| THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Patent applications |
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| 20110261321 | LENSLET ARRAY FOR RETINAL OXIMETRY - The multi-aperture system of the present invention provides a retinal oximetry apparatus for determining the level of oxygen saturation in retinal vessels using a lenslet array comprising at least seven lenses for the simultaneous measurement of reflected light with at least three wavelengths and at least four polarization states. The multi-aperture system of the present invention further provides an apparatus for determining the level of oxygen saturation in retinal vessels using a lenslet array comprising at least ten lenses for the simultaneous measurement of reflected light with at least three wavelengths for oxygen measurement, at least three wavelengths for melanin content, and at least four polarization states. Methods of operating the same are also provided. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110250263 | PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY VEHICLES, COMPONENTS AND MECHANISMS THEREOF - Complex viruses are assembled from simple protein subunits by sequential and irreversible assembly. During genome packaging in bacteriophages, a powerful molecular motor assembles at the special portal vertex of an empty prohead to initiate packaging. An aspect of the invention relates to the phage T4 packaging machine being highly promiscuous, translocating DNA into finished phage heads as well as into proheads. Single motors can force exogenous DNA into phage heads at the same rate as into proheads and phage heads undergo repeated initiations, packaging multiple DNA molecules into the same head. This shows that the phage DNA packaging machine has unusual conformational plasticity, powering DNA into an apparently passive capsid receptacle, including the highly stable virus shell, until it is full. These features allow for the design of a novel class of nanocapsid delivery vehicles. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20100085537 | LENSLET ARRAY FOR RETINAL OXIMETRY - The multi-aperture system of the present invention provides a retinal oximetry apparatus for determining the level of oxygen saturation in retinal vessels using a lenslet array comprising at least seven lenses for the simultaneous measurement of reflected light with at least three wavelengths and at least four polarization states. The multi-aperture system of the present invention further provides an apparatus for determining the level of oxygen saturation in retinal vessels using a lenslet array comprising at least ten lenses for the simultaneous measurement of reflected light with at least three wavelengths for oxygen measurement, at least three wavelengths for melanin content, and at least four polarization states. Methods of operating the same are also provided. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100049284 | USE OF HEAT TO TREAT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS EXPOSED TO DAMAGING RADIATION - A method wherein, following a therapeutic radiation treatment, a heat dose is administered to the treated cells to decrease the damage caused by radiation exposure or a therapeutic agent. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20090292159 | METHODS OF USING MAGNETIC FIELDS TO UNIFORMLY INDUCE ELECTRIC FIELDS FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering an electric field to a body by delivering a first magnetic field from a first coil in a first orientation to a body and directed at a desired target within the body, and delivering a second magnetic field from a second coil in a second orientation directed at the desired target within the body to induce an electric field across the desired target, wherein only one magnetic field is delivered to the body at any one time. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292158 | APPARATUS USING MAGNETIC FIELDS TO UNIFORMLY INDUCE ELECTRICAL FIELDS FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering an electric field to a body by delivering a first magnetic field from a first coil in a first orientation to a body and directed at a desired target within the body, and delivering a second magnetic field from a second coil in a second orientation directed at the desired target within the body to induce an electric field across the desired target, wherein only one magnetic field is delivered to the body at any one time. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20080274533 | T4 BACTERIOPHAGE BOUND TO A SUBSTRATE - T4 bacteriophages are bound to substrates such as liposomes using a binder. | 11-06-2008 |
