公开(公告)号：WO2022192750A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：PCT/US2022/020063

申请日：2022-03-11

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： SOBOYEJO, Winston O. ,  OYEWOLE, Oluwaseun K. ,  OYEWOLE, Deborah O. ,  OYELADE, Omolara ,  ADENIJI, Sharafadeen ,  CROMWELL, Jaya

IPC: B32B37/14 ,  H02S10/00 ,  H01M8/0217 ,  H01L21/324 ,  H01L21/64 ,  H01L31/046

Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating photovoltaic devices are provided. A method includes forming a photovoltaic device comprising an active layer with one or more interfacial layers adjacent the active layer, wherein the active layer comprises a photovoltaic material and the one or more interfacial layers comprise a material configured to collect charge carriers generated in the photovoltaic material; applying pressure onto the photovoltaic device to increase an amount of electrical contact between the active layer and the one or more interfacial layer; and annealing the photovoltaic device.

公开(公告)号：WO2022081769A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：PCT/US2021/054864

申请日：2021-10-13

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： BHARADWAJ DARALAGODU DATTATREYA JOIS, Sathwik ,  RAMASUBRAMANIAM, Ashwin ,  RAM-MOHAN, Lakshminarayanapuram Ramdas

IPC: H01L35/14 ,  H01L35/34 ,  B82B1/00 ,  B82B3/00 ,  B82Y40/00

Abstract: A method of fabricating a two-dimensional thermoelectric device includes forming dissimilar atomic layers having quantum electron transport properties, and forming a well-defined interface between the dissimilar atomic layers for effecting a thermoelectric transport by exploiting a gradient in the material parameters between the layers. The resulting device defines an inclusion matrix of the dissimilar atomic layers such that the inclusion layer is confined within a matrix formed by the other atomic layer.

公开(公告)号：WO2021231372A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：PCT/US2021/031701

申请日：2021-05-11

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： REBELLO, Alex S. ,  JONES, Jordan ,  GAUDETTE, Glenn

IPC: A23L13/00 ,  C12N5/02 ,  C12N5/04 ,  C12N5/077 ,  C12M3/04 ,  A23L19/03 ,  A23L33/105 ,  A23V2002/00 ,  C12N2513/00 ,  C12N2533/90 ,  C12N5/0659

Abstract: An in vitro meat having non-decellularized leaf scaffold and a method for producing an in vitro meat using non-decellularized leaf scaffold are described herein. The method includes preparing a non-decellularized plant leaf and incubating the leaf in a cell culture media to obtain a non-decellularized leaf scaffold; seeding the leaf scaffold with a population of muscle cells to obtain a leaf scaffold adhered population of muscle cells; and growing the leaf scaffold adhered population of muscle cells in cell culture media thereby obtaining the in vitro meat.

公开(公告)号：WO2021087379A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：PCT/US2020/058387

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： SOBOYEJO, Winston O. ,  OBAYEMI, John D. ,  SALIFU, Ali A. ,  UZONWANNE, Vanessa O.

IPC: C07K7/23 ,  A61K38/09 ,  A61K39/00 ,  A61K39/39

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions comprising Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) or an analog of LHRH conjugated to prodigiosin, and methods of treatment of cancer, for example, triple negative breast cancer, using such compositions.

公开(公告)号：WO2021087068A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：PCT/US2020/057892

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： ZHANG, Haichong ,  TSUMURA, Ryosuke ,  TANG, Yichuan

IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract: A Ring-Arrayed Forward-viewing (RAF) ultrasound imaging and administration device combines an ultrasonic (US) US imager including a plurality of single element transducers arranged in a circular frame to define a ring array, and an instrument posture tracking circuit coupled to the ring array for performing RF (radio frequency) data acquisition with the plurality of ring-arrayed transducers. A needle holster is concentrically disposed in the ring array and is adapted to receive and direct an insertion instrument such as a needle, probe or extraction tool along an axis defined by a center of the ring array directed by the concentric needle holster. The tracking circuit includes a processor having instructions for instrument posture tracking and US imaging.

公开(公告)号：WO2021077014A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：PCT/US2020/056152

申请日：2020-10-16

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： COBURN, Jeannine, M. ,  VAN ZYL, Elizabeth, M. ,  YOUNG, Eric, M.

IPC: A61L15/28 ,  A61L27/20 ,  A61L31/04

Abstract: Provided herein are transparent bacterial-derived cellulose-based materials having a light transmission of at least 50% of light energy having a wavelength between 400 nm and 600 nm. In some embodiments, such materials can be prepared by a method comprising culturing cellulose-producing bacteria in a media comprising a non-glucose carbon source and collecting cellulose-based material produced by the cellulose-producing bacteria, wherein the cellulose-based material has a light transmission of at least 50% of light energy having a wavelength between 400 nm and 600 nm.

公开(公告)号：WO2021050856A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：PCT/US2020/050378

申请日：2020-09-11

Applicant: BROWN UNIVERSITY ,  WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： HOFFSTEIN, Jeffrey ,  SILVERMAN, Joseph ,  SUNAR, Berk ,  DOROZ, Yarkin

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/00

Abstract: A PQ signature scheme MMSAT that is capable of aggregating and compressing unrelated messages signed individually by different parties. The scheme extends the notion of multi-signatures, which are signatures that support aggregation of signatures on a single message signed by multiple parties.

公开(公告)号：WO2020163767A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：PCT/US2020/017302

申请日：2020-02-07

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： POPOVIC, Marko ,  CLARRISSIMEAUX, Ellen ,  D'AGOSTINO, Julia ,  MOFFAT, Shannon

IPC: B25J9/14

Abstract: The systems and methods for fluid flow control valve device, where the device may include a support structure, one or more fluid tubes associated with the support structure, tensioning element supported by the support structure and being rotatable about an axis point relative to the support structure in response to an application of force, and one or more threads, each extending between the tensioning element and the one or more fluid tubes, the one or more threads configured to provide sufficient tension to compress at least one of the one or more fluid tubes in response to tension generated due to the rotation of the tensioning element.

公开(公告)号：WO2020056113A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：PCT/US2019/050779

申请日：2019-09-12

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： BROWN, Christopher A.

IPC: A43B5/00 ,  A43B13/18

Abstract: A force absorbing device for a footwear appliance includes a shoe sole having a planar sole surface, such that the shoe sole is adapted to be disposed against a ground surface such as turf, grass or dirt. A ground interface member having a general appearance of a footwear cleat extends from the planar sole surface. Within the sole, the ground interface member couples to a force mitigation assembly for absorbing forces against the cleat. The force mitigation assembly includes an elastic field of a resilient, compressible material, and an inclined surface is disposed against the elastic field and oriented to compress the elastic field. A linkage or connecting surface transmits a displacement force for disposing the inclined surface across the elastic field, where the inclined surface compresses the elastic field as it moves across. In response, the elastic field exerts a counterforce against the ground interface member.

公开(公告)号：WO2020041612A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：PCT/US2019/047742

申请日：2019-08-22

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： COBURN, Jeannine ,  GAUDETTE, Glenn ,  PHAN, Nhi

IPC: A61K47/48 ,  A61L27/12 ,  A61L27/22 ,  A61L27/36

Abstract: Provided herein are enzymatically decellularized cells, and methods of producing said cells, that can be used in a scaffold. The scaffolds featured herein are biocompatible and can comprise decellularized cells that have been modified to express a bioactive agent or molecule.