Nano-gap electrode pair and method of manufacturing same
Granted: November 5, 2019
Patent Number:
10466228
A system for detecting a biomolecule comprises a nano-gap electrode device including a first electrode and a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode. The first electrode can be separated from the second electrode by a nano-gap that is dimensioned to permit the biomolecule to flow through the nano-gap. The nano-gap can have at least a first gap region and a second gap region. The second gap region can be oriented at an angle that is greater than zero degrees with respect to a…
Suture passer
Granted: November 5, 2019
Patent Number:
10463363
A suture passer comprising: a handle; a first needle mounted to the handle; a retrieving loop selectively extendable out of, and selectively retractable into, the first needle; a second needle mounted to the handle, the second needle being configured to pass suture therethrough; a housing having first and second lumens extending therethrough for receiving the first and second needles therein, respectively; wherein the suture passer is configured so that the first and second needles have…
Methods and devices for impedance multiplication
Granted: October 29, 2019
Patent Number:
10461445
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting circuits. In one aspect, an electric circuit includes: (1) a first superconducting component having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a constriction region between the first terminal and the second terminal; (2) a second superconducting component having a third terminal and a fourth terminal; and (3) a first electrically-insulating component that thermally…
Dynamically controlling erasure code distribution in an object store
Granted: October 29, 2019
Patent Number:
10459821
Example apparatus and methods monitor conditions in an object storage system. The conditions monitored may include a load balance measure in the system, a capacity balance measure in the system, a fault tolerance measure in the system, or a usage pattern measure in the system. A distribution plan or redistribution plan for storing or moving erasure codes in the object storage system may be determined based on the conditions. The distribution plan or the redistribution plan for the…
Global storage solution with logical cylinders and capsules
Granted: October 29, 2019
Patent Number:
10459789
Example apparatus and methods control a data storage system to store data in a self-describing logical data storage capsule using a logical cylindrical recording format. Example apparatus and methods assign a searchable, globally unique identifier to the capsule and associate the globally unique identifier with a user. The logical data storage capsule is migrated from a first data storage medium to a second data storage medium without translating or reformatting the data storage capsule.…
Quantum controller with multiple pulse modes
Granted: October 22, 2019
Patent Number:
10454459
A quantum controller comprises a first outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit, a second outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit, and an outbound quantum control pulse modification circuit. The first outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit is operable to generate a first raw outbound quantum control pulse. The second outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit operable to generate a second raw outbound quantum control pulse. The outbound quantum…
Diode devices based on superconductivity
Granted: October 22, 2019
Patent Number:
10454014
An electronic device (e.g., a diode) is provided that includes a substrate and a patterned layer of superconducting material disposed over the substrate. The patterned layer forms a first electrode, a second electrode, and a loop coupling the first electrode with the second electrode by a first channel and a second channel. The first channel and the second channel have different minimum widths. The device further includes a magnet that applies a magnetic field to the loop, which produces…
Electrocardiograph measuring device
Granted: October 22, 2019
Patent Number:
D864396
Partial-ring PET device and PET device
Granted: October 15, 2019
Patent Number:
10444383
A partial-ring PET device, in which some of coincidence radiation detectors to be arranged in a ring shape around a field of view for detecting lines of response of annihilation radiations are missing, is compensated for a drop in image quality due to the missing of the coincidence radiation detectors by including single gamma-ray radiation detectors for detecting at least either one of the annihilation radiations as a single gamma-ray. This can reduce missing of projection angles and…
Cloud-based solid state device (SSD) with dynamically variable error correcting code (ECC) system
Granted: October 8, 2019
Patent Number:
10439650
Example apparatus and methods control an error correcting code (ECC) approach for data stored on a solid state device (SSD). The control may be based on a property (e.g., reliability, error state, speed) of an SSD, or on an attribute of the data to be stored. Approaches including a hybrid rateless Reed-Solomon ECC approach or a fountain code ECC approach may be selected. Example apparatus and methods may store padded portions of an ECC at different locations in an SSD. Example apparatus…
Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials
Granted: October 8, 2019
Patent Number:
10439251
Disclosed herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also disclosed herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable batteries. Also…
Methods for forming nano-gap electrodes for use in nanosensors
Granted: October 8, 2019
Patent Number:
10438811
Methods for forming electrodes for use in nano-gap electrodes are provided. Such methods can be used to form electrodes for use in devices that can be used to sense or detect biomolecules, such as in biomolecule sequence applications.
Method for generating random numbers and associated random number generator
Granted: October 8, 2019
Patent Number:
10437559
A random signal can be obtained from a random tunneling of charges from one conductor to another conductor across a quantum tunneling barrier. The random signal can be amplified and associated to a random number. The association can be performed repetitively to generate a sequence of random numbers.
Multiwavelength quantum cascade laser via growth of different active and passive cores
Granted: October 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10431957
Disclosed is a laser source capable of producing mid-IR laser radiation comprises growing a first core structure on a substrate, etching away the first core structure in one or more locations, and growing a second core structure on the substrate. At least one of the core structures comprises a quantum cascade gain medium emitting at a frequency within the range from 3-14 ?m. Also disclosed is a laser source capable of producing mid-IR laser radiation comprising a quantum-cascade core…
Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials
Granted: October 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10431850
Disclosed herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also disclosed herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable batteries. Also…
Thin film lithium conducting powder material deposition from flux
Granted: October 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10431806
The present invention is directed to battery technologies and processing techniques thereof. In various embodiments, ceramic electrolyte powder material (or component thereof) is mixed with two or more flux to form a fluxed powder material. The fluxed powder material is shaped and heated again at a temperature less than 1100° C. to form a dense lithium conducting material. There are other variations and embodiments as well.
Method and system for generating a random bit sample
Granted: October 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10430160
The method for generating a random bit sample involves a quantum tunneling barrier. The method generally has: generating a current of charges tunneling across said quantum tunneling barrier, the current of the tunneled charges having an instantaneous level varying randomly due to quantum tunneling fluctuations and forming a raw signal; from said raw signal, obtaining a raw bit sample having a first bit number n, the first bit number n being an integer; extracting the randomness out of…
High energy visible light absorbing material for ophthalmic substrate and application method
Granted: October 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10429673
A high energy visible (HEV) light absorbing material and application method for an ophthalmic substrate includes deposition of an HEV light absorbing material onto the ophthalmic substrate. The HEV light absorbing material is applied through physical vapor deposition as a thin layer on ophthalmic substrates for flexibility and color adaptation. The HEV light absorbing material includes at least one of: aluminum zinc oxide, indium zinc oxide and gallium zinc oxide with a material commonly…
Systems and methods for spatial positioning of diagnostic and or treatment probe based on surface profile detection
Granted: October 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10426351
Systems and methods are disclosed in which a diagnostic probe is configured for performing diagnostic measurements and/or therapeutic interventions and for measuring the local surface profile of a local surface region an object. Various example embodiments are described in which the surface profile of the local surface region, when compared to the surface profile of an extended surface region, is employed to provide guidance for positioning and/or orienting the probe when performing a…
Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication
Granted: September 24, 2019
Patent Number:
10422581
Setter plates are fabricated from Li-stuffed garnet materials having the same, or substantially similar, compositions as a garnet Li-stuffed solid electrolyte. The Li-stuffed garnet setter plates, set forth herein, reduce the evaporation of Li during a sintering treatment step and/or reduce the loss of Li caused by diffusion out of the sintering electrolyte. Li-stuffed garnet setter plates, set forth herein, maintain compositional control over the solid electrolyte during sintering when,…
