21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090131675 | Methods for structural analysis of proteins - The invention provides methods and compositions for protein structure analysis, including substrate binding sites, sites of protein-protein interactions, three dimensional structure analysis, and stability, all with single amino acid resolution. In general, the subject methods involve introduction of cysteine residues, which serve as probes for physical analysis, into a protein by translational misincorporation in vivo. In many embodiments, proteins containing misincorporated cysteine residues are reacted with a crosslinking agent that covalently links misincorporated cysteine residues to a proximal amino acid in the folded protein. These methods, termed “MXLINK” methods, may be used for protein tertiary structure analysis. In other embodiments, cysteine-misincorporated proteins are used in protein footprinting methods, termed “MPAX” or “MSX” methods. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131676 | PYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATORS - A compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein R | 2009-05-21 |
20090131677 | SUBSTITUTED BETA-PHENYL-ALPHA-HYDROXY-PROPANOIC ACID, SYNTHESIS METHOD AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), wherein R | 2009-05-21 |
20090131678 | Novel reusable transition metal complex catalyst useful for the preparation of high pure quality 3,3'-diaminobenzidine and its analogues and a process thereof - The present invention provides a reusable transition metal complex catalyst useful for the preparation of high pure quality 3,3′-diaminobenzidine and its analogues. The present invention also provides to a process for the preparation of a reusable transition metal complex catalyst. The present invention further provides a process for the preparation of 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB) or 3,3′,4,4′ Tetraminobiphenyl (TAB) using reusable transition metal complex catalyst. The high quality 3,3′-diaminobenzedine (DAB) and its analogues are prepared by coupling 4-halo-2-nitroaniline to 3,3′-dinitrobenzidine (DNB) using transition metals as catalysts followed by reduction of 3,3′-dinitrobenzidine to the corresponding substituted 3,3′-diaminobenzidine of formula 1 in high yields. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131679 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING OXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVES - A process for preparing (4S,5R)-5-carboxymethyl-2,2-dimethyl-4-phenyl-oxazolidine-3-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester, an intermediate in the preparation of anticancer compounds having a taxane skeleton, such as paclitaxel, docetaxol, etc. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131680 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL - The present invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of olmesartan and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof as an active ingredient of a medicament for the treatment of hypertension and related diseases and conditions. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131681 | Novel fused pyrazolyl compounds having an aminoalkylcarbonyl group - A fused pyrazolyl compound having an anti-tumor potency of the following formula is synthesized: | 2009-05-21 |
20090131682 | SUPPORTS FOR OLIGOMER SYNTHESIS - Universal linkers, their facile processes of manufacture and methods of using the same are provided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131683 | Process for the preparation of atorvastatin and intermediates - A process is provided for preparing (R)-5-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrol-1-yl]-5-hydroxy-3-oxo-1-heptanoic acid, R-substituted ester 9 comprising:
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20090131684 | Photoacid generator, chemically amplified resist composition including the same, and associated methods - A photoacid generator represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2: | 2009-05-21 |
20090131685 | Method for the Production of Functionalized Five-Ring Heterocycles, and use thereof - A method for producing functionalized CH-acidic five-ring heterocycles, the resultant five-ring heterocycles and the use thereof for producing pharmaceuticals and crop protection preparations. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131686 | Sesamol Derivatives or Their Salts, The Process for Preparing the Same, and the Skin External Composition Containing the Same - The present invention relates to a sesamol derivative or its salt, and a skin external composition containing the same. More particularly, the invention relates to a sesamol derivative or its salt, which consists of sesamol and 3-aminopropane phosphoric acid, linked with each other by a phosphoric acid diester bond, and can be degraded into sesamol and 3-aminopropane phosphoric acid by enzymes present on the skin so as to simultaneously show the physiological activities of sesamol and 3-aminopropane phosphoric acid, as well as a preparation method thereof and a skin external composition containing the same. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131687 | Method of storing and transporting vinylene carbonate - Method for the storage and transport of vinylene carbonate, characterized in that the vinylene carbonate has a stabilizer content of less than 100 ppm and has a purity of 99.9 to 99.99999% and is present in the solid state of aggregation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131688 | METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 4-BENZOFURAN-CARBOXYLIC ACID - The invention concerns a novel method for synthesis of 4-benzofuran-carboxylic acid or alkyl ester thereof. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131689 | TRICYCLIC AROMATICS AND LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM - The invention relates to tricyclic aromatics of the general formula I | 2009-05-21 |
20090131690 | METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 5-ALKOXYMETHYL FURFURAL ETHERS AND THEIR USE - Method for the manufacture of 5-alkoxymethylfurfural derivatives by reacting a fructose and/or glucose-containing starting material with an alcohol in the presence of a catalytic or sub-stoechiometric amount of solid (“heterogeneous”) acid catalyst. The catalysts may be employed in a continuous flow fixed bed or catalytic distillation reactor. The ethers can be applied as a fuel or fuel additive. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131691 | Production of 2,5-Dihydrofurans and Analogous Compounds - Vinyl oxiranes are rearranged to 2,5-dihydrofuran using catalyst (III) or (IV). The 2,5-dihydrofuran can be reduced to tetrahydrofuran. 3,4-Epoxy-1-butene substrate is converted to 2,5-dihydrofuran which in turn is converted to tetrahydrofuran. Substrate for making 3-methyltetrahydrofuran is prepared from isoprene. Substrate for making 2-methyltetrahydrofuran is prepared from piperylene. Reactions analogous to that with vinyl oxiranes are carried out with vinyl thiiranes and vinyl aziridines. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131692 | INTEGRATED PREPARATION AND SEPARATION PROCESS - Integrated preparation and separation process comprising a preparation process wherein a byproduct is produced; and a gas separation process wherein a first component is separated from a mixture of components by diffusion of the first component through a porous partition into a stream of sweeping component; wherein the byproduct produced in the preparation process is subsequently used as the sweeping component in the separation process, and an industrial set-up for use in such a process. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131693 | Process for Selective Oxidation of Olefins to Epoxides - A process for the selective oxidation of olefins to epoxides comprising the step of contacting the olefin (propylene or ethylene) with an oxidant (hydrogen peroxide) in the presence of a Lewis acid oxidation catalyst (MTO), organic base (pyridine or its N-oxide), in a solvent system comprising an organic water-miscible solvent (methanol). The system is pressurized using either the olefin itself or by adding an inert pressurizing gas (nitrogen) to increase the pressure between 230 and 700 psi at a temperature between 0.7 and 1.3 times the critical temperature of the olefin. The resulting increased solubility of the olefin in the organic solvent system increases the selectivity and yield of the desired epoxide (propylene oxide or ethylene oxide). | 2009-05-21 |
20090131694 | SILICON-TITANIUM MIXED OXIDE POWDER, DISPERSION THEREOF AND TITANIUM-CONTAINING ZEOLITE PREPARED THEREFROM - Silicon-titanium mixed oxide powder, dispersion thereof and titanium-containing zeolite prepared therefrom Pyrogenic silicon-titanium mixed oxide powder, having a BET surface area of 200 to 400 m | 2009-05-21 |
20090131695 | Catalyst, a process for preparing the catalyst and a process for the production of an olefin oxide, a 1,2-diol, a 1,2 diol ether, or an alkanolamine - A catalyst which comprises a carrier and silver deposited on the carrier, which carrier has a surface area of at least 1.3 m | 2009-05-21 |
20090131696 | Reducing Tetracycline Resistance in Living Cells - The present invention provides an improved methodology by which therapeutically to overcome resistance to tetracycline in living cells including bacteria, parasites, fungi, and rickettsiae. The methodology employs a blocking agent such as C5 ester derivatives, or 6-deoxy 13-(substituted mercapto) derivatives of tetracycline, in combination with other tetracycline-type antibiotics as a synergistic combination of compositions to be administered simultaneously, sequentially or concurrently. In another embodiment, certain novel compositions are provided which may be administered alone against, for example, a sensitive or resistant strain of gram positive bacteria such as | 2009-05-21 |
20090131697 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF PHYTOSTEROLS FROM TALL OIL PITCH - A method of preparing phytosterols from tall oil pitch containing steryl esters comprises the steps of converting the steryl esters to free phytosterols while in the pitch to produce a modified pitch containing the free phytosterols; removing light ends from the modified pitch by evaporation to produce a bottom fraction containing the free phytosterols; evaporating the bottom fraction to produce a light phase distillate containing the free phytosterols; dissolving the light phase distillate in a solvent comprising an alcohol to produce a solution containing the free phytosterols; cooling the solution to produce a slurry with the free phytosterols crystallized in the slurry; and, washing and filtering the slurry to isolate the crystallized phytosterols. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131698 | Method For Obtaining Conjugated Estrogen Mixtures From Pregnant Mare Urine and Use of a Macroporus Resin in the Method - The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a natural mixture of conjugated estrogens from urine of pragnant mares (PMU) and use of a macroporous adsorption resin in the method. The method for obtaining a natural mixture of conjugated estrogen from PMU includes the steps of pretreating raw PMU; adsorbing the natural mixture of conjugated estrogens contained in PMU with a macroporous adsorption resin; washing the macroporous adsorption resin laden with the mixture of conjugated estrogens with an alkaline aqueous solution; and eluting the washed adsorption resin with an eluting agent to obtain the mixture of conjugated estrogens. The macroporous adsorption resin is a styrene-divinylbenzene semipolar macroporous adsorption resin with ester group structure. The method according to the invention solves the problems of low adsorptive capacity and high cost existed in the conventional methods, and is suitable for large-scale production. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131699 | Antioxidant and process for producing the same - It is intended to provide a method of practically obtaining a natural antioxidant, which gives a sense of security to consumers when added to foods, by efficiently taking out an antioxidant component from soybeans. It is confirmed that a hot water extract obtained by extracting a soybean seeds with hot water at a high temperature exceeding 100° C. under weakly acidic conditions has an antioxidant effect. A low-molecular weight fraction of this hot water extract is further fractionated by taking advantage of a difference in solubility in a water-containing organic solvent or using an appropriate filter suitable for the molecular weight size to thereby efficiently give a highly antioxidant fraction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131700 | Production of fatty acid and fatty acid ester - The present invention concerns a process for forming a fatty acid, a fatty acid ester or a mixture thereof from a soap-comprising starting material, in which process a metal-ion forming agent is added to the starting material, whereby a mixture is formed, which contains an insoluble phase and a liquid phase, the insoluble phase is separated from the liquid phase, and an acid is added into the insoluble phase to form a fatty acid, or a monohydric alcohol and an acid catalyst are added to form a fatty acid ester, whereby two phases are formed, an aqueous phase and an organic phase, or, first, an acid is added and then a monohydric alcohol and an acid catalyst are added into at least a portion of the formed fatty acid to esterify the fatty acid. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131701 | Process for Enzymatic Production of Triglycerides - A process for enzymatic production of glyceride compositions, specifically industrially practicable production of triglycerides, including conjugated linoleic and linolenic acid triglycerides, and the compositions produced by such process. An enzymatic reaction zone is first utilized, in which a mixture of glycerol and fatty acids or fatty acid derivatives is reacted in the presence of an enzymatic catalyst to form 1,3 diglycerides. The mixture is then circulated through a second thermal rearrangement zone, maintained at a higher temperature, to promote rearrangement of the 1,3 diglycerides to 1,2 diglycerides. Triglycerides are produced by re-circulating the mixture through the enzymatic production zone. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131702 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METAL CARBOXYLATES AND THE METAL AMINOATE OR METAL HYDROXY ANALOGUE METHIONATE DERIVATIVES THEREOF, AND USE OF SAME AS GROWTH PROMOTERS IN ANIMAL FEED - A method of production of metal carboxylates and of their metal carboxylate-aminoate or metal carboxylate-methioninate hydroxy analog derivatives, and their use as growth promoters in animal nutrition. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131703 | Preparation Method of Porous Organic Inorganic Hybrid Materials - The present invention relates to a synthesis method of porous hybrid inorganic-organic materials that can be applied for adsorbents, gas storages, sensors, membranes, functional thin films, catalysts, catalyst supports, encapsulating guest molecules and separation of molecules by the pore structures. More specifically, the present invention relates to the synthesis method of nanocrystalline porous hybrid inorganic-organic materials. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131704 | Process for the Preparation of Monoalkyltin Trihalides and Dialkyltin Dihalides - The present invention relates to a process for the production of monoalkyltin trihalides of the formula RSnHal | 2009-05-21 |
20090131705 | Practical, Cost-Effective Synthesis of Ubiquinones - The present invention provides a convergent method for the synthesis of ubiquinones and ubiquinone analogues. Also provided are precursors of ubiquinones and their analogues that are useful in the methods of the invention. The invention further provides an improved method for the carboalumination of alkyne substrates. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131706 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A DIARYL CARBONATE - The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a diaryl carbonate, which comprises: (i) contacting an aromatic non-hydroxy compound with a carboxylic acid of formula HOC(═O)R | 2009-05-21 |
20090131707 | CHEMICAL PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF INTERMEDIATES TO OBTAIN N-FORMYL HYDROXYLAMINE COMPOUNDS - Improved processes for preparing intermediates useful for preparing antibacterial N-[1-oxo2-alkyl-3-(N-hydroxyformamido)-propyl}-(carbonylamino-aryl or -heteroaryl)-azacyclo4-7alkanes or thiazacyclo4-7alkanes, which have one or more of the following features: (1) make use of a particular I3-lactam intermediate; (2) which make use of a particular resolving agents, enantiomerically pure substituted propionic acids, especially (R)-2-butyl-3-hydroxypropionic acid; (3) which avoid the use of hydrogen peroxide; and (4) which facilitate selective debenzylation reducing production of waste by-products. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131708 | Method For Production of Substituted Phenylmalonate Esters, Intermediate Compounds and The Use Thereof for production of 5, 7-dihydroxy-6-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)-(1,2,4)triazolo(1,5-A)pyrimidines - A process for preparing substituted phenylmalonic esters of the formula I | 2009-05-21 |
20090131709 | Processes for Producing Higher Fatty Acid Esters - As means for producing a biodiesel oil from a feed oil containing a free fatty acid at high efficiency, the following processes (1) to (3) are provided: (1) a process for producing a higher fatty acid ester, comprising reacting a lower alcohol with a higher fatty acid in the presence of an amorphous carbon having a sulfonate group introduced therein, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester; (2) a process for producing a higher fatty acid ester, comprising reacting a lower alcohol with a higher fatty acid and a higher fatty acid triglyceride in the presence of an amorphous carbon having a sulfonate group introduced therein, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester by both of the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid and the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid triglyceride; and (3) a process for producing a higher fatty acid ester, comprising: reacting a lower alcohol with a higher fatty acid and a higher fatty acid triglyceride in the presence of an amorphous carbon having a sulfonate group introduced therein, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester by both of the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid and the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid triglyceride; and reacting the unreacted lower alcohol with the unreacted higher fatty acid triglyceride in the presence of an alkali hydroxide, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131710 | ROOM TEMPERATURE STABLE NON-CRYSTALLINE ASPIRIN AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention provides stable non-crystalline aspirin that does not crystallize at room temperature during storage for prolonged periods of time and processes for obtaining the stable non-crystalline aspirin. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131711 | SINGLE-STAGE ESTERIFICATION OF OILS AND FATS - A process for producing alkyl esters useful as bio-fuels and/or lubricants. An alkyl ester product produced by the process. The process comprises a single-stage reaction for esterifying a de-watered glyceride-containing feedstock with an anhydrous short chain alcohol in the presence of a basic esterification catalyst to produce a reaction product comprising alkyl esters and a reaction by-product comprising glycerol-containing substances and the catalyst-containing alcohol. The single-stage esterification reaction is conducted within a temperature and negative-pressure controllable vessel. The alkyl ester product is separated from the re-action by-product and may be further de-watered and/or purified. The catalyst-containing alcohol may be separated from the reaction by-product, de-watered and reused. The glycerol-containing substances may be separated from the reaction by-product and further purified. Useful glyceride-containing feedstocks include those prepared from plant or animal or fish materials, particularly those produced from seeds of mustard, canola, soybean, corn, cotton, flax and palm. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131712 | PROCESS TO MANUFACTURE 4-METHOXYBENZOIC ACID FROM HERBAL ANETHOLE AND THE USE OF 4-METHOXYBENZOIC ACID IN COSMETIC AND DERMATOLOGIC PRODUCTS AS WELL AS FOODSTUFFS - A process to manufacture 4-methoxybenzoic acid from anethole. This raw material can be obtained from a variety of plant materials and thus offers a renewable alternative to fossil raw materials. Another aspect of the present invention is the use of 4-methoxybenzoic acid gained from vegetal anethole as raw material in cosmetic and dermatologic products and/or aroma components in foodstuffs. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131713 | Process for the Preparation of Adapalene and Related Compounds - The invention provides an improved process for the preparation of a benzonaphthalene derivative including, in particular, the manufacture of high purity adapalene. The invention further includes a method for assessing the color of adapalene by means of a quantitative colorimetric measurement of the produced adapalene. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131714 | SYNTHESIS OF BETULONIC AND BETULINIC ALDEHYDES - The present invention provides for methods of selectively converting betulin to betulonic aldehyde. The present invention also provides for methods of selectively converting 3-substituted triterpen-28-ols to the corresponding 3-substituted triterpen-28-carboxaldehydes. Additionally, the present invention provides for methods of preparing betulonic aldehyde, betulonic acid, betulinic acid, and corresponding 3-substituted triterpenes. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131715 | Processes for preparing organic compounds having improved color characteristics - Carboxylic acids, ketones, and esters having improved color characteristics are produced by combining small quantities of water with these compounds. An amount of water ranging from about 100 ppm to about 50,000 ppm of the organic compound is combined to provide lighter color compounds in comparison to these same compounds to which no water is added. Additionally, the color characteristics of the organic compounds may be improved by introducing a stream of the organic compound into at least one distillation column maintained at a temperature of about 23° C. to about 250° C. and at a pressure of about 10.1 kPa to about 202.6 kPa. Subjecting the organic compound stream to distillation under these conditions allows precursors of color bodies, having boiling points lower than the boiling point of the product being produced, to thermally breakdown or to be removed in the overhead stream form the distillation column. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131716 | CHIRAL TETRAAMINOPHOSPHONIUM SALTS, CATALYST FOR ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHIRAL beta-NITROALCOHOL - A chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1) and a method for producing chiral β-nitroalcohol comprising reacting an aldehyde or a ketone and a nitroalkane in the presence of the chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1) and a base, or in the presence of a conjugated base of the chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1): | 2009-05-21 |
20090131717 | COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTING SKIN - Disclosed are a composition for protecting skin and uses thereof. The composition comprises sphingomyelin as an active ingredient and protects the skin by inhibiting skin aging, treating a skin wound and improving a skin barrier. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131718 | CRYSTALLIZED DIACETYLENIC INDICATOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE COMPOUNDS - Crystallized diacetylenic compounds having certain crystallographic and other characteristics; diacetylenic compounds and mixtures crystallized from diacetylenic solutions; methods of preparing and identifying solvent systems for dissolving diacetylenic compounds; diacetylenic solutions; methods of recrystallizing diacetylenic compounds; crystals of 2,4-hexadiyn-1,6-bis(alkylurea) compounds; and ambient condition indicators and time-temperature condition indicators comprising crystallized diacetylenic compounds. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131719 | Process for the synthesis of (7-methoxy-1-naphthyl) acetonitrile and its application in the synthesis of agomelatine - A process for the industrial synthesis of the compound of formula (I) | 2009-05-21 |
20090131720 | PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXYL ARYLAMINES - A process for forming a hydroxyl triarylamine compound includes reacting a halogenated aryl aldehyde with an aldehyde protecting agent to form a halogenated protected aryl aldehyde compound, and reacting the halogenated protected aryl aldehyde compound with an amine in the presence of a suitable catalyst, then reducing the resulting aldehyde triarylamine to form the hydroxyl triarylamine. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131721 | METHOD OF DEPROTECTION OF ALKYL ARYLAMINE ETHERS - A method for deprotecting alkyl arylamine ethers to produce hydroxyl arylamine compounds by reacting the alkyl arylamine ether with a thiolate reagent. More specifically, a method for deprotecting alkyl arylamine ethers to produce hydroxyl arylamine compounds by reacting 2-(diethylamine)ethanethiolate with an alkyl arylamine ether to yield a hydroxy arylamine compound. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131722 | METHODS OF TREATING TRIETHANOLAMINE WITH ACID COMPONENTS AND BASIC COMPONENTS, AND TRIETHANOLAMINE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME - Methods for improving color properties of triethanolamine, and triethanolamine compositions treated thereby, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise: (a) providing a composition comprising triethanolamine; and (b) contacting the composition with an acid component and a basic component; wherein the acid component comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid and mixtures thereof; and wherein the basic component comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, ammonium hydroxides according to general formula (I), and mixtures thereof:
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20090131723 | 1-Fluoro-1,1-Bis-(Phenylsulfonyl)Methane and Production Method Thereof - A novel 1-fluoro-1,1-bis(arylsulfonyl)methane is provided which is useful in monofluoromethylation. Also provided is a production method thereof. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131724 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CYCLOALKANOL AND/OR CYCLOALKANONE - An object of the present invention is to provide a process capable of producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone with a favorable selectivity by oxidizing cycloalkane with a favorable conversion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131725 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROLYZATE - In a method for producing a hydrolysate in which an organic compound and water are mixed and a hydrolysis reaction of the organic compound is performed, shear flow of the organic compound and the water at a shear rate U/Dmin of 5.5 sec | 2009-05-21 |
20090131726 | Method of Making Mixed Metal Oxide Containing Sulfur - The invention relates to a method of making Group 3 and Group 4 mixed metal oxide catalyst suitable for the decomposition of ethers to alkenes and alkanols. In an embodiment, it relates to a method of making a cerium-zirconium mixed metal oxide catalyst. In an embodiment, the catalyst made by the process of the invention is used for the production of isopropanol (IPA) from isopropyl ether (IPE). | 2009-05-21 |
20090131727 | MANUFACTURE OF 1,1,1,2,3,3-HEXAFLUORORPROPANE AND 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROPROPANE VIA CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION - A process for producing hydrofluorocarbon compounds represented by the following formula: | 2009-05-21 |
20090131728 | PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF DIASTEREOMERS - A process for separating the diastereomers of a compound such as dihydrodecafluoropentane by using an ionic liquid to increase separation efficiency. The process may involve separation of the threo and erythro diastereomers of HFC-4310mee by liquid-liquid extraction wherein at least one ionic liquid is used as the extractant. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131729 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ADAMANTANE - Provided is a method for production of adamantanes, in which, when a tricyclic saturated hydrocarbon compound having 10 or more carbon atoms is isomerized in the presence of a solid catalyst to give adamantanes, no solid matter derived from an oxygen-containing compound is formed or accumulated in the inlet or the bottom of an isomerization reactor by providing a pre-reactor in an isomerization step even if the oxygen-containing compound is present in a raw material to be supplied. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131730 | OXYGENATE CONVERSION USING BORON-CONTAINING MOLECULAR SIEVE CHA - A process for the production of light olefins from a feedstock comprising an oxygenate or mixture of oxygenates, the process comprising reacting the feedstock at effective conditions over a catalyst comprising boron-containing molecular sieve having the CHA crystal structure and comprising (1) silicon oxide and (2) boron oxide or a combination of boron oxide and aluminum oxide, iron oxide, titanium oxide, gallium oxide and mixtures thereof; and wherein the mole ratio of silicon oxide to boron oxide in said boron-containing molecular sieve is between 15 and 125. A method for production of light olefins, comprising selecting the catalyst and reacting a feedstock comprising an oxygenate or mixture of oxygenates, at effective conditions, over the catalyst. Also, a method for production of light olefins, comprising selecting the catalyst, selecting the oxygenate feedstock, and reacting the feedstock at effective conditions over the catalyst. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131731 | Process for the Production of Linear Alpha-Olefins - The present invention relates to a process for the production of linear alpha-olefins. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for the production of linear alpha-olefins (LAO's) in which Fischer Tropsch (FT)-derived liquids are autothermally cracked to produce linear alpha-olefins or an LAO-containing feed is autothermally cracked to produce a product LAO with a lower number of carbon atoms than the LAO's fed to the process. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131732 | Composition for Disposing of Unused Medicines - A composition for destruction of unused or expired medicines comprised of: an acidic solvent; a dishwashing liquid; and activated carbon. The acidic solvent can be distilled vinegar, lemon juice, hydrochloric acid, diluted hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, diluted acetic acid, bleach, ammonia, alcohol, and combinations thereof, the dishwashing liquid includes at least one anionic surfactant, at least one nonionic surfactant, and cocinin, and the activated carbon is selected can be powdered activated carbon or granulated activated carbon, typically with a surface area of at least approximately 500 square meters per gram. The composition can further include fragrance and/or coloring. The components of the composition can also be sold individually or one or more components can be sold together with a container. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131733 | Blasting system and blasting method - The object is to rapidly clean-up an off-gas generated by blasting in a pressure vessel to such a level as to permit the exhaust of the off-gas. An object to be blasted is blasted in a pressure vessel to generate an off-gas, which is introduced into a combustion furnace to burning a combustible component contained in the off-gas. The off-gas after the burning in a reservoir section is stored in the reservoir section, and exhausted out of the reservoir section if a component contained in the off-gas complies a predetermined emission requirement, otherwise returned to at least one of the pressure vessel and the combustion furnace to be re-treated if the component does not comply the emission requirement. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131734 | Implantable medical marker and methods of preparation thereof - An implantable medical marker, the marker comprising a marker body adapted for insertion via a needle and adapted to define a volume with a smallest dimension larger than an inner diameter of the needle; and a radiation source—characterized by gamma emissions sufficient to exit the human body. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131735 | Implant Comprising Radioactive Seeds - The present disclosure relates to an implant comprising at least two sheets of a biocompatible material, and at least one radioactive seed disposed between said sheets of material. The disclosure also relates to a method for treating a patient, comprising fixing to the tissue of the patient at least one implant comprising at least two sheets of a biocompatible material, and at least one radioactive seed disposed between said sheets of material. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131736 | SPINAL INJURY IMAGING BY MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED SENSORS - A system for detecting a spinal injury region containing injured spinal nerve cells may include a swarm of nanosensors that are configured to detect chemical signals released by the injured spinal nerve cells, and are coated with a magnetic material. A magnetic field generator may controllably generate a magnetic field so as to magnetically levitate the magnetically coated nanosensors. An imaging subsystem may detect the positions of the nanosensors. A controller may control the intensity and direction of the magnetic field in a feedback loop, in response to the detected positions of the nanosensors, so that the attractive force that attracts each nanosensor toward the injured spinal cell as a result of the chemical affinity of the nanosensor is iteratively supplemented by the magnetic levitation force applied to that nanosensor, until substantially all of the nanosensors are agglutinated around the spinal injury region. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131737 | Lumen-traveling biological interface device and method of use - Lumen-traveling biological interface devices and associated methods and systems are described. Lumen-traveling biological interface devices capable of traveling within a body lumen may include a propelling mechanism to produce movement of the lumen-traveling device within the lumen, electrodes or other electromagnetic transducers for detecting biological signals and electrodes, coils or other electromagnetic transducers for delivering electromagnetic stimuli to stimulus responsive tissues. Lumen-traveling biological interface devices may also include additional components such as sensors, an active portion, and/or control circuitry. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131738 | Lumen-traveling biological interface device and method of use - Lumen-traveling biological interface devices and associated methods and systems are described. Lumen-traveling biological interface devices capable of traveling within a body lumen may include a propelling mechanism to produce movement of the lumen-traveling device within the lumen, electrodes or other electromagnetic transducers for detecting biological signals and electrodes, coils or other electromagnetic transducers for delivering electromagnetic stimuli to stimulus responsive tissues. Lumen-traveling biological interface devices may also include additional components such as sensors, an active portion, and/or control circuitry. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131739 | EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD STIMULATION OF THE SPG - Apparatus is provided for treating a condition of a subject, including a coil, which is configured to be positioned in a vicinity of a site selected from the group consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), a greater palatine nerve, a lesser palatine nerve, a sphenopalatine nerve, a communicating branch between a maxillary nerve and an SPG, an otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the otic ganglion, an efferent fiber going out of the otic ganglion, an infraorbital nerve, a vidian nerve, a greater superficial petrosal nerve, and a lesser deep petrosal nerve. A control unit is configured to drive the coil to generate a magnetic field in the vicinity of the site capable of inducing an increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the subject. Other embodiments are also described. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131740 | Cardiac assist system using helical arrangement of contractile bands and helically-twisting cardiac assist device - A cardiac assist system using a helical arrangement of contractile bands and a helically-twisting cardiac assist device are disclosed. One embodiment discloses a cardiac assist system comprising at least one contractile elastic band helically arrangement around a periphery of a patient's heart, where upon an actuation the band contracts helically, thereby squeezing the heart and assisting the pumping function of the heart. Another embodiment discloses a helically twisting cardiac-apex assist device comprising an open, inverted, substantially conical chamber with two rotatable ring portions of different diameters located at the base and apex of the chamber, with a plurality of substantially helical connecting elements positioned substantially flush with the chamber wall and connecting the two rotatable ring portions, whereby a relative twisting motion of the two rings causes a change in volume of the chamber thereby assisting the cardiac pumping function. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131741 | Methods of making aortic counter pulsation cardiac assist devices with three dimensional tortuous shape - Disclosed herein are methods of making aortic counter pulsation cardiac assist devices for assisting cardiac function of a patient. The methods can comprise performing at least one medical imaging procedure on an aorta of the patient, selecting at least one active segment of the aortic counter pulsation cardiac assist device based on anatomic information resulting from the at least one medical imaging procedure, and assembling the at least one active segment to accommodate the anatomic information prior to surgical implantation. The methods can further comprise designing individual custom active segment modules to custom fit a patient, providing a series of different individual, pre-manufactured active segment modules that are assembled to custom fit the patient, or providing a range of stock segment configurations manufactured based on previously determined common configurations and selecting one for a particular patient. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131742 | ROUND WINDOW DRIVING TRANSDUCER FOR EASY IMPLANTATION AND IMPLANTABLE HEARING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a round window driving transducer for easy implantation and an implantable hearing device having the same. The round window driving transducer is implantable in the round window of the cochlea in the middle ear cavity, and has excellent high frequency characteristics, which can assist patients with sensorineural hearing loss to hear sound better. The round window driving transducer can be placed inside the middle ear cavity, radiate sound with high efficiency, and be implanted by surgery using a fixing part formed with shape memory alloy, shape memory resin, or a bendable spring structure. Further, the round window driving transducer can overcome problems of the prior art, such as a difficult surgery and low vibration efficiency, which would inevitably occur when floating mass transducers are implanted in a drilled groove in the bone or when various types of piezoelectric transducers are implanted in the round window. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131743 | LOW FRICTION DELIVERY TOOL FOR A CARDIAC SUPPORT DEVICE - A delivery device for efficiently delivering a cardiac support device of the type having a jacket. The device includes a body, a deployment mechanism and an actuating mechanism. The deployment mechanism is for releasable connection to a cardiac support device and movable within the jacket between retracted and extended states to drive the jacket between collapsed and open configurations. At least portions of the deployment mechanism within the jacket have a lubricious surface to substantially reduce friction between the jacket and a heart onto which the jacket is being positioned. The actuating mechanism moves the deployment mechanism between the retracted and extended states. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131746 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE DATA THEREOF - The present invention relates to a capsule endoscope system and method of processing image data thereof and is suitable for capturing the inner parts of human body using a capsule endoscope having an internally-usable capsule size and receiving to display image data generated from the capturing. By the present invention, a possible-disease part of a patient is selected and observed through a number of image data received from a capsule endoscope, attribute information containing diagnostic details are supported to facilitate an overall diagnostic result to be interpreted, and internal organs in numerous image data received from a capsule endoscope are easily discriminated from each other. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131747 | Instrument And Method For Remotely Manipulating A Tissue Structure - A retractor and a surgical tool are positioned within a cannula, and a dissection cradle of the retractor is positioned at the distal end of the cannula. The retractor includes a dissection cradle that is resiliently supported along an axis skewed relative to the axis of the cannula. The dissection cradle, in operation, is extended to cradle the target vessel, and the retractor may be fully extended to urge the vessel away from the axis of the cannula to isolate a side branch for exposure to a surgical tool. The retractor includes a hollow support and a spray nozzle disposed in the distal end of the retractor to form an irrigation system and lens washer that can be selectively positioned to direct the spray of irrigation fluid at a remote surgical site or at an endoscopic lens. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131748 | Ligator - An apparatus applicable for the ligation of internal tissue in a created or natural cavity in animals or in the human body fx varicose veins in the gullet or a duodenal diverticulum by means of an elastic band ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090131749 | TISSUE REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING REINFORCED LOOP - The present disclosure provides a system and method for removing a tissue that extends from a tissue layer, such as a polyp, lesion, or organ. The disclosure provides a medical loop that can be tightened around the tissue extending from the tissue layer by using a one-way anchor and a flexible member to form a loop, the flexible member having ridges to interface with the anchor and secure the flexible member in a tightened position around the tissue. The ridges interface with the tissue to secure the loop in position on the extending tissue and reduce slippage of the loop off of the tissue after tightening the loop. A snare or other cutting instrument may be used to remove the tissue extending outward from the loop. An endoscopic system may be used to guide the medical loop and the cutting instrument to an appropriate location inside a body passage. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131750 | ACTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An action display system includes an action instruction signal generating portion configured to generate an action instruction signal for instructing an action of an acting portion in response to an input to an input portion, an action control portion configured to control a drive portion such that the acting portion acts in accordance with the action instruction signal, the action control portion switchable between a regular mode to enable an action of the acting portion with the first and second degrees of freedom and an action disabled mode to disable an action of the acting portion with one degree of freedom, an image obtaining portion configured to obtain an image associated with an action state of the acting portion, and a display portion configured to display an index associated with the regular mode and the action disabled mode of the action control portion together with the image. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131751 | Anal surgical instrument guides - A surgical instrument guide configured to be at least partially inserted into a natural orifice of a patient to allow a surgeon to access a tissue treatment region with multiple surgical instruments during the course of a minimally invasive surgical procedure. In various embodiments, the surgical instruments can be inserted at various angles with respect to the tissue treatment region to provide the surgeon with better access to the surgical site during an operation. In at least one embodiment, the surgical instrument guide may include a body portion having a first port and a second port defined therein. In such embodiments, the first and second ports may each be configured to receive a surgical instrument therethrough. Additionally, in various embodiments, at least one of the first and second ports can be configured to allow for pivotal movement of the surgical instrument within the body of the surgical instrument guide. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131752 | INFLATABLE ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE FOR ELONGATED INSTRUMENT - An inflatable artificial muscle for manipulating a flexible elongated instrument such as a medical endoscope that advantageously utilizes fluid pressure to facilitate insertion into a tortuous passage and maneuver of the instrument is described herein. The inflatable artificial muscle comprises a hollow cylinder-like bladder with a lumen or a plurality of such bladders joined end to end for receiving an elongated instrument. The bladder volume is divided into a plurality of chambers of varying configurations, which are in fluid communications with one another. There is provided a plurality of supply tubes for supplying and evacuating a pressurizing fluid to and from the bladder. The inflatable artificial muscle is activated by inflating the bladder with a pressurizing fluid to a predetermined internal pressure. The artificial muscle of the present invention is capable of straightening a portion of an elongated instrument in a bent configuration, which is enclosed within the lumen thereof. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131753 | PULLING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A pulling apparatus includes an input portion configured to be operated, a braking portion configured to apply a braking force to the input portion to generate a resistance force against to an operation to the input portion, a pulling portion configured to pull a pulling member, a pulling order generation portion configured to generate a control order signal to the pulling portion such that the pulling member is pulled by the pulling portion in accordance with an operation to the input portion, a pulling amount detecting portion configured to detect pulling amount of the pulling member, a pulling amount increase and decrease determination portion configured to determine an increase and decrease in the pulling amount detected by the pulling amount detecting portion, and a braking control portion configured to control the braking portion in accordance with a determination result obtained by the pulling amount increase and decrease determination portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131754 | SURGICAL ACCESS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A surgical access device includes a single valve that forms a seal with the body wall and provides an access channel into a body cavity. The valve has properties for creating a zero seal in the absence of an instrument as well as an instrument seal with instruments having a full range of instrument diameter. The valve can include a gel and preferably an ultragel comprised of an elastomer and an oil providing elongation greater than 1000 percent and durometer less than 5 Shore A. The single valve can be used as a hand port where the instrument comprises the arm of a surgeon, thereby providing hand access into the cavity. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131755 | RETRACTOR FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY - A surgical retractor comprises an elongate member having a coupling region disposed at one end thereof. The retractor is adapted to engage a base of a head of a pedicle screw. The coupling region of the elongate member has a filament-receiving hole adapted to receive a filament which captures the head of the pedicle screw. During surgery, a physician may retract muscle and soft tissue by simply pressing the elongate member against such tissue. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131756 | MECHANICAL SYSTEM - When consumable part such as pressure-resistant cover ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090131757 | MULTI MODE PATIENT MONITOR - A multimode patient monitor is disclosed herewith. The patient monitor comprises: a display, wherein the patient monitor operates in a normal mode wherein monitored patient status is displayed using normal display characteristics of the patient monitor and also operates in a night mode wherein monitored patient-status is displayed using modified display characteristics, the modified display characteristics of the patient monitor being modified based on at least available light level in a patient room. The patient monitor is further provided with an interface that allows configuration of the patient monitor either in the normal mode or in the night mode. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131758 | SELF-IMPROVING METHOD OF USING ONLINE COMMUNITIES TO PREDICT HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES - The invention is directed, in part, to method of using self-reported health data in online communities to predict significant health events in life-changing illnesses to improve the lives of individuals and to improve patient self-management. The invention provides a method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions for an individual patient. The method includes: providing a database containing patient information for a plurality of other patients including one or more attributes for each patient in the database; constructing a model of a disease based on disease progressions for the plurality of patients; receiving a request from the individual patient, the patient associated with one or more attributes; and making a real-time prediction for the individual patient based on the mode and the individual patient's attributes. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131759 | LIFE SIGN DETECTION AND HEALTH STATE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - A wearable platform embodied in a belt or patch provides physiological monitoring of soldiers during field operations or trauma victims at accident sites and makes health state assessments. The platform includes sensors for heart rate, body motion, respiration rate and intensity, and temperature and further contains a microprocessor and short range transmitter. An analog circuit running an algorithm obtains the R-wave period from the EKG signal and produces electrical pulses with the period between pulses corresponding to the R-wave period. A rule based processing engine having an evaluation algorithm is capable of making a medical evaluation of subject condition and determines a confidence level for the evaluation. The rules are subject to variation depending upon the subject population. The information is communicated wirelessly to a local hub for relay to a remote monitor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131760 | Morphograms In Different Time Scales For Robust Trend Analysis In Intensive/Critical Care Unit Patients - A patient monitoring system that simultaneously analyzes physiological signals from at least one patient monitoring device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090131761 | DEVICE PROVIDING SPOT-CHECK OF VITAL SIGNS USING AN IN-THE-EAR PROBE - A portable physiological monitoring device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090131762 | Medical Device Synchronization System for use in Cardiac & Other Patient Monitoring - A system provides synchronization between different medical signal (e.g., EKG and ICEG signal) acquisition and processing devices. A system synchronizes multiple different patient medical parameter processing devices, using a master clock generator. The master clock generator is adaptively programmable to provide synchronization clocks having frequencies compatible with multiple different medical devices for acquiring patient medical parameter data and for synchronization of processing of medical parameter data concurrently acquired from a single particular patient. The master clock generator is programmed by dividing a clock signal to provide a desired clock frequency in response to received frequency selection command data. An output interface provides synchronization clocks to the multiple different medical devices for acquiring patient medical parameter data and providing synchronized output patient medical parameter data from the different medical devices for presentation to a user in synchronized format on a display. An input interface receives the command data for determining clock division and generating the desired clock frequency. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131763 | Method for improving in-home patient monitoring - The invention is a method to improve in-home care for patients who require supplemental oxygen. Built around an intelligent portable oxygen concentrator which can acquire and store patient data and make the data available over the internet, the method allows a physician to access the data over the internet in sufficient detail to justify billing Medicare or other insurance providers, thus incentivising the physician to monitor the patient more often. The data system provider receives a fee for data access thus making the process profitable enough to be sustainable. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131764 | Systems and Methods Providing En Mass Collection and Centralized Processing of Physiological Responses from Viewers - Embodiments described herein enable “in situ” sensing, which collects and analyzes physiological responses from a large group of viewers/audiences who watch a same media instance together at a single venue. Each of the group of viewers is fitted with physiological sensors with communication capabilities to communicate with a signal collection device at or near the venue. The signal collection device collects the physiological data of the viewers from the sensors, and transmits the physiological data to a processing module at another location via a network for storage and further analysis. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131765 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PULMONARY ARTERY CIRCULATION INFORMATION - Minimally invasive systems and methods are described for measuring pulmonary circulation information from the pulmonary arteries. A transbronchial Doppler ultrasound catheter is advanced through the airways and in the vicinity of the pulmonary artery. Doppler ultrasound energy is sent through the airway wall and across the pulmonary artery to obtain velocity information of blood flowing through the artery. The velocity information is used to compute pulmonary circulation information including but not limited to flowrate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131766 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A PATIENT AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention concerns a method for monitoring a patient suffering, for example, from a nervous disease such as epilepsy, characterized in that it consists at least in the following steps: recording continuously video images of the patient in a buffer, determining the occurrence of a seizure of the patient at a time t | 2009-05-21 |
20090131767 | Body-associated fluid transport structure evaluation devices - Implantable devices for evaluating body-associated fluid transport structures and methods for using the same are provided. In some instances, the implantable devices include an elongated structure with at least one hermetically sealed integrated circuit sensor stably associated therewith and a transmitter. The devices find use in a variety of different applications, including monitoring the function of various types of body-associated fluid transport structures, such as arteriovenous fistulae, vascular grafts, catheters, cerebrospinal fluid shunts, and implantable central venous access devices. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131768 | ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods of use for continuous analyte measurement of a host's vascular system are provided. In some embodiments, a continuous glucose measurement system includes a vascular access device, a sensor and sensor electronics, the system being configured for insertion into communication with a host's circulatory system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131769 | ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods of use for continuous analyte measurement of a host's vascular system are provided. In some embodiments, a continuous glucose measurement system includes a vascular access device, a sensor and sensor electronics, the system being configured for insertion into communication with a host's circulatory system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131770 | CONFORMABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR - A sensor for measuring physiological characteristics includes a circuit assembly, at least one material layer, and an adhesive layer that extends beyond an outer edge of the circuit assembly. The at least one material layer forms an adhesive edge around the perimeter of the sensor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131771 | Apparatus For Denaturating Bilirubin And Bilirubin Dialyzer - The present invention provides a bilirubin reducing means which can minimize a risk such as the onset of an infection or the occurrence of blood coagulation and can reduce physical, temporal and economical burdens imposed on a patient suffering from liver dysfunction. A bilirubin denaturating apparatus includes a dialyzing portion which has a dialyzing column for performing dialysis of blood using hollow fibers incorporated therein; an infusion supply portion which supplies an infusion used for dialysis in the dialyzing portion to the dialyzing portion; and a blood circulating portion which feeds blood to the dialyzing portion and returns the blood dialyzed by the dialyzing portion, wherein the dialyzing portion includes a radiation means which radiates green light to the hollow fibers, and the radiation means radiates the green light to the hollow fibers for converting fat-soluble bilirubin in the blood flowing in the inside of the hollow fibers into water-soluble bilirubin thus eluting the water-soluble bilirubin in the infusion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131772 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090131773 | Sensor for Detection of Carbohydrate - A sensor for sensing analyte concentration comprises at least two different variants of an appropriate competitive binding assay, the sensor being capable of sensing accurately a required range of analyte concentrations by means of the variants of the assay each being capable of sensing accurately a part only of the required range of analyte concentrations and the variants of the assay being chosen to sense overlapping or adjoining ranges of concentration covering the whole of the required range. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131774 | Single use pulse oximeter - A single use, self-contained, self-powered disposable oximeter, in the form of a patch or a bandage strip, has mounted thereto a light emitter and a light sensor that together measure at least the SpO2 of the patient. Mounted to an electronics layer of the patch is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that has electronics integrated thereto that controls the operation of the light emitter and light sensor, and the algorithm for calculating from the data collected by the sensor at least the SpO2 of the patient. Optionally, a display and an alarm may also be mounted or embedded onto the patch for respectively displaying at least the SpO2, and for informing the caregiver/patient that at least the SpO2 is not within an acceptable range, if such is the case. Also provided in the patch is a battery that powers the operation of the ASIC circuit and the emitter, as well as the display and alarm if such optional components are provided on the patch. An attachment mechanism is also provided on the patch. Such mechanism may be in the form of an adhesive layer that can removably attach the patch to the patient in either a transmissive mode or a reflective mode. The patch oximeter may also be equipped with a transceiver, and the appropriate electronics, for wirelessly transceiving information to/from a remote device or another wireless patch oximeter. In place of a self-contained power source, the power for operating a wireless patch oximeter may be retrieved from a remote power source, provided that the patch oximeter is within a given distance from such remote power source. | 2009-05-21 |
20090131775 | Carbon dioxide and activity monitoring - An implanted heart monitor includes sensors that measure various aspects of the heart failure patient's heart. A remote heart monitoring system connects the implanted heart monitor to a care provider, such as a physician. The data provided by the implanted heart monitor permits the care provider to obtain valuable data on the heart in order to make health care decisions affecting the heart failure patient's treatment. In many cases, the measurement of core body temperature and other patient data will enable the care provider to alter the patient's treatment to address the patient's condition. The implanted heart monitor can communicate over a wireless communication link with an external monitor. The implanted heart monitor may be implemented as part of a pacing device (i.e., pace maker) or may be a separate unit devoted to monitoring functions. The external monitor communicates with a monitoring station over a communication link. The monitoring station can operate as a centralized data collection unit, collecting data from multiple external monitors and multiple implanted heart monitors. Various other aspects of a heart failure patient's heart and/or body can be monitored, such as heart rate, blood pH levels, blood CO | 2009-05-21 |
20090131776 | ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods of use for continuous analyte measurement of a host's vascular system are provided. In some embodiments, a continuous glucose measurement system includes a vascular access device, a sensor and sensor electronics, the system being configured for insertion into communication with a host's circulatory system. | 2009-05-21 |