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Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Mohit Gupta

Thad Eugene Starner

Zhong Lin Wang

Emmanouil Tentzeris

Gregory D Abowd

Steven L Zhang

Yi-Cheng Wang

Ryan Bahr

Qiuyue Xue

Seyedeh Fereshteh Shahmiri

Anmol Gupta

Nivedita Arora

Bharat K Gupta

Dhruva Bansal

Peter McAughan

Zhengjun Wang

Diego Osorio

Karthik Ramachandran

Aarohi Shah

A vibration transducer for sensing vibrations includes a first flexible triboelectric member, a second flexible triboelectric member, a plurality of attachment points, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first flexible triboelectric member includes a first triboelectric layer and a material being on a first position on a triboelectric series. A conductive layer is deposited on the second side thereof. The second flexible triboelectric member includes a second triboelectric layer and a material being on a second position on the triboelectric series that is different from the first position on the triboelectric series. The second triboelectric member is adjacent to the first flexible triboelectric member. When the first triboelectric member comes into and out of contact with the second triboelectric member as a result of the vibrations, a triboelectric potential difference having a variable intensity corresponding to the vibrations can be sensed between the first and second triboelectric members.

Thin and flexible self-powered vibration transducer employing triboelectric nanogeneration

In a method of loading checked luggage on unit load devices corresponding to an aircraft having a passenger compartment, each piece of checked luggage is associated with a unique identifier. Each piece of checked luggage is weighed and its weight is associated with its corresponding unique identifier. A best possible luggage placement is calculated considering a distribution of passenger weight, thereby allowing the passengers to sit at their preferred location rather than by pre-allocation. A desired placement of the checked luggage is calculated based on the weight of each piece of checked luggage, the acceptable distribution of weight in the passenger compartment and overall fuel state over mission profile. Loading personnel are allowed to place luggage in the unit load devices and are instructed to stop loading the selected ones of the unit load devices when a deciding point is dynamically achieved by a recalculation of center of gravity shift each time a bag is loaded onto one of the unit load devices so as to achieve the best possible placement of check luggage. The recalculation of the center of gravity shift is done based on placement of the unit load devices in the aircraft luggage compartments.

Method for optimizing the placement of check-in bags in aircraft

A catheter for use in continuous flow peritoneal dialysis comprising an inflow tube and outflow tube, both connected on one end to a dialysis machine. The inflow tube is divided into a plurality of inflow auxiliary tubes, and the outflow tube is divided into a plurality of outflow auxiliary tubes, with all auxiliary tubes encased in a single external tube. The auxiliary tubes each contain a plurality of apertures for the rapid and efficient movement of dialysis solution in and out of the peritoneal cavity to reach a larger surface area without kinking or blocking. The external tube comprises a tunnel for insertion of a fiber optic borescope to view the dialysis procedure. The auxiliary tubes are covered by a sheath prior to implantation, which is then removed, deploying, preferably into an open-basket shape, the auxiliary tubes within the peritoneal cavity to allow for the continuous flow of dialysis solution.

High flux basket catheter for efficient, continuous flow peritoneal dialysis

A catheter for use in continuous flow peritoneal dialysis comprising an inflow tube and an outflow tube, wherein both are connected on one end to a dialysis machine. The inflow tube is divided into a plurality of smaller inflow auxiliary tubes, and the outflow tube is divided into a plurality of smaller outflow auxiliary tubes. The auxiliary tubes each contain a plurality of apertures for the rapid and efficient movement of dialysis solution in and out of the peritoneal cavity. The auxiliary tubes are covered by a sheath prior to implantation, which is then removed, thereby deploying, preferably into an open-basket shape, the auxiliary tubes within the peritoneal cavity which separate to allow for the continuous flow of dialysis solution. This reduces the time required to complete the procedure and increases its efficiency by reaching a larger surface area of the peritoneal cavity, all without kinking or blocking.

High flux basket catheter for efficient continuous flow peritoneal dialysis

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Mohit Gupta