Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
No. of patents: 28

Number	Title	Issue Date
8177761	Assembly for cleaning luer connectors Illustrative pairs of caps are disclosed, each of the caps being sized and shaped to provide a protective union about a separated medical connector. The pair of caps comprises an assembly that includes a male cap and a female cap. The assembly is sealed until the ca...	05/15/2012
8172825	Methods for disinfecting medical connectors Caps can be used to cover and sterilize the male luer of a medical connector. Some caps can create a seal with the male luer to prevent antiseptic from entering a lumen of the male luer. A biasing element can aid in creating or maintaining the seal. ...	05/08/2012
8164092	PIN structures including intrinsic gallium arsenide, devices incorporating the same, and related methods Provided herein are PIN structures including a layer of amorphous n-type silicon, a layer of intrinsic GaAs disposed over the layer of amorphous n-type silicon, and a layer of amorphous p-type silicon disposed over the layer of intrinsic GaAs. The layer of intrinsic...	04/24/2012
8155389	Method and system for motion correction in imaging systems A method, a system, and a computer-readable medium are provided which perform motion correction of image data. A first set of data and a second set of data of k-space data of an object to be imaged are received. The first set of data and the second set of data inclu...	04/10/2012
8148082	Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste receptor The invention provides isolated nucleic and amino acid sequences of a taste cell receptor that serves as a sensor for the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), antibodies to such PTC taste receptor, methods of detecting such nucleic and amino acid sequences, an...	04/03/2012
8099914	Perforated plate seismic damper The present invention relates to apparatus and systems for absorbing seismic energy to prevent non-linear displacement in a structure. A seismic damper according to embodiments of the present invention includes at least one flat plate which can be perforated to incl...	01/24/2012
8097295	Method of making nanoparticles by electroless plating A plurality of gold nanoparticles disposed on a surface of a substrate includes nanoparticles having an average particle density greater than 1.8×1011 particles per squared centimeter of the surface. The gold nanoparticles include a monomodal diameter di...	01/17/2012
8078267	Imaging of macular pigment distributions Macular pigments are measured by spectrally selective lipofuscin detection. Light from a light source that emits light at a selected range of wavelengths that overlap the absorption band of macular carotenoids is directed onto macular tissue of an eye for which macu...	12/13/2011
8065647	Method and system for asynchronous chip design A method of designing an asynchronous integrated circuit is provided. A global clock network of a synchronous circuit is replaced with a plurality of handshaking circuits. Data validity is encoded into a communication path between a first pipeline stage and a second...	11/22/2011
8060391	Analogy based workflow identification A method of creating an analogous workflow is provided. A first workflow is received at a first device, the first workflow including a plurality of first modules that are connected. A second workflow is received at the first device, the second workflow including a p...	11/15/2011
7998672	Simultaneous amplification and detection of ribonucleic acid be an optical method using surface plasmon resonance Methods of performing PCR are provided. Methods may include using an optical source to provide heating for thermocyling the PCR reaction. Methods may include using surface plasmon resonance and/or fluorescence resonance enhanced transfer to allow real-time monitorin...	08/16/2011
7996390	Method and system for clustering identified forms A method is provided for organizing a plurality of documents that include forms. An initial set of clusters is defined for the plurality of documents. The initial set of clusters is reclustered based on similarity values calculated in multiple feature spaces. For ex...	08/09/2011
7939253	Methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of ewing's sarcoma The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the detection and treatment of Ewing's sarcoma. In particular, the methods of detection relate to measuring in Ewing's sarcoma cells the expression of the NKX2.2 gene, as well as targets genes downstream ...	05/10/2011
7840045	Method and system for parallel reconstruction in the K-space domain for application in imaging systems A method of performing parallel image reconstruction of undersampled image data in k-space. A defined partitioning of a k-space region into a plurality of segments is received. A segment of the plurality of segments is identified wherein data is sampled at less than...	11/23/2010
7804149	Nanostructured ZnO electrodes for efficient dye sensitized solar cells The present invention provides methods of forming metal oxide semiconductor nanostructures and, in particular, zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor nanostructures, possessing high surface area, plant-like morphologies on a variety of substrates. Optoelectronic devices, su...	09/28/2010
7757812	Universal belay device The present invention provides a universal belay device for providing safety to mountain and rock climbers. The belay device allows a belayer to selectively operate the device in any of a plurality of modes. In an auto-locking mode, a fall by a climber automatically...	07/20/2010
7725174	Distinguishing different drug effects from the electroencephalogram This disclosure provides a method of indicating a subject's reaction to different agents administered to induce anesthesia. In particular, the subject's reaction can be assessed by receiving electrical signals from first and second electrodes spatially distributed o...	05/25/2010
7666840	α-Conotoxin peptides The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxins herein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally available in minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to the naturally available peptides, and which preferably i...	02/23/2010
7666601	Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste receptor The invention provides isolated nucleic and amino acid sequences of a taste cell receptor that serves as a sensor for the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), antibodies to such PTC taste receptor, methods of detecting such nucleic and amino acid sequences, an...	02/23/2010
7473244	Active needle devices with integrated functionality An active needle device for fluid injection or extraction includes at least one hollow elongated shaft defining at least one channel. The channel provides communication between at least one input port and at least one output port of the needle device. At least one a...	01/06/2009
7461046	Method for creating and using a treatment protocol Systems, devices, methods, and software are provided that are suitable for use in the creation, implementation, use and/or refinement of treatment protocols. The software is configured for use in a client-server environment where the server communicates with client ...	12/02/2008
7420106	Scanning probe characterization of surfaces Characterizing dielectric surfaces by detecting electron tunneling. An apparatus includes an atomic force probe. A mechanical actuator is connected to the atomic force probe. A mechanical modulator is connected to the mechanical actuator. The mechanical modulator mo...	09/02/2008
7393634	Screening for disease susceptibility by genotyping the CCR5 and CCR2 genes Provided are compositions, methods and uses for identifying persons at an increased risk of infection by, transmission of, or accelerated progression of a disease caused by an HIV-1 virus. Diagnostic, prognostic and combined therapeutic kits are also provided. ...	07/01/2008
7390785	τ-conotoxin peptides The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed τ-conotoxins herein), about 10-25 residues in length, which are naturally available in minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to the naturally available peptides, and which preferably i...	06/24/2008
7279549	Apha-conotoxin peptides The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxins herein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally available in minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to the naturally available peptides, and which preferably i...	10/09/2007
7048723	Surface micromachined microneedles Surface micro-machined micro-needles (32) are formed as single needles (32) or in two-dimensional or three-dimensional micro-needle arrays (30). The micro-needles (32) are fabricated on a substrate (12) which can remain attached to...	05/23/2006
7045811	Signal amplification using architectures of nanodots and connecting channels Particle localization by geometrical nanostructures allows for the fabrication of artificial atoms and molecules suitable for use as building blocks for molecular electronic devices. Artificial lattices made from the artificial atoms and molecules can be used to cre...	05/16/2006
7039452	Method and apparatus for Raman imaging of macular pigments A method and apparatus are provided for Raman imaging of carotenoids and related chemical substances in biological tissue, such as macular pigments. The method and apparatus utilize the technique of resonance Raman spectroscopy to produce an image of the levels of c...	05/02/2006

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Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation