14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100086417 | Motor pump unit, in paticular for vehicle power steering - A motor/pump unit includes a housing and at least one of: an external tank; an ECU axially disposed at the housing of the motor/pump unit; an ECU radially disposed at the housing of the motor/pump unit; electrical connector plugs of the ECU that are radially disposed; electrical connector plugs to the ECU that are axially disposed; a lead frame of the ECU that is configured in the shape of a dish; a lead frame of the ECU that is externally attached to the housing of the motor/pump unit; and a pressure limitation and check valve that is attached laterally of the pump of the motor/pump unit. The motor/pump unit is also one of firmly attached to the steering gear and integrated in the steering gear. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086418 | NOISE-SUPPPRESSION PUMP APPARATUS AND METHOD - An aromatherapy air pump is damped and largely isolated against acoustic and mechanical transmission of vibrations in three dimensions by a combination of containment within multiple, nested housings and standoffs provided by elastomeric supports having anisotropic geometry. An elastomeric liner as well as unstable legs, physical separations, and hermetic seals combine to provide sound reduction for noise and vibration emanating from the pump and its drive motor. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086419 | Membrane Suction Pump Unit - A membrane suction pump unit has a dimensionally stable membrane frame ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086420 | SYSTEM FOR IMPELLING A FLUID BY RECIRCULATION FROM A LOW-PRESSURE MEDIUM TO A HIGH-PRESSURE MEDIUM - The system comprises a cylindrical recirculator ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086421 | Peristaltic Pump - A peristaltic pump having a plurality of pressors which compress a tube portion according to an orderly sequence. The pump is capable of determining a fluid flow inside the tube portion. The pressors are balancing or tilting pressors pivoted around a mutual axis and operated by corresponding motion means, which push the pressors against a plane or reaction element, contrasting the pressure of the same pressors on the tube containing the fluid to be pumped. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086422 | GEAR PUMP - An oil pump includes a drive gear, which rotates with a drive shaft, a driven gear, which meshes with the drive gear and is supported rotatable on a driven shaft, and a casing having a pump chamber, which accommodates the drive gear and the driven gear. The casing of the gear pump is provided with an intake port and a discharge port, which are in fluid communication with the pump chamber, so that oil is sucked through the intake port and discharged through the discharge port. A gear holder is provided in the casing such that the gear holder supports the driven gear rotatable and holds both sides of the driven gear while the gear holder itself is being supported axially movable by the driven shaft. The gear holder holding the driven gear moves axially by receiving a biasing force and also a pressing force acting against the biasing force. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086423 | Two-Setting Variable-Eccentricity Vane Pump - A variable-eccentricity vane pump ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086424 | DIRECT CONTROL VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT VANE PUMP - A lubrication system for a power transmission device includes a variable displacement vane pump including a moveable control ring for varying the displacement of the pump. A linear actuator directly acts on the control ring for moving the control ring between maximum and minimum pump displacement positions. The linear actuator includes an electric motor for rotating a drive member. The drive member engages a driven actuator shaft to cause linear translation of the actuator shaft in response to rotation of the drive member. A control system includes a controller for signaling the actuator to extend or retract the actuator shaft to vary the pump displacement. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086425 | ELECTROFORMED STATOR TUBE FOR A PROGRESSING CAVITY APPARATUS - A method for use in producing a stator for a progressing cavity apparatus which includes the use of electroforming to produce the stator tube. A stator tube for a progressing cavity apparatus which is produced using electroforming and a stator for a progressing cavity apparatus which includes a stator tube produced using electroforming. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086426 | SLIDING MEMBER AND FLUIDIC MACHINE UTILIZING THE SAME - A sliding member has a porous sintered base and a resin composition. The porous sintered base is constructed of a porous sintered compact. The resin composition is coated onto the surface of the porous sintered base. The resin composition has a maximum resin layer thickness equal to a pore depth plus at least 10 μm or more to the pore depth t2. The pore depth is a maximum depth of the pores exposed on the surface of the porous sintered base before the resin composition is coated onto the surface of the porous sintered base. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086427 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - In a scroll compressor, a fixed scroll ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086428 | ROTOR PROFILE FOR A SCREW COMPRESSOR - A rotor profile for a screw compressor includes a male rotor and a female rotor, which are operated in an operation space while being engaged with each other, wherein a rotor profile of the female rotor includes a curve having an operation contact point located around a pitch circle at a following-side of the female rotor, the operation contact point being contacted with the male rotor to operate the male rotor when the female rotor is operated, and the curve is configured with a quadratic function y=Lx | 2010-04-08 |
20100086429 | THIN WALLED POWDER METAL COMPONENT MANUFACTURING - A powder metal component which has a powder metal composition formed into a cylinder, wherein the cylinder includes a wall thickness and a length, and a ratio of the length to the thickness is relatively high such that conventional compaction methods are difficult to use. The powder metal composition includes approximately between 85% and 99% sponge iron powder, approximately between 0.1% and 2.0% graphite, and approximately between 0.1% and 2.0% ethylene bis-stearamide wax. The powder metal component can be manufactured using an apparatus which includes a hard material core rod, and a shaped elastic die configured to circumscribe the core rod, or conversely, an apparatus with a shaped elastic core rod and a hard die. In the case of the former, the shaped elastic die can have an inner contour wherein a longitudinal load on the shaped elastic die radially compresses the powder metal to the desired shape and density distribution, hi the latter, longitudinally compressing the core rod radially compresses the powder metal to the desired shape and density distribution. An ejection punch can be made flush with the liner an pressure on the elastic die relieved prior to ejection to promote end integrity, the elastic die can be compressed alone or simultaneous with axial compression of the powder metal or a collet can be used to radially compress the elastic die using axial motion. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086430 | HEAT RESISTANT FERRITIC STEEL - There is provided a heat resistant ferritic steel, excellent in the weld crack resistance of the HAZ and creep strength. A high-Cr heat resistant ferritic steel is characterized by consisting of, by mass %, Si: more than 0.1% and not more than 1.0%, Mn: 2.0% or less, Co: 1 to 8%, Cr: 7 to 13%, V: 0.05 to 0.4%, Nb: 0.01 to 0.09%, either one or both of Mo and W: 0.5 to 4% as a total, B: 0.005 to 0.025%, Al: 0.03% or less, and N: 0.003 to 0.06%, and containing C in an amount satisfying Expression (1), the balance being Fe and impurities, and O, P and S as impurities being such that O: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, and S: 0.02% or less, respectively, | 2010-04-08 |
20100086431 | Enameling steel sheet, outstandingly excellent in fishscale resistance and method of producing the same - The present invention provides a non-aging enameling steel sheet having excellent fishscale resistance characteristics that is suitable for one-coat enameling and a method of producing the same. The enameling steel sheet comprises, in mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Mn: 0.03% to 1.30%, Si: 0.100% or less, Al: 0.010% or less, N: 0.0055% or less, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.08% or less, O: 0.005% to 0.085%, Nb: 0.055% to 0.250%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which steel sheet preferably an Fe—Nb—Mn system composite oxide is present, a distribution of Nb mass % concentrations is present in the composite oxide, and the ratio of Nb mass % concentration of a high-concentration portion (Nb max %) to Nb mass % concentration of a low-concentration portion (Nb min %) is Nb max %/Nb min % ≧1.2. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086432 | STEEL FOR HIGH-CLEANLINESS SPRING WITH EXCELLENT FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS AND HIGH-CLEANLINESS SPRING - An object of this invention is to provide a steel for high-cleanliness spring which is useful for the production of a spring excellent in fatigue characteristics in high Si steels. The steel for high-cleanliness spring with excellent fatigue characteristics according to the invention contains: in terms of mass %, C: 1.2% or less (excluding 0%); Si: 1.8% to 4%; Mn: 0.1% to 2.0%; and total Al: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), with the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities, in which the Si amount and a solute (SIMS) Ca amount in the steel satisfy a relationship of the following expression (1): | 2010-04-08 |
20100086433 | Iron-nickle alloy with a high level of ductility and a low expansion coefficient - The invention relates to a solid-solution strengthened iron-nickel alloy with a high level of ductility and an expansion coefficient <5×10 | 2010-04-08 |
20100086434 | NIOBIUM ALLOY, SINTERED BODY THEREOF, AND CAPACITOR USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a niobium alloy for capacitors comprising as an alloy component from 0.01 to 10 atom of at least one element selected from the group consisting of the elements belonging to Groups 2 to 16 of the periodic table and further comprising diniobium mononitride crystals of from 0.1 to 70 mass %, wherein a powder of the niobium alloy has an average particle size of 0.05 to 5 μm and a BET specific surface area of 0.5 to 40 m | 2010-04-08 |
20100086435 | Cu-Ni-Si SYSTEM ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC MATERIALS - An object of the present invention is to provide a Corson alloy having significantly improved characteristics, i.e. high strength and high electrical conductivity, by enhancing the effect of addition of Cr to a Cu—Ni—Si system alloy. There is provided a copper alloy for electronic materials comprising 1.0-4.5% by mass Ni, 0.50-1.2% by mass Si, 0.003-0.3% by mass Cr wherein the weight ratio of Ni to Si satisfies the expression: 3≦Ni/Si≦5.5, and the balance being Cu and incidental impurities, wherein particles of Cr—Si compounds having a size of 0.1 μm to 5 μm are dispersed in the alloy and the dispersed particles having an atomic concentration ratio of Cr to Si of 1 to 5 and a dispersion density of no more than 1×10 | 2010-04-08 |
20100086436 | ONSITE CHEMISTRY AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM - An onsite chemistry air filtration system to remove gaseous contaminants from air is disclosed. The onsite chemistry air filtration system of the present invention comprises: a conventional particulate filtration section, a photochemical filtration section, a static gas phase filtration section and a catalytic filtration section. The conventional particulate filtration section captures solids and condensables. In the photochemical filtration section, UV lamps generate bio-destruction and surface photochemical activity on a semiconductor catalyst material, provide a radiation source to irradiate airborne contaminant molecules and to energize their states to promote reactions and generate airborne ozone and radicals. In the static gas phase filtration section, gas phase filtration media is used to capture contaminants, concentrate them in a relatively confined space and allow airborne generated chemistries to concentrate and react in-situ, thereby creating a regeneration effect on the media. In the catalytic filtration section, catalytic media scavenges and converts airborne radicals and ozone to harmless by-products. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086437 | PROCESSES FOR DEACTIVATING MICROORGANISMS IN SOLID MATERIALS - There is provided a process for at least partially deactivating microorganisms in a solid material. The process comprising submitting the solid material to an electric current having a voltage gradient of at least 3 volts per centimeter of solid material to be treated, and a current density of at least 2 mA per cm | 2010-04-08 |
20100086438 | STERILIZATION DEVICE, STERILIZATION PROCESS, VAPORIZING SYSTEM AND USE OF SUCH VAPORIZING SYSTEM - The invention discloses a sterilization device ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086439 | CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT, CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT - A chemical substance sensing element | 2010-04-08 |
20100086440 | System and method for robotic storage of microplates - In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a robotic storage system for storing microplates carrying a plurality of sample tubes is provided and may comprise a freezer room having a plurality of freezing units and a first robot being capable of removing a microplate from and moving a microplate into a freezing unit. The first robot may be further capable of transferring the microplate to a processing station, where the microplates are stored in the freezing units such that a plurality of microplates are arranged one above the other in a microplate recipient. The robotic storage system may also include at least one processing room and means for thermally separating the processing room from the freezer room. Each processing room may include a processing station having at least one tube transfer module as well as a second robot for moving the microplates between the microplate recipients and the at least one tube transfer module. The first robot may be designed such that it is only capable of removing a microplate recipient from and moving it into a said freezing unit as well as of transferring it from a freezing unit to a processing station or vice versa. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086441 | BEAM RADIATING DEVICE, BIO-CHEMICAL ANALYZER INCLUDING THE BEAM RADIATING DEVICE, AND BIO-CHEMICAL ANALYZING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE BIO-CHEMICAL ANALYZER - Provided are a beam radiating device that is used to operate elements, such as valves, included in a microfluidic device, a bio-chemical analyzer which includes the beam radiating device and is configured to perform various tests by using a bio-sample, and a bio-chemical analyzing system including the bio-chemical analyzer and the microfluidic device. The beam radiating device includes: an energy source which is spaced apart from a target and emits an electromagnetic wave beam; a first pivot unit which pivots the energy source by a first angle on a first pivot axis that does not pass the target; and a second pivot unit which pivots the energy source by a second angle on a second pivot axis that perpendicularly crosses the first pivot axis and does not pass the target. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086442 | Biosensor to Detect Infectious Agents - The present invention provides a sensor for the detection of chemical agents in real time. The sensor includes a sample region having a detector disposed about a substrate where a chemical agent binds to the detector to generate in a signal. The sensor includes a microcontroller in communication with the detector, an analog to digital converter, and a communication module to process the signal into an analytical signal. In addition, the sensor includes an antenna in communication with the microcontroller to enable a wireless communication network, wherein the analytical signal can be transmitted and a power source in operable communication with the microcontroller to supply a source of power to the sensor. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086443 | Flow Rate Control - A liquid sample is prepared at a preparation site and then processed, e.g. in an HPLC column. The sample is prepared and conveyed to the device at a flow rate which is substantially less than the flow rate through the device. The different flow rates are preferably provided by variable rate working fluid supplies which drive the sample from the preparation site and through the device. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086444 | BIOCHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD AND BIOCHIP MANUFACTURING DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a biochip using a droplet discharging device including a droplet discharging head having a cavity and a nozzle hole provided in communication with the cavity, and a liquid housing unit connected to the cavity via a passage, having the steps of filling a retention liquid which separates without getting mixed with the sample liquid into the liquid housing unit, the passage, and the cavity; injecting the sample liquid into the liquid housing unit; moving the sample liquid from the liquid housing unit to the cavity by discharging the retention liquid from the nozzle hole; stopping the discharge of the retention liquid at the moving step upon detecting with a sensor that the sample liquid reached a position adjacent to the nozzle hole; and delivering the sample liquid as droplets onto the object by discharging the sample liquid from the nozzle hole. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086445 | Chemical Solution Feeder and Method - A feeder is disclosed for dissolving a chemical and mixing it with a liquid. The feeder includes a hopper adapted to hold the chemical, a nozzle located in the hopper, and a supply of the liquid to the nozzle to dissolve the chemical on contact with the liquid from the nozzle to form a solution. A solution basin is disposed under the hopper and a drain is provided from the hopper into the solution basin. An outlet from the solution basin has an outlet valve which opens when a solution level in the solution basin rises. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086446 | Exhaust Emission Purifying Apparatus for Engine - In an exhaust emission purifying apparatus for reductively purifying NOx in the exhaust emission by using a liquid reducing agent or its precursor, to be referred to as “liquid reducing agent” herein, a dosing flow rate of the liquid reducing agent according to engine operating conditions is computed, and the dosing of the liquid reducing agent is controlled based on the computed dosing flow rate, and also, it is judged whether or not a supply system of the liquid reducing agent is failed, based on a ratio between an integrated amount obtained by sequentially integrating the dosing flow rate and a consumed amount of the liquid reducing agent. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086447 | Methods and systems for sterilization - The present disclosure relates to sterilization methods and systems that may be used within numerous contexts, such as health-care and manufacturing facilities. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086448 | AIR FRESHENER POWERED VASE - An air freshener device is provided which includes a portion to display cut flowers or other decorative accents, as well as an optionally-powered portion that contains fragrance and one or more of a variety of fragrance dispersal devices. The air freshener device may include an inductive charging system to allow for the device to be electrically charged and placed remotely from its charging base station relying on on-board electrical power storage. Other power sources such as AC or DC power supplies, batteries, or capacitors may also be used to power the air freshener device. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086449 | APPARATUSES FOR PRODUCING A GAS CHARGED WITH A VOLATILE COMPOUND - The apparatus of the invention is essentially characterized by the fact that it includes a fluid-flow duct ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING CATALYST SLURRY FOR FUEL CELLS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for preparing a catalyst slurry for fuel cells, in which nano-sized catalyst particles are dispersed uniformly at a high concentration and the adsorption force between the catalyst and ionomer is maximized. The resulting catalyst slurry is suitable for the manufacture of a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) of a polymer electrolyte (or proton exchange) membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). | 2010-04-08 |
20100086451 | COMBINED SYNTHESIS GAS GENERATOR - In various systems and processes, synthesis gas generation may be combined. A partial oxidation reactor (POX) and a gas convectively heated steam/hydrocarbon catalytic reformer (GHR) may be combined to produce synthesis gas. In some implementations, a partial oxidation reactor, a gas convectively heated steam/catalytic reformer, and a waste hat boiler may be combined to produce synthesis gas. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086452 | Plasma apparatus for termination of radioactive and other wastes - The apparatus is proposed for termination of radioactive and other wastes particularly to physical processing of radioactive waste with simultaneous production of hydrogen, oxygen, and electric energy. It comprises a magnetic divider means, a plasma chamber communicated with the magnetic divider, a controllable hydrogen-oxygen dispenser introducing hydrogen and oxygen into the plasma chamber, transformer pipe coils, a transformer chamber surrounded by the transformer coils, the transformer chamber communicated with the plasma chamber, means for supply of water and steam into the transformer coils, cooling means for receiving ionized steam from the transformer coils and cooling the steam, a sprayer receiving the ionized steam from the cooling means and introducing the steam into the magnetic divider; and dispenser means for introducing radio-active wastes and/or worked-out rocket fuels into the transformer chamber, wherein the radio-active wastes and/or worked-out rocket fuels are terminated. Supplemental equipment is also illustrated and described. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086453 | ANTISEPTIC/ANTIBACTERIAL FUMIGATOR - A fumigation apparatus comprises a first container for holding a substance to be dispensed. The substance comprises at least two of a deodorizer, an anti-bacterial substance, an anti-allergenic substance and a disinfecting substance. A dispensing mechanism converts the substance in the first container into at least one of a mist or spray. A canister encloses the first container and the dispensing mechanism. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086454 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING TITANIUM DIOXIDE - An improved process for recovering a titanium dioxide product from a titanium oxide-containing roasted mass of the type derived from roasting an ilmenite, anatase or perovskite ore by exploiting an organic acid, such as mixture of oxalic acid and ascorbic acid. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086455 | METOHD OF PRODUCING OXIDE AND POWER THUS OBTAINED - Method for producing hydrometallurgical zinc oxide powder having characteristics equivalent to that derived from a French process, comprising formation of an aqueous pulp from a starting zinc oxide having particles of nodular structure, wet milling of this aqueous pulp, separation in this milled pulp between a liquid phase and a solid phase containing the zinc oxide, and drying of said solid phase, coupled with a mechanical deagglomeration of the particles during drying, to obtain a dry zinc oxide powder with particles of nodular structure having a particle size distribution where the particles have an average size (d50) between 0.02 and 20 μm. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086456 | Method and arrangement for separation of CO2 from combustion flue gas - A method for separating CO | 2010-04-08 |
20100086457 | CATALYST AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Disclosed herein is a catalyst composition comprising a bimetallic complex of silver and a second metal; the bimetallic complex being disposed upon a porous substrate; where the second metal is platinum, palladium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, cadmium or mercury and where atoms of silver and the second metal are bound by one or more bridging ligands. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086458 | METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR OXIDIZING NITRIC OXIDE IN EXHAUST GAS FROM HYDROCARBON FUEL SOURCE WITH A FUEL LEAN COMBUSTION MIXTURE - An after-treatment system architecture and method for oxidizing the nitric oxide component of an exhaust stream from a hydrocarbon fueled power source operated with a fuel lean combustion mixture. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086459 | Impurity removing apparatus and method of operating the same - An impurity removing apparatus is simple in structure for removing impurities from a rare gas and enable to make the rare gas reusable. The impurity removing apparatus includes a first treatment device | 2010-04-08 |
20100086460 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILTERING CONTAMINANTS - A filter device and method for using a filter device. The filter device includes a catalyst for catalyzing the reaction of organic molecules, such as an oxidation reaction, and an adsorbent for adsorbing reacted organic molecules. As a result, gaseous contaminants that include organic molecules are reacted to alter the polarity and reduce the molecular weight of the molecules. The reacted molecules are then adsorbed using an adsorbent. The filter and method are particularly useful for reacting and capturing hydrocarbons such as aliphatic hydrocarbons from an enclosed space, such as a disk drive assembly. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086461 | METHOD OF PREPARING NANOPARTICLES OF LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHATES, LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHATES, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Provided are lithium transition metal phosphates where the cation anti-site defects between lithium and transition metals in a lithium transition metal phosphate with a cation well-ordered olivine structure are arranged only in a 1D crystal direction, and a method of preparing the same. The method comprises adding any one selected from the group consisting of an alkali element and an element that has a valence of 5 | 2010-04-08 |
20100086462 | Nanoscale phosphates - A process for the production of nanofine metal phosphates including the steps of: preparing a solution containing metal cations, phosphate anions and organic carboxylic acid, and finely spraying the solution in a reactor at a temperature above 100 degrees C. wherein the temperature is selected to vaporize the organic acid, and water if present, to obtain nanofine metal phosphate particles. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086463 | METHOD FOR STRUCTURING SILICON CARBIDE WITH THE AID OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS - A method for etching silicon carbide, a mask being produced on a silicon carbide layer, the unmasked areas of the silicon carbide layer being etched using a fluorine-containing compound, which is selected from the group including interhalogen compounds of fluorine and/or xenon difluoride. The use of chlorine trifluoride, chlorine pentafluoride, and/or xenon difluoride for structuring silicon carbide layers covered with masks containing silicon dioxide and/or silicon oxide carbide; a structured silicon carbide layer obtained by the method, and a microstructured electromechanical component or a microelectronic component including a structured silicon carbide layer obtained by the method. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086464 | NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME - A method for forming an array of elongated nanostructures includes in one embodiment, providing a member having a top surface, forming a plurality of pores in the member having an upper portion opening onto the top surface and a lower portion to form a template, and the upper portion being sized greater than the lower portion, introducing a catalyst in the lower portion of the plurality of pores and below the upper portion, and growing a plurality of elongated nanostructures from the catalyst spaced from the sides of the upper portion of the plurality of pores. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE, AND SILICON SUBSTRATE - In a fabrication zone where a silicon ribbon | 2010-04-08 |
20100086466 | DEPOSITION OF HIGH-PURITY SILICON VIA HIGH-SURFACE AREA GAS-SOLID OR GAS-LIQUID INTERFACES AND RECOVERY VIA LIQUID PHASE - Solid silicon is deposited onto electrically heated deposition plates by the reduction reaction of gaseous trichlorosilane and hydrogen which are mixed and pumped across the surfaces of the plates. The plates can have a number of high-surface area geometries such as concentric cylinders, spirals, or repeating S-shapes. Once the desired amount of silicon has been deposited, the deposition plates are heated to above the melting point of silicon causing the deposited silicon to slide off the plates in the form of a crust due to gravitational force. The plates are left coated with a thin film of liquid silicon which contains any impurities leached from the plates. This film is melted off separately from the main silicon crust to avoid contamination of the latter and the plates are then ready for the next deposition cycle. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086467 | Release of Stored Ammonia at Start-Up - A system for storage and dosing of ammonia, including a solid ammonia storage material capable of binding and releasing ammonia reversibly by adsorption/absorption. The system is able to release ammonia gradually according to a demand that can vary over time with intermediate periods of no ammonia demand. A main storage unit and a start-up storage unit are provided. The storage units hold ammonia storage material. At least one one-way valve is provided via which the one main storage unit is in communication with the start-up storage unit. The one-way valve prevents any back-flow of ammonia from the start-up storage unit to the main storage unit. Heating devices are arranged to heat the main storage unit and the start-up storage unit separately to generate gaseous ammonia by thermal desorption from the solid storage material. A controller controls the heating power of the main storage unit and the start-up storage unit, thereby enabling ammonia release from at least one of the start-up and/or the main storage unit. A dosing valve controls ammonia flow from the storage units according to a demand. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086468 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCYANIC ACID (HCN) - The present invention relates to a process for preparing hydrogen cyanide by the Andrussow process by reacting methane-containing gas, ammonia and oxygen-containing gas over a catalyst at elevated temperature, wherein the proportion by volume of oxygen in relation to the total volume of nitrogen and oxygen (O | 2010-04-08 |
20100086469 | Making Discrete Solid Particles of Polymeric Material - A process is provided for producing discrete solid beads of polymeric material e.g. phenolic resin having a mesoporous structure, which process may produce resin beads on an industrial scale without aggregates of resin building up speedily and interrupting production. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a stream of a polymerizable liquid precursor e.g. a novolac and hexamine as cross-linking agent dissolved in a first polar organic liquid e.g. ethylene glycol with a stream of a liquid suspension medium which is a second non-polar organic liquid with which the liquid precursor is substantially or completely immiscible e.g. transformer oil containing a drying oil; (b) mixing the combined stream to disperse the polymerizable liquid precursor as droplets in the suspension medium e.g. using an in-line static mixer; (c) allowing the droplets to polymerise in a laminar flow of the suspension medium so as to form discrete solid beads that cannot agglomerate; and (d) recovering the beads from the suspension medium. Also provided is an apparatus for forming discrete solid beads of polymeric material. In other embodiments, a method is provided for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material, and an externally fired rotary kiln for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086470 | Rapid microwave process for purification of nanocarbon preparations - A novel microwave-assisted process is described for the rapid removal of catalytic metal and non-desirable carbon impurities in fullerene, single wall, and multiple wall carbon nanotube preparations. The purification process is carried out at various programmed pressures, power levels and reaction times in a suspension of the nanocarbon moieties in the presence of strong acids (for example, a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid), in weak acids (for example, acetic acid) and in the presence of chelating agents (for example, EDTA—ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid). In one embodiment, high metal removal efficiency of 70 to 90% is observed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086471 | Mixed structures of single walled and multi walled carbon nanotubes - The invention relates to carbon nanotube structures containing both single walled and multi walled carbon nanotubes, and methods for preparing same. These carbon nanotube structures include but are not limited to macroscopic two and three dimensional structures of carbon nanotubes such as assemblages, mats, plugs, networks, rigid porous structures, extrudates, etc. The carbon nanotube structures of the present invention have a variety of uses, including but not limited to, porous media for filtration, adsorption, chromatography; electrodes and current collectors for supercapacitors, batteries and fuel cells; catalyst supports, (including electrocatalysis), etc. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086472 | Single-walled carbon nanotube catalysts and method for preparing same - An activated catalyst capable of selectively growing single-walled carbon nanotubes when reacted with carbonaceous gas is provided. The activated catalyst is formed by reducing a catalyst that comprises a complex oxide. The complex oxide may be of formula A | 2010-04-08 |
20100086473 | Process for Producing Chlorine from HCL - A process is described for the production of chlorine by a catalysed gas-phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride with an oxygen-containing gas stream. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086474 | Process for Preparing alpha Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate - The invention provides a process for preparing α-calcium sulfate hemihydrate which comprises the following steps: adding aqueous solutions containing sulfate ions and calcium ions to calcium chloride solution with a range of concentration; reacting the mixture of a) at a range of temperature for an appropriate time; filtering and washing the reaction products of b) with a rising solvent to isolate the solid and liquid phases; and d) collecting and drying the solid phase to obtain α-calcium sulfate hemihydrate with high purity; wherein the relationship between the range of the concentration of calcium chloride (y) and the range of the reaction temperature (x) is shown as the following formula: | 2010-04-08 |
20100086475 | Apparatus and Method of Making Transformed Water - The present invention provides an apparatus and method of producing transformed water without contact between the original transformed water and the water to be transformed. This is accomplished by organizing the original transformed water into a geometric contained arrangement such that a central cavity is created that substantially surrounds the water that is to be transformed. The water to be transformed is placed into a confined vessel such as a cylindrical container or a pipe inside the central cavity for about sixty seconds. This water then becomes transformed in the same likeness of the molecular clustering of the original transformed water. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING LIME MUD - A method for feeding lime mud into a lime kiln including a rotary kiln shell having an interior between a first end wall and a second end wall, the method including: feeding the lime mud into a flue gas flow in the interior of the rotary kiln shell or in close proximity to the shell to pretreat the lime mud; separating the pretreated lime mud from the flue gas flow; conveying the separated lime mud into the lime kiln, and calcining the separated lime mud in the lime kiln. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086477 | REACTION CHAMBER PROMOTING HEAT EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE REAGENTS AND THE GASES THAT ARE PRODUCED - This invention relates to a chamber in which a chemical reaction is carried out in the presence of catalyst and reagents, comprising at least one catalytic tube ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086478 | HYDROGEN-PRODUCING FUEL PROCESSING ASSEMBLIES, HEATING ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - Combustion-based heating assemblies and hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies that include at least a reforming region adapted to be heated by the heating assemblies. The heating assembly may include at least one fuel chamber and at least one heating and ignition source. The at least one fuel chamber may be adapted to receive at least one fuel stream at a first temperature. The fuel stream may include a liquid, combustible, carbon-containing fuel having an ignition temperature greater than the first temperature at which the fuel stream is delivered to the fuel chamber. The at least one heating and ignition source may be adapted to heat at least a portion of the fuel chamber to raise the temperature of at least a portion of the carbon-containing fuel to a second temperature at least as great as the ignition temperature and to ignite the carbon-containing fuel. Methods of use are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086479 | Method for Removal of Heavy Metals - The invention relates to a method for removing heavy metal ions from the lattice of tectosilicates or phyllosilicates, especially from zeolite mineral, particularly clinoptilolite, by exchanging ions with calcium ions. According to the inventive method, the zeolite rock is brought in contact with hydrocholoric [sic] and ammonium-containing solutions in a chain of exchange reactors such that a large part of the cations of the lattice are replaced with ammonium ions, and the ammonium ions located in the lattice are replaced with calcium in a basic calcium hydroxide solution. The ammonium or ammonia used in the process is conducted in the circuit by binding the same in hydrochloric acid as an ammonium ion from the exchange solutions by conveying anhydrous ammonia and can be fed back to the exchange solution. The ions from the lattice that are exchanged are essentially precipitated as phosphate, carbonate, or hydroxide. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086480 | LOW RADIOCARBON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Methods for significantly lowering the carbon-14 content, particularly of DNA and histones in vertebrates, especially humans, to significantly below normal background levels and thereby reduce chromosomal damage using dietary supplements based on low radiocarbon DNA and histone precursors optionally including selected low radiocarbon amino acids, preferably including those which contribute the largest share of histone carbon atoms. Administration of the supplements during the earliest and/or most active growth stages of life is particularly beneficial. Components of the low radiocarbon supplements can be produced using a photobioreactor, an aqueous reaction medium and low radiocarbon carbon dioxide. The photobioreactor can be integrated into a body of water or can comprise a mobile, floating structure. Low radiocarbon by-products of photosynthesis can be recycled for use in non-photosynthetic fermentation processes to increase the yield of desirable supplement components. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086481 | DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH INTRA-CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE - Methods are provided for evaluating a stroke, for example for determining whether a subject has had a hemorrhagic stroke, determining the severity or likely neurological recovery of a subject who has had a hemorrhagic stroke, and determining a treatment regimen for a subject who has had a hemorrhagic stroke, as are arrays and kits that can be used to practice the methods. In particular examples, the method includes screening for expression of hemorrhagic stroke related genes (or proteins), such as genes (or proteins) involved in suppression of the immune response, genes (or proteins) involved in vascular repair, genes (or proteins) involved in the acute inflammatory response, genes (or proteins) involved in cell adhesion, genes (or proteins) involved in hypoxia, genes (or proteins) involved in signal transduction, and genes (or proteins) involved in the response to the altered cerebral microenvironment. Arrays and kits are provided that can be used in the disclosed methods. Also provided are methods of identifying one or more agents that alter the activity (such as the expression) of a hemorrhagic stroke-related molecule. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086482 | DIVERGENT SYNTHESIS OF LOOPED POLY(ESTER)-AND POLY(ETHER)-SUBSTITUTED DENDRONS AND DENDRIMERS - The present invention describes a process for preparing new looped dendrimer and dendron compounds by controlling the molar amount of branch cell reagent monomer that is combined with various cores bearing core-XR functionalities (e.g., primary, or secondary amines, thiol, or epoxy functionalities). These looped, macrocyclic structures are more robust to various conditions, with greater resistance to acid/base hydrolysis. Alternatively, the looped, macrocyclic structure may offer new orientations that would qualify it as a better chelation ligand for metals, and other similar uses. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086483 | METHOD OF MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMAGRAPHY - This invention relates to methods for multidetector computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging comprising administering doses of a rate-control agent and one or more adenosine A | 2010-04-08 |
20100086484 | IN VIVO DRUG CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE, VARIABLE-WAVELENGTH FILTER USED FOR THE SAME, AND IN VIVO DRUG CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION MEASURING METHOD - An in vivo drug concentration distribution measuring device for measuring, when a drug having an imaging function is administered, in vivo concentration distribution of the drug is disclosed. The device includes: a light source which casts light to a living body as a measuring target; a variable-wavelength filter which, when the light is cast to the drug from outside of the living body, the light emitted from the drug to outside of the living body becomes incident on and transmits light of a predetermined wavelength range, of an entire wavelength range of the incident light, and which is capable of changing the predetermined wavelength range; a photodetector unit which detects intensity of light made incident through the variable-wavelength filter and acquires intensity distribution of light emitted from plural positions on the measuring target; and a drug concentration calculating unit which calculates a concentration of the drug in accordance with the intensity distribution of the light at the plural positions on the measuring target acquired by the photodetector unit. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086485 | INFLUENZA VACCINE - The present invention relates to a live-attenuated bacterial cell comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding at least one influenza virus antigen in operative linkage to an expression system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086486 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN NATURAL KILLER CELL LINES - The invention provides a natural killer cell, NK-92, modified to express an Fc receptor on the surface of the cell, such as CD16 (FcγRIII-A), or other Fcγ or Fc receptors. The modified NK-92 cell can be further modified to concurrently express an associated accessory signaling protein, such as FcεRI-γ, TCR-ζ, or to concurrently express interleukin-2 (IL-2) or other cytokines. Additional methods are disclosed for various assays, assessments, and therapeutic treatments with the modified NK-92 cells. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086487 | Papio cynocephalus Toll-Like Receptor 3 - Isolated polynucleotides encoding | 2010-04-08 |
20100086488 | HYDROPHILIC NANOPARTICLES WITH FUNCTIONAL SURFACE GROUPS, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to nanoparticles having a hydrophilic surface coating, to methods of production thereof and to the use thereof in biological, molecular biological, biochemical and medical applications. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086489 | OSTEOPENIA ANIMAL MODEL - The present invention provides a method for producing an osteopenia animal model by RANKL administration and an osteopenia animal model. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086490 | GAS-FILLED MICROVESICLES WITH TARGETING LIGAND OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Gas-filled microvesicles comprising a boundary envelope containing a gas, wherein said microvesicles comprise: —a first component, bound to said envelope, having binding affinity for an Fc-region of an antibody; and—a second component comprising a Fc-region of an antibody, bound to said first component through said Fc-region, said second component comprising a targeting ligand or a therapeutic agent. Aqueous suspensions of said microvesicles are particularly useful in contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086491 | Capsule Used for Measuring Flow Information Using X-Rays and Method of Measuring Flow Information Using the Same - The present invention relates to a capsule used for measuring flow information using X-rays and a method of measuring flow information using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a capsule used for measuring flow information using X-rays including a biocompatible polymer, an organic contrast agent or deionized water, and a cross-linking agent, wherein the biocompatible polymer that is cross-linked with the cross-linking agent is filled with an organic contrast agent or is empty. Thereby, it is possible to remarkably increase the image-capturing time, to accurately and quantitatively measure the blood flow, and to gain accurate in vivo flow information. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086492 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SONOGRAPHIC IMAGING - The present invention comprises methods and devices for providing contrast medium for sonography of structures such as ducts and cavities. The invention provides for creation of detectable acoustic variations between two generated phases of a gas and a liquid to make a contrast medium. Sonography is the primary means of imaging but other conventional detection means may also be employed with the present invention. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086493 | PURE CHLORINE DIOXIDE SOLUTION, AND GEL-LIKE COMPOSITION AND FOAMING COMPOSITION EACH COMPRISING THE SAME - A pure chlorine dioxide solution includes a chlorine dioxide gas dissolved therein, a chlorite, and a pH adjuster which is an acid or a salt thereof having a buffering property whose pH is 2.5 to 6.8 as a 5% aqueous solution at 25° C. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086494 | SKIN TREATMENTS CONTAINING CARBOXYLIC ACID-SUBSTITUTED IDEBENONE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to novel carboxylic acid-substituted idebenone derivatives, skin treatment compositions containing these carboxylic acid-substituted idebenone derivatives, methods of treating skin changes by topical application of these carboxylic acid-substituted idebenone derivatives, and their methods of synthesis. The carboxylic acid-substituted idebenone derivatives of the present invention are unexpectedly effective in treating skin, particularly with respect to skin tolerance. When included in a topical composition, the carboxylic acid-substituted idebenone derivatives of the present invention have an antioxidant effect that is useful in treating a skin change. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086495 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSMUCOSAL DELIVERY - The present invention provides transmucosal pharmaceutical or nutraceutical compositions and methods for enhancing transmucosal delivery of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients through use of methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) as a transmucosal delivery enhancer. In particular, the invention provides transmucosal compositions comprising an active agent selected from a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID); an analgesic; a migraine medication; a menopause medication; a sleep disorder medication; an erectile dysfunction medication, an appetite suppressant, a vitamin, a food supplement and a macromolecule. In certain particular exemplary formulations the appetite suppressant is DL-phenylalanine, and the vitamin is B12. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086496 | ORAL CARE PACKAGE - An oral care package includes a package wrapping a tooth pick (or preferably a combined pick and flossing device) impressed within or adjacent to a stick of chewing gum in such manner that the pick (or pick/floss device) may be easily removed from the package first and used to dislodge matter from between the teeth and along the gums of the user prior to chewing the gum. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086497 | TOOTH REMINERALISATION - There is herein described a film and a method of using a film for tooth remineralisation. More particularly, there is described a film comprising a bioactive glass and a water soluble polymer and a method of using such a film for tooth remineralisation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086498 | Personal Care Compositions Providing Enhanced Cooling Sensation - Disclosed are personal care compositions for use on hair, skin, oral cavity, throat and other mucosal surfaces containing a flavor/perfume system comprising one or more coolants, wherein the pleasant cool and refreshing sensation provided by the coolant is enhanced in terms of quicker onset, greater intensity or impact and/or longer duration, thereby improving appeal and acceptability of the compositions to consumers. In one embodiment the invention provides oral care compositions comprising
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20100086499 | TOOTH WHITENING COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an effective tooth whitening composition comprising a chlorine dioxide precursor, an organic acid anhydride and an orally acceptable carrier. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086500 | Ultraviolet light absorbing ketones of 2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl) benzotriazole - The invention relates to ultraviolet light absorbing compounds, their preparation and uses as protective agents and stabilizers in coatings, plastics and topically applied products. The compounds are ketone derivatives of 2-(2-hydroxyphenol) benzotriazole of formula I, | 2010-04-08 |
20100086501 | Determining Age Ranges of Skin Samples - The present invention provides methods for characterizing a skin sample of a subject as belonging to an age range by analyzing nucleic acid or protein molecules obtained from the subject. The methods include analyzing expression or mutations in epidermal samples, of one or more skin markers. The methods can include the use of a microarray to analyze gene or protein profiles from a sample and compare them with a known skin age index. Therapeutic and cosmetic formulations are also provided herein. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086502 | Cosmetic/sunscreen compositions containing dibenzoylmethane compounds and dithiolane compound photostabilizers therefor - Cosmetic/sunscreen compositions contain a combination of at least one dibenzoylmethane sunscreen compound and a photostabilizing amount of at least one dithiolane compound of formula (I) below: | 2010-04-08 |
20100086503 | ProDissolve - The solution formula is for nail enhancements in the beauty industry. The formula is formulated to remove nail enhancements such as acrylics, gel and plastic artificial nails in a timely and safer manner for both the professional and individual. Within the formula of ProDissolve, is a fast acting natural product; which inhibits the formula to work quickly for the professional and individual. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086504 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING TOPICAL ANTIFUNGAL FORMULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS - The present invention relates to topical antifungal formulations comprising one or more antifungal (e.g., terbinafine), a lipid and a surfactant, and uses thereof for the treatment of skin and nail fungal infections. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086505 | NAIL ENAMEL COMPOSITIONS HAVING A DECORATIVE COLOR EFFECT - A base coat nail enamel composition that forms a decorative color effect over natural or synthetic nails. The base coat nail enamel composition includes at least one dye in a sufficient amount, such that when a clear, tinted or pigmented top coat nail enamel composition is formed thereon, the combined base and top coat nail enamel compositions will exhibit a decorative effect by virtue of forming a different color than either the color of the base nail enamel composition or the top coat nail enamel composition. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086506 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION - A cholesteric liquid crystal composition containing at least one esterified product selected from the group consisting of (1) an esterified product of a hydrolysate of (A) a γ-oryzanol and (B1) a carboxylic acid compound, (2) an esterified product of a hydrogenated product of a hydrolysate of (A) a γ-oryzanol and (B2) a carboxylic acid compound, and (3) an esterified product of a hydrogenated product of (A) a γ-oryzanol and (B3) a carboxylic acid compound. The γ-oryzanol (A) is a mixture containing at least one ferulate ester of a vegetable sterol and at least one ferulate ester of a triterpene alcohol, and the hydrolysate of the γ-oryzanol (A) is a mixture containing at least one vegetable sterol and at least one triterpene alcohol. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086507 | MAKE-UP METHOD AND SET FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for making-up the eyelashes, comprising the steps made up of:
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20100086508 | Pump-dispenser bottle device containing a polycondensate comprising at least one polyurethane and/or polyurea unit - The invention concerns aerosol devices comprising a reservoir containing, in a cosmetically suitable medium, a multiple-block polymer (A) comprising at least a polyurethane and/or polyurea unit and a film-forming polymer (B), the polymers (A) and (B) and the device being selected so as to obtain, at the device outlet, droplets of composition with average diameter less than 80 μm. The invention also concerns a hairstyling or hair-fixing method comprising the use of said devices and their use for making a hairstyling product. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086509 | Self-Heating Shaving Compositions - Non-pressurized shaving compositions are described that provide a warm/hot sensation during use as the result of an exothermic redox reaction. The compositions are post-foaming via nascent gas release in situ due to the generation of carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide induced foam is maintained for several minutes after the compositions are dispensed, whereby the compositions are capable of providing both a warm sensation and sustained lather, a balance which heretofore has been a significant challenge. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086510 | ENZYMATIC PERACID GENERATION FORMULATION - Disclosed herein are multi-component formulations for enzymatically producing aqueous solutions of peroxycarboxylic acids suitable for use in, e.g., disinfectant and/or bleaching applications. The multi-component peroxycarboxylic acid formulations comprise at least one carbohydrate esterase family 7 enzyme having perhydrolytic activity. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086511 | ANTIBACTERIAL AND DEODORANT FIBER, FIBER FORMED ARTICLE, AND FIBER PRODUCT - There is provided an antibacterial and deodorant fiber that exhibits excellent inhibition of bacterial growth, is capable of responding to a wide variety of odorants, does not discolor easily, and can maintain stable performance. An antibacterial and deodorant fiber characterized in that a fiber treatment agent comprising at least a component (A), and a component (B) and/or a component (C) below are attached thereto at 0.2 to 5 wt % of the total weight of the fiber, the fiber treatment agent containing 20 to 80 wt % of the component (A), and 80 to 20 wt % of the component (B) and/or the component (C): | 2010-04-08 |
20100086512 | Mucomimetic compositions and uses therefore - The present invention relates to mucomimetic and ophthalmic solutions comprising a cationic multimeric antimicrobial agent such as polyaminopropyl biguanide and a magnesium, calcium or magnesium/calcium complex of an anionic polymer such as hyaluronate, alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose, chondroitin sulfate or mixtures thereof. In specific embodiments, the solutions include additional components such as a surfactant, preferably polysorbate 20, a viscosity-modifying agent, preferably hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose or hydroxyethyl cellulose, a tonicity agent and a buffer. The solutions are biocompatible with and are highly comfortable when administered to mucous membranes, including those of the eye, as well as are effective disinfectants. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086513 | Method for Effecting Antimicrobial Activity Using Polyamine Analogues - A method for using polyamine analogues containing bulky hydrophobic groups against antimicrobial agents is disclosed. The antimicrobial method works by the mechanical action of disrupting the protective outer member of a bacterial cell. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086514 | Contact Lens Care Solutions with a Low Molecular Weight Oligomer - A contact lens care solution comprising: a cationic antimicrobial component having an average molecular weight (M | 2010-04-08 |
20100086515 | HUMAN IL-4 MUTEINS IN CANCER THERAPY - The present invention relates to the use of a combination of human interleukin-4 muteins and chemotherapeutic or pro-apoptotic agents for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer disease. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086516 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR CHAIN - Polynucleotides encoding the IL-13 receptor and fragments thereof are disclosed. IL-13 receptor proteins, methods for their production, inhibitors of binding of IL-13 and its receptor and methods for their identification are also disclosed. Methods of medical treatment using such molecules and antagonists of the IL-13/IL-13R interaction are also provided. | 2010-04-08 |