35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140241897 | ALUMINUM BRAZING OF HOLLOW TITANIUM FAN BLADES - A fan blade includes first and second titanium portions that are secured to one another with an aluminum alloy braze. A method of manufacturing a fan blade includes providing first and second titanium portions, applying an aluminum alloy braze to at least one of the first and second titanium portions, and heating the fan blade to melt the aluminum alloy braze and join the first and second portions to one another to provide a fan blade with an airfoil exterior contour. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241898 | AUTOGENOUSLY WELDED IMPELLER OF A TORQUE CONVERTER - A torque converter impeller is provided. The torque converter impeller includes an impeller shell and an impeller hub. The impeller shell and impeller hub are autogenously welded together such that the weld has a concave shape. A method of forming a torque converter impeller is also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241899 | BLADE LEADING EDGE TIP RIB - A rotor blade for a gas turbine engine includes a leading edge tip rib projecting outwardly from an airfoil of the blade at a tip region thereof. The tip rib continuously surrounds a leading edge of the airfoil and extends rearwardly from the leading edge along respective pressure and suction side surfaces to thereby alter the blade tip leakage vortex structure and strength, resulting in a stage efficiency benefit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241900 | METHODS FOR REPAIRING A TURBINE AIRFOIL CONSTRUCTED FROM CMC MATERIAL - Methods for repairing a turbine airfoil constructed from a CMC material are provided via filling a cavity located in the turbine airfoil with a ceramic paste (e.g., including a ceramic powder and a binder), heating the ceramic paste in the cavity to remove the binder, thereby forming a porous ceramic material, and adding a molten ceramic material to the porous ceramic material. The cavity can be defined in an airfoil of the turbine airfoil (e.g., on a tip or cap of the airfoil). Intermediates formed during the repair of a turbine airfoil are also provided. The intermediate can generally include an airfoil comprising a CMC material, a cavity defined in the airfoil, and a porous ceramic material filling the cavity. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241901 | IMPELLER - An impeller for increasing the pressure of a fluid circulating in an annular fluid path, the impeller comprising: a plurality of centrifugal compressor vanes circumferentially interspaced around the axis of the annular fluid path, the plurality of compressor vanes extending from an axially-oriented inlet to a radially-oriented outlet, and each having an inner edge and a free edge, the free edge of the plurality of compressor vanes coinciding with an outer limit of the annular fluid path, and a hub having a solid-of-revolution shape centered around an axis, the hub having an outer hub surface forming an inner limit to the annular fluid path and to which the inner edge of the plurality of centrifugal vanes is secured, the outer hub surface having a portion which leans forward, forming an axial recess therein. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYDROSTATIC DRIVE UNIT OF A WORK VEHICLE USING A COMBINATION OF CLOSED-LOOP AND OPEN-LOOP CONTROL - A method for controlling a hydrostatic drive unit of a work vehicle is disclosed. The method may generally include determining a reference swashplate position of a hydraulic pump of the hydrostatic drive unit, wherein the reference swashplate position is associated with an uncompensated current command, and determining an actual swashplate position of the hydraulic pump, wherein the actual swashplate position differs from the reference swashplate position due to a loading condition of the work vehicle. In addition, the method may include determining a closed-loop current command based at least in part on the actual and reference swashplate positions and generating a modified current command based on at least one of the uncompensated current command or the closed-loop current command. The modified current command may differ from the closed-loop current command when an operator input is within a predetermined control input range and may be equal to the closed-loop current command when the operator input is outside the predetermined control input range. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241903 | ELECTRIC PUMP - An electric pump may comprise a pump portion including an impeller, a motor portion configured to activate the pump portion, and a housing configured to contain the pump portion and the motor portion. The motor portion may comprise a rotor configured to activate the impeller, a stator configured to rotate the rotor, a control circuit configured to control a rotation of the rotor, a resin portion configured to cover the stator, and a heat transferring portion contacting the control circuit and the housing, thermal conductivity of the heat transferring portion being higher than thermal conductivity of the resin portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241904 | STARTUP SEQUENCE FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMP WITH LEVITATED IMPELLER - A centrifugal pump system having an impeller rotating with first and second magnetic structures on opposite surfaces. A levitation magnetic structure is disposed at a first end of a pump housing having a levitating magnetic field for axially attracting the first magnetic structure. A multiphase magnetic stator at a second end of the pump housing generates a rotating magnetic field for axially and rotationally attracting the second magnetic structure. A commutator circuit provides a plurality of phase voltages to the stator. A sensing circuit determines respective phase currents. A controller calculates successive commanded values for the phase voltages during a running state in response to a desired impeller speed and an actual impeller phase. The controller has a startup interval during which the commanded values of the phase voltages are determined in response to a pseudo impeller phase and in response to a ramping gain factor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241905 | Positive Displacement Pump with Pressure Compensating Calibration - Illustrative embodiments of positive displacement pumps utilizing pressure compensating calibration, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a method of operating a positive displacement pump includes sensing, with a pressure sensor disposed at a fluid outlet of the positive displacement pump, a back pressure at the fluid outlet, transmitting a pressure signal associated with the sensed back pressure from the pressure sensor to a controller of the positive displacement pump, and identifying, on the controller, a volume of fluid pumped by the positive displacement pump using the pressure signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241906 | AUXILIARY POWER UNITS (APUs) AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF A LOAD COMPRESSOR THEREIN - Auxiliary power units and methods and systems for activation and deactivation of a load compressor therein are provided. Auxiliary power unit includes the load compressor having an impeller, APU engine, coupling member, pre-spinning means, and APU controller. APU engine is adapted to be mechanically engaged to load compressor to drive load compressor to provide pneumatic power and to be disengaged when the need for pneumatic power ceases. Coupling member couples load compressor and APU engine and is configured to be controllably moved between an engaged position in which the APU engine is mechanically engaged with the load compressor, and a disengaged position, in which the APU engine is disengaged from the load compressor. APU controller is operably coupled to load compressor, APU engine, coupling member, and pre-spinning means and adapted to receive and be responsive to rotational speed signals for controlling movement of coupling member between engaged and disengaged positions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241907 | HIGH PRESSURE WATER INJECTION PUMP SYSTEM - The invention provides a high pressure water injection pump system, comprising at least two water injection pump units connected in series, each pump unit comprising a motor in a motor compartment operatively connected to drive a pump in a pump compartment, distinctive in that at least the pump units following the first pump comprises a choke compartment arranged between the pump and motor compartments, a leakage seal arranged between the pump and choke compartment, the choke compartment having an outlet; and the motor compartment of at least the pump units following the first pump unit is dimensioned according to a lower pressure class than the operatively connected pump compartment. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241908 | PISTON-DRIVEN POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - In an embodiment of the present invention a pump ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241909 | System Including High-Side and Low-Side Compressors - A system may be operable to circulate a working fluid between first and second heat exchangers. The system may include a suction line, a low-side compressor, a high-side compressor and a discharge line. The low-side and high-side compressors may both be in fluid communication with the suction and discharge lines. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241910 | SUBMERSIBLE PUMP - A submersible pump includes a fluid-end section, a power-end section, a top connection sub and an umbilical. The fluid-end section includes a tubular fluid-end barrel, an upper piston disposed within the fluid-end barrel bore, and a traveling valve disposed at the upper piston upper end. The power-end section includes a tubular hydraulic cylinder. A lower piston disposed within the hydraulic cylinder bore is connected to the upper piston. The top connection sub connected to the fluid-end barrel upper end has a discharge port and a standing valve disposed below the discharge port. The umbilical includes first and second tubing strings providing fluid communications between a prime mover and the hydraulic cylinder bore below and above the lower piston face, respectively. A third tubing string provides fluid communications between a wellhead and the top connection sub discharge port. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241911 | LEAF SPRING AND COMPRESSOR WITH LEAF SPRING - The present invention relates to compressor leaf springs, in particular, linear compressor leaf springs; the leaf springs comprising at least one spacer ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241912 | COOLING CIRCUIT PUMP FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a cooling circuit pump for a motor vehicle, having a stator which is arranged in a motor housing ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241913 | HYDRAULIC RELIEF AND SWITCHING LOGIC FOR CRYOGENIC PUMP SYSTEM - A cryogenic hydraulic reciprocating piston pump includes a casing which defines a piston chamber. The sidewall of the piston chamber includes a retraction spill port as well as a pumping spill port. At the end of a retraction stroke, a retraction spill passageway that extends through the piston becomes aligned with the retraction spill port and fluid is communicated from the pressurized side of the piston to the unpressurized side of the piston to stop the retraction stroke before the piston “bottoms out”. Similarly, at the end of a pumping stroke, a pumping spill passageway that extends through the piston becomes aligned with the pumping spill port which provides communication between the pressurized side of the piston and the unpressurized side of the piston thereby stopping movement of the piston before it “bottoms out”. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241914 | VACUUM PUMP MOTOR ROTOR, MOTOR INCLUDING SAME AND VACUUM PUMP - In order to provide a motor rotor in which a permanent magnet is prevented from corroding, wherein a motor rotor for use in a motor for driving a pump rotor rotating shaft of a vacuum pump is provided which comprises a rotor core made up of a plurality of steel plates which are laminated in an axial direction and having a through hole, a permanent magnet which is disposed in the through hole, and end plates which are attached individually to axial end portions of the rotor core, wherein an adhesive is applied to a whole surface of each of the plurality of steel plates, and the plurality of steel plates are surface joined to each other and to the end plates via the adhesive. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241915 | ELECTRIC FLUID PUMP - An electric fluid pump includes: a case including a recess portion into which a fluid flows; a rotor arranged in the recess portion; an axial member supporting the rotor; and a flange member insert-molded with the case and the axial member, secured to an end portion of the axial member, and buried in a bottom wall portion of the recess portion, wherein the flange member includes: a first flange portion; a reduced portion closer to an inner surface of the bottom wall portion than the first flange portion, and smaller than the first flange portion in a radial direction; and a second flange portion closer to the inner surface than the reduced portion, larger than the first flange portion in the radial direction, and partially exposed from the inner surface, and the inner surface is flat. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241916 | LINEAR ENGINE FOR COMPRESSOR AND COMPRESSOR PROVIDED WITH A LINEAR ENGINE - The present invention refers to a linear engine for compressor, and to a compressor provided with a linear engine. The linear engine for compressor comprises at least a stator consisting of a first core ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241917 | ELECTRIC OIL PUMP AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SUPPLY DEVICE - An electric oil pump is coupled to a pump receptacle including an oil inflow passage and an oil outflow passage. The electric oil pump includes a motor, a pump rotor, a housing, and a check valve. The housing accommodates the motor and the pump rotor. The housing closes an opening of the pump receptacle and includes at least a fitted portion fitted into the pump receptacle. An oil compartment is formed between the pump receptacle and the housing. Oil flows into the oil compartment from the oil inflow passage when the pump rotor is rotated. The fitted portion is partially immersed in the oil collected in the oil compartment. The housing includes a suction port and a discharge port. A check valve, located in the housing, limits reversed flow of the oil from the oil compartment to the oil inflow passage. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241918 | OIL-PUMPING MACHINE - Disclosed is an oil-pumping machine, which is characterized in that it is composed of a secondary sheave ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241919 | MOTOR FOR COMPRESSOR AND RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR HAVING THE SAME - A motor for a compressor, and a reciprocating compressor having the same, are provided. A winding coil may be formed by removing a bobbin from the winding coil, and then coating an insulating material on an outer circumferential surface of the winding coil, to allow heat and moisture generated by the winding coil to be emitted to outside and provide enhanced performance and reliability. As a bobbin is removed from the winding coil, a coil line may be wound on the removed portion of the bobbin to enhance an occupation ratio by the coil line on the same area, and thus enhance efficiency of the motor. An elastic member or an adhesive may be inserted or applied into a space between the winding coil and a coil insertion groove of an inner stator to minimize vibrations of a coil line. The insulating material, which is in the form of powder, may melt while the coil line is adhered as the self-bonding material melts, forming a coating layer. Accordingly, the winding coil may be easily fabricated, and fabrication costs of the winding coil may be reduced. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241920 | MIXED FLOW FAN ASSEMBLY - Fan assemblies, and in particular fan wheels and stator assemblies for fan assemblies, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fan wheel includes a wheel back having an outer surface forming one of a curved dome-shape and a truncated cone-shape. The fan wheel may also include a plurality of fan blades radially spaced about and mounted to the outer surface of the wheel back. In one embodiment, each of the fan blades is formed from a segment of an airfoil-shaped aluminum extrusion defining at least one internal cavity. The fan blade first ends can be provided with a compound cut profile with at least one curved cut such that the first end of the blade is mounted flush to the wheel back outer surface. The stator assembly can also be provided with a plurality of stator blades formed from airfoil-shaped aluminum extrusion segments and provided with compound cut profiles. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241921 | PUMPING DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR A DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY - A pumping device, particularly for a domestic water supply, to be installed in a hydraulic system and comprising:
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20140241922 | STRUCTURE OF SIMPLIFIED INFLATION VALVE - A simplified inflation valve includes a base forming centrally a bore. The bore has a bottom to which a PU membrane is attached. The membrane includes at least one aperture in a location outboard the bore. An outer circumference of the membrane is fixed to the base through ultrasonic technique or die pressing. A squeezer is mounted on the base and has elasticity for elastically resuming shape after being pressed and has an interior space forming an air chamber. The air chamber has a top forming at least one through hole. The squeezer has a bottom including an outer circumferential portion forming a sealing rim, which is fixed, through ultrasonic technique or die pressing, to the base so as to form an inflation valve. The inflation valve can be connected to an air bladder, whereby through pressing the inflation valve, the air bladder can be inflated. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241923 | Peristaltic Pump - A peristaltic pump comprises a tube to transport a material in a transport direction and a conveying screw, which is configured to cause a transport of the material by causing a successive squeezing of the tube along the transport direction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241924 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE AND HIGH PRESSURE PUMP USING THE SAME - An electromagnetic body has a movable core reciprocatably movable within a movable core chamber. The movable core has through holes and a fitting hole that pass through the movable core in a direction of movement of the movable core. A stator core facing the movable core defines the movable core chamber together with the electromagnetic body. A valve stem is fixed into the fitting hole and has a fluid chamber recessed from a first end surface facing the stator core. Air bubbles generated in a gap can be guided into the fluid chamber and collapse by flow of the fuel flowing into the fluid chamber from the through holes through the gap. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241925 | SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type compressor includes a drive shaft, a swash plate, a piston, a cylinder block, a housing, a cylinder bore, a compression chamber, suction and discharge chambers and first and second thrust bearings. The cylinder bore is formed in the cylinder block and receiving therein the piston engaged with the swash plate mounted on the drive shaft. The compression chamber is defined in the cylinder bore by the piston so as to be communicable with the suction and the discharge chambers formed in the housing. The first and the second thrust bearings are disposed on opposite sides of the swash plate. The drive shaft extends through the cylinder block and supported in a thrust direction by the first and the second thrust bearings, and either one of the first and the second thrust bearings is disposed outside the cylinder block and between the housing and the drive shaft. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241926 | Apparatus and Method for Oil Equalization in Multiple-Compressor Systems - A method of operating a refrigeration system, that includes providing a plurality of compressors connected in parallel. The plurality of compressors includes a plurality of scroll compressors. The method further includes returning circulated refrigerant to the plurality of compressors, the circulated refrigerant having oil entrained therein. Returning circulated refrigerant to the plurality of compressors includes returning more oil to one of the plurality of compressors than to another of the plurality of compressors. The method also includes supplying oil from one of the plurality of compressors to at least one other of the plurality of compressors. Supplying oil from one of the plurality of compressors includes supplying oil from the one of the plurality of compressors having an opening in its housing. A fitting is assembled into the opening. The fitting protrudes through the housing into an interior portion of the housing. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241927 | VANE-TYPE HYDRAULIC DEVICE - A vane pump ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241928 | VACUUM PUMP WITH ROTOR-STATOR POSITIONING TO PROVIDE NON-RETURN - A rotary-vane vacuum pump comprises a stator and a vaned rotor, the stator partly defining an outlet chamber and including an outlet passage opening to the outlet chamber. The rotor is rotatably sealed to the stator; it has a sealing area to block the outlet passage, and, an unsealing area alignable with the outlet passage by rotation of the rotor to periodically unblock the outlet passage. The disclosed pump offers reduced resistance to lubricant oil discharge from the outlet passage, which results in lower differential pressure between inlet and outlet chambers at the end of the pumping cycle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241929 | RARE-EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RARE-EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET - There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method of the rare-earth permanent magnet with improved magnetic performance which is achieved through milling-ability-improved fine wet-milling step. In the method, coarsely milled magnet material is finely wet-milled in an organic solvent together with an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR) | 2014-08-28 |
20140241930 | PERMANENT MAGNET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PERMANENT MAGNET - There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof enabling, even when wet milling is employed, carbon content contained in magnet particles to be reduced in advance before sintering, and also enabling the entirety of the magnet to be densely sintered without causing a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase in the sintered magnet. Coarsely-milled magnet powder is further milled by a bead mill in an organic solvent. Thereafter, the magnet powder is compacted to produce a formed body. Hydrogen calcination process is performed through holding the formed body for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at a pressure higher than normal atmospheric pressure at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, through sintering process, a permanent magnet | 2014-08-28 |
20140241931 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - Provided is a ferritic stainless steel excellent in terms of thermal fatigue resistance, high-temperature fatigue resistance and oxidation resistance without adding Mo or W, which is an expensive chemical element and with controlling Nb content to be as small as possible. The chemical composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10% to 25%, N: 0.020% or less, Nb: 0.005% to 0.15%, Al: 0.20% to 3.0%, Ti: 5×(C %+N %) to 0.5%, Mo: 0.1% or less, W: 0.1% or less, Cu: 0.55% to 2.0%, B: 0.0002% to 0.0050%, Ni: 0.05% to 1.0%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, where C % and N % in the expression 5×(C %+N %) respectively represent the contents (mass %) of the chemical elements C and N. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241932 | Alloy for Golf Club Heads - An alloy for golf club heads includes 3.0-5.5 wt % of silicon, 8.0-10.5 wt % of manganese, 14.5-17.0 wt % of chromium, 3.5-6.0 wt % of nickel, the rest being iron and inevitable impurities. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241933 | COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET - A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in ductility, work hardenability, and stretch flangeability, and having tensile strength of 780 MPa or more includes: a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C: more than 0.020% to less than 0.30%, Si: more than 0.10% to 3.00% or less, Mn: more than 1.00% to 3.50% or less; and metallurgical structure whose main phase is a low-temperature transformation product, and whose secondary phase contains retained austenite. The retained austenite has a volume fraction relative to overall structure of more than 4.0% to less than 25.0% and an average grain size of less than 0.80 μm, and of the retained austenite, the number density of retained austenite grains whose grain size is 1.2 μm or more is 3.0×10 | 2014-08-28 |
20140241934 | STEEL SHEET - Disclosed is a steel sheet in which the amounts of respective elements in chemical components, which are represented by mass %, satisfy the following Expression 1 and Expression 2. In addition, the steel contains Ti-included-carbonitrides as inclusions, and the number density of the Ti-included-carbonitrides having a long side of 5 μm or more is 3 pieces/mm | 2014-08-28 |
20140241936 | NICKEL ALLOY - The invention relates to a nickel alloy derived from René 125, but with reduced levels of certain elements (Zr, B, P, S, Si and, to a lesser extent, Ti and Hf) in order to limit the appearance of cracks upon solidification in a moulding process. Specifically, 4.80%≦Al≦5.00%, 1.48%≦Hf≦1.52%, 2.28%≦Ti≦2.33%, 0.005%≦B≦0.01%, 1.77%≦Mo≦1.97%, and Zr≦0.007%. Other elements can have levels that match those of René 125. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241937 | Coating Method Using Special Powdered Coating Materials and Use of Such Coating Materials - The invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material in a coating method selected from the group consisting of cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying, wherein the particles have a relative deformability factor V | 2014-08-28 |
20140241938 | PRECISION CASTING PROCESS - A ceramic casting vessel ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241939 | CORROSION INHIBITORS FOR COOLING WATER APPLICATIONS - A new corrosion inhibitor composition containing a carboxylic acid and its water soluble salts with zinc can be used for corrosion inhibition on the carbon steel pipe and heat exchangers in industrial cooling water. This new composition of matter contains less carboxylic acid and Zn | 2014-08-28 |
20140241940 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING FOULING IN VAPOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Elimination and/or mitigation of fouling in a vapor transport systems, such as vent lines and scrubber feed lines may be accomplished using an antifouling additive. The method for employing the antifouling additive includes introducing into the vapor transport system an additive including a polar solvent and corrosion inhibitor wherein: the vapor transport system is substantially water free; the vapor transport system is used to transport acidic materials; the additive is a liquid at vapor transport system operating conditions; and the additive is stable at the vapor transport system operating conditions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241941 | ULTRAVIOLET AUTONOMOUS TROLLEY FOR SANITIZING AIRCRAFT - A mobile body is configured to travel over a surface inside an aircraft cabin. A source of UV radiation is mounted to the mobile body and configured to direct UV radiation to the surface at a predetermined dosage. At least two articulated arms are mounted to the mobile body, and UV lamps mounted respectively on the arms. The mobile body is a trolley or cart for negotiating an aircraft aisle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241942 | Intracavity Ultrasound Probe Disinfectant System - A disinfectant system for intracavity ultrasound probes in disclosed generally including a housing, a disinfectant chamber positioned in the housing and receiving at least one ultrasound probe, a container for containing a disinfectant solution fluidly coupled to the disinfectant chamber, at least one pump for supplying the disinfection solution from the container to the disinfection chamber and from the disinfection chamber to the container, and a controller for automated operation of the disinfectant system, wherein the disinfectant solution is a multi-use disinfectant solution. A method for disinfecting intracavity ultrasound probes is also disclosed generally including placing at least one ultrasound probe into a disinfectant chamber, supplying a disinfectant solution from a container to the disinfectant chamber via a pump, and returning the solution to the container via the pump, wherein the steps of supplying and returning the disinfectant solution are controlled by a controller. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241943 | INFUSION SITE FOR IMPROVED MIXING OF FLUIDS - The invention relates to a blood line ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241944 | Utilization of stents for the treatment of blood borne carcinomas - A filter and a method to treat blood borne carcinomas by inducing apoptosis in carcinoma cells. The filter includes a stent having an interior wall defining a channel containing a packing material and at least one antineoplastic agent. The method includes placing a patient's blood in apposition of the antineoplastic agent by pumping the blood through the stent. The blood remains in apposition to the antineoplastic agent for a sufficient time period to induce an apoptotic cascade. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241945 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE - An automatic analysis device has a light scattering photometer incorporated therein, and improved accuracy resulting from reducing the influences from external light. The automatic analysis device includes a scattered light measurement unit disposed inside the main-body casing, and openable/closable protective covers to cover the top face of the main-body casing. A first protective cover at the center includes a light-shielding part to block external light. The protective covers include see-through parts enabling viewing of the inside. The light-shielding part is configured to cover an area of the reaction disk at least corresponding to the area above the scattered light measurement unit, thus reducing external light leaking into the scattered light measurement unit, and thus removing influences from external light on the scattered light measurement. The protective cover may have a divided structure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241946 | OPEN PLATFORM AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An automated sample processing system having a sample input adapted to simultaneously receive a number of sample containers, a reagent input adapted to receive one or more new reagent supplies, a consumable input adapted to receive one or more new consumable supplies, a solid waste output adapted to receive used consumable supplies, a liquid waste output adapted to receive one or more used reagent supplies, and a processing center. The processing center includes a decapper adapted to remove a lid from at least one sample container, an aspirator adapted to remove a specimen from the at least one sample container and transfer the specimen to an output vessel, and a capper adapted to replace the lid on the at least one sample container. The system also includes a sample output adapted to receive the output vessel, and a user interface adapted to receive an input from the user to indicate the identity of the at least one sample container, and control at least one operation based on a physical property of the at least one sample container. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241947 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A PLATINUM CONTAMINATED CATALYTIC COMPONENT - An example method includes determining that a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) component having a zeolite-based catalyst is contaminated with platinum (Pt). The method further includes elevating the temperature of the SCR component to at least 600° C. in response to the determining the catalytic component is contaminated with Pt, and maintaining the elevated temperature of the catalytic component for a predetermined time period thereby restoring reduction activity of the catalyst. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241948 | REDUCTANT DELIVERY SYSTEM - An aftertreatment system for the transport of fluid reductant to an exhaust of a combustion engine is provided. The aftertreatment system includes a reductant tank configured to store the reductant. The reductant tank has an in-tank filter. A pump module is fluidly coupled to the reductant tank. The pump module includes a pump housing, a pump motor, a pump filter and a pump. The pump is connected downstream of the pump filter. A pressure sensor is connected downstream of the pump. A return conduit is configured to return a portion of the reductant from downstream of the pump to upstream of the pump. A pressure regulator is present within the return conduit. The pump housing is structured and arranged to enclose the pump filter, the pressure sensor, the return conduit, the pump motor and the pressure regulator. A reductant injector is fluidly coupled to the pump module. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241949 | RADIANT HEAT TUBE CHEMICAL REACTOR - A radiant heat-driven chemical reactor comprising a generally cylindrical pressure refractory lined vessel, a plurality of radiant heating tubes, and a metal tube sheet to form a seal for the pressure refractory lined vessel near a top end of the pressure refractory lined vessel. The metal tube sheet has a plurality of injection ports extending vertically through the metal tube sheet and into the refractory lined vessel such that biomass is injected at an upper end of the vessel between the radiant heating tubes, and the radiant heat is supplied to an interior of the plurality of radiant heating tubes. The radiant heat-driven chemical reactor is configured to 1) gasify particles of biomass in a presence of steam (H2O) to produce a low CO2 synthesis gas that includes hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas, or 2) reform natural gas in a non-catalytic reformation reaction, using thermal energy from the radiant heat. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241950 | Exhaust System for a Lean Burn IC Engine - An exhaust system ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241951 | EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - An exhaust-gas treatment device includes a honeycomb body wound and/or stacked with at least partially structured sheet-metal layers forming channels through which an exhaust gas can flow in axial direction from an inlet side to an outlet side. A first section of the sheet-metal layers ends flush at a first end surface associated with at least one of the sides and a second section of the sheet-metal layers ends at a second end surface associated with at least one of the sides. A spacing is provided between the first and second end surfaces because a first axial length of the first section is greater than a second axial length of the second section. The spacing forms a receptacle receiving a heating body, producing a simple electrically heatable exhaust-gas treatment device into which a heating body can be integrated during or after production of the honeycomb body. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241952 | SYSTEM FOR BLENDING SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL CRUDE OILS DERIVED FROM OFFSHORE PRODUCED FLUIDS - A process and system are described for the processing of gas associated with crude oil production, i.e. associated gas. A separation complex is used to separate produced fluids produced from a hydrocarbon reservoir into crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas, water, and natural gas. At least a portion of the natural gas is converted into synthesis gas in a synthesis gas generator. A combination of a synthesis gas conversion catalysts and hydroconversion catalysts are used in a synthesis gas reactor to convert the synthesis gas into a liquid effluent stream containing liquefied petroleum gas and a synthetic crude oil. The liquefied petroleum gas and synthetic crude oil from the synthesis gas reactor is sent to the separation complex. Liquefied petroleum gas is separated both from the synthetic crude oil and a natural crude oil obtained from the produced fluids. The system and process permits synthetic crude oil to be blended with the natural crude oil producing a blended stabilized crude oil having 2 wt % or more of the synthetic crude oil and with a pour point of 60° C. or less. Use of a common facility for separation operations on the natural crude oil and synthetic crude oil thus reduces capital costs and allows converted associated gases to be shipped with the natural crude oil on a conventional crude oil tanker. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241953 | APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL STERILIZATION USING PLASMA - The present invention relates to an apparatus for sterilization which may be applied to a medical dry sterilizer, and more particularly, to an apparatus which injects hydrogen peroxide so as to generate plasma and OH radicals which are effective in sterilization, so as to achieve the sterilization of a treated object. According to the present invention, the apparatus for sterilization comprises: a sterilizing reactor in which sterilization is performed on a treated object; a vacuuming unit which is equipped with a vacuum pump connected to the sterilizing reactor and which vacuumizes the interior of the sterilizing reactor; a hydrogen-peroxide supply unit which supplies hydrogen peroxide in a gas state to the interior of the sterilizing reactor; and a microwave-plasma generating unit which generates plasma using microwaves. The microwave-plasma generating unit is provided with an electromagnetic-wave generating source which generates microwaves; a plasma-generating unit which interconnects the hydrogen-peroxide supply unit and the sterilizing reactor such that hydrogen peroxide is supplied to the sterilizing reactor, and which generates plasma using microwaves; and a microwave guide which delivers the microwaves generated from the electromagnetic-wave generating source to the plasma-generating unit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241954 | Water-Based Wetness-Indicating Composition and Sensor - A color-appearing ink composition includes a surfactant blend of at least two non-ionic surfactants having hydrophilic-lipophilic balance values greater than 10, or a non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value greater than 10 and a charged surfactant. The composition includes one or more water-insoluble leuco dyes, a developer and a desensitizer. The composition may be applied to a substrate to form a sensor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241955 | SAMPLE LIQUID INJECTION JIG SET - A liquid injecting jig is provided. The liquid injecting jig includes a jig configuration including a plurality of parts adapted to be in cooperative engagement so as to position a channel within the jig configuration, wherein the jig configuration is adapted to fit an opening through which the channel is adapted to be received so as to expose the channel from the jig configuration. A jig set, a microchip case, and a microchip set are also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241956 | Liquid to Liquid Biological Particle Concentrator with Disposable Fluid Path - Highly efficient and rapid filtration-based concentration devices, systems and methods are disclosed with sample fluidic lines and a filter packaged in a disposable tip which concentrate biological particles that are suspended in liquid from a dilute feed suspension. A sample concentrate or retentate suspension is retained while eliminating the separated fluid in a separate flow stream. The concentrate is then dispensed from the disposable tip in a set volume of elution fluid. Suspended biological particles include such materials as proteins/toxins, viruses, DNA, and/or bacteria in the size range of approximately 0.001 micron to 20 microns diameter. Concentration of these particles is advantageous for detection of target particles in a dilute suspension, because concentrating them into a small volume makes them easier to detect. A single-use pipette tip includes fluid ports for aspirating the sample and connecting to a concentrating unit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241957 | TUBE TO PRODUCE PLATELET RICH FIBRIN - Invention; It is about the tubes used to obtain blood products through centrifuge order to cure open and closed injuries, to heal hard and soft tissues and to diagnose in all fields of medicine and dentistry. Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) obtained in the tubes the surface of which contacts blood and made from pure titanium or titanium alloys has a better structure of fibrin than that is obtained through classical methods. The efficiency of the high speed centrifuge is increased with this designed tube and Platelet Rich Fibrin can be removed from the tube without spoiling it. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241958 | CARTRIDGE AND SENSOR-DISPENSING INSTRUMENT - A disposable cartridge adapted to be used with a sensor-dispensing instrument comprises a housing, test sensors, a mechanical mechanism and moveable seals. The housing forms at least one opening therethrough. The test sensors are stacked in the housing. The test sensors are adapted to assist in testing at least one analyte. The mechanical mechanism is adapted to urge the test sensors in a first direction. One of the test sensors is positioned for ejection from the cartridge. The moveable seals is adapted to be in a closed position that seals the at least one opening so as to provide a substantially moisture-proof and a substantially air-tight cartridge, and one of the moveable seals is adapted to be in an open position that allows one of the test sensors to be moved therethrough. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241959 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF RACKS AND TUBES POSITION FOR CLINICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES - The system for management of racks and tubes position for clinical chemistry laboratories of the invention comprises tubes ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241960 | MIXING UNIT AND DEVICE, FLUID MIXING METHOD AND FLUID - A mixing unit has a stacked member having mixing elements that are stacked in a stacking direction and that extend in an extending direction, a first plate, and a second plate disposed opposite the first plate. The stacked member is sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate. Each of the mixing elements has first through holes. The second plate comprises an opening portion that communicates with the first through holes in the stacked member. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241961 | CHEMICAL OXYGEN GENERATOR WITH CHEMICAL CORES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL - A chemical oxygen generator includes multiple parallel sequentially connected chemical core sections that extend the duration of operation of the chemical oxygen generator. An end of a first core section is contiguous with a chemical core high reactivity section, and a thermal insulation layer is disposed between an end of a second core section and the chemical core ignition plate, as well as between the bodies of the first and second core sections. A chemical core transition section is disposed between the other end of the first core section and the second core section, to insure that the reaction front propagates properly. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241962 | Interconnected System and Method for the Purification and Recovery of Potash - The present invention provides a kiln for the combustion of agricultural waste. The kiln includes a central cylindrical combustion chamber. The central cylindrical combustion chamber includes a system for the control of combustion air to the combustion chamber. The kiln includes a second concentric cylinder surrounding the central cylindrical combustion chamber. The second concentric cylinder includes a system for the flow of cooling water through the first annulus between the central cylindrical combustion chamber and the second concentric cylinder. The kiln includes a system for the feeding of the agricultural waste into the central combustion chamber. The kiln includes a temperature sensing device to measure and display the temperature within the central combustion chamber during the combustion of the agricultural waste. The kiln includes a system for the recovery of ash from the kiln. In operation, the temperature of combustion is controlled to between 550° C. and 650° C. by a combination of increasing the supply of combustion air when the temperature in the central combustion chamber falls to near 550° C. and the introduction of cooling flowing water when the temperature in the central combustion chamber approaches 600° C. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241963 | COLD START STARTUP UNIT FOR UREA-BASED SYSTEMS - An exhaust after-treatment system is described. Generally speaking, the system includes separate primary and secondary NOx reducing systems for delivering reductant to an exhaust stream, a sensor system for determining relevant operating conditions and an electronic control module for activating the reducing systems. Methods for reducing NOx in an exhaust stream are also described. Generally speaking, the methods include the steps of determining a need for NOx reduction in an exhaust stream, determining exhaust temperature, determining ambient temperature, and injecting at least one of a primary reductant and a secondary reductant into the exhaust stream based on the determined temperature. The system and method are particularly useful during cold start conditions, as well as lightly loaded application in conditions where the ambient temperature is below 45 F where the SCR catalyst may not fully function. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241964 | Oxidation Catalyst for a Combustion Engine - An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas produced by a combustion engine, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises a substrate and a catalyst layer, wherein the catalyst layer comprises: a first support material; a first noble metal; and a second noble metal; wherein the catalyst layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate, and the catalyst layer has a non-uniform distribution of the first noble metal in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The oxidation catalyst can be used to oxidise carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HCs) and also oxides of nitrogen (NO | 2014-08-28 |
20140241965 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT METHOD - An exhaust gas treatment system includes a CO | 2014-08-28 |
20140241966 | SUPPORTED POLY(ALLYL)AMINE AND DERIVATIVES FOR CO2 CAPTURE FROM FLUE GAS OR ULTRA-DILUTE GAS STREAMS SUCH AS AMBIENT AIR OR ADMIXTURES THEREOF - Supported amine polymer adsorbents based on polymers containing only or primarily primary amines sites are to be used as regenerable adsorbents for CO | 2014-08-28 |
20140241967 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING METHOD, AND AMINE COMPOUND CAPTURING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing apparatus includes a first absorbing unit, a regeneration unit, a water washing capturing unit, and a pre-amine capturing unit. The first absorbing unit brings a gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with an absorbing liquid containing an amine compound, and discharges the absorbing liquid which has absorbed carbon dioxide as a rich liquid. The regeneration unit releases a carbon dioxide gas from the rich liquid sent from the first absorbing unit. The water washing capturing unit captures the amine compound entrained in a decarbonated treatment gas sent from the first absorbing unit. The pre-amine capturing unit receives part of the rich liquid from the first absorbing unit, and traps the amine compound entrained in the decarbonated treatment gas by bringing the decarbonated treatment gas from the first absorbing unit into countercurrent contact with the part of the rich liquid. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241968 | METHOD FOR UPGRADING A GAS - The invention relates to a method for upgrading a gas by separation of carbon dioxide therefrom, which method comprises the steps of introducing a stream of gas to a wet bed of ion exchange resin, and desorbing the adsorbed carbon dioxide from the resin by increasing the temperature and/or lowering the pressure in said wet bed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241969 | PROCESS OF REMOVING HCN FROM FLUE GAS - The invention includes a process for reducing the amount of HCN discharged to atmosphere from a FCC unit, having a regenerator and a means for collecting and supporting catalyst particles. The process comprises adding a catalyst to the regenerator flue gas prior to entering the collecting means and precipitating the catalyst in the collecting means to form a catalyst bed. Ammonia or ammonia precursor is optionally added to the flue gas. The flue gas HCN is reacted in the presence of water and oxygen in the flue gas, and optional ammonia or ammonia precursor, at 200° C. to 800° C. in the presence of the catalyst bed to reduce the HCN amount, and the flue gas containing a reduced amount of HCN is discharged to atmosphere. The catalyst is one or more supported transition or lanthanide metal catalysts. The process can also be utilized in any combustion process. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241970 | Process and Apparatus for Improving the Operation of Wet Scrubbers - The description relates to improving the operation of wet scrubbers, especially those based on calcium carbonate, by reducing the quantities of soluble chlorides in the combustion gases fed to the scrubbers. By converting gaseous HCl in the combustion gases to a solid copper chloride and removing it before the chloride reaches the scrubber, the reactivity of the scrubbing slurry will be better maintained. Combustion gases are treated with an aqueous copper compound referred to as copper-bearing chloride remediator (CBCR). The process is preferably implemented by identifying locations within a combustor for feeding the CBCR, determining the physical form and injection parameters for the CBCR and injecting the CBCR under conditions effective to reduce HCl and/or sulfur oxides. Effective temperatures for introducing the CBCRs are preferably within the range of from about 250° to 900° F. Among the more preferred CBCRs are copper compositions including copper, an organic moiety and/or an ammonia moiety. One composition of this type is copper diamine diacetate, which has an empirical formula of C | 2014-08-28 |
20140241971 | OXIDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING WASTE COMBUSTION FLUE GAS - Methods and systems for the removal of SO2 from waste combustion flue gas are described herein. The subject methods and systems entail one step, two steps or three steps to produce cleaned flue gas for release to the atmosphere. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241972 | ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY METHODS OF PREPARING MESOPOROUS SILICEOUS STRUCTURES - A process for preparing structures of crosslinked silicon oxide which are mesoporous structures wherein, a portion of the materials used in the preparation of the structures are recycled for use in the preparation of additional structures. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241973 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMIDE SALT - A mixture of sulphamic acid, a halogenated sulphonic acid and thionyl chloride is heated to allow the reaction to proceed, to thereby produce first intermediate products. The first intermediate products are then subjected to reaction with an alkali metal fluoride MF to produce second intermediate products. The second intermediate products is then subjected to reaction with the alkali metal fluoride MF in a polar solvent to obtain a desired product MN(SO | 2014-08-28 |
20140241974 | CARBON NANOFIBERS ENCAPSULATING METAL COBALT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - This carbon nanofiber is produced by a vapor phase reaction of a carbon oxide-containing raw material gas using a friend oxide powder including a Co oxide as a catalyst, wherein at least one type selected from metal cobalt, carbon-containing cobalt metals, and cobalt-carbon compounds is contained (encapsulated) in the fiber in a wrapped state. This method for producing a carbon nanofiber includes: producing a carbon nanofiber by, a vapor phase reaction of a carbon oxide-containing raw material gas using a mixed powder of a Co oxide and a Mg oxide as a catalyst, wherein a mixed powder of CoO and MgO, which is obtained by hydrogen-reducing a mixed powder of Co | 2014-08-28 |
20140241975 | Process for the Production of Graphene Nanoribbons - The invention refers to a process for the production of graphene nanoribbons in the presence of an anisotropic metal surface which induces a spatial orientation of the nanoribbons. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241976 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHLORINE USING A CERIUM OXIDE CATALYST IN AN ISOTHERMIC REACTOR - A process for the production of chlorine by thermo-catalytic gas phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride gas with oxygen, in the presence of a catalyst, and separation of the chlorine from the reaction products comprising chlorine, hydrogen chloride, oxygen and water, characterized in that
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20140241977 | Purification of Nanocrystals for Thermoelectric, Solar, and Electronic Applications - Disclosed herein is a method of purifying and doping a population of semiconductor nanocrystals. The method includes mixing the population of semiconductor nanocrystals having a first material system and a first ligand with a set of particles in the presence of a first solvent, the set of particles having a second material system which is different from the first material system and a second ligand which is different from the first ligand, to form a mixture. The method also includes facilitating a ligand exchange and an ionic exchange in the mixture, altering the first material system of the population of semiconductor nanocrystals to a third material system, different from the first material system and the second material system. The method includes sonicating the mixture and isolating the population of semiconductor nanocrystals having the third material system and the second ligand from the mixture. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241978 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD FOR FORMING OXIDE FILM, AND TRANSISTOR - A method for manufacturing a sputtering target with which an oxide semiconductor film with a small amount of defects can be formed is provided. Alternatively, an oxide semiconductor film with a small amount of defects is formed. A method for manufacturing a sputtering target is provided, which includes the steps of: forming a polycrystalline In-M-Zn oxide (M represents a metal chosen among aluminum, titanium, gallium, yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, cesium, neodymium, and hafnium) powder by mixing, sintering, and grinding indium oxide, an oxide of the metal, and zinc oxide; forming a mixture by mixing the polycrystalline In-M-Zn oxide powder and a zinc oxide powder; forming a compact by compacting the mixture; and sintering the compact. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241979 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING WASTE WATER FROM A STAINLESS STEEL SLAG TREATMENT PROCESS - The present invention relates to method for recycling alkaline waste water from a stainless steel slag treatment process wherein stainless steel slag is brought into contact with water thereby producing said waste water, which waste water contains heavy metals, including at least chromium, and has a pH of at least 12. The waste water is recycled by using it for treating an alkaline granular carbonatable material, which contains aluminium metal, in order to oxidise the aluminium metal contained therein. This material is in particular municipal waste incinerator bottom ash which can, after the treatment of the present invention, safely be used as fine or coarse aggregate in bonded applications such as concrete, mortar and asphalt. During the treatment with the alkaline waste water, hydrogen gas is produced which is captured and used to produce energy by means of a cogeneration device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241980 | ZEOLITE SSZ-57 HAVING ENHANCED LARGE PORE SELECTVITY - The present invention is directed to an alumino-borosilicate SSZ-57 zeolite having enhanced large pore selectivity. The alumino-borosilicate SSZ-57 zeolite of the present invention is characterized as having substantially all of its aluminum atoms located within regions of the zeolite structure which form the 12 ring channels. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241981 | METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING MICROPOROUS CRYSTALS AND MICROPOROUS CRYSTAL MEMBRANES - This disclosure provides methods of making microporous crystals and microporous crystal membranes. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241982 | NOVEL ZEOLITIC MATERIALS WITH HETEROATOM SUBSTITUTIONS ON EXTERNAL SURFACE OF LATTICE FRAMEWORK - A zeolite material is provided having non-boron heteroatoms on the external surface of the zeolitic material lattice framework and B heteroatoms, or silanols created from boron hydrolysis, throughout the remainder of the lattice framework. The lattice framework of the zeolite material comprises large pore 12 member ring or larger openings at the external surface of the framework, and 10 member ring or smaller openings beneath the external surface large pore openings. Also provided is a process for preparing the zeolitic material. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241983 | Methods and Compositions for Enhancing the Therapeutic Effect of Anti-Tumor T Cells - Compositions, e.g., therapeutic agents, and methods are provided for modulating gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1). The therapeutic agents include short nucleic acid molecules that modulate gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1) expression, viral vectors containing such molecules, T cells transduced with these viruses for adoptive therapies, and any small molecules that bind to and inactivate Foxp1. These compounds and methods have applications in cancer therapy either alone or in combination with other therapies that stimulate the endogenous immune system in the environment of the cancer, e.g., tumor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241984 | ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The invention describes antibodies having a high affinity for aggregated forms of α-synuclein and a low affinity for monomeric forms of α-synuclein. The antibodies are useful in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241985 | Chelated PSMA Inhibitors - Compounds as defined herein are provided which are useful in (1) diagnostic methods for detecting and/or identifying cells presenting PSMA; (2) compositions comprising a compound of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent; and (3) methods for imaging prostate cancer cells. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241986 | FORMULATIONS OF FLUORINATED STILBENE SUITABLE FOR PET IMAGING - The invention is directed to formulations of lipophilic Amyloid beta ligand stilbene and more particularly to formulations which are capable to be administered parenterally e.g. intravenously, wherein the lipophilic Amyloid beta ligand stilbene is a fluorinated stilbene. Further, the invention is directed to a method for sterile filtration of formulations suitable for PET imaging of mammals pursuant to the invention. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241987 | ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The invention describes antibodies having a high affinity for aggregated forms of α-synuclein and a low affinity for monomeric forms of α-synuclein. The antibodies are useful in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241988 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation. In particular, the present invention provides therapeutic agents for the treatment and prevention of persistent and permanent atrial fibrillation and prevention of progression of atrial fibrillation to permanent atrial fibrillation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241989 | NOVEL IMAGING AGENTS, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Compounds of formula (I) in which: >R is a linear or branched (C | 2014-08-28 |
20140241990 | METHODS OF USING ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ACTIVATION FOR TREATING DEPRESSION - Disclosed herein are methods for treating depression and depressive-like symptoms by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an adenosine 1 receptor agonist. Also disclosed herein are methods for identifying adenosine receptor agonists and the use of identified adenosine receptor agonists for treating diseases, disorders or conditions characterized by pathological sleep perturbations. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241991 | CHIMERIC NON-HUMAN ANIMAL CARRYING HUMAN HEPATOCYTE - A chimeric non-human animal having an in vivo human hepatocyte population, wherein the effects of non-human animal cells on drug metabolism are suppressed or deleted is provided. A method for producing a chimeric non-human animal that lacks a drug-metabolizing system or has a suppressed drug-metabolizing system and is provided with a drug-metabolizing system driven by human hepatocytes, is provided. The method comprises transplanting human hepatocytes into a non-human animal characterized by (i) being immunodeficient, (ii) having liver damage, and (iii) lacking the functions of an endogenous Cyp3a gene. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241992 | NANOSTRUCTURE, APPLIED DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A nanostructure is described. The nanostructure includes a nanoparticle, a shell encompassing the nanoparticle, and a gap having a width ranging from 1.0 nm to 6.0 nm and located between the nanoparticle and the shell to enable the nanostructure to generate a fluorescence. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241993 | FLUORESCENT CHLOROTOXIN CONJUGATE AND METHOD FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE VISUALIZATION OF CANCER - A chlorotoxin conjugate detectable by fluorescence imaging that allows for intra-operative visualization of cancerous tissues, compositions that include the chlorotoxin conjugate, and methods for using the chlorotoxin conjugate. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241994 | Method and system for calculating a quantification indicator for quantifying a dermal reaction on the skin of a living being - This method is designed for calculating a quantification indicator for quantifying a dermal reaction on a skin having several chromophores. The method includes illumination of a zone to be characterized on the skin, the skin reaction being included in the zone to be characterized; and measurement of the spectrum of a back scattered radiation coming from the skin after illumination of said zone to be characterized. The method also includes determination, according to the measured spectrum, of an absorption coefficient value for the zone to be characterized, and calculation, according to the absorption coefficient value, of each chromophore concentration. The method includes calculation of the quantification indicator according to each calculated chromophore concentration. The method includes determination, according to the measured spectrum, of a diffusion coefficient value of the zone to be characterized, and the quantification indicator is further calculated according to the diffusion coefficient value. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241995 | MICROPATCH FOR ASSESSING CHEMICAL CONTACT ALLERGY - The micropatch of the present invention provides a reliable and effective system of elicitation necessary for the diagnostic identification of allergy cases whilst substantially reducing the chances of sensitising subjects, the present invention employs a micropatch. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241996 | THERAPEUTIC NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are therapeutic nanoparticles having a diameter of between 10 nm to 30 nm, and containing a polymer coating, and a nucleic acid containing a sequence complementary to a sequence within a micro-RNA identified as having a role in cancer cell metastasis or anti-apoptotic activity in a cancer cell (e.g., miR-10b) or a sequence within an mRNA encoding a pro-apoptotic protein that is covalently linked to the nanoparticle. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing these therapeutic nanoparticles. Also provided herein are methods of decreasing cancer cell invasion or metastasis in a subject having a cancer and methods of treating a metastatic cancer in a lymph node in a subject that require the administration of these therapeutic nanoparticles to a subject. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241997 | WOUND TREATMENT - Use of a moulding composition comprising a polymer and a setting agent for wound debridement, wherein said use comprises adding water to said moulding composition to form a moulding fluid, applying said moulding fluid to a surface of a wound, allowing said moulding fluid to set in contact with said surface to form a solid covering on said surface, followed by removing said solid covering from the wound. The alginate composition adheres strongly to bacterial biofilms on the wound, whereby the biofilms are removed with the alginate composition. The moulding composition may be used in conjunction with a staining agent that undergoes a colour change in the presence of bacteria or bacterial polysaccharides to show the presence and removal of the biofilm. Also provided are methods of treating wounds using the compositions. | 2014-08-28 |