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20090164472 | Method and System to Optimize Efficiency when Managing Lists of Untrusted Network Sites - A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to determine if a network location included in a request to connect to the network location, is included in a first list of untrusted network locations stored on the client computer and send a request to determine if the network location is included in a second list of untrusted network locations stored remotely from the client computer when it is determined that the network location is not included in the first list. | 06-25-2009 |
20100153573 | Methods and Apparatus to Provide Content - Method and apparatus to provide media content are presented. In a particular embodiment, a method of providing content includes receiving a request of particular content at a computing device, where the request is addressed to a unicast source, and determining whether the particular content is available, at least in part, via at least one multicast group accessible by the computing device. The method also includes, when the particular content is available, at least in part, via the at least one multicast group, sending a group join request from the computing device to a network element of a multicast network to join the at least one multicast group. | 06-17-2010 |
20120072591 | Method and System To Optimize Efficiency When Managing Lists of Untrusted Network Sites - A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to determine if a network location included in a request to connect to the network location, is included in a first list of untrusted network locations stored on the client computer and send a request to determine if the network location is included in a second list of untrusted network locations stored remotely from the client computer when it is determined that the network location is not included in the first list. | 03-22-2012 |
20130104195 | Method and System to Optimize Efficiency when Managing Lists of Untrusted Network Sites - A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to determine if a network location included in a request to connect to the network location, is included in a first list of untrusted network locations stored on the client computer and send a request to determine if the network location is included in a second list of untrusted network locations stored remotely from the client computer when it is determined that the network location is not included in the first list. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090147777 | Reverse Notification Tree for Data Networks - Recovery time upon the failure of a link or switching system in an asynchronous data network can be minimized if downstream data switches provide upstream messages indicating to upstream switching system that the downstream traffic arrived in tact and was properly handled. Upon this loss or failure of the upstream status message to an upstream switching system, an upstream switching system can reroute data traffic around a failed link or failed switch with a minimal amount of lost data. The upstream status message is conveyed from a downstream switching system to an upstream switching system via a reverse notification tree data pathway. | 06-11-2009 |
20100296393 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AN MPLS DATA NETWORK PROTECTION PATHWAY - Recovery time upon the failure of a link or switching system in an asynchronous data network can be minimized if downstream data switches provide upstream messages indicating to upstream switching system that the downstream traffic arrived in tact and was properly handled. Upon this loss or failure of the upstream status message to an upstream switching system, an upstream switching system can reroute data traffic around a failed link or failed switch with a minimal amount of lost data. The upstream status message is conveyed from a downstream switching system to an upstream switching system via a reverse notification tree data pathway. The reverse notification pathway is established by using a messaging protocol between network switches by which the working and protection paths, among other things, are established. | 11-25-2010 |
20110058472 | PROTECTION/RESTORATION OF MPLS NETWORKS - In a multi-protocol label system (MPLS) carrying data, a working path carries data from a starting point or node to a destination point or node via a working path. The working path includes the switches and physical media linking starting point and the destination point. MPLS system reliability is enhanced by way of a protection path, over which data can be carried from the starting point to the destination point upon a detected failure along the working path. Upstream messages inform one or more MPLS switching systems to make a switchover from a working path to a protection path. | 03-10-2011 |
20110085440 | Reverse Notification Tree for Data Networks - Recovery time upon the failure of a link or switching system in an asynchronous data network can be minimized if downstream data switches provide upstream messages indicating to upstream switching system that the downstream traffic arrived in tact and was properly handled. Upon this loss or failure of the upstream status message to an upstream switching system, an upstream switching system can reroute data traffic around a failed link or failed switch with a minimal amount of lost data. The upstream status message is conveyed from a downstream switching system to an upstream switching system via a reverse notification tree data pathway. | 04-14-2011 |
20140043959 | Reverse Notification Tree For Data Networks - Recovery time upon the failure of a link or switching system in an asynchronous data network can be minimized if downstream data switches provide upstream messages indicating to an upstream switching system that the downstream traffic arrived intact and was properly handled. Upon this loss or failure of the upstream status message to an upstream switching system, an upstream switching system can reroute data traffic around a failed link or failed switch with a minimal amount of lost data. The upstream status message is conveyed from a downstream switching system to an upstream switching system via a reverse notification tree data pathway. | 02-13-2014 |
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20130035464 | Semiconducting Compounds and Devices Incorporating Same - Disclosed are molecular and polymeric compounds having desirable properties as semiconducting materials. Such compounds can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability. | 02-07-2013 |
20130146851 | Compounds Having Semiconducting Properties and Related Compositions and Devices - Disclosed are new compounds having semiconducting properties. Such compounds can be processed into thin film semiconductors that exhibit high carrier mobility and/or good current modulation characteristics. | 06-13-2013 |
20140042369 | Organic Semiconductor Formulations - Disclosed are formulations including an organic semiconducting compound in a liquid medium, where the liquid medium includes (1) a compound in liquid state that has electronic properties complementary to the electronic structure of the organic semiconducting compound and optionally (2) a solvent or solvent mixture for solubilizing the organic semiconducting compound. The present formulations can be used as inks in the fabrication of organic semiconductor devices. | 02-13-2014 |
20140217395 | Polymeric Materials for Use in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors - Disclosed are polysulfone-based materials that can be used as active and/or passive components in various electronic, optical, and optoelectronic devices, particularly, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors. For example, various metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors can include a dielectric layer and/or a passivation layer prepared from such polysulfone-based materials and exhibit good device performance. | 08-07-2014 |
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20100216720 | ANTIBODIES TO TROPONIN I AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The subject invention relates to antibodies to troponin I as well as methods of use thereof. In particular, such antibodies may be used to detect Troponin I in a patient and may also be used in the diagnosis of, for example, a myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. | 08-26-2010 |
20120076803 | ANTIBODIES TO TROPONIN I AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The subject invention relates to antibodies to troponin I as well as methods of use thereof. In particular, such antibodies may be used to detect Troponin I in a patient and may also be used in the diagnosis of, for example, a myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. | 03-29-2012 |
20150024457 | ANTIBODIES TO TROPONIN I AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The subject invention relates to antibodies to troponin I as well as methods of use thereof. In particular, such antibodies may be used to detect Troponin I in a patient and may also be used in the diagnosis of, for example, a myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. | 01-22-2015 |
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20080319981 | KNOWLEDGE PORTAL FOR ACCESSING, ANALYZING AND STANDARDIZING DATA - A method and system is provided to access one or more historical incident databases, for example, CDC, CPSC, DTI, AAPCC and the like, for standardizing the potentially differing categories and coding among the databases. The standardizing includes recoding of the categories by providing a unified set of categories reflective of similar categories found among the one or more databases, if any. Submission of search queries allows users to obtain unified data across the databases so that incident history statistics for one or more products tracked by commonly available databases may be easily acquired. The resulting reports and statistics may be used by various entities to understand historical incidents from multiple perspectives including, for example, injury and fatality statistics as a function of age group, type of injury, time periods, diagnosis, injury outcome, severity, and the like. Data may be presented in standardized formats or in any of the native database formats. | 12-25-2008 |
20110202536 | KNOWLEDGE PORTAL FOR ACCESSING, ANALYZING AND STANDARDIZING DATA - A method and system is provided to access one or more historical incident databases, for example, CDC, CPSC, DTI, AAPCC and the like, for standardizing the potentially differing categories and coding among the databases. The standardizing includes recoding of the categories by providing a unified set of categories reflective of similar categories found among the one or more databases, if any. Submission of search queries allows users to obtain unified data across the databases so that incident history statistics for one or more products tracked by commonly available databases may be easily acquired. The resulting reports and statistics may be used by various entities to understand historical incidents from multiple perspectives including, for example, injury and fatality statistics as a function of age group, type of injury, time periods, diagnosis, injury outcome, severity, and the like. Data may be presented in standardized formats or in any of the native database formats. | 08-18-2011 |
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20090004241 | POLYMER NANOFILM COATINGS - Disclosed herein are nanofilm coatings for implantable medical devices comprising a diblock or triblock copolymer (PEO-PMMA or PMOXA-PDMS-PMOXA, respectively). Such nanofilms, may be used, for example, as amphiphilic supports for therapeutic agents. These materials are conducive towards the formation of active substrates for a suite of biological and medical applications. | 01-01-2009 |
20100040672 | DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS - The present invention provides materials and devices for the controlled release of therapeutics, and methods for uses thereof. | 02-18-2010 |
20130004560 | Polymer Nanofilm Coatings - Disclosed herein are nanofilm coatings for implantable medical devices comprising a diblock or triblock copolymer (PEO-PMMA or PMOXA-PDMS-PMOXA, respectively). Such nanofilms, may be used, for example, as amphiphilic supports for therapeutic agents. These materials are conducive towards the formation of active substrates for a suite of biological and medical applications. | 01-03-2013 |
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20100239869 | Method of forming a film of graphite oxide single layers, and applications of same - A method for forming a film of graphite oxide single layers. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of preparing a solution of graphite oxide to allow a plurality of graphite oxide single layers to be formed and dispersed in the solution; and applying the solution of graphite oxide onto an air-water interface of water to form a film at the air-water interface, wherein the film comprises a plurality of graphite oxide single layers and is characterized by a packing density, wherein the film of graphite oxide single layers is formed with no presence of a surfactant or stabilizing agent. | 09-23-2010 |
20110076467 | High-Throughput Imaging of Graphene Based Sheets by Fluorescence Quenching Microscopy and Applications of Same - A method for imaging a graphene-based film. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a graphene-based film on a surface of a medium; forming a fluorescent coating over the graphene-based film to form a sample; illuminating the sample with light of a specific wavelength or wavelengths, which is absorbed by the fluorescent coating to cause the fluorescent coating to emit light of wavelengths longer than that of the absorbed light, which is quenched by the graphene-based film such that a visibility contrast is formed between the graphene-based film and the fluorescent coating; and imaging the graphene-based film from the visibility contrast. | 03-31-2011 |
20120289613 | EMULSIONS, COMPOSITIONS AND DEVICES INCLUDING GRAPHENE OXIDE, AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - Provided are an emulsion comprising graphene oxide, a first fluid and a second fluid, and a drug delivery system comprising the emulsion. This emulsion is based on the discovery that graphene oxide is an amphiphile with hydrophilic edges and a more hydrophobic basal plane, and thus graphene oxide can act as a surfactant. Since the degree of ionization of the edge —COOH groups of the graphene oxide is affected by pH, the amphiphilicity of graphene oxide can be adjusted based on pH. Therefore, a method of separating a first liquid from a second liquid by providing an emulsion comprising graphene oxide, the first liquid and the second liquid is also provided. It was also discovered that graphene oxide can act as a molecular dispersing agent to process insoluble materials. Based on this discovery, a composition comprising graphene oxide, a solvent and an insoluble solid is provided. | 11-15-2012 |
20130004798 | CRUMPLED PARTICLES, METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING SAME AND APPLICATIONS USING SAME - In one aspect of the present invention, a method of for synthesizing compression- and aggregation-resistant particles includes forming a graphene dispersion solution with micron-sized graphene-based material sheets, nebulizing the graphene dispersion solution to form aerosol droplets, passing the aerosol droplets through a horizontal tube furnace pre-heated at a predetermined temperature by a carrier gas, and drying the aerosol droplets to concentrate and compress the micron-sized graphene-based material sheets into crumpled particles of sub-micron scale. | 01-03-2013 |
20130199605 | COMPOSITE OF GRAPHENE OXIDE AND NANOSTRUCTURES, METHODS OF MAKING AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME - A method of forming a graphene oxide based layer includes preparing a dispersion of graphene oxide and nanostructures, and spin coating the dispersion on a surface of a substrate to form a spin coated film thereon; and thermally annealing the spin coated film to form the graphene oxide based layer, where the mass ratio of the graphene oxide and the nanostructures in the graphene oxide based layer is in a range of about 1:0.01 w/w to 1:0.8 w/w. The nanostructures are functionalized with carboxylic acid. The nanostructures include carbon nanotubes, or nanofibers. The carbon nanotubes include single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) or multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). | 08-08-2013 |
20130344392 | CRUMPLED GRAPHENE-ENCAPSULATED NANOSTRUCTURES AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY ANODES MADE THEREFROM - Capsules comprising crumpled graphene sheets that form a crumpled graphene shell encapsulating an internal cargo comprising nanostructures of a second component are provided. Also provided are anode materials for lithium ion batteries comprising the capsules, wherein the nanostructures are composed of an electrochemically active material, such as silicon. | 12-26-2013 |
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20100132554 | HEAT INTEGRATION FOR HOT SOLVENT STRIPPING LOOP IN AN ACID GAS REMOVAL PROCESS - Systems and processes utilize one or more methods of providing overhead waste process heat to increase the feed temperature of the hot solvent stripping regeneration loop in an acid gas removal process. A heated rich solvent stream can be the primary feed for the hot solvent stripping regeneration loop, and one or more slip streams can be heated and then combined with the heated rich solvent stream to form a combined rich solvent stream prior to further processing in downstream units to remove acid gas from the solvent. A first slip stream can be heated in a stripper gas heat exchanger by heat exchange with a stripped gas stream. A second slip stream can be heated in a regenerator exchanger by heat exchange with an acid gas stream. A third slip stream can be heated in a recycle gas exchanger by heat exchange with a compressed recycle gas stream. | 06-03-2010 |
20100132563 | DIRECT CONTACT COOLING IN AN ACID GAS REMOVAL PROCESS - Systems and processes disclosed herein relate to the utilization of direct contact condensing to provide heat to a solvent regeneration loop in an acid gas removal process. A first direct contact condenser can be included in the upper section of a concentrator that removes acid gas from a rich solvent stream. A first slip stream can be heated in the first direct contact condenser and can be combined with the rich solvent stream in the lower section of the stripper. A second direct contact condenser can be included in the lower section of an absorber that removes acid gas from a feed gas. A second slip stream can be heated in the second direct contact condenser, and can be combined with the rich solvent stream before the rich solvent stream is provided to the concentrator. | 06-03-2010 |
20100262900 | UTILIZING SPREADSHEET USER INTERFACES WITH FLOWSHEETS OF A CPI SIMULATION SYSTEM - A simulation system includes at least one processor configured to execute a computer program product, stored upon a storage medium. The computer program product includes a spreadsheet application, a process simulation application, and an integration tool (e.g., eSim), where the spreadsheet application and the process simulation application are discrete, stand alone products. The process simulation application can simulate chemical processes using at least one flowsheet, which models a general flow of chemical plant processes and equipment. The integration tool can map process simulation application objects and properties to spreadsheet application objects, can convey information between mapped objects, can perform case management functions, and can perform orchestrated calculation functions. | 10-14-2010 |
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20140072971 | PRAME DETECTION ASSAYS - Provided herein are molecular assays, including oligonucleotides and other reagents, for the detection and analysis of PRAME (Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma). The assays find use, for example, as diagnostic and prognostic applications, including use in assessing therapeutic courses of action. | 03-13-2014 |
20140274779 | MULTIPLEX ALLELE DETECTION - Provided herein is technology relating to nucleic acid detection and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and compositions for the simultaneous detection of multiple nucleic acids. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287408 | TARGET SEQUENCE ENRICHMENT - The present invention provides methods, systems, kits, and compositions for magnetically purifying target nucleic acid sequences from a sample using bait molecules configured to bind both target nucleic acid sequences and magnetic binding particles. In certain embodiments, the bait molecules comprise a short target capture sequence (e.g., 18 to 48 bases), and the methods employ a short hybridization time (e.g., 1-4 hours) and a low hybridization temperature (e.g., about room temperature). | 09-25-2014 |
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20080274461 | Perinucleolar Compartment Markers for Cancer - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, prognostics and predictions, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides perinucleolar compartments and their resident molecules as cancer markers. | 11-06-2008 |
20100075365 | PERINUCLEOLAR COMPARTMENT AS A CANCER MARKER - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, prognostics and predictions, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides perinucleolar compartments and their resident molecules as cancer markers. | 03-25-2010 |
20100303719 | ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to anti-cancer compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides analogs of the known anti-cancer compound amonafide, and structurally and functionally related compounds, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with hyperproliferation. | 12-02-2010 |
20120309017 | PERINUCLEOLAR COMPARTMENT AS A CANCER MARKER - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, prognostics and predictions, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides perinucleolar compartments and their resident molecules as cancer markers. | 12-06-2012 |
20130225634 | ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to anti-cancer compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides analogs of the known anti-cancer compound amonafide, and structurally and functionally related compounds, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with hyperproliferation. | 08-29-2013 |
20140323438 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR METASTASIS AND TUMORIGENESIS - The disclosure provides compounds for reducing the prevalence of the perinucleolar compartment in cells, for example, of formula (I), wherein R | 10-30-2014 |
20140378503 | ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to anti-cancer compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides analogs of the known anti-cancer compound amonafide, and structurally and functionally related compounds, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with hyperproliferation. | 12-25-2014 |
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20100135615 | APPARATUS FOR COUPLING LIGHT BETWEEN INPUT AND OUTPUT WAVEGUIDES - An apparatus for coupling light between input and output waveguides includes a substrate, an input waveguide disposed on the substrate and comprising a first optical axis, and an output waveguide disposed on the substrate and comprising a second optical axis vertically offset from the first optical axis. A superlens is disposed on the substrate between the input waveguide and the output waveguide. The superlens has a middle optical axis and comprises a vertically graded refractive index film having a refractive index distribution n(y), where y is a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to the middle optical axis. | 06-03-2010 |
20130272695 | Curved Grating Spectrometer and Wavelength Multiplexer or Demultiplexer with Very High Wavelength Resolution - The present application discloses a system comprising a compact curved grating (CCG) and its associated compact curved grating spectrometer (CCGS) or compact curved grating wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer (WMDM) module and a method for making the same. The system is capable of achieving a very small (resolution vs. size) RS factor. In the invention, the location of the entrance slit and detector can be adjusted in order to have the best performance for a particular design goal. The initial groove spacing is calculated using a prescribed formula dependent on operation wavelength. The location of the grooves is calculated based on two conditions. The first one being that the path-difference between adjacent grooves should be an integral multiple of the wavelength in the medium to achieve aberration-free grating focusing at the detector or output slit (or output waveguide) even with large beam diffraction angle from the entrance slit or input slit (or input waveguide). The second one being specific for a particular design goal of a curved-grating spectrometer. In an embodiment, elliptical mirrors each with focal points at the slit and detector are used for each groove to obtain aberration-free curved mirrors. | 10-17-2013 |
20150016775 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PASSIVE ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for passive alignment of optical devices comprises a substrate including a trench in a top surface thereof, where the trench has a first end positioned at an edge of the substrate and a second end positioned at an interior region of the substrate, and a lens disposed on the top surface of the substrate adjacent to the second end of the trench. The apparatus further includes a top holder having a longitudinal indentation in a bottom surface thereof for mounting an optical fiber. The longitudinal indentation is sized to fit a top portion of the optical fiber such that a bottom portion of the optical fiber extends below the bottom surface of the top holder when the optical fiber is mounted therein. One or both of the substrate and the top holder include one or more spacer features configured for three-dimensional (3D) alignment of the lens with the optical fiber when the top holder is brought into contact with the substrate. | 01-15-2015 |
20150070697 | Curved Grating Spectrometer and Wavelength Multiplexer or Demultiplexer with Very High Wavelength Resolution - The present application discloses a system comprising a compact curved grating (CCG) and its associated compact curved grating spectrometer (CCGS) or compact curved grating wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer (WMDM) module and a method for making the same. The system is capable of achieving a very small (resolution vs. size) RS factor. The location of the entrance slit and detector can be adjusted in order to have the best performance for a particular design goal. The initial groove spacing is calculated using a prescribed formula dependent on operation wavelength. The location of the grooves is calculated based on two conditions. The first one being that the path-difference between adjacent grooves should be an integral multiple of the wavelength in the medium to achieve aberration-free grating focusing at the detector or a first anchor output slit even with large beam diffraction angle from the entrance slit or input slit, the second one being specific for a particular design goal of a curved-grating spectrometer. | 03-12-2015 |
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20100002402 | Stretchable and Foldable Electronic Devices - Disclosed herein are stretchable, foldable and optionally printable, processes for making devices and devices such as semiconductors, electronic circuits and components thereof that are capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Strain isolation layers provide good strain isolation to functional device layers. Multilayer devices are constructed to position a neutral mechanical surface coincident or proximate to a functional layer having a material that is susceptible to strain-induced failure. Neutral mechanical surfaces are positioned by one or more layers having a property that is spatially inhomogeneous, such as by patterning any of the layers of the multilayer device. | 01-07-2010 |
20110230747 | IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES ON BIORESORBABLE SUBSTRATES - Provided herein are implantable biomedical devices and methods of administering implantable biomedical devices, making implantable biomedical devices, and using implantable biomedical devices to actuate a target tissue or sense a parameter associated with the target tissue in a biological environment. | 09-22-2011 |
20120320581 | Thermally Managed LED Arrays Assembled by Printing - Provided herein are electronic devices including arrays of printable light emitting diodes (LEDs) having device geometries and dimensions providing enhanced thermal management and control relative to conventional LED-based lighting systems. The systems and methods described provide large area, transparent, and/or flexible LED arrays useful for a range of applications in microelectronics, including display and lightning technology. Methods are also provided for assembling and using electronic devices including thermally managed arrays of printable light emitting diodes (LEDs). | 12-20-2012 |
20120327608 | Controlled Buckling Structures in Semiconductor Interconnects and Nanomembranes for Stretchable Electronics - In an aspect, the present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, components such as semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed, and related methods of making or tuning such stretchable components. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention are adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices. | 12-27-2012 |
20140140020 | Stretchable and Foldable Electronic Devices - Disclosed herein are stretchable, foldable and optionally printable, processes for making devices and devices such as semiconductors, electronic circuits and components thereof that are capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Strain isolation layers provide good strain isolation to functional device layers. Multilayer devices are constructed to position a neutral mechanical surface coincident or proximate to a functional layer having a material that is susceptible to strain-induced failure. Neutral mechanical surfaces are positioned by one or more layers having a property that is spatially inhomogeneous, such as by patterning any of the layers of the multilayer device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140163390 | Implantable Biomedical Devices on Bioresorbable Substrates - Provided herein are implantable biomedical devices and methods of administering implantable biomedical devices, making implantable biomedical devices, and using implantable biomedical devices to actuate a target tissue or sense a parameter associated with the target tissue in a biological environment. | 06-12-2014 |
20140374872 | Controlled Buckling Structures in Semiconductor Interconnects and Nanomembranes for Stretchable Electronics - In an aspect, the present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, components such as semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed, and related methods of making or tuning such stretchable components. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention are adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices. | 12-25-2014 |