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公开(公告)号:US20190072440A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:US16118211
申请日:2018-08-30
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Carlo Menon , Andrea Ferrone
Abstract: A fibre-based sensor for yarn senses strain or pressure and includes: (a) a fibre extending along a centerline with a first longitudinal portion thereof forming a first fibre member that is elastic and has a first stiffness, first hysteresis, and first electrical conductivity; and (b) a second fibre member selected as a second fibre or a second longitudinal portion of the fibre, the second fibre member being elastic, having a second stiffness, second hysteresis, and second conductivity, wherein the first and second fibre members are non-slidable relative to each other along the centerline, the first stiffness being greater than the second stiffness so sensor stiffness is dominated by the first stiffness, the first hysteresis being less than the second hysteresis so sensor hysteresis is dominated by the first hysteresis, the first conductivity being less than the second conductivity so sensor conductivity is dominated by the second electrical conductivity.
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公开(公告)号:US20190021413A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16138864
申请日:2018-09-21
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Daniel Eamon Abram , Farid Golnaraghi , Gaofeng Gary Wang , Combiz Jelveh
IPC: A41D13/015 , A63B71/12 , A41D13/05 , A41D13/06 , A41D13/08 , A41D31/00 , A42B3/06 , A42B3/12 , B32B7/08
Abstract: The present disclosure seeks to reduce the effects of rotational and linear acceleration experienced by the body of a user in response to an impact force. Modular disengaging systems of the present disclosure are generally suitable for coupling to protective equipment to provide a disengaging motion between various layers such that the effects of the impact force to the body of the user are reduced. Generally described, the modular disengaging systems of the present disclosure include layers configured to facilitate relative lateral motion therebetween upon an impact force.
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公开(公告)号:US10084001B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-25
申请号:US14952472
申请日:2015-11-25
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Behraad Bahreyni
IPC: H01L27/14 , G01S3/78 , G01J5/08 , H01L27/144 , G01S3/783 , G01S3/784 , G01J1/02 , G01S3/781 , H01L31/02 , H01L37/02
CPC classification number: H01L27/1446 , G01J1/0266 , G01J5/089 , G01S3/781 , G01S3/783 , G01S3/784 , H01L31/02024 , H01L37/02
Abstract: A vector light sensor (VLS) includes a substrate and a sensor structure. The substrate includes a major surface. The sensor structure includes a pyramid structure, light-sensitive areas, and electrical contacts. The pyramid structure forms at least a portion of a body of the sensor structure and has predefined angles between the major surface of the substrate and a plurality of sidewalls of the pyramid. The light-sensitive areas are formed on two or more of the plurality of sidewalls of the pyramid structure. The electrical contacts are electrically coupled to the light-sensitive areas. Information about the information about intensity and direction of an incident light beam can be extracted by comparing signals from two or more of the light-sensitive areas.
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公开(公告)号:US20180224279A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-09
申请号:US15891240
申请日:2018-02-07
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Jamal Bahari , Carlo Menon
Abstract: An apparatus for sensing an angular rate of rotation in the presence of linear movement includes: (a) an enclosure for containing a fluid; (b) a heater disposed within the enclosure in fluid communication with the fluid; and (c) a plurality of temperature detectors disposed within the enclosure in fluid communication with the heater and the fluid, the plurality of temperature detectors being arranged symmetrically about the heater such that a superposition of a plurality of differential-temperature indications produced by the plurality of temperature detectors is maximally sensitive to the rotation while being minimally sensitive to the linear movement.In some embodiments, the heater and the plurality of temperature detectors form a gyroscopic unit, and the apparatus includes a plurality of the gyroscopic units having an angular relationship. The angular relationship may have an angular-relationship value defined by a full-circle angle divided by a number of the gyroscopic units.
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公开(公告)号:US10035017B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-31
申请号:US15273196
申请日:2016-09-22
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Viral Thakkar , Joaquin Andres Hoffer , Bao Dung Tran , Douglas G. Evans , John Nash
CPC classification number: A61N1/3601 , A61B5/0245 , A61B5/0422 , A61B5/6852 , A61B2562/043 , A61M25/00 , A61M25/0029 , A61M25/0147 , A61M2025/0034 , A61N1/05 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/3611 , A61N1/36185
Abstract: A catheter may include electrodes for transvascular nerve stimulation. The electrodes may be positioned within lumens of the catheter and aligned with apertures in the outer wall of the catheter. The electrodes may produce focused electrical fields for stimulation of one or more nerves. In one embodiment, the catheter may include a set of proximal electrodes and a set of distal electrodes, and the proximal electrodes may stimulate a patient's left phrenic nerve and the distal electrodes may stimulate a patient's right phrenic nerve.
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公开(公告)号:US20180206489A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15719384
申请日:2017-09-28
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Erika Plettner , Bernard Roitberg
IPC: A01N31/16
CPC classification number: A01N31/16
Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods for repelling an Anopheles gambiae including applying to a site of interest an effective amount of a compound of Formula I: wherein: R1 is methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl, or allyl; R2 is at positions 2, 3 or 4 and is H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl, or allyl; and R3 is optionally present at positions 2, 3 and 4, and is allyl; with the provisos that when R2 is at position 2, R3 if present is at position 3, or when R2 is at position 3, R3 if present is at positions 2 or 4, or when R2 is at position 4, R3 if present is at position 2; and with the proviso that the compound of Formula I does not include a compound according to Formula II: wherein R1′ is methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl, or allyl; or mixture thereof to a site of interest.
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公开(公告)号:US20180203074A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-19
申请号:US15744470
申请日:2016-07-13
Applicant: Ballard Power Systems Inc. , Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Jacob W. DEVAAL , Hooman HOMAYOUNI , Farid GOLNARAGHI
IPC: G01R31/36 , G01N27/02 , H01M8/1018 , G01N27/416 , H03L5/00
CPC classification number: G01R31/389 , G01N27/026 , G01N27/416 , G01R31/3835 , H01M8/1018 , H01M2008/1095 , H03L5/00
Abstract: Systems and methods to provide a low voltage interface coupleable between an energy storage device or a DC power source (e.g., fuel cell stack, battery) and one or more AC signal diagnostic systems. The low voltage interface reduces a voltage of the DC power source and supplies the reduced voltage to the one or more AC signal diagnostic systems without affecting the results of the measurements obtained by the one or more AC signal diagnostic systems. Such functionality provides a safer method for performing advanced analysis (e.g., EIS, frequency analysis) while utilizing lower cost and/or smaller components.
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公开(公告)号:US20180170951A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15735372
申请日:2016-06-13
Applicant: SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Inventor: Marion THÉVENIN , Robert N. YOUNG , Gang CHEN
CPC classification number: C07F9/572 , A61K47/548 , A61P19/08 , C07F9/3873
Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugate compounds and methods of making and using same.
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公开(公告)号:US09950167B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-24
申请号:US15252722
申请日:2016-08-31
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Joaquin Andres Hoffer
CPC classification number: A61N1/3611 , A61N1/05 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/0558 , A61N1/3601 , A61N1/36139 , A61N1/36185
Abstract: Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.
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公开(公告)号:US20170143975A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-25
申请号:US15427924
申请日:2017-02-08
Applicant: Simon Fraser University
Inventor: Joaquin Andres HOFFER , Gautam SADARANGANI , Marc-Andre NOLETTE , Viral THAKKAR , Bao Dung TRAN
CPC classification number: A61N1/36185 , A61B5/0205 , A61B5/0245 , A61B5/04001 , A61B5/0422 , A61B5/0488 , A61B5/05 , A61B5/08 , A61B5/145 , A61B5/4818 , A61B5/4836 , A61B5/4893 , A61B5/6852 , A61B5/7264 , A61B2562/043 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/3611 , A61N1/36139
Abstract: This disclosure describes, among other embodiments, systems and related methods for selecting electrode combinations to be used during nerve pacing procedures. A first set of electrode combinations of a nerve pacing system, such as a phrenic nerve pacing system for diaphragm activation, may be mapped (or tested) to determine the location of the electrode combinations relative to a target nerve. Once the general location of the target nerve is known, a more localized second set of electrode combinations may be tested to determine the most suitable electrode combinations for nerve stimulation. At various stages of the mapping process, electrode combinations that are non-optimal may be discarded as candidates for use in a nerve pacing procedure. The systems and methods described herein may allow for the selection of electrode combinations that are most suitable for stimulation of the left and right phrenic nerves during diaphragm pacing.
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