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51ÉçÇø has a number of new technologies that are available for commercial exploitation by Industry. For more information on any of these technologies or the research capabilities relevant to them please contact the relevant Case Manager or the Technology Transfer Office. 51ÉçÇø is interested in seeking partners to exploit the commercial potential of these technologies by entering into licensing agreements. The following technologies are available for licensing.
Opportunites are categorised under the following headings:
Morphing Space lattices: Deployable structures for space applications
Deployable space structures generally use Collapsible Tube Masts (CTM) and Storable Tubular Extendable Members (STEM). These are tube structures that can be flattened and rolled for storage and can also deploy to great lengths. However, CTM and STEM usually require relatively large mechanisms to control the speed and direction of deployment. Scaling up known deployable space structures and achieving suitable geometry in the deployed configuration also present engineering challenges. This technology enables deployable structures which perform well in all of the above-mentioned design aspects, and address the above-mentioned or related shortcomings and other problems in this field.
Morphing Space lattices: Deployable structures for space applications
Multivibe Vibrational Energy Harvester
A novel, patented, ‘fit and forget’ energy harvesting solution that converts ambient vibrations into electrical power. The new technology eliminates the need for batteries and is tailored to power low-energy sensors for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The technology is a prototype wideband (~6.5 Hz), tuneable (11-30 Hz) harvester product (74 mm tall x 40 mm diameter), with power conditioning circuitry (3.3 VDC), that has been demonstrated to TRL6 in an end-user’s environment.
Multivibe Vibrational Energy Harvester
SYNSORB: SYNergistic SORBents, Gas Separation Technology
These UL technologies are based on novel stable hybrid porous materials for separating acetylene (C2H4) and other contaminants from a gas mixture. In particular, the invention relates to separating acetylene from a gas mixture containing acetylene and ethylene and/or a gas mixture comprising acetylene and carbon dioxide and/or a gas mixture comprising acetylene, ethylene, and carbon dioxide, yielding polymer grade (.99.9% purity) ethylene. The materials, TIFSIX-2-Cu-i and SIFSIX-3-Ni belong to a family of hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs) of general formula M'FSIX-L-M (M = divalent transition metal center; L = dipyridyl organic linker; M' = Si, Ti, Ge, Zr, Sn). These materials display excellent water stability and unusual pore chemistry.
Morphing Space lattices: Deployable structures for space applications
Deployable space structures generally use Collapsible Tube Masts (CTM) and Storable Tubular Extendable Members (STEM). These are tube structures that can be flattened and rolled for storage and can also deploy to great lengths. However, CTM and STEM usually require relatively large mechanisms to control the speed and direction of deployment. Scaling up known deployable space structures and achieving suitable geometry in the deployed configuration also present engineering challenges. This technology enables deployable structures which perform well in all of the above-mentioned design aspects, and address the above-mentioned or related shortcomings and other problems in this field.
Morphing Space lattices: Deployable structures for space applications
Multivibe Vibrational Energy Harvester
A novel, patented, ‘fit and forget’ energy harvesting solution that converts ambient vibrations into electrical power. The new technology eliminates the need for batteries and is tailored to power low-energy sensors for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The technology is a prototype wideband (~6.5 Hz), tuneable (11-30 Hz) harvester product (74 mm tall x 40 mm diameter), with power conditioning circuitry (3.3 VDC), that has been demonstrated to TRL6 in an end-user’s environment.
Morphing Space lattices: Deployable structures for space applications
Deployable space structures generally use Collapsible Tube Masts (CTM) and Storable Tubular Extendable Members (STEM). These are tube structures that can be flattened and rolled for storage and can also deploy to great lengths. However, CTM and STEM usually require relatively large mechanisms to control the speed and direction of deployment. Scaling up known deployable space structures and achieving suitable geometry in the deployed configuration also present engineering challenges. This technology enables deployable structures which perform well in all of the above-mentioned design aspects, and address the above-mentioned or related shortcomings and other problems in this field.
Morphing Space lattices: Deployable structures for space applications
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Colitis Confirm, determining the probability of inflammatory bowel disease being ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease
Our test is a cytokine profile that can accurately distinguish between ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) in a subject having or having symptoms of, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The cytokine profile can also be used to monitor a therapeutic regime for effectiveness. The cytokine profile can be detected at a protein or genomic level and is generally determined from a peripheral blood sample (i.e. a blood fraction such as serum, plasma, or blood cells such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells).
Di-Lithium Crystals, Novel Stable Soluble LiCoCrystals
Lithium has a long history in psychiatric medicine treating a broad spectrum of activity e.g., mania, mood disorders, depression, schizophrenia, disorders of impulse control (e.g., Bipolar disorder), mental illnesses in children, etc.
However, current Li formulations have toxic side effects. Because of the high dosing required to achieve the required concentration of Li in the brain, high levels (spikes) are also present in plasma. Di-Lithium is a non-hygroscopic (does not absorb water) formulation which results in improved stability, ease of manufacture, and storage (stability testing on >50 co-crystals at 40°C, 70% relative humidity).
Continuous Drying of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients using a Twin Screw Extruder
Drying crystalline/amorphous active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) is an important operation to produce consistent, stable, free-flowing materials for formulation, packaging, storage and transport. Various types of driers are being currently used by the pharmaceutical industry to dry API material, including vacuum tray driers, fluid bed driers, spray driers and belt driers. This invention will use the capability of drying (heating) in the twin screw extruder (TSE) barrel to immediately/continuously dry the crystalline/amorphous API material to simultaneously control required moisture content and particle size distribution.
Continuous Drying of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients using a Twin Screw Extruder
Protease Enzyme with activity against proinflammatory mediators
Immune dysregulation is identified in a broad variety of significant syndromes and disorders including those of the skin, e.g. eczema, the lungs, e.g. asthma, and the gut, e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The predominant strategies employed to target immune dysregulation and associated disorders are the use of recombinant monoclonal antibodies (MCAb) and the use of antagonists to receptors of pro-inflammatory mediators. Our technology relates to a protease enzyme, named Prtl, and its use to treat immune dysregulation disorders. This enzyme, expressed by Lactobacillus can catalyze the destruction of thousands of pro-inflammatory mediators and allows the use of lower quantities of therapeutic medicaments in the treatment of immune dysregulation diseases.
Protease Enzyme with activity against proinflammatory mediators
An Electrochemical Sensor formed from Sustainable Materials
Patients with diabetes typically use rapid point of care (POC) tests to measure blood sugar levels as an important aspect of managing their diabetes. This is conducted using 2-4 finger-prick tests/day using a test strip and blood testing meter. The glucose meter contains a sensor that enables glucose measurement. This invention relates to a method to form a third-generation glucose biosensor utilising glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilised on mesoporous carbon nanostructures. These nanostructures were produced from a 50% alcell lignin and 50% polylactic acid (PLA) precursor blend.
Multivibe Vibrational Energy Harvester
A novel, patented, ‘fit and forget’ energy harvesting solution that converts ambient vibrations into electrical power. The new technology eliminates the need for batteries and is tailored to power low-energy sensors for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The technology is a prototype wideband (~6.5 Hz), tuneable (11-30 Hz) harvester product (74 mm tall x 40 mm diameter), with power conditioning circuitry (3.3 VDC), that has been demonstrated to TRL6 in an end-user’s environment.
Multivibe Vibrational Energy Harvester
SYNSORB: SYNergistic SORBents, Gas Separation Technology
These UL technologies are based on novel stable hybrid porous materials for separating acetylene (C2H4) and other contaminants from a gas mixture. In particular, the invention relates to separating acetylene from a gas mixture containing acetylene and ethylene and/or a gas mixture comprising acetylene and carbon dioxide and/or a gas mixture comprising acetylene, ethylene, and carbon dioxide, yielding polymer grade (.99.9% purity) ethylene. The materials, TIFSIX-2-Cu-i and SIFSIX-3-Ni belong to a family of hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs) of general formula M'FSIX-L-M (M = divalent transition metal center; L = dipyridyl organic linker; M' = Si, Ti, Ge, Zr, Sn). These materials display excellent water stability and unusual pore chemistry.
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