| THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT Patent applications |
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| 20120040907 | Method of Use of Bioactive Materials - A bioactive material is made using fibroin solutions and suspensions designed to support the constructions, repair, regeneration or augmentation of bone and other tissues of the body. The fibroin solutions, suspensions, and composites can be injected to fill cavities or to replace missing tissue. After injection, the materials can produce a scaffold capable of promoting tissue regeneration while degrading. The ability to inject the fibroin solutions, suspensions and composites can reduce the need for many types of surgical procedures that are used to replace or repair bone and other tissues. The fibroin solutions and suspensions are particularly useful for methods of tissue construction and/or repair. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20100278383 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNITION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TARGET - A system for recognition of a target three-dimensional object is disclosed. The system may include a photon-counting detector and a three-dimensional integral imaging system. The three-dimensional integral imaging system may be positioned between the photon-counting detector and the target three-dimensional object. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100222897 | DISTRIBUTED FAULT DIAGNOSIS - A distributed diagnosis algorithm based on a multi-signal digraph model of an overall system is provided. In addition, a model enables the generation of a fault-test dependency matrix (D-matrix), which summarizes the detection capabilities of tests designed for faults associated with each node. Each row represents a fault state and each column represents a test. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100203566 | Methods for the Detection and Monitoring of Congestive Heart Failure - Disclosed herein are methods of detecting and/or prognosing congestive heart failure by detecting a proteolytic fragment of caspase-3 such as the p17 fragment or the p12 fragment. The congestive heart failure can be of any etiology, such as systolic or diastolic heart failure, ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100094134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING USING NEAR-INFRARED OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY COMBINED WITH PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for biological imaging comprising a probe comprising an emitter and a detector; a source circuit connected in operational communication to the emitter; a detector circuit connected in operational communication to the detector; a central processing unit connected to the source circuit and the detector circuit; a display operably connected to the central processing unit; and wherein the apparatus is capable of photoacoustic tomography and diffusive optical tomography and/or ultrasound tomography. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100068200 | Methods and Compositions for Inhibiting Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing inflammation associated with atherosclerosis and/or vascular inflammatory disease. The methods include administering to a subject in need of treatment for atherosclerosis and/or vascular inflammation a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhibitor of the receptor activity of the S1P2 receptor. Also included are compositions including an S1P2 receptor antagonist and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100043081 | Detecting and Revoking Pirate Redistribution of Content - Disclosed are methods, systems and articles for tracing and disabling one or more unauthorized distributors of content originally transmitted by a distribution center. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving rebroadcast transmissions of a data segment previously transmitted by the distribution center, the received segment including embedded information associated with a subset of recipients that includes at least one of the unauthorized distributors, and identifying the subset based on the embedded information. The method further includes assigning recipients in the identified subset into two or more new subsets such that the at least one unauthorized distributor is assigned to one of the two or more new subsets, and coding a subsequent data segment to be transmitted with additional embedded information associated with the two or more new subsets. The above operations may be repeated until the at least unauthorized distributor is identified. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100040224 | OPTICAL SECURITY SYSTEM USING FOURIER PLANE ENCODING - A method of encrypting a set of data is disclosed. The method may include encoding a set of data with a first encryption key, and transforming the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include using a second encryption key to encode the transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include transforming the encoded transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key generating thereby and encrypted set of data. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090305106 | COATINGS, MATERIALS, ARTICLES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF - A thermal spray process comprises injecting precursor solution droplets into the hot zone of the thermal spray flame. Also described are materials resulting from the process. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090262182 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional imaging apparatus for imaging a three-dimensional object may include a microlens array, a sensor device, and a telecentric relay system positioned between the microlens array and the sensor device. A telecentric relay system may include a field lens and a macro objective that may include a macro lens and an aperture stop. A method of imaging a three-dimensional object may include providing a three-dimensional imaging apparatus including a microlens array, a sensor device, and a telecentric relay system positioned between the microlens array and the sensor device; and generating a plurality of elemental images on the sensor device, wherein each of the plurality of elemental images has a different perspective of the three-dimensional object. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090247785 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRETREATMENT OF AN OIL STREAM - In one embodiment, a method for pre-treating an oil comprises: introducing a oil, an alcohol, and an acid catalyst to a first continuous stirred tank reactor vessel, wherein the oil comprises free fatty acids; selectively reacting the oil and the alcohol to convert the free fatty acids to alkyl esters, wherein the reaction does not produce glycerol; removing a pre-treated oil stream from a lower portion of the first continuous stirred tank reactor, wherein the pre-treated oil stream comprises the alkyl esters; and recycling the alcohol and acid catalyst from an upper portion of the first continuous stirred tank reactor. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090208380 | SYSTEMS FOR ALKYL ESTER PRODUCTION - In one embodiment, an alkyl ester production system can comprise: a first transesterification reactor comprising a liquid biomass inlet located between a liquid glycerol outlet and a liquid alkyl ester outlet, a water wash vessel comprising an alkyl ester inlet, a water inlet located near a top of the water wash vessel, and a washed alkyl ester outlet located near the top of the water wash vessel, wherein the alkyl ester inlet is located near a bottom of the water wash vessel, and a drier comprising a washed alkyl ester inlet located near a top of the drier, and a gas inlet and a dried alkyl ester outlet located near the bottom of the drier. The first transesterification reactor can be configured for laminar flow and for liquid reactants and products. The alkyl ester inlet can be in fluid communication with the washed alkyl ester outlet. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090160985 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNITION OF A TARGET IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCENE - A method for three-dimensional reconstruction of a three-dimensional scene and target object recognition may include acquiring a plurality of elemental images of a three-dimensional scene through a microlens array; generating a reconstructed display plane based on the plurality of elemental images using three-dimensional volumetric computational integral imaging; and recognizing the target object in the reconstructed display plane by using an image recognition or classification algorithm. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090134037 | Methods and apparatus for the synthesis of useful compounds - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for activation of a low reactivity, non-polar chemical compound. In one example embodiment, the method comprises introducing the low reactivity chemical compound to a catalyst. At least one of (a) an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent and (b) a polar compound is provided to the catalyst and the chemical compound. An alternating current is applied to the catalyst to produce an activation reaction in the chemical compound. This activation reaction produces a useful product. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090101516 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF USEFUL COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for activation of a low reactivity, non-polar chemical compound. In one example embodiment, the method comprises introducing the low reactivity chemical compound to a catalyst. At least one of (a) an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent and (b) a polar compound is provided to the catalyst and the chemical compound. An alternating current is applied to the catalyst to produce an activation reaction in the chemical compound. This activation reaction produces a useful product. The present invention also relates to a method for oxidizing aromatic compounds by electrocatalysis to oxidized products. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090011235 | MANGANESE OXIDE NANOWIRES, FILMS, AND MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF MAKING - Nanowires, films, and membranes comprising ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves and methods of making the same are disclosed. A method for forming nanowires includes hydrothermally treating a chemical precursor composition in a hydrothermal treating solvent to form the nanowires, wherein the chemical precursor composition comprises a source of manganese cations and a source of counter cations, and wherein the nanowires comprise ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080218864 | OPTICAL SECURITY SYSTEM USING FOURIER PLANE ENCODING - A method of verifying the authenticity of an object is disclosed. The method may include encoding a primary image, convolving the encoded primary image with a random code, generating thereby a first reference image, transforming the first reference image, and correlating the first reference image with a second reference image. | 09-11-2008 |
