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Solvent depression of transition temperature to selectively stimulate actuation of shape memory polymer foams
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-09-07)
An embodiment of the invention is a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam designed to recover its original shape through exposure to a solvent. Thermo-responsive SMPs are polymers designed to maintain a programmed secondary shape ...
Cotton plant with seed-specific reduction in gossypol
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2022-01-04)
A method is disclosed for reducing the level of gossypol in cottonseed. The method generally includes selectively inducing RNA gene silencing in the seed of a transgenic cotton plant, to interfere with expression of the ...
Hemorrhage management system
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-06-01)
An embodiment includes a wound dressing comprising: a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam, including open cells, having first and second states; and a hydrogel (HG) included within the cells; wherein (a) in a first position a ...
Compositions and methods for drug sensitization of parasites
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-08-10)
Compositions and methods for inhibiting and/or sensitizing or re-sensitizing a parasite to an antiparasitic drug are provided. The compositions can comprise a an arylphenoxypropionate derivative, an aryloxyphenoxyacetate ...
Shape-memory polymer foam device for treating aneurysms
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-10-12)
A system for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel or vein, wherein the aneurysm has a dome, an interior, and a neck. The system includes a shape memory polymer foam in the interior of the aneurysm between the dome and ...
Devices and methods for a pyrolysis and gasification system for biomass feedstock
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-11-30)
A pyrolysis and gasification system produce a synthesis gas and bio-char from a biomass feedstock. The system includes a feed hopper that has a flow measurement device. The system also includes a reactor that is operable ...
Scalable production of standardized extracellular vesicles, extracellular vesicle preparations and uses thereof
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-11-02)
Preparations comprising an enriched population of extracellular vesicles (nEVs) having a negatively charged surface, and that are CD81+ and CD9-, are provided. Improved processes and methods for producing an enriched ...
Electrochemically expanded materials and reactor and method for producing the same
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-07-20)
Methods and reactors for electrochemically expanding a parent material and expanded parent materials are described. Current methods of expanding parent materials incompletely-expand parent material, requiring expensive and ...
Efficient mechanical generation of cavitation in liquids
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-12-07)
In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a cavitation generation device that includes a dactyl plunger rotatable about an axis between an open position and a closed position and a propus socket having a channel. ...
Angelman syndrome antisense treatment
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-12-14)
Disclosed herein are antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of inducing expression of ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) from the paternal allele in animal or human neurons. The oligonucleotides target the suppressor ...