Aalto University Foundation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150203594 | Topographically Functionalized NFC Film as an Immunoassay Platform for Rapid Diagnostics - The present invention concerns a method for functionalization, via topographical modification, of the surfaces of nanofibrillated (NFC) cellulose films into non-porous, water-resistant platforms, usable in diagnostic applications. The method includes a carboxylation of the NFC-film via TEMPO-mediated oxidation, and optionally an activation via EDS/NHS chemistry and, finally, the reactivity of the film can be tested using anti-human IgG. The invention also concerns the thus prepared functionalized NFC films, as well as the use thereof as platforms for diagnostical assays. | 07-23-2015 |
20150112339 | Anatomically personalized and mobilizing external support and method for controlling a path of an external auxiliary frame - The invention concerns an anatomically personalized and mobilizing external support configured to be arranged to support a physical joint between a first and a second bone group, which support comprises at least one first external auxiliary frame, which is configured to be attached to the first bone group using invasive attachment means, at least one second external auxiliary frame, which is configured to be attached to the second bone group using invasive attachment means, and at least one external auxiliary joint, which is fitted between the first and the second auxiliary frame. The external support is configured to permit a rotation of the second external auxiliary frame relative to the first external auxiliary frame about a rotational axis, sliding of the rotational axis relative to the first external auxiliary frame in a first direction, and sliding of the rotational axis or at least a portion of the second external auxiliary frame relative to the first external auxiliary frame in a second direction, which differs from the first direction. | 04-23-2015 |
20150056362 | Use of Pure Cellulose in Increasing the Energy Content of Fodder - The present invention concerns a fodder containing at least one type of grain crop, and a process for its manufacture, in which fodder the contents and identities of high-energy components have been optimized, whereby the main component in the fodder, in addition to the grain crop, is microcellulose, most suitably having a narrow particle size distribution, which microcellulose has been found to be digested in a particularly advantageous manner in the stomach of an animal, particularly the rumen of a ruminant, such as a cow. | 02-26-2015 |
20140257286 | Anatomically customized and mobilizing external support, method for manufacture - The present invention relates to an anatomically personalized and mobilizing external support, a method for manufacturing is, as well as the use of a component of an invasively attached external support in determining the path of the joint being supported. In the method according to the invention, the kinetic dynamics of the joint are measured with the aid of a component of an external support invasively attached to two bone groups, on the basis of which an external support is arranged between the bone groups. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255688 | Method for the preparation of NFC films on supports - The present invention concerns a method of preparing a film of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) on at least one surface of a support material, wherein the film is applied and spread directly onto a surface of the plastic support material in the form of a suspension of nanofibrillated cellulose, whereby the nanofibrillated cellulose forms a film. Further, the invention concerns a structure containing or consisting of a film of nanofibrillated cellulose prepared using said method. | 09-11-2014 |
20140209267 | ARC MELTING AND TILT CASTING APPARATUS - An arc melting and tilt casting apparatus having a casing provided with a vacuum chamber for housing a hearth having a melting trough and pouring means, arc-melting electrode means passing through the casing in the chamber, a mold having a melt receiving orifice, vacuum generating means, sealing means for maintaining the vacuum in the chamber and tilting means for tilting the apparatus to cause the melt to flow from the melting trough via the pouring means in the mold through the mold orifice. The hearth and mold are connected together and moveable as a single unit in the vacuum chamber and out from the chamber. | 07-31-2014 |
20140158198 | THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL STRUCTURE, NANOANTENNA, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - A thin film photovoltaic cell structure ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140085160 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A multi-band antenna includes a ground plane, a single antenna element, a frequency multiplexing circuit and at least two feeding strips coupled between the frequency multiplexing circuit and the single antenna element. Furthermore, the feeding of the antenna is arranged by one or more feeding points arranged between the ground plane and the frequency multiplexing circuit. According to first implementation one feeding point is arranged for at least two antenna branches. The signal fed into the feeding point is multiplexed by the multiplexing circuit to the antenna branches. According to at least one other implementation a dedicated feeding point is arranged for each of the antenna branches. At the same time the isolation of the frequencies between the different branches is arranged. This can be achieved e.g. by a multiplexing circuit. Moreover, impedance of the antenna branches can be matched with matching circuitry. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084925 | System and method for prepolarizing magnetic resonance- or relaxation-based measurements - The invention relates to a prepolarizing magnetic resonance- or relaxation-based measurement system, comprising a prepolarizing coil for producing a prepolarizing field at the target zone, means for pulsing the prepolarizing field according to a first pulsing scheme, and means for measuring magnetization of a target placed in the target zone. According to the invention, the system further comprises a shielding coil for producing a shielding field and means for pulsing the shielding field according to a second pulsing scheme, whereby the shielding coil and the second pulsing scheme are arranged to reduce the formation of unwanted transient fields caused by the coupling of the prepolarizing coil to conducting or magnetic structures in the surroundings of the system. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of measurement and a process of designing the pulsing schemes for the system or process. By means of the invention, the formation of unwanted eddy currents, for example, in the surroundings of the measurement system, can be reduced. | 03-27-2014 |
20140054506 | Method of Recovering Chemicals - A method of treating waste liquors which comprise organic compounds, in order to recover chemical compounds or to recycle chemicals. In the present method, the sodium-based waste liquor, which comprises organic compounds that are sourced from lignocellulose, is subjected to partial wet oxidation, in order to produce organic sodium salts, in which case the partial wet oxidation is carried out in conditions where at least part of the lignin is simultaneously precipitated. The precipitated filtrate or lignin is subjected to further processing. Most suitably, the organic sodium salts, such as Na acetate, which are generated in the partial oxidation of the waste liquor, are also subjected to further processing, in which case it is possible, from the lignin and the organic sodium salts, to efficiently produce compounds which as such are already of sufficient quality as chemicals, or which as gases are suitable for further processing, for instance for production of fuels. | 02-27-2014 |
20140046027 | Double Click Technology - The present invention concerns a method of modifying the surface of a cellulosic material, wherein a modifying compound is attached to the cellulosic material through a linker, which linker is a conjugate that has been activated by functionalization prior to adsorption to form an activated conjugate, and wherein the entire method is carried out in aqueous media, as well as an intermediate product suitable for attaching to a modifying compound, the intermediate product comprising said functionalized conjugate linker that has been adsorbed to a cellulosic material. | 02-13-2014 |
20140038175 | IN VITRO TEST METHOD FOR IMPLANT MATERIALS - The invention relates to a method for in vitro testing of specimens, such as biomaterials or implants, wherein the method comprises at least immersing at least a part of the test specimen into a liquid media, controlling the liquid media, controlling surrounding environment, providing a predetermined non-destructive force to the specimen, and measuring reactions of the specimen or constituents of the liquid media. Further it relates to an apparatus for in vitro testing. | 02-06-2014 |
20140005788 | IMPLANTABLE TREATMENT DEVICE FIXED OR INTERLINKED TO BONE | 01-02-2014 |
20130211143 | Method and an Apparatus for Producing Organic Solvents and Alcohols by Microbes - The present invention relates to a cell retaining matrix (CRB) for producing solvents and alcohols and an apparatus comprising said bio-column. The invention also relates to the method for producing solvents and alcohols by using said cell retaining matrix (CRB). Said cell retaining biomatrix (CRB cellulosic fibers, selected from the group consisting wood cellulosic fibers, pulp cellulosic fibers, vegetable cellulosic fibers, such as mechanical pulp, dissolving pulp, lignocellulosic fibers, and cellulosic fibers originated from vegetable peels, and at microbes, which have been immobilized into said cellulosic fibers, and which can save their biological activity in cell retaining biomatrix (CRB). | 08-15-2013 |
20130207690 | Field effect transistor current mode logic with changeable bulk configuration of load transistors - A field effect transistor current mode differential logic circuit comprising load transistors for converting the current output of each differential leg current to voltage output, and means for configuring the bulk of each differential leg's load transistor to be connected to the drain of the load transistor for use the logic circuit in Subthreshold Source Coupled Logic (STSCL) mode, and means for configuring the bulk of each leg load transistor to be connected to a voltage or to source of the same transistor for use in MOS current more logic (MCML) operation. | 08-15-2013 |
20130193999 | SEQUENTIAL CIRCUIT WITH CURRENT MODE ERROR DETECTION - A sequential circuit with transition error detector including a sequential element with an input that is asserted to the output during the second clock phase of a two phase clock signal, a transition error detector coupled to the sequential element input to assert an error signal if a transition occurs at the sequential element input during the second clock phase but not to assert during the first clock phase, wherein a transition error detection circuit comprises a current mode circuit as a detection circuit for transition timing error detection from signals derived from the sequential element clock signal and input signals. | 08-01-2013 |
20130127675 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING IT - A sensor for measuring electromagnetic power in a dielectric waveguide structure includes an antenna element for detecting heating caused by electromagnetic power absorbed into the antenna element. A membrane forming at least partially a thermally insulating layer is implemented on a surface of the dielectric waveguide structure being a substrate for the sensor. The antenna element is implemented on a surface of the membrane and the antenna element is at least partially thermally insulated with a cavity from the substrate. A method for fabricating the sensor is also described. | 05-23-2013 |
20120277744 | Anatomically customized and mobilizing external support, method for manufacture - The present invention relates to an anatomically personalized and mobilizing external support, a method for manufacturing is, as well as the use of a component of an invasively attached external support in determining the path of the joint being supported. In the method according to the invention, the kinetic dynamics of the joint are measured with the aid of a component of an external support invasively attached to two bone groups, on the basis of which an external support is arranged between the bone groups. | 11-01-2012 |
20110139628 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CALCIUM CARBONATE FROM WASTE AND BYPRODUCTS - The present invention concerns a method for producing calcium carbonate containing the steps of extraction of alkaline industrial waste or by-products using as a first extraction solvent an aqueous solution of a salt formed from a weak acid and a weak base, whereby a vanadium-enriched first residue is allowed to settle and a calcium-rich first filtrate is formed, filtration, whereby the first filtrate is separated from the first residue, carbonation of the calcium-rich first filtrate using a carbonation gas, whereby calcium carbonate precipitates and a second filtrate is formed, and a second filtration, whereby the calcium carbonate is separated from the second filtrate. Further, the present invention concerns a method for extracting calcium carbonate and vanadium from alkaline industrial waste or by-products. | 06-16-2011 |