| The Australian National University Patent applications |
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| 20110292342 | PUPILLARY ASSESSMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system and method for assessing the function of parts of the nervous system of a subject by measuring the pupillary responses to at least one stimulus ensemble comprising a plurality of individual stimuli; the method comprising: presenting a sequence of selected individual stimuli from the at least one stimulus ensemble to the nervous system of a subject thereby evoking pupillary responses in at least one pupil of the subject, selected individual stimuli being concurrently presented in the sequence, wherein the individual stimuli are each individually balanced such that the pupillary responses evoked by individual stimuli in the ensemble are balanced according to the strength of the neural responses evoked by the individual stimuli; detecting responses of the pupil or pupils evoked by the stimuli using a sensor; and processing the detected responses to relate them to the function of the subject's neural responses to some or all of the individual stimuli of the ensemble. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110283795 | System, Device And Method For Detecting Seismic Acceleration - A device for detecting seismic acceleration including a proof mass; a base for providing a sensor acceleration, relative to the proof mass, based on the seismic acceleration; an optical fibre portion operatively connected between the proof mass and the base for providing a fibre tension based on the sensor acceleration, a fibre Fabry-Perot interferometer (FFPI) in the optical fibre portion for providing an optical characteristic representative of the fibre tension, and a compensator for applying a compensating tension to the FFPI to compensate for a change of the optical characteristic due to a temperature change of the FFPI. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110194120 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHASE MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to the field of phase measurement, particularly optical phase measurement. In one form, the invention relates to a method and device for measuring the phase between distinct signals by converting phase variations between the signals into amplitude variations. In one embodiment the invention provides a method of arranging the structure of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional crystal to measure the phase between signals, comprising the steps of (i) providing a respective waveguide for each signal and (ii) providing a micro-cavity array arranged to provide a resonance output in response to the phase of the signals. The invention has application to a wide range of apparatus and devices across many industries including communications, food technology, pharmacology, medicine and biology. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110181701 | Image Data Processing - A method for processing image data of a sample is disclosed. The method comprises registering a first and a second images of at least partially overlapping spatial regions of the sample and processing data from the registered images to obtain integrated image data comprising information about the sample, said information being additional to that available from said first and second images. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110165070 | METHODS FOR RADIOLABELING SYNTHETIC POLYMERS - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a radiolabeled synthetic polymer, the method comprising contacting a synthetic polymer with a carbon encapsulated nanoparticle composite having a radioactive particulate core in an aqueous medium comprising an electrolyte concentration or pH selected to promote short-range attractive forces between the nanoparticles and the synthetic polymer by attenuating long-range electrostatic repulsive forces. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110165069 | METHODS FOR RADIOLABELING MACROMOLECULES - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a radiolabeled macromolecule, the method comprising contacting a macromolecule with a carbon encapsulated nanoparticle composite having a radioactive particulate core in an aqueous medium comprising a pH selected to promote short-range attractive forces between the nanoparticles and the macromolecule by attenuating repulsive electrostatic forces. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110104173 | INHIBITION OF DEGRADATION OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX - This application relates to a method of inhibiting the degradation of an extracellular matrix associated with islet beta cells, said method comprising contacting said extracellular matrix with an effective amount of a heparanase inhibitor. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110002847 | METHOD OF FORMING AN INJECTABLE RADIOACTIVE COMPOSITION OF A CARBON ENCAPSULATED RADIOACTIVE PARTICULATE - A method of forming an injectable radioactive composition, the method comprising the steps of: (a) depositing a solid form of technetium onto a carbon crucible; (b) preheating the solid form of technetium to remove any carrier; (c) plasma ablating the technetium and portions of the carbon crucible; (d) allowing the carbon and technetium metal to co-condense from the gas phase to produce a nanoparticle composite aerosol in an inert gas; (e) dispersing the nanoparticle composite in water containing a low concentration of surfactant using an electrostatic precipitator; (f) size fractionating the nanoparticle dispersion by filtration with hydrophilic membranes of known pore size. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100218805 | SUBSTRATE, AN ASSEMBLY PROCESS, AND AN ASSEMBLY APPARATUS - A substrate assembly ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100203064 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING WOUND REPAIR - The present invention relates to a method of modulating repair of a wound. The method includes modulating expression and/or activity of Flightless I in cells involved in repair of the wound. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100021074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL STABILIZATION - A method and apparatus for controlling the attitude of a vehicle (such as an aircraft) in a space having at least two opposed viewable regions, each region being viewed by a respective first sensor for sensing a first frequency band of electromagnetic radiation and a respective second sensor for sensing a second frequency band of electromagnetic radiation, wherein respective first and second data sets from the first and second sensors for each regions are produced, these second data sets are subsequently modified and combined with the first data sets to form respective third data sets for each region. The attitude of the vehicle is then adjusted until the third data sets are substantially equal. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090308430 | Solar Cell Interconnection Process - A solar cell interconnection process for forming a solar cell sub-module for a photovoltaic device, the process including the steps of mounting a plurality of elongate solar cells ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090130151 | DISPERSION OF NATURAL OILS AND/OR SYNTHETIC ESSENTIAL OILS IN WATER - The invention relates to process for the production of an emulsion, comprising combining an aqueous liquid with a non-aqueous liquid mixture to form a combination, removing dissolved gases from both the aqueous liquid and the non-aqueous liquid mixture and agitating the combination sufficient to form the emulsion. The non-aqueous liquid mixture is immiscible with the aqueous liquid, and combination is formed in the absence of an emulsion stabilizing agent. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090091765 | Apparatus for Interferometric Sensing - An apparatus for interferometric sensing, comprising a plurality of single-longitudinal mode laser sources to each provide radiation at a corresponding plurality of selected wavelengths, and at least one modulator to frequency or phase modulate the radiation from each laser; a plurality of Fabry-Perot interferometers formed by Bragg Gratings written into optical fibre, each interferometer being responsive to one of the said plurality of wavelengths to each produce a reflected or transmitted optical output signal dependent on the corresponding interferometer path length; and one or more demodulators to demodulate the optical output signals and produce a corresponding plurality of measurement signals indicative of optical path lengths of the respective interferometers. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20080257386 | Water-Based Cleaning - A method of cleaning a surface, comprising applying de-gassed water (containing no more than 1 ppm gas) to the surface to disperse or dissolve dirt on the surface in the water. The method may also comprise dissolving hydrophobic dirt on the surface using a non-aqueous solvent, and dispersing the non-aqueous solvent and dissolved hydrophobic dirt in the de-gassed water. The non-aqueous solvent may itself contain low levels of dissolved gas, for example no more than 10 ppm. Apparatus for cleaning a surface is also disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080223429 | Solar Cell (Sliver) Sub-Module Formation - A solar cell sub-module ( | 09-18-2008 |
