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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150205985 | METHODS FOR ORGANIZING THE DISINFECTION OF ONE OR MORE ITEMS CONTAMINATED WITH BIOLOGICAL AGENTS - The invention provides method for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agent(s) comprising (a) attaching a radio-frequency ID (RFID) tag to an item(s) to be disinfected; exposing the item(s) of (a) to a disinfecting means for a period sufficient to disinfect the item; and (c) obtaining a signal from the tagged item when disinfection is complete thereby organizing the disinfection of one or more items. | 07-23-2015 |
20140200277 | METHODS OF FACILITATING NEURAL CELL SURVIVAL USING NON-PEPTIDE AND PEPTIDE BDNF NEUROTROPHIN MIMETICS - Methods and compounds for treating neurological and other disorders are provided. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding and/or modulation specificity for a TrkB receptor molecule. | 07-17-2014 |
20140043618 | Coherence Gated Doppler Motion Sensor and Medical Applications - A motion sensor applicable to medical procedures includes a source of light with a wavelength bandwidth and an optical detector. A first optical coupler terminates in a first probe tip and couples the light into the first probe tip. A second optical coupler terminates in a second probe tip and directs onto the detector scattered light returning through the second probe tip. A presentation device outputs a signal that indicates motion in a target volume of a sample in a vicinity of the probe tips based on a Doppler shift of the scattered light. The volume depends on coherence distance determined by the bandwidth. In variations, the first and second tips are the same tip, a multimode fiber is included, the bandwidth is between 0.1% and 5% of a center wavelength, or the presentation device is a speaker, or some combination. | 02-13-2014 |
20130183274 | MAINTENANCE AND PROPAGATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS - Various embodiments of the present invention include compositions, materials and methods for maintaining and propagating mammalian mesenchymal stem cells in an undifferentiated state in the absence of feeder cells and applications of the same. | 07-18-2013 |
20120064046 | MAINTENANCE AND PROPAGATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS - Various embodiments of the present invention include compositions, materials and methods for maintaining and propagating mammalian mesenchymal stem cells in an undifferentiated state in the absence of feeder cells and applications of the same. | 03-15-2012 |