International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Kent Displays, Inc.

Kent Display Systems, Inc.

Minhua Lu

John Ulrich Knickerbocker

Kei-Hsiung Yang

Evan G Colgan

James Patrick Doyle

Praveen Chaudhari

Shui-Chih Alan Lien

Vince Siu

James Andrew Lacey

Eileen Ann Galligan

Robert J Polastre

Bing Dang

Paul Stephen Andry

Russell Alan Budd

Lawrence Shungwei Mok

Haiji J Yuan

Alan Edward Rosenbluth

Eric D Perfecto

Hiroki Nakano

Bucknell Chapman Webb

Qianwen Chen

Charles Leon Arvin

Jae-Woong Nah

Da-Yuan Shih

Robert L Wisnieff

Thomas Anthony Wassick

Alessandro Cesare Callegari

Krystyna Waleria Semkow

Asad Aziz Khan

Xiao-Yang Huang

Robert Lee Melcher

Michael S Gordon

Ping-Chuan Wang

Timothy Dooling Sullivan

Qinghuang Lin

Christopher Vincent Jahnes

Gareth Geoffrey Hougham

John Michael Cotte

Sufi Zafar

Fuad Elias Doany

Gustavo Alejandro Stolovitzky

Fen Chen

David L Questad

Sung Kwon Kang

Sudipta Kumar Ray

Huan Hu

Lijuan Zhang

James Lawrence Sanford

Hongqing Zhang

James Henry Glownia

Kenneth C Ho

Nils D Hoivik

Eric D Pefecto

James L Hedrick

Wolfgang Sauter

Paul Alfred Lauro

Robert J Von Gutfeld

Emmanuel Delamarche

David John Russell

Katsuyuki Sakuma

Steven Alan Cordes

James A Busby

James L Speidell

Mareva B Fevre

Zvi Yaniv

Kang-Wook Lee

Brian Richard Sundlof

Kamalesh K Srivastava

Andrew Tae Kim

Clive E Catchpole

Matthew J Farinelli

Julien Sylvestre

Srinivasa S N Reddy

Ronald Wayne Nunes

Renee L Weisman

James Vichiconti

Charles C Goldsmith

Valerie A Oberson

Richard Allen John

James Lupton Hedrick

Shriya Kumar

George Liang-Tai Chiu

Istvan Lovas

Yoshimine Kato

Ellison C Urban, Ii

Shuichi Odahara

Kenneth Bird

Clare J McCarthy

Quinghuang Lin

Myron Plugge

Youssef Anthony Asaad

Ke-Hsiung Yang

Vince S Siu

One or more embodiments include antimicrobial bandages with nanostructures, formation thereof, and usage thereof to facilitate wound healing. In one embodiment, a bandage apparatus that facilitates healing a wound is provided. The bandage apparatus includes a substrate having an attachment mechanism that facilitates removably attaching the substrate to a part of a body having the wound. The bandage apparatus also includes a nanostructure film provided on a surface of the substrate and configured to contact the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body having the wound, wherein the nanostructure film includes a plurality of nanostructures.

Antimicrobial bandage with nanostructures

Techniques for quantitative colorimetric liquid analysis with color and turbidity correction are provided. In one aspect, an optical detector includes: a vessel for containing a liquid sample; a light source on a first side of the vessel; a first sensor on a second side of the vessel opposite the first side and along a light path of the light source; and a second sensor on a third side of the vessel at an angle &#x3b8; with respect to the light path. A method for quantitative measurement of an analyte is also provided, as is a method for color and turbidity analysis.

Optical sensor system for quantitative colorimetric liquid analysis

Techniques for colorimetric based test strip analysis and reader system are provided. In one aspect, a method of test strip analysis includes: illuminating a test strip wetted with a sample with select spectrums of light, wherein the test strip includes test pads that are configured to change color in the presence of an analyte in the sample; obtaining at least one digital image of the test strip; and analyzing color intensity from the at least one digital image against calibration curves to determine an analyte concentration in the sample with correction for one or more interference substances in the sample that affect the color intensity. A calibration method and a reader device are also provided.

Accurate colorimetric based test strip reader system

An apparatus having a spectrometer and techniques for use thereof for efficient and effective point-of-care diagnostics are provided. In one aspect, a device is provided. The device includes: an intake port; fluidic channels connecting the intake port to a detecting chamber(s), wherein the detecting chamber(s) is configured to permit optical measurements of a fluid sample; a vent leading away from the detecting chamber(s); and a liquid blocker between the detecting chamber(s) and an opening of the vent, wherein the liquid blocker permits air to pass therethrough while at the same time restricting liquid flow. A method for analyzing a fluid sample is also provided. The method includes: introducing the fluid sample to the device; contacting the fluid sample with a reagent(s) prior to the fluid sample entering the detecting chamber(s); and making optical measurements of the fluid sample in the detecting chamber(s).

Analysis apparatus with spectrometer

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structure for a strain gauge device is provided. The structure comprises a layer of strain gauge material and one or more contact pads positioned directly on the layer of strain gauge material. The structure further comprises a multiplexer, measuring device, amplifier, analog to digital converter, microcontroller, and wireless adapter. According to the structure, the multiplexer selects a given contact pad pair of the one or more contact pad pairs, the measuring device measures signal generated by the layer of strain gauge material between the given contact pad pair, the amplifier amplifies the measured signal, the analog to digital converter converts the amplified analog signal to a digital signal, the microcontroller processes the digital signal, and the wireless adapter transmits the processed digital signal. In addition, the structure may further comprise a battery to provide energy to the structure.

Strain gauge structure for a sensor

Techniques for localized surface modification for microfluidic applications are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: contacting at least one portion of a surface with at least one tri(m)ethoxysilane-containing solution under conditions sufficient to form at least one silane monolayer having a given contact angle on the surface thereby modifying a flow rate over the surface. The silane monolayer can include a silane derivative selected from: trimethoxysilyl-propoxypolyethyleneoxide (TMS-PPEO), hexadecyl-triethoxysilane (HD-TES), tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl)triethoxysilane (TDF-THO-TES), and combinations thereof. A device modified in accordance with the present techniques is also provided.

Localized surface modification for microfluidic applications

A submersible sensor device configured as a small pellet for testing biological and other liquid samples is provided. In one aspect, a sensing device includes: a housing; and one or more sensors contained within the housing, wherein the housing hermetically seals the sensors such that the sensing device is fully submersible in a liquid analyte. A method and system for analysis of a liquid sample using the present sensing device are also provided.

Smart pellet for sample testing

Techniques for optical analysis of fluid samples using sensors and water enhancing agents for in-line measurements with a continuous flow of the fluid samples are provided. In one aspect, a device includes: at least one reagent dispenser located at an introduction point along a conduit, the conduit being configured to contain a flow of a fluid sample; at least one first detector located at a first detection point along the conduit downstream from the introduction point; and at least one second detector located at a second detection point along the conduit downstream from the first detection point, wherein the at least one first detector and the at least one second detector are configured to make optical measurements of the fluid sample. A method employing the device is also provided.

Analysis using optical sensors and signal enhancing agents

Bandage apparatus, methods, and antimicrobial bandages for facilitating wound healing by providing an antimicrobial functionality. A bandage apparatus includes a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. An attachment mechanism and a nanostructure film are provided on the first surface. The attachment mechanism facilitates removably attaching the substrate to a part of a body comprising a wound. The nanostructure film includes a plurality of nanostructures that contact the wound without puncturing the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body comprising the wound.

An electro-optical module assembly is provided that includes a flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the flexible substrate contains an opening located therein that extends from the first surface to the second surface. An optical component is located on the second surface of the flexible substrate and is positioned to have a surface exposed by the opening. At least one electronic component is located on a first portion of the first surface of the flexible substrate, and at least one micro-energy source is located on a second portion of the first surface of the flexible substrate.

Method of forming a plurality of electro-optical module assemblies

Integrated electro-optical module assembly

A diagnostic patch apparatus has a sampling module that includes sampling means for sampling fluid from a patient's skin when the sampling module is placed against the patient's skin, and a sample chamber coupled in fluid communication with the sampling means. The apparatus also has an analysis module that includes a fluid conduit coupled in fluid communication with the sample chamber of the sampling module and a plurality of sensors coupled in fluid communication with the fluid conduit. The apparatus also may have a reader module that includes at least one optical sensor coupled in optical communication with the analysis module, a microcontroller coupled in electrical communication with the at least one sensor of the analysis module, and a wireless communication package coupled in electrical communication with the microcontroller.

Diagnostic apparatus

Systems and methods for monitoring body mounted/implanted sensors in combination with environmental sensors and sensors attached to person's medical/sports equipment. Data indicating a plurality of measured quantities associated with movement of a person at a time point is received. Each measured quantity within the plurality of measured quantities having been determined by a respective sensor attached to a respective location on the person or the person's environment or the person's medical/sports equipment. At least one characteristic of the person associated with the time point is determined based on analyzing the plurality of measured quantities. The at least one characteristic is stored. Recommendations for the person are determined based upon the characteristics, and a report comprising the recommendations is provided.

Wearable sensor monitoring and data analysis

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