Jiang, GB
Alan Honggen Jiang, Gloucester GB
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20110167734 | Thermally Conductive Sand Mould Shell for Manufacturing a Matrix Bit - A thermally conductive sand shell moulding system allows for controlling heat flow in a molten metal infiltrate powdered metal drill bit moulding system to differentially cool the mould system to control differential shrinking and accompanying stress concentrations. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171414 | Sacrificial Catalyst Polycrystalline Diamond Element - A superhard composite material comprising a polycrystalline diamond cutter (PDC) having a cutting surface and cutting edges having a polycrystalline diamond thickness of about 3 mm is integrally formed with a sacrificial catalyst source that is removed later in the processing of the of the cutter. | 07-14-2011 |
Alan Honggen Jiang, Kingsway, Gloucestershire GB
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20150368981 | Cutting Element - A cutting element comprises a table of superhard material bonded to a substrate, wherein the table defines a cutting edge and has a chamfered peripheral edge, and a groove in a sidewall of the cutting element passes through the chamfered peripheral edge, so as to reduce the depth of the chamfer at the location of the groove. | 12-24-2015 |
Bo Jiang, Uxbridge Middlesex GB
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20130228045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIQUID METALS TREATMENT - This invention relates to an apparatus (high shear device) and method for treating liquid metals by intensive melt shearing. The apparatus comprises a stator and a rotor with a small gap between them to provide intensive melt shearing for dispersing efficiently and distributing uniformly gas, liquid and solid phases in liquid metals without severe turbulence at the melt surface. The device can be extended to a multistage high shear pump by arranging individual rotor/stator assemblies either concentrically (one in another) or vertically. The device and high shear pump can be readily integrated into existing casting processes. The device is suitable for use in casting processes including high pressure die casting, low pressure die casting, gravity die casting, sand casting, investment casting, direct chill casting, twin roll casting, and any other casting process which requires liquid metal as a feedstock. In addition, the device is particularly suitable for providing conditioned liquid metal for both shape casting and continuous (or semi-continuous) casting of metallic materials, preparing high quality semi-solid slurries, solidification processing of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites, mixing immiscible metallic liquids and degassing of liquid metals prior to any casting processes. | 09-05-2013 |
Cairong Jiang, St Andrews GB
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20140242493 | DIRECT CARBON ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A direct carbon fuel cell DCFC system ( | 08-28-2014 |
Fenghui Jiang, Eastleigh GB
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20120297450 | Resource Upload - A method, system and program for uploading a resource from remote storage to a remote service. The method comprises the steps of connecting to the remote service, initiating an upload of the resource to the remote service, selecting the remote storage as a source of the resource, acquiring the resource from the remote storage, and uploading the resource to the remote service. In one embodiment, at least part of the method is executed by a proxy server and the step of acquiring the resource from the remote storage comprises downloading the resource to the proxy server. In another embodiment, the remote service communicates directly with the remote storage. In this further embodiment, a client device acquires authentication data for the resource from the remote storage and the step of acquiring the resource from the remote storage includes providing the authentication data to the remote storage. | 11-22-2012 |
20130013745 | Resource Upload - A method, system and program for uploading a resource from remote storage to a remote service. The method comprises the steps of connecting to the remote service, initiating an upload of the resource to the remote service, selecting the remote storage as a source of the resource, acquiring the resource from the remote storage, and uploading the resource to the remote service. In one embodiment, at least part of the method is executed by a proxy server and the step of acquiring the resource from the remote storage comprises downloading the resource to the proxy server. In another embodiment, the remote service communicates directly with the remote storage. In this further embodiment, a client device acquires authentication data for the resource from the remote storage and the step of acquiring the resource from the remote storage includes providing the authentication data to the remote storage. | 01-10-2013 |
Gouzhan Jiang, Birmingham GB
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20130118886 | Thermal Treatment - The invention provides methods and apparatus for thermal treatment, e.g. for pyrolysis of lignin. The lignin is provided to a reaction chamber as a paste, which can reduce or avoid process difficulties encountered when heating lignin. | 05-16-2013 |
Hui Jiang, Birmingham West Midlands GB
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20150246685 | Control Strategy for a Motor of an Electric Assisted Steering System - A control strategy for an electric motor of an electric power assisted steering system of the kind in which a control means produces motor current demand signals that are fed to a motor drive means, the demand signals being dependent on the amount of assistance torque demanded from the motor, the motor drive means being arranged to cause currents to flow in each phase of the motor as required to meet the demanded assistance torque, the control strategy comprising limiting the rate of change of current that is drawn from the electrical supply of the vehicle by the motor in the event that it would otherwise exceed a threshold rate of change. | 09-03-2015 |
Jiaxing Jiang, Liverpool GB
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20140249239 | Microporous Polymers, Methods for the Preparation Thereof, and Uses Thereof - A method for preparing a conjugated microporous polymer comprises the coupling of an alkynyl aryl monomer having a plurality of terminal alkyne groups with an iodo- or bromo-aryl monomer having a plurality of halogen atoms in the presence of a palladium (0) catalyst. The conjugated microporous polymer comprises nodes comprising at least one aryl unit and struts comprising at least one alkyne unit and at least one aryl unit, wherein a node is bonded from its aryl unit or units to at least two struts via alkyne units. Such polymers are useful in numerous areas such as separations, controlled release, gas storage and supports for catalysts. | 09-04-2014 |
Jiaxing Jiang, Merseyside GB
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20100240781 | Microporous Polymers, Methods for the Preparation Thereof, and Uses Thereof - A method for preparing a conjugated microporous polymer comprises the coupling of an alkynyl aryl monomer having a plurality of terminal alkyne groups with an iodo- or bromo-aryl monomer having a plurality of halogen atoms in the presence of a palladium (0) catalyst. The conjugated microporous polymer comprises nodes comprising at least one aryl unit and struts comprising at least one alkyne unit and at least one aryl unit, wherein a node is bonded from its aryl unit or units to at least two struts via alkyne units. Such polymers are useful in numerous areas such as separations, controlled release, gas storage and supports for catalysts. | 09-23-2010 |
Kyle Jiang, Birmingham GB
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20080241735 | Lithographic Process - The present invention provides a lithographic process for producing high aspect ratio parts from an epoxy-type negative photoresist comprising the steps of: (i) irradiating a prebaked masked epoxy-type negative photoresist on a substrate with light at a total energy density of from 18,000 to 35,000 mJ/cm | 10-02-2008 |
Ming Jiang, Cambridgeshire GB
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20090012022 | Hybrid Interfering Rna - The invention relates to a hybrid interfering RNA molecule comprising a duplex RNA and a single stranded DNA molecule and its use in the ablation of mRNA and in polymerase chain reactions. | 01-08-2009 |
Ming Jiang, London GB
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20120136040 | HYBRID INTERFERING RNA - The invention relates to a hybrid interfering RNA molecule comprising a duplex RNA and a single stranded DNA molecule and its use in the ablation of mRNA and in polymerase chain reactions. | 05-31-2012 |
Quanzhong Jiang, Bath GB
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20140332934 | SUBSTRATES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method of manufacturing a composite substrate for a semiconductor device, the method comprising: selecting a substrate wafer comprising: a first layer of single crystal material suitable for epitaxial growth of a compound semiconductor thereon and having a thickness of 100 μm or less;a second layer having a thickness of no less than 0.5 μm and formed of a material having a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the first layer of single crystal material and/or is formed of a material which has a higher fracture strength than that of the first layer of single crystal material; and a third layer forming a handling wafer on which the first and second layers are disposed, wherein the substrate wafer has an aspect ratio, defined by a ratio of thickness to width, of no less than 0.25/100; growing a first polycrystalline CVD diamond layer on the first layer of single crystal material using a chemical vapour deposition technique to form a composite comprising the substrate wafer bonded to the polycrystalline diamond layer via the first layer of single crystal material, wherein during growth of the first polycrystalline CVD diamond layer a temperature difference at a growth surface between an edge and a centre point thereof is maintained to be no more than 80° C.; and removing the second and third layers of the substrate wafer to form a composite substrate comprising the polycrystalline diamond layer directly bonded to the first layer of single crystal material. | 11-13-2014 |
Shisong Jiang, Oxfordshire GB
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20100291061 | PROCESS FOR MAKING OLIGOPEPTIDES - There is described a method of synthesising a family of oligopeptides of predetermined amino acid sequence, which together make up from 7 amino acids to the complete amino acid sequence of a target protein, which comprises: synthesising a nucleic acid construct which codes for a fusion protein composed of overlapping peptides derived from the desired portion of the target protein, interspersed with regions which code for protease cleavage sites, expressing the nucleic acid construct in a suitable expression vector, harvesting the fusion protein corresponding to the nucleic acid sequence, and digesting the fusion protein with a protease selective for the cleavage sites to generate the oligopeptides. The oligopeptides may be generated in vitro or in vitro and may be used as vaccines against viral infections and in epitope mapping. | 11-18-2010 |
Shuzhou Jiang, London GB
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20100329528 | IMAGING OF MOVING OBJECTS - A method of generating an image data set, describing an object, as the object moves in a scanning space, comprises: a) performing a plurality of scans of the scanning space each scan being arranged to generate a set of samples, each sample including a sample value of at least one parameter associated with a respective point in the scanning space, the plurality of scans generating sample sets relating to a plurality of different parameters; b) determining a mapping for each of the samples from the scanning space into an object space which is fixed relative to the object; and c) determining object space values for each of the parameters at each of a plurality of points in the object space. | 12-30-2010 |
Wenguo Jiang, Cardiff GB
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20120172250 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND PROGNOSIS OF WOUNDS - The invention relates to a method and kit for identifying chronic or acute mammalian wound tissue or for determining the prognosis of mammalian wound tissue based upon the identification of at least one key set of molecular markers or genes whose expression pattern is indicative of a given wound type and so representative of a given prognosis. | 07-05-2012 |
20130116134 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND PROGNOSIS OF WOUNDS - The invention relates to a method and kit for identifying chronic or acute mammalian wound tissue or for determining the prognosis of mammalian wound tissue based upon the identification of at least one key set of molecular markers or genes whose expression pattern is indicative of a given wound type and so representative of a given prognosis. | 05-09-2013 |
20140213629 | MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR HEALING OR TREATING WOUNDS - The invention relates to at least one molecular target for healing or treating wounds and, in particular chronic, human wounds. The molecular target is PTPRK, or a protein 50% homologous therewith, and which retains the same activity as PTPRK protein. Further, the invention concerns a novel therapeutic for treating said wounds and a novel gene therapy approach, involving said molecular target, for treating said wounds. | 07-31-2014 |
Wen Guo Jiang, South Glamorgan GB
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20120321613 | MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR HEALING OR TREATING WOUNDS - The invention relates to at least one molecular target for healing or treating wounds and, in particular chronic, human wounds. The molecular target is nWASP or a protein 50% homolgous therewith and which retains the same activity as nWASP protein, such as WASP. Further, the invention concerns a novel therapeutic for treating said wounds and a novel gene therapy approach, involving said molecular target, for treating said wounds. | 12-20-2012 |
Wen Guo Jiang, Heath Park GB
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20100035240 | METHODS AND KIT FOR THE PROGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER - The present invention relates to a method and kit, including parts thereof, for the prognosis of breast cancer. In particular, the method involves identifying a gene expression pattern, or molecular signature, that indicates the likelihood of survival of a patient with breast cancer, and/or likelihood of recurrence of the disease in a patient being treated, or having been treated, for breast cancer, and the likelihood of a patient having a metastatic form of cancer. Six molecular signatures, comprising twelve groups/sets of molecular markers have been identified, which have relevance in determining the prognosis of a given breast cancer. Each molecular signature comprises a plurality of genetic markers whose expression, either high or low in respect of normal tissue, is indicative of a given outcome, such as survival or recurrence. | 02-11-2010 |
Wen Guo Jiang, Cardiff GB
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20090298754 | Hai-1 and hai-2 in cancer therapy - The invention relates to a novel therapeutic composition for treating cancer, and particularly prostrate and breast cancer, the composition comprises mixture of two hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitors HAI-1 and HAI-2. | 12-03-2009 |
20120315637 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND PROGNOSIS OF CHRONIC WOUNDS - A method and kit are provided for identifying non-healing or healing chronic mammalian wound tissue or for determining the prognosis of chronic mammalian wound tissue based upon the identification of at least one key set of molecular markers or genes whose expression pattern is indicative of a given wound type and so representative of a given prognosis. | 12-13-2012 |
Xiangqian Jiang, Huddersfield GB
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20120026508 | SURFACE CHARACTERISTIC DETERMINING APPARATUS - A wavelength selector ( | 02-02-2012 |
Yonggang Jiang, Hampshire GB
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20080297774 | Methods and apparatus for optical analysis of samples in biological sample containers - An apparatus and method for optically analyzing samples in a biological sample container containing samples arranged at different locations on the base of the container. An optical acquisition device is provided comprising a detector and an objective. The position of the upper and lower surfaces of the base at each of the sample locations is determined by a confocal polychromatic displacement sensor. Light is collected from each of the sample locations by adjusting the focal plane to be coincident with, or vertically offset from, the upper surface of the base, as determined from the displacement sensor. This allows for rapid scanning of large numbers of samples in a multi-well plate or other biological sample containers. | 12-04-2008 |
20090116714 | Animal cell colony picking apparatus and method - An apparatus and method for automated picking of animal cell colonies. A picking head comprising a plurality of hollow pins is provided. The apparatus has an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or semi-solid medium. Image processing identifies the locations of the animal cell colonies to be picked. Picking an animal cell colony is performed by aligning each of the hollow pins in turn with a target animal cell colony location, introducing the hollow pin into the medium, and aspirating the animal cell colony into the hollow pin. In the case of an adherent colony, the distal end of the pin is forced into oscillation to detach the animal cell colony prior to aspiration. The animal cell colony is dispensed into a well plate by increasing pressure in the fluid conduit. | 05-07-2009 |
Yonggang Jiang, New Milton GB
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20100182419 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AND PROCESSING OF SAMPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE CONTAINERS - Disclosed herein is a holder for biological sample containers such as well plates. The holder comprises a flat vacuum bed surrounded by a seal. A container is placed within the seal and a vacuum is applied, pressing and flattening the lower surface of the sample container against the flat vacuum bed. Samples in all portions of the container may then be imaged without the need to refocus on each portion of the container. For imaging, a sample in a well can be illuminated by a beam of light arranged so that a part or all of the sample is illuminated by direct rays that have not passed through the well plate. The beam is redirected to other parts of the well if a single illumination does not cover the whole well, so that the sample to be imaged using a series of partial images. | 07-22-2010 |
20100182427 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AND PROCESSING OF SAMPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE CONTAINERS - Disclosed herein is a holder for biological sample containers such as well plates. The holder comprises a flat vacuum bed surrounded by a seal. A container is placed within the seal and a vacuum is applied, pressing and flattening the lower surface of the sample container against the flat vacuum bed. Samples in all portions of the container may then be imaged without the need to refocus on each portion of the container. For imaging, a sample in a well can be illuminated by a beam of light arranged so that a part or all of the sample is illuminated by direct rays that have not passed through the well plate. The beam is redirected to other parts of the well if a single illumination does not cover the whole well, so that the sample to be imaged using a series of partial images. | 07-22-2010 |
20120028237 | ANIMAL CELL COLONY PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Animal cell colonies are picked up automatically by an apparatus having a picking head with a plurality of hollow pins and an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or semi-solid medium. Image processing identifies the locations of the animal cell colonies to be picked. Picking an animal cell colony is performed by aligning each of the hollow pins in turn with a target animal cell colony location, introducing the hollow pin into the medium, and aspirating the animal cell colony into the hollow pin. In the case of an adherent colony, the distal end of the pin is forced into oscillation to detach the animal cell colony prior to aspiration. The animal cell colony is dispensed into a well plate by increasing pressure in the fluid conduit. | 02-02-2012 |
20120028238 | ANIMAL CELL COLONY PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Animal cell colonies are picked up automatically by an apparatus having a picking head with a plurality of hollow pins and an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or semi-solid medium. Image processing identifies the locations of the animal cell colonies to be picked. Picking an animal cell colony is performed by aligning each of the hollow pins in turn with a target animal cell colony location, introducing the hollow pin into the medium, and aspirating the animal cell colony into the hollow pin. In the case of an adherent colony, the distal end of the pin is forced into oscillation to detach the animal cell colony prior to aspiration. The animal cell colony is dispensed into a well plate by increasing pressure in the fluid conduit. | 02-02-2012 |
20120028239 | ANIMAL CELL COLONY PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Animal cell colonies are picked up automatically by an apparatus having a picking head with a plurality of hollow pins and an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or semi-solid medium. Image processing identifies the locations of the animal cell colonies to be picked. Picking an animal cell colony is performed by aligning each of the hollow pins in turn with a target animal cell colony location, introducing the hollow pin into the medium, and aspirating the animal cell colony into the hollow pin. In the case of an adherent colony, the distal end of the pin is forced into oscillation to detach the animal cell colony prior to aspiration. The animal cell colony is dispensed into a well plate by increasing pressure in the fluid conduit. | 02-02-2012 |
20120028240 | ANIMAL CELL COLONY PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Animal cell colonies are picked up automatically by an apparatus having a picking head with a plurality of hollow pins and an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or semi-solid medium. Image processing identifies the locations of the animal cell colonies to be picked. Picking an animal cell colony is performed by aligning each of the hollow pins in turn with a target animal cell colony location, introducing the hollow pin into the medium, and aspirating the animal cell colony into the hollow pin. In the case of an adherent colony, the distal end of the pin is forced into oscillation to detach the animal cell colony prior to aspiration. The animal cell colony is dispensed into a well plate by increasing pressure in the fluid conduit. | 02-02-2012 |
Yuxiong Jiang, Oxfordshire GB
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20140162131 | STRUCTURED PARTICLES - A powder comprising pillared particles for use as an active component of a metal ion battery, the pillared particles comprising a particle core and a plurality of pillars extending from the particle core, wherein the pillared particles are formed from a starting material powder wherein at least 10% of the total volume of the starting material powder is made up of starting material particles having a particle size of no more than 10 microns. | 06-12-2014 |
Yuxiong Jiang, Abingdon GB
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20130122717 | METHOD OF FABRICATING STRUCTURED PARTICLES COMPOSED OF SILICON OR SILICON-BASED MATERIAL AND THEIR USE IN LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - A method for treating silicon to form pillars, especially for use as the active anode material in Li-ion batteries, is disclosed. The process is simple to operate on a commercial scale since it uses a solution containing only a small number of ingredients whose concentration needs to be controlled and it can be cheaper to operate than previous processes. The solution includes: 0.01 to 5M HF 0.002 to 0.2M of metal ions capable of nucleating on and forming a porous layer comprising regions of elemental metal on the silicon surface; 0.001 to 0.7M of an oxidant selected from the group O | 05-16-2013 |
20140335411 | ETCHED SILICON STRUCTURES, METHOD OF FORMING ETCHED SILICON STRUCTURES AND USES THEREOF - A method of etching silicon, the method comprising the steps of: electrolessly depositing a first metal onto a silicon surface to be etched, wherein the electrolessly deposited first metal partially covers the surface of the silicon to be etched; depositing a second metal that is different from the first metal over the silicon surface and the electrolessly deposited first metal, wherein a film of the deposited second metal covers the silicon surface to be etched; removing the first metal and the second metal from regions of the film of the deposited second metal that overlie the first metal to leave the second metal partially covering the silicon surface to be etched; and etching the silicon by exposing the silicon surface to an aqueous etching composition comprising an oxidant and a source of fluoride ions. | 11-13-2014 |
20150050556 | ETCHED SILICON STRUCTURES, METHOD OF FORMING ETCHED SILICON STRUCTURES AND USES THEREOF - A method of etching silicon of a material comprising silicon, the method comprising the steps of partially covering a silicon surface of the material comprising silicon with an elemental metal and then carrying out a metal-assisted chemical etching of the silicon by exposing the partially covered silicon surface to an etching composition, wherein at least some of the elemental metal for the metal-assisted chemical etching is formed by either: (a) exposing the silicon surface to a composition comprising metal ions, wherein the elemental metal forms by reduction of the metal ions and wherein the composition comprising metal ions is substantially free of HF, or (b) depositing the elemental metal directly onto the silicon surface. | 02-19-2015 |
Zhong Jiang, Ware GB
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20130156828 | Dry Powder Inhalation Drug Products Exhibiting Moisture Control Properties and Methods of Administering the Same - A drug product comprises a dry powder inhalation device having a pharmaceutical composition present therein, said pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound which is (6α, 11β, 16α, 17α)-6,9-difluoro-17-{[(fluoromethyl)thio]carbonyl}-11-hydroxy-16-methyl-3-oxoandrosta-1, 4-dien-17-yl 2-furancarboxylate or a solvate thereof; a hygroscopic material, and a package which encompasses the dry powder inhalation device and the hygroscopic material defining an enclosed volume therein, wherein the enclosed volume exhitbits a Relative Humidity of from 20% to 40%. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157991 | Dry Powder Inhalation Drug Products Exhibiting Moisture Control Properties and Methods of Administering the Same - A drug product comprises a dry powder inhalation device containing one or more pharmaceutical compositions present therein, wherein the one or more pharmaceutical compositions comprise active ingredients (I) 4-{(1R)-2-[(6-{2-[(2,6-dichlorobenzyl)oxy]ethoxy}hexyl)amino]-1-hydroxyethyl}-2-(hydroxymethyl)phenol, or a salt thereof, and (II) (6α,11β,16α,17α)-6,9-difluoro-17-{[(fluoromethyl)thio]carbonyl}-11-hydroxy-16-methyl-3-oxoandrosta-1,4-dien-17-yl 2-furancarboxylate or a solvate thereof; a hygroscopic material; and a package which encompasses the dry powder inhalation device and the hygroscopic material defining an enclosed volume therein; wherein each of the active ingredients (I) and (II) are present in the same or different pharmaceutical compositions, and wherein the enclosed volume within the package exhibits a Relative Humidity of from 20% to 40%. | 06-20-2013 |