General Electric Company

Zaeem Ashraf Khan

Erik Leeming Kvam

Philip Alexander Shoemaker

Stefan Rakuff

Xiaohui Chen

Jaydeep Roy

Aaron Joseph Dulgar-Tulloch

Daniel Jason Erno

Ian David Wilson

Kevin Wayne Kinzie

James Henry Madge

Michael Colan Moscinski

Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits

Jason Daniel Erno

Dmytro Floriyovych Opatis

An aerodynamic hub assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The hub assembly may include a hub extension, a rotor blade having a blade root and a blade tip, and a hub airfoil section mounted at least partially over the hub extension. The hub airfoil section may be fixed relative to the rotor blade or may be configured to rotate about a common pitch axis with the rotor blade. The hub extension may be connected to and extend radially from a center of the hub assembly. Further, the hub assembly may include a pitch bearing having an inner race and an outer race, wherein the pitch bearing may be coupled between the hub extension and the blade root. Additionally, the hub assembly may also include an aerodynamically-shaped spinner, wherein the spinner may house at least a portion of a root structure extending radially from the center of the hub assembly.

Aerodynamic hub assembly for a wind turbine

A method of processing an adipose tissue to collect adipose derived regenerative cells is provided, wherein the method comprises providing a vessel comprising a fluid jet mixer, introducing the adipose tissue into the vessel, introducing a buffer solution into the vessel; washing the adipose tissue using the fluid jet mixer; introducing an enzyme solution into the vessel; initiating jet mixing into the vessel comprising the adipose tissue, the enzyme solution, and the buffer solution using the fluid jet mixer to digest the adipose tissue to form a digestion product; phase-separating the digestion product into a digested buoyant fat layer and a non-buoyant aqueous layer; and collecting the non-buoyant aqueous layer comprising the adipose derived regenerative cells. A system of processing an adipose tissue to collect adipose derived regenerative cells is also provided.

Automated methods for isolating regenerative cells from adipose tissue

A rotor for coupling to a shaft is provided. The rotor includes a space frame hub having a central portion coupled to the shaft and a first structural member coupled to said central portion, wherein the first structural member has a first length. The rotor further includes a first blade coupled to the first structural member and having a tip end spaced from the shaft at a second length that is longer than the first length.

Wind turbine rotor and methods of assembling the same

A method of processing an adipose tissue to collect adipose derived regenerative cells is provided, wherein the method comprises providing a vessel comprising a fluid jet mixer; introducing the adipose tissue into the vessel; introducing a buffer solution into the vessel; washing the adipose tissue using the fluid jet mixer; introducing an enzyme solution into the vessel; initiating jet mixing into the vessel comprising the adipose tissue, the enzyme solution, and the buffer solution using the fluid jet mixer to digest the adipose tissue to form a digestion product; phase-separating the digestion product into a digested buoyant fat layer and a non-buoyant aqueous layer; and collecting the non-buoyant aqueous layer comprising the adipose derived regenerative cells. A system of processing an adipose tissue to collect adipose derived regenerative cells is also provided.

Automated systems and methods for isolating regenerative cells from adipose tissue

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Zaeem Ashraf Khan