The University of Dundee Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150246847 | Ion Exchange Substrate and Metalized Product and Apparatus and Method for Production Thereof - A method and apparatus for metalizing a substrate by heating and applying a voltage across an ion exchange substrate to embed metallic ions from a metallic layer within the ion exchange substrate by a process of ion exchange. The resultant as-diffused substrate has metallic ions are distributed substantially homogeneously across the substrate. This may be metalized by applying a pulsed laser beam to a surface of the as-diffused substrate at or near a concentration of metallic ions such that the energy of the laser causes the conversion of the metallic ions in the as-diffused substrate into metal atoms at or near the point at which the laser pulse is incident upon the as-diffused substrate thereby creating a metalized substrate with a surface pattern defined by the movement of the laser beam across the surface of the as-diffused substrate. | 09-03-2015 |
20140016185 | SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER FOR NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS IN LIVING ORGANISMS - A mode locked semiconductor disk laser with an output beam having an ultra-short pulse length which provides the incident beam to a non linear microscope. The wavelength of the beam is at or near the action cross section maximum absorption wavelength for creating two photon excited fluorescence of a fluorescent biological marker in a sample. Semiconductor disk lasers combine excellent beam quality and output power, stability while maintaining simplicity and easiness of operation. In addition, these types of lasers are ideally suited for mass production as they are built in wafer-scale technology enabling a high level of integration. Importantly this non expensive, turn-key, compact laser system could be used as a platform to develop portable non-linear bio-imaging devices for clinical studies, facilitating its wide-spread adoption in “real-life” applications. | 01-16-2014 |
20130302892 | THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF P53 ISOFORMS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, AGING AND CANCER - The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating cell senescence and cell proliferation using isoforms of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. The methods and compositions of the invention find use in inhibiting cancer cell growth or in generating populations of cells for tissue regeneration through the modulation of cell senescence and proliferation. | 11-14-2013 |
20130088517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING ITEMS FOR DISPLAY - A system for arranging searchable items, such as digital images or multimedia icons for presentation on a graphical user interface. The system has an optimizer module which minimises a cost function for arranging items in a layout space and is applied to one or more predetermined characteristics of the items. The optimizer module also creates a mixture distribution by considering each item as having a spatial distribution in the layout space and controls the entropy of the mixture distribution in order to maximise the extent to which each item occupies a separate position in the layout space. A Renderer module then renders the layouts to generate a display. | 04-11-2013 |
20120245598 | SURGICAL GUIDE AND TISSUE ANCHOR - A surgical tissue anchor comprising a plurality of jaws suitable for clamping onto tissue, clamp component(s) operable to bias the jaws in a closed position and attachment structure operable for attachment of the anchor to one or more tethers for retracting the clamped tissue. The one or more tethers are guided to the desired region using a surgical guide. | 09-27-2012 |
20120192151 | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL - A method for improving the development and/or review of a computer program. The method comprises the steps of: adapting one or more design side components of the computer program to send and receive information on changes that occur therein; adapting one or more code side components of the computer program to send and receive information on changes that occur therein; synchronising design side components and code side components by conveying details of a change in a design side component to one or more corresponding code side components and to one or more corresponding design side components to update the contents of said components and by conveying details of a change in a code side component to one or more corresponding design side components and one or more corresponding code side components to update the contents of said components. | 07-26-2012 |
20120085647 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINERALISING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - An apparatus and method for mineralising demineralised and hypo-mineralised biological material such as tooth or bone. The apparatus has a probe electrode for receiving a mineralisation agent and a counter electrode. It is also provided with a controller to control the electrical signal provided to the probe such that the extent of mineralisation of the biological material is controlled by modulating or changing the electrical signal provided by the probe based upon the measured output of the circuit formed from the probe, counter electrode and biological material. The electrical output provides a measure of the extent of mineralisation of the biological material which is compared with data from a reference technique which gives 3D structural information on an area of interest in the biological material. | 04-12-2012 |
20120082179 | NOVEL PHOTONIC DEVICES BASED ON CONICAL REFRACTION - An optical system ( | 04-05-2012 |
20100303925 | REMINERALISATION OF CALCIFIED TISSUE - The disclosure concerns cosmetic and therapeutic treatment of tissue, such as tooth, to effect, for instance, whitening and tissue re-building through mineralisation and including kits for use in the methods. | 12-02-2010 |
20090313024 | Speech Generation User Interface - A system and a method for speech generation which assist the speech of those with a disability or a medical condition such as cerebral palsy, motor neurone disease or a dysarthia following a stroke. The system has a user interface having a multiplicity of states each of which correspond to a sound and a selector for making a selection of a state or a combination of states. The system also has a processor for processing the selected state or combination of states and an audio output for outputting the sound or combination of sounds. The sounds associated with the states can be phonemes or phonics and the user interface is typically a manually operable device such as a mouse, trackball, joystick or other device that allows a user to distinguish between states by manipulating the interface to a number of positions. | 12-17-2009 |