UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150030574 | CELLS GENETICALLY MODIFIED TO COMPRISE PANCREATIC ISLET GLUCOKINASE AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to a population of cells genetically modified to produce insulin in a glucose responsive manner and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a population of cells genetically modified to produce insulin in response to physiologically relevant levels of glucose and uses thereof. The cells of the present invention are useful in a wide variety of applications, in particular in the context of therapeutic and prophylactic regimes directed to the treatment of diabetes and/or the amelioration of symptoms associated with diabetes, based on the transplantation of the cells of the present invention into mammals requiring treatment. Also facilitated is the design of in vitro based screening systems for testing the therapeutic effectiveness and/or toxicity of potential adjunctive treatment regimes. | 01-29-2015 |
20140083788 | Step-Climbing Attachment for a Wheeled Chair - A step climbing attachment suitable for attachment to a wheeled chair is described. The step climbing attachment includes a chassis for mounting one or more ground engaging units, a first and a second ground engaging unit mounted to the chassis, at least one of the first and second ground engaging units adapted to move relative to the other of the first or second ground engaging units and the chassis, the relative movement being between a ground engaging position and a step-engaging support position so that in use at least one of the first and/or second ground engaging units engages a step. | 03-27-2014 |
20130287806 | IMMUNE-MODULATING AGENTS AND USES THEREFOR - This invention discloses the use of Heminth Defense Molecules in methods and compositions for modulating immune responses including treating or preventing undesirable or deleterious immune responses. | 10-31-2013 |
20130276365 | LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING LIGHT INTO A CULTURE SOLUTION - A light guide device for transmitting light through a column of light transmitting medium and into an adjacent culture growing solution, including a barrier structure for separating the medium and solution, the barrier structure being light transmissive to allow for extraction of light and being adapted to hold a material of reduced refractive index relative to the medium so as to provide total internal reflection for light incident the barrier structure at greater than a critical angle to thereby guide the light through the device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130276155 | Insecticidal Polypeptides and Methods of Use Thereof - A family of insecticidal polypeptides expressed in the venom gland of spiders of the genera | 10-17-2013 |
20130275907 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method of providing an interface comprising receiving contact information indicative of points of contact between fingers of at least one hand and a surface. The method further comprising mapping onto the surface a plurality of interface elements each corresponding to a key on a keyboard, each element being assigned to one of a plurality of groups, each group having an associated one of the fingers for activation of the elements in the group, wherein each group is mapped to the surface in accordance with contact information for the associated finger. Another aspect of the inventive include recurrently receiving the contact information and recurrently mapping each group to the surface in accordance with the contact information for the associated finger so that the group tracks the resting position of the associated finger. | 10-17-2013 |
20130221885 | SENSORLESS AC MOTOR CONTROLLER - A controller for an AC electric motor, includes a Feed Forward Torque Controller and a load model. The Torque controller directly derives a torque related component of applied motor voltages from a signal representing a torque command input T* and at least one motor parameter. The load model derives a motor speed value including a model of motor speed behaviour of the AC electric motor to provide an output signal which represents the motor speed of the AC electric motor. This motor speed output signal is used in determining a frequency of rotation of an applied motor voltage vector. Where an input to the load model is the signal representing the torque command input T*, the load model uses the signal representing the torque command T*, at least over a part of an operating speed range of the AC motor which includes zero speed, to determine the motor speed output signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20120269320 | WASTE RECEPTACLE - A waste receptacle, including a housing; an opening for ingress of waste products into the housing, and, a receptor provided about at least a portion of an extremity of the housing. The waste receptacle is adapted to removably retain an image recording medium thereto. | 10-25-2012 |
20120217201 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT - A mixture for treating water in a biological water treatment process is provided comprising an organic-based flocculant, a micronutrient; and a polymer. The flocculant, the micronutrient and the polymer are mixed in a predetermined ratio to enhance said biological water treatment. The mixture is particularly suited to enhancing flocculation of particles, reducing fouling on a surface of a membrane in a membrane bioreactor, improving uptake of phosphorous and/or nitrogen by a biomass in a biological water treatment system, improving bioactivity of a biomass and/or floc in a biological water treatment system and improving flux in a membrane bioreactor. | 08-30-2012 |
20120195864 | CELLS GENETICALLY MODIFIED TO COMPRISE PANCREATIC ISLET GLUCOKINASE AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to a population of cells genetically modified to comprise pancreatic islet glucokinase and capable of producing insulin in a glucose responsive manner and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a population of cells so genetically modified capable of producing insulin in response to physiologically relevant levels of glucose and uses thereof. The cells of the present invention are useful in a wide variety of applications, in particular in the context of therapeutic and prophylactic regimes directed to the treatment of diabetes and/or the amelioration of symptoms associated with diabetes, based on the transplantation of the cells of the present invention into mammals requiring treatment. Also facilitated is the design of in vitro based screening systems for testing the therapeutic effectiveness and/or toxicity of potential adjunctive treatment regimes. | 08-02-2012 |
20120101402 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE - A method for controlling a device, the method including the steps of, in a processing system: receiving a signal associated with a thought pattern ( | 04-26-2012 |
20110206612 | NOVEL SCREENS TO IDENTIFY AGENTS THAT MODULATE RETINAL BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION AND PERICYTE FUNCTION AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION THEREFOR - The present invention provides methods for determining or identifying compounds that modulate the function of an isolated retinal pericyte or blood vessel, wherein a change in the contractile state of said pericyte or blood vessel is determined in the presence of a test compound, said change indicating that the test compound modulates the function of pericytes and/or blood vessels. | 08-25-2011 |
20110076383 | Method of Developing Latent Fingerprints - Latent fingerprints on a porous substrate such as paper are developed for viewing and recordal by applying heat to cause the fingerprint to be clearly viewed under radiation to cause the fingerprint to fluorescence (e.g. a few seconds heating with air or client contact with a heated device at around 260° C.) and viewing under e.g. light of 200 nm to 550 nm with a filter in the yellow to orange wavelength region. Alternatively more extended heating can render the fingerprint assemble under ultraviolet light, and under yet more extended heating permits viewing under white light. | 03-31-2011 |
20100106225 | Transcutaneous Power And/Or Data Transceiver - A device for communicating electric signals across the skin layer ( | 04-29-2010 |
20090218294 | Methods for Recovering Organic-Inorganic Element-Doped Metal Oxides from Hydrolysable Metal Compounds Associated with Contaminated Water Treatment - The present invention relates to a method for recovering an organic-inorganic element-doped metal oxide from a hydrolysable metal compound, accompanied with contaminated water treatment. The present invention comprises steps of: a) adding a hydrolysable metal compound as a coagulant to a contaminated water to form a separable floc between the hydrolysable metal compound and contaminants present in contaminated water; b) separating the separable floc and the pre-treated water after flocculation treatment; and c) calcinating the separated floc over 500° C. to produce an organic-inorganic element-doped metal oxide. More preferably, the present invention further comprises subjecting the pre-treated water of the step b) to a microwave treatment to cause a photocatalytic degradation of an organic contaminant that remains in the pre-treated water, with the assistance of the remaining hydrolysable metal compound. A novel titanium compound is found as an alternative coagulant instead of iron and aluminum salts which most widely use in water treatment. Ability, capacity and efficiency of flocculation as the proposed titanium coagulant are similar to those of FeCl | 09-03-2009 |
20090123379 | NOVEL SCREENS TO IDENTIFY AGENTS THAT MODULATE RETINAL BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION AND PERICYTE FUNCTION AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION THEREFOR - The present invention provides methods for determining or identifying compounds that modulate the function of an isolated retinal pericyte or blood vessel, wherein a change in the contractile state of said pericyte or blood vessel is determined in the presence of a test compound, said change indicating that the test compound modulates the function of pericytes and/or blood vessels. | 05-14-2009 |
20080318031 | COOLING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a cooling material which comprises particles that are arranged for generation of surface plasmon resonances. The surface plasmon resonances have a wavelength or wavelength range within an atmospheric window wavelength range in which the atmosphere of the earth has a greatly reduced average absorption and emission compared with the average absorption and emission in an adjacent wavelength range, whereby the cooling material is arranged for emission of thermal radiation associated with the generated surface plasmon resonances and absorption of radiation from the atmosphere is greatly reduced. | 12-25-2008 |