04th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110020138 | Clutch Control System and Method for Operating a Clutch Control System - A system includes a compressor, a control unite and a clutch assigned to the compressor. The control unit is suitable for opening and closing the clutch in order to economize energy. The control unit is suitable for carrying out a monitoring routine during which the clutch is opened or closed in order to prevent the clutch, the compressor and the components arranged downstream of the compressor from being damaged. A method for controlling the system, including the compressor, the control unit and the clutch associated with the compressor, is also provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020139 | ROLLING CLEANER APPARATUS FOR A SUBMERGED SURFACE WITH A COMBINED HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRIC DRIVE, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The invention relates to a rolling cleaner apparatus for a submerged surface, comprising rolling drive members, at least one motor ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020140 | MICRO PUMP - Provided is a micro pump having a simple structure. The micro pump includes a pump chamber including inflow and outflow passages through which a drive fluid flows, a first valve configured to open or close the inflow passage, a second valve configured to open or close the outflow passage, and a pump chamber heating and cooling unit configured to heat or cool the pump chamber. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020141 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a microfluidic device and a corresponding method for pumping of high conductivity liquids comprising: —a microfluidic channel ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020142 | Method of pumping gas - A vacuum pumping arrangement is described for pumping a gas stream containing hydrogen or other hydrogen-containing gas. The arrangement comprises a pumping mechanism for receiving the gas stream and exhausting a pumped gas stream at a sub-atmospheric pressure, and, downstream from the pumping mechanism, an ionic conducting membrane having one side exposed to the pumped gas stream and another side exposed to oxygen or other source of oxygen. In one example, the membrane is permeable to hydrogen, which permeates across the membrane to react with oxygen adsorbed on the other surface of the membrane. In another example, the membrane is permeable to oxygen anions, which permeate across the membrane to react with hydrogen within the gas stream. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020143 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING GASEOUS FLUID PUMP - A method of controlling a fluid pump. The pump has a plurality of oscillating pistons that travel along a central axis of a piston sleeve. A plurality of pistons is of similar mass within a piston sleeve are provided, and adjacent pistons are positioned to be 180 degrees apart in phase oscillations. An electric coil is provided for each piston, and the position of adjacent pistons is determined. The current to one of the electric coils for a piston is adjusted to maintain the 180 degree difference in phase between oscillations of adjacent pistons. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020144 | VARIABLE-VOLUME HEAD - Disclosed is a device that includes a natural-gas compression system having a natural-gas powered combustion engine, a compression cylinder configured to receive natural gas and output compressed natural gas, a piston disposed in the compression cylinder and configured to translate through the compression cylinder in response to mechanical power received from the natural-gas powered combustion engine, and a variable-volume head mounted to the compression cylinder and configured to vary a compressed volume of the compression cylinder. In some instances, the variable-volume head includes a head body, an adjustment screw rotatably coupled to the head body, a plug moveable in threaded engagement with the adjustment screw, and an anti-rotation device coupled to the plug, the head body, or both. The anti-rotation device may be configured to impede the plug from rotating relative to the head body as the adjustment screw rotates. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020145 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURGING GAS PRODUCTION FURNACE - A fluidized bed gasification furnace has a fluidized bed formed and a freeboard section F above a bed material so as to produce a produced gas by a reaction of raw material with a gasifying agent and take out the produced gas through the freeboard section. Upon shutdown of the furnace, inert gas is fed from below to the furnace for purging of gas in the fluidized bed with inert gas while steam is supplied to a freeboard section above the fluidized bed to purge a gas in the freeboard section with steam. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020146 | ROTATION DRIVE CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The system includes: a variable displacement hydraulic pump supplying pressure oil to a hydraulic actuator; a pressure detector detecting a pump discharge pressure from the hydraulic pump; a control valve controlling a supply of the pressure oil to the hydraulic actuator; a controller controlling a pump displacement of the hydraulic pump; a hydraulic motor rotating an upper structure of the construction machine; a swing relief valve defining a relief pressure of the hydraulic motor; and a control lever switching a control valve for the hydraulic motor. The controller includes: an adjuster that, when a pump discharge pressure detected by the pressure detector exceeds a first set value, conducts an adjustment to reduce the pump displacement; and a canceller that cancels the adjustment when the pump discharge pressure falls below a second set value. The second set value is equal to or larger than the first set value. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020147 | SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - In a swash plate type compressor, provided is an introduction flow passage through which refrigerant is introduced from a suction chamber. Further, a differential pressure control valve is provided on the introduction flow passage. The differential pressure control valve acts due to a differential pressure (Pc−Ps) between a crank pressure Pc and a suction pressure Ps. An opening of the introduction flow passage is adjusted by the differential pressure control valve so as to prevent the crank pressure Pc from exceeding a predetermined value. According to the swash plate type compressor, an excessive elevation of the crank pressure Pc can be prevented without a usage of a check valve. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020148 | MULTI-STAGE ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A multi-stage rotary compressor comprises: a casing having a sealed space therein; a driving unit installed in the casing, for generating a driving force; a first compression unit and a second compression unit for receiving the driving force from the driving unit and compressing a refrigerant; and a connection unit for connecting the first and second compression units and guiding the refrigerant discharged from the second compression unit to be sucked directly in the first compression unit and then re-compressed, by which it is possible to vary capacity, even using every plurality of compression units, and to obtain power saving effect suitable for a saving mode. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020149 | AIR PUMP FOR INFLATABLE ARTICLE - An air pump for an inflatable article has a housing and a blower, a switch assembly and an air valve mounted in the housing. The switch assembly has a slider and a driving device sliding the slider and the air valve to switch operating modes of the air pump. Thus, the air pump inflates or deflates the inflatable article or maintains or fine-tunes the air pressure inside the inflatable article. Therefore, the first and second openings of the housing are disposed on the housing for connection to different kinds of inflatable articles and the airflow directly flows through the air pump so inflating and deflating the inflatable article is fast. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020150 | Hydraulically Driven Machine Improvement - A hydraulically driven diaphragm pumping machine comprises a plunger ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020151 | ENGINE BLOWER SCROLL - A blower system for an engine includes a base of a blower scroll coupled to an engine crankcase. The base has a bottom wall with an opening sized to accommodate an end of a crankshaft. The base also has a sidewall extending away from the crankcase. The blower system further includes a blower housing fastened to the base, without the use of threaded fasteners. Together the blower housing and the base form a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. Also, the blower system includes a fan within the chamber. The fan is driven by the crankshaft and is designed to direct a flow of air through the outlet of the chamber. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020152 | COMPRESSOR - A turbocharger unit for an internal combustion engine having at least one exhaust line for the evacuation of exhaust gases from the combustion chamber of the engine and at least one inlet line for the supply of air to the combustion chamber is provided. The turbocharger unit includes a turbine which interacts with a compressor in order to extract energy from the exhaust-gas flow of the engine and pressurize the inlet air of the engine. The compressor is of the radial type and is provided with an impeller having backswept blades in which the blade angle between an imaginary extension of the center line of the blade between root section and tip section in the direction of the outlet tangent and a line connecting the center axis of the impeller to the outer tip of the blade is at least about 40 degrees. The ratio between the inlet diameter of the impeller and its outlet diameter lies within the range 0.50-0.62. The compressor diffuser is provided with blades, the length of which has a ratio to the distance between them, along the periphery in the blade inlet, within the range 0.7-1.5. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020153 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes a compression mechanism for compressing refrigerant, an electric motor for driving the compression mechanism, an inverter for controlling the operation of the electric motor, and a motor harness for electrically connecting the electric motor to the inverter. The compression mechanism and the electric motor are mechanically connected each other. The electric motor has first and second coil ends. The first coil end is located on the side of the compression mechanism and the inverter is located on the side of the second coil end. The motor harness is led out from the first coil end. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020154 | STATOR OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MOTOR AND FUEL PUMP - A stator of a rotary electric motor has core segments. All or some of the core segments have terminal mounting members for mounting terminals to which coils are connected. The terminal mounting member and the bobbin for each of the core segments are molded by resin and integrated with the corresponding core segment. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020155 | ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE PUMP WITH AN ALTERNATING ROTATION TO LINEAR DISPLACEMENT MECHANISM - A high pressure pump including a linear actuator comprising a servo motor adapted to axially rotate a hollow rotor shaft in alternating directions, the servo motor having a stator positioned co-axially around the hollow rotor shaft with an interior of the rotor shaft being co-axially coupled to a drive member to convert axial rotation into reciprocal displacement, the drive member being constrained against linear movement and threadingly supporting a shaft (to impart linear displacement of the shaft and an encoder monitoring movement of the drive member. At least one piston is coupled to the shaft and the piston is arranged within a cylinder to define a pumping chamber, whereby alternating rotation of the rotor shaft causes reciprocal linear displacement of the piston to pressurise fluid in the pumping chamber A drive mechanism is also disclosed and includes a controller coupled to a servomotor and an encoder to measure movement of the hollow rotor or output shaft and send a feedback signal proportional to the movement to the controller. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020156 | GASEOUS FLUID PUMP - A gaseous fluid pump having at least one cylinder having a wall defining an inner volume and containing a central axis. First and second pistons that both move along the central axis, wherein the first piston and second piston have similar mass. The first and second pistons are propelled by magnetic forces in an oscillating motion with a 180 degree phase difference between the first and second pistons. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020157 | FEED PUMP AND SEALING ARRANGEMENT FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a feed pump, in particular for pumping UV paints and other high-viscosity media, with a pump housing to which an inlet valve and an outlet valve are fitted, and a piston, which for pumping a medium is mounted in the pump housing in a manner as to permit positional shifting. To improve the seal and the piston lifetime, the piston is guided in at least one section of the pump housing by way of at least two seals positioned one behind the other in the axial direction of the piston so as to seal it from its surroundings and forming between them an intermediate gapped space that connects to the flow from a coolant and/or lubricant container. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020158 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a cylinder block including cylinder bores and pistons within the cylinder bores. A front housing opposes a first cylinder block end face to form a crank chamber accommodating a piston driving mechanism. A valve plate opposes a second cylinder block end face and includes suction and discharge holes. A rear housing includes suction and discharge chambers and opposes the second cylinder block end face with the valve plate there between. Strap-shaped suction valves on the valve plate end face oppose the cylinder block, thereby opening and closing the suction holes at tip portions. Discharge valves on the valve plate end face oppose the rear housing to open and close the discharge holes. Through-bolts join the front housing, the crank chamber, the cylinder block, the valve plate, and the rear housing. The valve plate includes grooves extending from holes accommodating the through-bolts to portions abutting the suction valves. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020159 | FLUID WORKING MACHINE - In usual hydraulic pumps, a separate assembly opening is provided for every valve of the hydraulic pump. This design causes sealing problems. It is proposed, that the fluid inlet valve ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020160 | Processing Cavity Pump and an Associated Pump Device - A progressing cavity pump comprises a stator having an inlet end for coupling to a fluid-receiving casing, the pump including an anchor element suitable for fastening the inlet end of the stator on a stationary support, and said inlet end and said anchor element including locking means for locking them together in rotation. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020161 | Displacement Type Compressor Having a Self-Start Synchronous Motor and Start Load Reducing Means - In order to make a displacement type compressor be able to reliably start without increasing an outside diameter dimension of the compressor while using a self-start synchronous motor having high energy efficiency, the displacement type compressor according to the invention includes the self-start synchronous motor which starts as an induction-motor and performs synchronous operation by performing synchronization pull-in almost at a synchronous rotational frequency, a compression part having a compression chamber which compresses a working fluid, and a hermetic container which houses the self-start synchronous motor and the compression part. The displacement type compressor is provided with a start load reducing means which reduces a load of the compression part at startup and is placed at the compression part in the hermetic container. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020162 | SCREW ROTOR - A screw rotor is for use in a screw pump that pumps fluid by rotation of a pair of screw rotors engaged with each other in a rotor housing. The screw rotor includes a multiple-thread portion for pump suction side and a single-thread portion for pump discharge side. The screw rotor is formed so that the tooth profile of the multiple-thread portion is connected to the tooth profile of the single-thread portion through a boundary plane that is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the screw rotor. The first curved portion coincides with the third curved portion in the boundary plane. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020163 | Super-Hard Enhanced Hard Metals - The present invention relates to a super-hard enhanced hard-metal comprising particulate hard material and a binder and at least one formation, the formation comprising a core cluster and a plurality of satellite clusters, spaced from, surrounding and smaller than the core cluster, and the core cluster and satellite clusters each comprising a plurality of contiguous super-hard particles. The invention further relates to a method for making a super-hard enhanced hard-metal, the method including forming a green body comprising super-hard particles, particles of a hard material and at least one binder material or material that is capable of being converted into a binder material; subjecting the green body to a temperature of at least 500 degrees centigrade and a pressure at which the super-hard material is not thermodynamically stable to form a sintered body; and subjecting the sintered body to a pressure and temperature at which the super-hard material is thermodynamically stable and to inserts for tools comprising the enhanced hard-metal. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020164 | PROCESS FOR SINTERING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS - The process for producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding thermoelectric materials with heat treatment under inert gas or under reduced pressure at temperatures in the range from 100 to 900° C. comprises producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding in the presence of oxygen scavengers which form thermodynamically stable oxides in the presence of free oxygen under the production, processing, sintering, pressing or extrusion conditions and hence keep free oxygen away from the thermoelectric material. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020165 | AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR HIGH VACUUM AND HIGH PURITY GAS TUBE APPLICATION - The object of the present invention is to provide stainless steel for high vacuum and high purity gas tube applications not having intrusion of impure particles into a processing gas and being cost-efficient. In order to accomplish the object, the present invention provides an austenitic stainless steel for a high vacuum and high purity gas tube application, the stainless steel including, in percent by weight, 0.1% or less of C, 1% or less of Si, 0.5 to 2% of Mn, 0.05% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, 15 to 30% of Cr, 7 to 20% of Ni, 4% or less of Mo, 3% or less of Cu, 0.05% or less of N, 0.01% or less of B, 0.01% or less of O, a remaining part of Fe, and unavoidable impurities, wherein Ti content is limited to 0.005% or less, Al content is limited to 0.005 to 0.05%, and Ca content is limited to 0.0005 to 0.003%. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020166 | IRON-BASE HEAT- AND CORROSION-RESISTANT BRAZING MATERIAL - The object of the present invention is to provide at a low cost iron-base heat- and corrosion-resistant brazing material which make it possible to braze parts made of a base metal selected from among various stainless steels, particularly ferritic stainless steels, at a practical temperature (of 1120° C. or lower) and are excellent in the wetting property against the base metal and which can attain excellent resistance to corrosion by sulfuric acid or nitric acid and high strength without coarsening the structure of the base metal. The iron-base heat- and corrosion-resistant brazing material is characterized by comprising 30 to 75 wt % of Fe, 35 wt % or less of Ni and 5 to 20 wt % of Cr in a total amount of Ni and Cr of 15 to 50 wt %, and 7 wt % or less of Si and 4 to 10 wt % of P in a total amount of Si and P of 9 to 13 wt %. The iron-base heat- and corrosion-resistant brazing material further comprising 0.5 to 5 wt % of Mo and/or 0.3 to 5 wt % of Cu in a total amount of Mo and Cu of 1 to 7 wt % is more preferable. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020167 | HIGH-STRENGTH THICK STEEL PLATE FOR STORAGE CONTAINER EXCELLENT IN LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS OF MULTI-LAYER WELDED JOINT - The high-strength thick steel plate for storage container contains: C: 0.12-0.16% (means mass %, hereinafter the same), Si: 0.05-0.5%, Mn: 1-1.5%, Al: 0.01-0.05%, Nb: 0.003-0.02%, Mo: 0.03-0.3%, V: 0.025-0.04%, Cr: 0.05-0.3%, Cu: 0.05-0.5%, Ni: 0.15-0.55%, Ca: 0.0005-0.006% respectively, and the RP value as defined by an equation (1) below satisfies the relation of RP≧4.5×10 | 2011-01-27 |
20110020168 | Rapid fabrication of porous metal-based biomaterial by microwave sintering - A method of fabricating a porous metal-based biomaterial, the method includes dispersing microwave susceptors into organic solvent to form a homogeneous suspension, dispersing bioactive fillers into organic solvent to form a homogeneous solution, mixing metal powder with the homogeneous solution and the homogeneous suspension to form a mixture, cold-pressing the mixture into a compact with predefined shape and size, placing the compact in a sintering container, and emitting microwave to heat the compact and remove the organic solvent resided in the compact at the same time. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020169 | Sputtering Target Material for Producing Intermediate Layer Film of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Medium and Thin Film Produced by Using the Same - There is disclosed a sputtering target material for producing an intermediate layer film of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, which is capable of dramatically reducing the crystal grain size of a thin film formed by sputtering. The sputtering target material comprises, in at %, 1 to 20% of W; 0.1 to 10% in total of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of P, Zr, Si and B; and balance Ni. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020170 | METAL NANOPARTICLES STABILIZED WITH DERIVATIZED POLYETHYLENEIMINES OR POLYVINYLAMINES - The invention relates to metal nanoparticles and a process for the preparation thereof, in which a metal salt solution is reduced with a reducing agent in the presence of the derivatized polyethyleneimines or polyvinylamines. Metal salt solutions of two or more different metals can be reduced simultaneously or in succession, metal nanoparticles comprising two or more different metals being obtained. Preferred metals are silver, palladium, and platinum. Suitable reducing agents are, for example, formic acid, formaldehyde, diethanolamine, 5-pentenoic acid and sodium borohydride. Silver can be used in the form of silver oxide and/or silver nitrate, palladium in the form of alkali metal tetrachloropalladate or palladium(II) nitrate and platinum in the form of alkali metal tetrachloroplatinate or tetraamineplatinum(II) nitrate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020171 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SINTERED COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL AND SINTERED COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL - Seizure resistance and wear resistance of Cu—Bi—In copper-alloy sliding material are enhanced by forming a soft phase of as pure as possible Bi. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020172 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING CONTAINERS INCLUDING CARRIER STERILISATION - An apparatus ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020173 | Laser Disinfection Apparatus with Spectroscopic Sensor - A laser disinfection apparatus with a spectroscopic sensor for performing real-time monitoring of the apparatus's effectiveness. The spectroscopic sensor measures optical spectra of the biological tissue and obtains the concentration of the bacterial/fungal cells by tracking the intensity variation of a fingerprint region of the optical spectra. The acquired bacterial concentration information is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the laser treatment as well as to provide feed-back control of the laser parameters to obtain the optimum disinfection result. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020174 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING FORMED PARTS BY MEANS OF HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS - The invention relates to a device for treating formed parts with high-energy electron beams. The electron beams are guided by two opposite stationary or displaceable electron discharge windows onto the formed part and bounding a process space for the formed part. A transport device is present for the formed part, by which the formed part can be guided through the process space to the electron discharge windows disposed substantially vertically perpendicular to the transport direction. A channel is disposed in the process space for transporting the formed part and largely shielded against the X-ray radiation. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020175 | APPARATUS FOR SANITIZING ORAL APPLIANCES - An apparatus for sanitizing oral appliances is provided. The apparatus includes a housing movable between open and closed positions, at least one ultraviolet light source for emitting one or more sanitization means within the sanitizing chamber, and at least one power source for powering the ultraviolet light source. In the open position the housing allows insertion of the appliance, and in the closed position the housing defines a sanitizing chamber. The apparatus may include an appliance suspension system. The apparatus may include a reflective interior surface provided on at least a portion of the sanitizing chamber. The ultraviolet light source may be adapted to generate ozone within the sanitizing chamber. The apparatus may include control circuitry connecting the ultraviolet light source to the power source for the purpose of activating and deactivating the ultraviolet light source. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020176 | VESSEL TREATMENT MACHINE - The present invention relates to a vessel treatment machine for sterilizing containers ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020177 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING MUCOSA - A mixing apparatus ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020178 | ASSAY APPARATUSES, METHODS AND REAGENTS - We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated sampling, sample preparation, and analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. For example, they may be used for automated analysis of particulates in air and/or liquid samples derived therefrom in environmental monitoring. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020179 | Systems and Methods for Multiple Analyte Detection - Systems and methods for multiple analyte detection include a system for distribution of a biological sample that includes a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of sample chambers, a sample introduction channel for each sample chamber, and a venting channel for each sample chamber. The system may further include a preloaded reagent contained in each sample chamber and configured for nucleic acid analysis of a biological sample that enters the substrate and a sealing instrument configured to be placed in contact with the substrate to seal each sample chamber so as to substantially prevent sample contained in each sample chamber from flowing out of each sample chamber. The substrate can be constructed of detection-compatible and assay-compatible materials. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020180 | Batch Chemical Analyzer - A batch chemical analyzer is disclosed, the analyzer including a reaction tank ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020181 | FILTER WITH MEMORY, COMMUNICATION AND CONCENTRATION SENSOR - The present invention describes a system and method for accurately measuring the concentration of a substance within a filter housing. A concentration sensor and a communications device are coupled so as to be able to measure and transmit the concentration of a particular substance within the filter housing while in use. This system can comprise a single component, integrating both the communication device and the concentration sensor. Alternatively, the system can comprise separate sensor and transmitter components, in communication with one another. In yet another embodiment, a storage element can be added to the system, thereby allowing the device to store a set of concentration values. The use of this device is beneficial to many applications. For example, the ability to read concentration values in situ allows integrity tests to be performed without additional equipment. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020182 | MICROFLUIDIC CARTRIDGE WITH SOLUTION RESERVOIR-PUMP CHAMBER - A microfluidic cartridge with solution reservoir-pump chamber is disclosed. The microfluidic cartridge comprises a channel-chamber layer, a sealing layer, a printed circuit board bound with magnetoresistive biochip. The channel-chamber layer includes at least a waste reservoir, a reaction-detection chamber, a solution reservoir-pump chamber and a plurality of micro-channels. Said solution reservoir-pump chamber realizes both functions of solution reservoir and pump chamber in a single structure. Said sealing layer is sealed with said channel-chamber layer to form an integrated microfluidic system with at least a waste reservoir, a reaction-detection chamber, a solution inlet, a solution reservoir-pump chamber and a micro-channel. Said solution reservoir-pump chamber in the present invention consists of elastic objects inside for sealing and pumping. Under pressure, said elastic object propels solution in the reservoir into said reaction-detection chamber via channels of said plurality of micro-channels. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020183 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SYNTHETIC FUEL - The apparatus for producing synthetic fuel comprises a loading unit ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020184 | Kitchen Waste Bin - A kitchen waste bin having a casing; a lid hingedly attached to the casing and moveable between open and closed positions. The lid includes an outer casing, an inner casing and a cavity there between. The inner casing having one or more apertures communicating between the cavity and the interior of the receptacle when the lid is closed; an ozone generator located within the cavity arranged to discharge ozone into the receptacle where the ozone generator is an ultraviolet source that includes an elongate lamp in an elongate channel shaped reflector; a switch that generates and transmits a control signal when the lid is moved; and a control unit arranged to switch the ozone generator on or off in response to a control signal. Ozone is discharged into the receptacle for a sterilization period when the lid is closed. Discharge of the ozone stops when the lid is opened. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020185 | GAS FILTRATION STRUCTURE - The subject of the invention is a gas filter structure for filtering particulate-laden gases, of the honeycomb type and comprising an assembly of longitudinal adjacent channels ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020186 | Fluidizing A Population of Catalyst Particles Having A Low Catalyst Fines Content - The present invention relates to processes for fluidizing a population of catalyst particles that are depleted of catalyst fines. In one embodiment, the process includes providing a plurality of catalyst particles in the reactor, wherein the catalyst particles have a d | 2011-01-27 |
20110020187 | SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A surface treatment apparatus | 2011-01-27 |
20110020188 | IGCC WITH CONSTANT PRESSURE SULFUR REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR CARBON CAPTURE WITH CO2 SELECTIVE MEMBRANES - An integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) system involving CO | 2011-01-27 |
20110020189 | Dual-mode plasma reactor - A dual-mode non-thermal plasma reactor includes an air-buffering chamber, a magnetic element provided on the air-buffering chamber, a first electrode disposed in the air-buffering chamber, a second electrode disposed in the air-buffering chamber opposite to the fist electrode, a high-voltage power supply connected to the first and second electrodes and an air-swirling chamber located between the first and second electrodes. The air-swirling chamber includes a first isolating film covering on an internal side of the first electrode, a second isolating film covering on an internal side of the second electrode and an isolating tube placed between the first and second isolating films. An air passageway is defined through the first and second isolating films. An air-swirling space is defined by the first and second isolating films and the isolating tube. The isolating tube includes at least one tunnel in communication with the air-swirling space. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020190 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING TRANSPORTATION FUELS FROM WASTE PLASTIC AND BIOMASS - The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for producing biofuels via biomass, waste plastic, and/or Fischer-Tropsch product feeds. Such methods and systems are an improvement over the existing art at least in that they are feed-tolerant (i.e., allow for variability) and provide an economy of scale, while typically retaining the environmental benefits associated with such processing of such feeds. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020191 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN INTERMEDIATE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF ACESULFAME POTASSIUM - The invention discloses a kind of sulfonation cyclization technique for synthesizing acesulfame potassium for continuous production without stirring and special equipment for this technique. An injection pump is adopted to directly inject the sulfonation raw material and sulfonating agent into autoclave for sulfonation cyclization reaction under high velocity. Moreover, the reciprocating pump is adopted to deliver part of materials in autoclave to condenser designed outside the autoclave for cooling, followed by delivering the cooled materials to another input end of injection pump which together with sulfonation raw material and sulfonating agent is injected into autoclave through high-velocity injection by injection pump. The apparatus is composed of autoclave, injection pump, reciprocating pump and condenser. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020192 | OXYGEN-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a composite membrane for selective gas separation, comprising a layer system having a through-and-through porous, mechanically stable carrier layer, which has an average pore size in the μm range, further having at least one through-and-through porous intermediate layer, which is disposed on the carrier layer and has an average pore size in the range between 2 and 200 nm, and further having a gas-tight functional layer, which is disposed on the intermediate layer and is made of mixed-conductive material having a maximum layer thickness of 1 μm. The carrier layer comprises structural ceramics, a metal or a cermet and has a layer thickness of no more than 1 mm. The intermediate layer is present in a total layer thickness of no more than 100 μm and has an average pore size in the range of 10 and 100 nm. The functional layer comprises a perovskite, a fluorite, or a material having a K | 2011-01-27 |
20110020193 | STEAM STERILIZER - The present invention provides a steam sterilizer including a primary container and a secondary container. The primary container includes a primary base. The interior of the primary base is provided with a heating means. The surface of the primary base is covered by a primary box having a downward opening. The secondary container movably covers the top of the primary box. The secondary container includes a secondary base. The surface of the secondary base is covered by a secondary box having a downward opening. The top of the primary box is provided with a primary through-hole for allowing steam to flow through. The bottom of the secondary base is provided with a secondary through-hole corresponding to the primary through-hole. The secondary container is movably disposed on the top of the primary container to share the steam. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020194 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE-BASED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR PROTEIN DETECTION AND MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A centrifugal force-based microfluidic device for the detection of a target biomolecule and a microfluidic system including the same are provided. The device includes a body of revolution; a microfluidic structure disposed in the body of revolution including chambers, channels connecting the chambers, and valves disposed in the channels to control fluid flow, the microfluidic structures transmitting fluid using centrifugal force due to rotation of the body of revolution; and beads disposed in the microfluidic structures, the beads having capture probes on the surfaces thereof which are selectively bonded with target protein; and a detection probe disposed in the microfluidic structures and selectively bonded to the target protein, and which includes a material required to express an optical signal, wherein the microfluidic structure mixes the beads, biological samples, and the detection probe to react and washes and separates the beads after the reaction. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020195 | SAMPLING AND DISPENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device and method for easy collection, dilution, mixing and dispensing of a liquid specimen in a self-contained system. The present invention can be used in combination with numerous testing means for performing chemical, biochemical or biomedical qualitative or quantitative assays in the field of both clinical and hygiene testing. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020196 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SEPARATING LIQUID COMPONENTS - Methods and devices for preparing a solid-fibrin web are provided. One method may include drawing blood from a patient, separating plasma from the blood, contacting the plasma with a calcium-coagulation activator and concurrently coagulating and axially centrifuging the plasma to form the solid-fibrin web. The solid-fibrin web may be suitable for regenerating body tissue in a living organism. Devices used in the methods may also be provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020197 | PORTABLE FUEL PROCESSOR - Described herein is a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel source. The fuel processor comprises a reformer and burner. The reformer includes a catalyst that facilitates the production of hydrogen from the fuel source. Voluminous reformer chamber designs are provided that increase the amount of catalyst that can be used in a reformer and increase hydrogen output for a given fuel processor size. The burner provides heat to the reformer. One or more burners may be configured to surround a reformer on multiple sides to increase thermal transfer to the reformer. Dewars are also described that increase thermal management of a fuel processor and increase burner efficiency. A dewar includes one or more dewar chambers that receive inlet air before a burner receives the air. The dewar is arranged such that air passing through the dewar chamber intercepts heat generated in the burner before the heat escapes the fuel processor. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020198 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING COPPER SULPHIDE FROM COPPER BEARING ORES BY FROTH FLOTATION - Process for recovering copper sulphide and optionally molybdenum sulphide from a copper bearing ore by froth flotation includes
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20110020199 | Process for enhanced remediation of contaminated wastewaters, soils and wasteforms - The present invention provides reagents that may be useful for treating wastes such as impure aqueous materials including wastewater to remove a significant proportion of the heavy metals that may be contained therein. The reagents include a calcium aluminosilicate (CAS) source and may include one or more of the following elements as an oxide: calcium oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, iron oxide, magnesium oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, and sulfate. Further, the reagent comprises lime either as CaO or Ca(OH) | 2011-01-27 |
20110020200 | Process for Producing a Thermostable Ti02/Si02 Mixed Oxide and Mixed Oxide Produced Therefrom - The present invention relates to a process for preparing TiO | 2011-01-27 |
20110020201 | Oxygen Storage Catalyst With Decreased Ceria Reduction Temperature - Catalysts, systems and methods for abating emissions in an exhaust stream are provided. Systems comprising a transition metal oxide stabilized oxygen storage catalyst are described. The emissions treatment system is advantageously used for the treatment of exhaust streams from lean burn engines including diesel engines and lean burn gasoline engines. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020202 | SORBENT BODIES COMPRISING ACTIVATED CARBON, PROCESSES FOR MAKING THEM, AND THEIR USE - Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and methods of using them. The sorbent bodies can be used to remove toxic elements from a fluid, such as from a gas stream. For instance, the sorbent bodies may be used to remove elemental mercury or mercury in an oxidized state from a coal combustion flue gas. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020203 | PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A GAS - The invention provides a process for the removal of CO | 2011-01-27 |
20110020204 | Chabazite Zeolite Catalysts Having Low Silica to Alumina Ratios - Disclosed are zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure with a low silica to alumina ratio, as well as articles and systems incorporating the catalysts and methods for their preparation and use. The catalysts can be used to reduce NOx from exhaust gas streams, particularly those emanating from gasoline or diesel engines. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020205 | CARBON-BASED CATALYST FOR FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND USE THEREOF FOR REMOVING MERCURY IN FLUE GAS - A carbon-based catalyst for flue gas desulfurization is brought into contact with a flue gas containing at least SO | 2011-01-27 |
20110020206 | ADSORBENT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND SR-90/Y-90 GENERATOR USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an radioisotope adsorbent including a bifunctional organosilane compound, including an organosiloxane functional group and a phosphate group, bonded on the surface of silica which is a bone structure of the adsorbent, and a method of preparing the radioisotope adsorbent, and a strontium/yttrium generator using the radioisotope adsorbent. Since the radioisotope adsorbent has a high adsorption capacity for | 2011-01-27 |
20110020207 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN A PARTICULATE HEAT EXCHANGER CIRCULATED AS A MOVING FLUIDIZED BED - The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing hydrogen cyanide by reacting ammonia with hydrocarbons, the reaction gas mixture being brought to reaction temperature in the fluidized bed by means of indirect heating by contact with a particulate heat transferrer, and which is characterized in that the heat transferrer is conducted cyclically in a transported fluidized bed, the heat transferrer being heated in an ascending transport stream and being contacted with the reaction gas mixture in a descending transport stream. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020208 | Carbon Ion Pump for Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Combustion Gas and Other Gas Mixtures - A novel method and system of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas is introduced. Instead of relying on large temperature or pressure changes to remove carbon dioxide from a solvent used to absorb it from flue gas, the ion pump method, as disclosed herein, dramatically increases the concentration of dissolved carbonate ion in solution. This increases the overlying vapor pressure of carbon dioxide gas, permitting carbon dioxide to be removed from the downstream side of the ion pump as a pure gas. The ion pumping may be obtained from reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, thermal desalination methods, or an ion pump system having an oscillating flow in synchronization with an induced electric field. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020209 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON - A process for producing a carbon comprising the first step of polymerizing an alkylphenol with an aldehyde compound to obtain a chained or crosslinked polymer and the second step of heating the obtained polymer at 800 to 980° C. under an inert gas atmosphere. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020210 | Method for making twisted carbon nanotube wire - The present invention relates to a method for making a twisted carbon nanotube wire. Two opposite ends of the at least one carbon nanotube film is clamped by two clamps. The two clamps is pulled along two reversed directions to stretch the at least one carbon nanotube film. The at least one carbon nanotube film is twisted by rotating the two clamps while the at least one carbon nanotube film is in a straightening state. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020211 | High Throughput Carbon Nanotube Growth System, and Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanofibers Formed Thereby - A system is provided for forming carbon nanotubes comprising growing carbon nanotubes using a hot filament CVD system. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020212 | Method and Apparatus for Degasification of Claus-Derived Sulfur - A method and apparatus for degasification of Claus-derived sulfur by the use of gas-liquid eductor using the liquid sulfur as the ejector motive force and ambient sweep air as the active degassing agent combined with a static mixer and packed bed for promoting the intimate contact of the air and the sulfur. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020213 | TITANIUM OXIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object is to provide a novel anatase titanium oxide having especially high photocatalytic activity as a photocatalyst useful as a material for environmental clean-up, such as removal of toxic substances, deodorization and decomposition of malodorous substances, prevention of fouling and sterilization, and a method of producing such an anatase titanium oxide. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020214 | Dehydrogenation of Cyclic Thioethers - There is disclosed a surprising reaction of an alkane thiol with a catalyst and heat to become dehydrogenated and form a thiophene rather than an expected desulfurization reaction to form the corresponding alkane or alkene. Moreover, there are disclosed surprising results regarding the form of a catalyst to allow a reaction of an alkane thiol to form the dehydrogenated thiophene at lower temperatures and at higher conversion percentages to allow for more efficient recovery of thiophenes to allow for recycling and reuse of thiophenes to hydrogenate to form alkane thiols. Further still, there is disclosed a set of reaction conditions and catalyst presentation that allows for recovery of usable diatomic hydrogen gas from a dehydrogenation reaction of substituted or unsubstituted cyclic thioethers to substituted or unsubstituted thiophene. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020215 | Chemical hydride formulation and system design for controlled generation of hydrogen - A chemical hydride liquid reactant distribution mixture is provided. The mixture includes a fuel mixture having at least one hydride and at least one activating agent. The invention further includes a liquid-distributing agent (LDA), a form-stabilizing agent, and at least one anti-caking agent. The liquid reactant distribution mixture reduces caking and precipitation while promoting liquid reactant distribution, where the chemical hydride liquid reactant distribution mixture generates hydrogen via hydrolysis. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020216 | SCAFFOLDS FOR CELL COLLECTION OR ELIMINATION - A device that includes a scaffold composition and a bioactive composition with the bioactive composition being incorporated therein or thereon, or diffusing from the scaffold composition such that the scaffold composition and/or a bioactive composition captures and eliminates undesirable cells from the body a mammalian subject. The devices mediate active recruitment, sequestration, and removal or elimination of undesirable cells from their host. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020217 | TREATMENT OF MELANOMA - There is described a pharmaceutical composition comprising dexanabinol, or a derivative thereof, in combination with a second therapeutic agent that targets BRAF or MEK, and a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, diluent or carrier. There is also described a method of treating a patient suffering from melanoma and uses related thereto. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020218 | NOVEL ANTI CXCR4 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention relates to a novel isolated antibody, or the derived compounds or functional fragments of same, capable of binding to CXCR4 but also of inducing conformational changed of the CXCR4 homodimers and/or heterodimers. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020219 | Anti-human tenascin monoclonal antibody - A novel anti-human tenascin ST2146 monoclonal antibody is described endowed with high affinity with the native antigen and high tumor selectivity. The cST2146 hybridoma is stably producing the antibody in high density culture conditions and is suitable for the industrial development of ST2146-based products. ST2146 exhibits properties exploitable for both therapeutic and diagnostic applications. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020220 | HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE BETA-AMYLOID PEPTIDE - The invention discloses an isolated antibody that selectively binds to the C-terminal part of Abeta and is humanized or fully human. The antibody of the invention is capable of preventing oligomerisation of Abeta. Furthermore, a method of diagnosis comprising the steps of: (i) Labelling an antibody; (ii) Administering an effective dose of said antibody intranasally or systemically to a subject; and (iii) Detecting the concentration and/or presence of the labelled antibody in body parts of the subject is disclosed. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020221 | CANCER STEM CELL EXPRESSION PATTERNS AND COMPOUNDS TO TARGET CANCER STEM CELLS - Described herein are therapeutic targets expressed in cancer stem cells and methods for treating and diagnosing cancer by targeting such cells with antibodies, compounds, nucleic acid, or other therapeutic agent. In one embodiment described herein, therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer are provided based on the identification of cancer stem cell targets. The present invention also includes therapeutic targets for cancer therapy and cancer stem cell-targeted therapy. The invention includes the treatment of cancer by the administration of compounds or agents that target cancer stem cells. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020222 | MODIFIED ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Novel compounds, compositions and methods comprising modified antibodies are provided. In preferred embodiments the disclosed modified antibodies comprise antibodies having one or more of the constant region domains altered or deleted to afford beneficial physiological properties such as enhanced target localization and rapid blood clearance. The disclosed compounds are particularly useful for the treatment of neoplastic disorders in myelosuppressed patients. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020223 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING AFFINITY FOR HER2 - HER2 binding polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence EX | 2011-01-27 |
20110020224 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING MEDICINES CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES - An apparatus ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020225 | POROUS POLYMER PARTICLES IMMOBILIZED WITH CHARGED MOLECULES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to porous polymer particles containing a charged molecule immobilized therein and a method for preparing the same. According to the disclosed invention, porous particles can be prepared using a biocompatible polymer and, at the same time, a charged molecule can be immobilized in the pores of the porous particles, such that various charged molecules can be loaded in the porous particles. In addition, various kinds of drugs or functional materials can be loaded into the porous particles of the present invention by electrostatic attraction and absorption or adsorption by a capillary phenomenon occurring due to porous properties. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020226 | PARTICLE STRUCTURES COMPRISING STEROLS AND SAPONINS - The present invention pertains to complexes comprising sterols and saponins. The complexes are capable of binding a genetic determinant including a polynucleotide. The complexes may further comprise a lipophilic moiety, optionally a lipophilic moiety comprising a contacting group and/or a targeting ligand, and/or a saccharide moiety. The complexes may further comprise an immunogenic determinant and/or an antigenic determinant and/or a medicament and/or a diagnostic compound. The complexes may in even further embodiments be encapsulated by an encapsulation agent including a biodegradable microsphere. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of an individual by therapy and/or surgery, methods of cosmetic treatment, and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020227 | POLYSACCHARIDE-CONTAINING BLOCK COPOLMER PARTICLES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to new amphiphilic linear block copolymers of polysaccharides and polymers. The amphiphilic linear block copolymers do not form a true solution in water and are able to form micelles in selective solvents. Also disclosed are particles, each of which has a shell and a core, and a diameter of about 1 to 1,000 nanometers, and methods of delivering agents or removing substances, e.g., undesirable substances, from a subject or environment, by using these particles. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020228 | TARGETED CELLULAR SELECTIVITY OF SURFACE ACTIVE MOLECULES - A method for the treatment of cancer involves delivering a surface active agent to an organism, where the surface active agent selectively partitions to and kills cancer cells as opposed to healthy cells. The surface active agent can be an ionic or a non-ionic surfactant with a HLB of less than 29 or a mixture of surface active agents with a HLB of less than 40, where the hydrophobic portion is a lesser fraction of the surface active agent than the hydrophilic portion. A fluorescence method of detecting and locating cancer cells in an organism involves delivering a surface active agent, where the surface active agent includes a fluorescence moiety that upon selective partitioning of the surface active agent to the cancer cells and irradiation by a radiation source to excite the fluorescence moiety, a fluorescence emission is observed permitting the detection and location of the cancerous tissue by local volumes of relatively high intensity emission. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020229 | Multi-Component Biological Transport Systems - Compositions and methods are provided that are useful for the delivery of therapeutic agents, including nucleic acids. The compositions can be prepared with components useful for targeting the delivery of the compositions as well as imaging components. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020230 | BIOMARKERS FOR PROSTATE CANCER - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detecting, treating, and empirically investigating the prostate. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for using neuroligin biomarkers (e.g., NLGN-4Y) in the diagnosis, treatment, and empirical investigation of prostate disorders (e.g., prostate cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy). | 2011-01-27 |
20110020231 | QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DIPHENYLMETHYL COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS - The invention provides compounds of formula I: | 2011-01-27 |
20110020232 | CANCER TREATMENT WITH GAMA-SECRETASE INHIBITORS - Provided are methods for treating cancer in a patient, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective regimen, the regimen comprising administering a gamma-secretase inhibitor, wherein the regimen results in a reduction in the cancer cell population in the patient. In some embodiments of the methods, the therapeutically effective regimen stabilizes, reduces or eliminates the cancer stem cell population. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020233 | IDENTIFICATION OF PROTECTIVE ANTIGENIC DETERMINANTS OF PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a polypeptide of a protective antigenic determinant (PAD polypeptide) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and nucleic acids encoding a PAD polypeptide. The PAD polypeptide and nucleic acids encoding a PAD polypeptide are useful in the development of antibodies directed to PAD, vaccines effective in providing protection against PRRSV infection, and diagnostic assays detecting the presence of PAD antibodies generated by a PAD-specific vaccine. The invention also discloses methods of generating antibodies to PAD, for vaccinating a pig to provide protection from PRRSV infections, a method of preparing the vaccine, a method of treating PRRSV infections in a pig, and a method of detecting antibodies to PAD of PRRSV. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020234 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 2011-01-27 |
20110020235 | MR METHODS OF GRADING A TUMOR USING AN IMAGING MEDIUM THAT COMPRISES HYPERPOLARISED 13C-PYRUVATE - The invention relates to MR methods of grading a tumor using an imaging medium which comprises hyperpolarized | 2011-01-27 |
20110020236 | METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HOLLOW SPHERES - The present invention relates to a method of synthesizing acoustically active biodegradable hollow spheres with a size below 1 micron. By using water soluble organic solvents and pegylated polymers, direct precipitation of these spheres is facilitated leading to a fast and convenient preparation route. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020237 | Compositions and Methods for Inhibiting Drusen Formation and for Diagnosing or Treating Drusen-Related Disorders - Compositions of matter and methods for inhibiting drusen or drusen-like deposits and/or for treating diseases related to drusen or drusen-like deposits in human or animal subjects by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of i) a conformational epitope of an aggregate that contributes to the formation or biosynthesis of drusen or drusen-like deposits and/or ii) an antibody that binds to a conformational epitope of an aggregate that contributes to the formation or biosynthesis of drusen or the drusen-like deposit. | 2011-01-27 |