a plurality of modules ( | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090074798 | System and method for the production of recombinant glycosylated proteins in a prokaryotic host - A system and a method for the production of recombinant N-glycosylated target proteins. The system comprises a prokaryotic organism (e.g. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090063106 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING A SIGNAL OF MULTIPLE INPUT/MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYSTEM - The method for decoding a received signal in a multiple input/multiple output system uses QR-decomposition of the linear channel matrix, but then applies a non-Euclidean norm during tree traversal. Two separate hardware units, namely an MCU and a MEU, art provided for concurrent operation. The MCU determines a next child node, while the MEU determines next best parent nodes on the previously processed tree levels, which makes it possible to retrace the path to a next starting node without investing dedicated processing steps (e.g., cycles). On each tree level, the possible coordinates are grouped into several circular sets in the complex plane, and a series of decision boundaries is calculated for each set that allows a quick evaluation of the optimum coordinate in each set. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20080268246 | Methods and Devices for Flame Spray Pyrolysis - The present invention relates the manufacture of metal powders, non-oxidic ceramic powders and reduced metal oxide powders using an improved flame spray pyrolysis (“FSP”) process. The invention further relates to an apparatus specifically adapted to said process, to powders/naoncomposites obtained by said process and to the use of said powders/nanocompsites. | 10-30-2008 |
