Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120103005 | SCREW CHILLER ECONOMIZER SYSTEM - Screw chillers have economizer systems that include a low pressure economizer and a high pressure economizer. According to certain embodiments, the low pressure economizer includes a flash tank, an expansion device and a flow control valve while the high pressure economizer includes a heat exchanger and an expansion device. The screw chillers also include a screw compressor that compresses refrigerant. The screw compressor includes a low pressure economizer port designed to receive lower pressure refrigerant from the flash tank within the low pressure economizer and a high pressure economizer port designed to receive higher pressure refrigerant from the heat exchanger within the higher pressure economizer. The screw compressor is designed to compress the refrigerant received from the evaporator, the refrigerant received through the low pressure economizer port, and the refrigerant received through the high pressure economizer port and to discharge the refrigerant through a common discharge. | 05-03-2012 |
20140013788 | HEAT-PUMP CHILLER WITH IMPROVED HEAT RECOVERY FEATURES - A heating and cooling system includes an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser. A heat exchanger, which may be an outdoor heat exchanger, is configured to receive the refrigerant from the condenser, to selectively extract heat from or to add heat to the refrigerant, and to transfer the refrigerant to the evaporator. First control valving, disposed between the condenser and the heat exchanger, is configured to regulate flow of the refrigerant from the condenser to the heat exchanger in a first mode of operation. Second control valving, disposed between the condenser and the heat exchanger, is configured to regulate flow of the refrigerant from the heat exchanger to the evaporator in a second mode of operation. The system may be operated in a variety of modes by appropriate control of the valving and other system components. | 01-16-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090216729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES - A system and method for updating, monitoring, and controlling applications on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch or request to access a network by an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. The application server module can determine one or more policies or categories to associate with the application by referencing an application inventory database. Once the application server module has the category or policy, it forwards a hash/policy table to the workstation management module. Upon receipt of the hash/policy table, the workstation management module applies the policy that is associated with the application to control network access by the application. | 08-27-2009 |
20120005212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES - A system and method for updating a system that controls files executed on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch of an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. This data can include a hash value. The application server module can determine one or more categories to associate with the application by referencing an application inventory database or requesting the category from an application database factory. The application database factory can receive applications from multiple application server modules. The application database factory determines whether the application was previously categorized by the application database factory and provides the category to the application server module. Once the application server module has the category, it forwards a hash/policy table to the workstation management module. Upon receipt of the hash/policy table, the workstation management module applies the policy that is associated with the launched application to control access to the application on the workstation. | 01-05-2012 |
20120191676 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES - A system and method for updating, monitoring, and controlling applications on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch or request to access a network by an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. The application server module can determine one or more policies or categories to associate with the application by referencing an application inventory database. Once the application server module has the category or policy, it forwards a hash/policy table to the workstation management module. Upon receipt of the hash/policy table, the workstation management module applies the policy that is associated with the application to control network access by the application. | 07-26-2012 |
20140068708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES - A system and method for updating a system that controls files executed on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch of an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. This data can include a hash value. The application server module can determine one or more categories to associate with the application by referencing an application inventory database or requesting the category from an application database factory. The application database factory can receive applications from multiple application server modules. The application database factory determines whether the application was previously categorized by the application database factory and provides the category to the application server module. Once the application server module has the category, it forwards a hash/policy table to the workstation management module. Upon receipt of the hash/policy table, the workstation management module applies the policy that is associated with the launched application to control access to the application on the workstation. | 03-06-2014 |
20140156838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES - A system and method for updating, monitoring, and controlling applications on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch or request to access a network by an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. The application server module can determine one or more policies or categories to associate with the application by referencing an application inventory database. Once the application server module has the category or policy, it forwards a hash/policy table to the workstation management module. Upon receipt of the hash/policy table, the workstation management module applies the policy that is associated with the application to control network access by the application. | 06-05-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080268129 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GREEN TEA CATECHINS AND ONE OR MORE POLYVALENT MINERAL CATIONS - Disclosed are beverage compositions containing green tea catechins and polyvalent mineral cations, wherein the beverage compositions exhibit a relatively low turbidity. Also disclosed is a process for avoiding the turbidity issues associated with inclusion of calcium and green tea catechins. | 10-30-2008 |
20100098822 | Isothiocyanate Preservatives and Methods of Their Use - A composition for preserving solid food products comprising a moisture-sensitive isothiocyanate compound and a hygroscopic carrier, wherein the composition is substantially free of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, and salts thereof. Also disclosed is a solid food product containing the aforementioned preservative composition and a method for preserving solid food products including the steps of adding a moisture-sensitive isothiocyanate to the solid food product and storing the resulting product at a reduced temperature. | 04-22-2010 |
20110244078 | Mustard Compositions - A white mustard essential oil having from about 30% to about 35% 4-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate, by weight. An enriched white mustard essential oil having about 30% to about 80% 4-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate, by weight. A food or beverage product can include the enriched white mustard essential oil. A flour including a mustard flour, wherein the mustard flour is substantially free of sinalbin. | 10-06-2011 |
20110245526 | Process of Extracting Isothiocyanates - A process for producing an essential oil. The essential oil can be white mustard essential oil. The white mustard essential oil can include a moisture sensitive isothiocyanate compound. The moisture sensitive isothiocyanate compound can be 4-HBITC. The essential oil can be produced from mustard seed, which can comprise a precursor sinalbin and myrosinase enzyme. The mustard seed can be reduced into a powder. Activation of the myrosinase enzyme by using a water solvent and a promoter to form a slurry can be performed, wherein the myrosinase enzyme catalyzes the production of an essential oil comprising an isothiocyanate from the sinalbin precursor. | 10-06-2011 |
20120003369 | Acidification of Food Products - A process for acidifying a food product. The process can include providing a food product having an initial pH, adding a first acid to the food product so as to adjust the initial pH of the food product to an intermediate pH of the food product, adding a second acid to the food product so as to adjust the intermediate pH of the food product to a final pH of the food product, wherein an acidified food product having the final p is produced. | 01-05-2012 |
20120003371 | Acidification and Preservation of Food Products - A process for acidifying and preserving a food product. The process can include providing a food product having an initial pH, acidifying the food product to a final pH to produce an acidified food product, treating the acidified food product with a preservative composition comprising a moisture sensitive isothiocyanate compound, wherein the acidifying and treating produce an acidified and preserved food product. | 01-05-2012 |
20120070557 | Isothiocyanate Preservatives and Methods of Their Use - A composition for preserving solid food products comprising a moisture-sensitive isothiocyanate compound and a hygroscopic carrier, wherein the composition is substantially free of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, and salts thereof. Also disclosed is a solid food product containing the aforementioned preservative composition and a method for preserving solid food products including the steps of adding a moisture-sensitive isothiocyanate to the solid food product and storing the resulting product at a reduced temperature. | 03-22-2012 |
20120315369 | Cookware Release Compositions - A cookware release composition having edible oil and a silicone polymer. The cookware release composition can contain an edible oil and greater than 1000 ppm polydimethylsiloxane. The cookware release composition can contain an edible oil and a silicone polymer and the edible oil can be selected from the group consisting of palm oil, fractionated palm oil, high-oleic vegetable oil, lauric acid oil, MCT, and combinations thereof. The cookware release composition can contain an edible oil that contains less than 25% polyunsaturated fatty acids and polydimethylsiloxane. | 12-13-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090066934 | OPTICAL DEVICES FOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DETECTION - A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream onto a sample substrate to define a sample area. The first optical device derives first data relative to at least a portion of the sample area, which is analyzed to determine at least one field of view and/or specific target location. The second optical device then interrogates the sample area at each determined target location, e.g., using Raman spectroscopy, to produce interrogation data. The processor determines whether the sample area includes predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest based upon an analysis of the interrogation data and triggers an event such as an alarm or message if the predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest are identified. | 03-12-2009 |
20090103082 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DETECTION - A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream onto a sample substrate to define a sample area. The first optical device derives first data relative to at least a portion of the sample area, which is analyzed to determine at least one field of view and/or specific target location. The second optical device then interrogates the sample area at each determined target location, e.g., using Raman spectroscopy, to produce interrogation data. The processor determines whether the sample area includes predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest based upon an analysis of the interrogation data and triggers an event such as an alarm or message if the predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest are identified. | 04-23-2009 |
20100261280 | Biological and chemical monitoring - A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream onto a sample substrate to define a sample area. The first optical device derives first data relative to at least a portion of the sample area, which is analyzed to determine at least one field of view and/or specific target location. The second optical device then interrogates the sample area at each determined target location, e.g., using Raman spectroscopy, to produce interrogation data. The processor determines whether the sample area includes predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest based upon an analysis of the interrogation data and triggers an event such as an alarm or message if the predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest are identified. | 10-14-2010 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130137010 | REACTIVE SINTERING OF CERAMIC LITHIUM-ION SOLID ELECTROLYTES - A method of forming a solid, dense, hermetic lithium-ion electrolyte membrane comprises combing an amorphous, glassy, or low melting temperature solid reactant with a refractory oxide reactant to form a mixture, casting the mixture to form a green body, and sintering the green body to form a solid membrane. The resulting electrolyte membranes can be incorporated into lithium-ion batteries. | 05-30-2013 |
20140295286 | CERAMIC ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL COMPRISING A MODIFIED POLYCRYSTALLINE LITHIUM METAL PHOSPHATE - There is disclosed a polycrystalline lithium-ion conductive membrane for a lithium-air battery that comprises at least one surface, a polycrystalline lithium-ion conductive material comprising grain boundaries, and at least one modifying phase, wherein (a) the at least one modifying phase is incorporated into the grain boundaries to form a modified polycrystalline lithium-ion conductive material comprising modified grain boundaries, (b) the at least one modifying phase is incorporated into the at least one surface to form a modified surface, or both (a) and (b). Various lithium based batteries, including lithium ion, lithium-air, and lithium-water batteries are disclosed, as well as methods for modifying the polycrystalline lithium-ion conductive membrane to allow it to be used in such battery applications. | 10-02-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100247436 | In vivo photodynamic therapy of cancer via a near infrared agent encapsulated in calcium phosphate nanoparticles - Nano-encapsulated photosensitizers and their use in the treatment of tumors and/or imaging is described. Preferably, the photosensitizers are encapsulated in a calcium phosphate nanoparticle (CPNP). Encapsulating the PS in a CPNP increases the half-life of the PS, increases absorption of the PS into the target cell tissue, increases the photostability of the PS, increases the photoefficiency of the PS, increases in vivo retention of the PS, or combinations thereof, ultimately making it a highly efficacious agent for use in photodynamic therapy, imaging target tissues, vessels, or tumors, and/or detecting or locating tumors. | 09-30-2010 |
20110129413 | Bioconjugation of Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles For Selective Targeting of Cells In Vivo - Non-aggregating resorbable calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles (CPNPs) are bioconjugated to targeting molecules that are specific for particular cells. The CPNPs are stable particles at normal physiological pH. Chemotherapy and imaging agents may be integrally formed with the CPNPs so that they are compartmentalized within the CPNPs. In this manner, the agents are protected from interaction with the environment at normal physiological pH. However, once the CPNPs have been taken up, at intracellular pH, the CPNPs dissolve releasing the agent. Thus, chemotherapeutic or imaging agents are delivered to specific cells and permit the treatment and/or imaging of those cells. Use of the bioconjugated CPNPs both limits the amount of systemic exposure to the agent and delivers a higher concentration of the agent to the cell. The methods and principals of bioconjugating CPNPs are taught by examples of bioconjugation of targeting molecules for breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and leukemia. | 06-02-2011 |
20120288556 | CERAMIDE ANIONIC LIPOSOME COMPOSITIONS - Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions according to aspects of the present invention which include one or more hydrophilic antineoplastic chemotherapeutics, such as vinca alkyloid antineoplastic chemotherapeutics, encapsulated in ceramide anionic liposomes. Methods of treatment of a subject having cancer using the pharmaceutical compositions are described, along with methods of making ceramide anionic liposomes which encapsulate one or more hydrophilic antineoplastic chemotherapeutics in the aqueous interior of the ceramide anionic liposomes. | 11-15-2012 |
20130209546 | COMBINATORIAL METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF MELANOMA - The invention relates to combining targeted therapies with selected chemotherapeutics for the treatment of melanoma. The invention provides a method for inducing apoptosis in a melanoma tumor cell by reducing Akt3 activity. A method for inducing apoptosis in a melanoma tumor cell comprising contacting a melanoma tumor cell with an agent that reduces Akt3 activity to restore normal apoptotic sensitivity to a melanoma tumor cell, allowing a lower concentration of chemotherapeutic agents resulting in decreased toxicity to a patient. Also disclosed is a method for treating a melanoma comprising administering an agent that reduces Akt3 activity and an agent that reduces V599E B-Raf activity, thereby treating a melanoma tumor. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217949 | COMBINATORIAL METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF MELANOMA - The invention relates to combining targeted therapies with selected chemotherapeutics for the treatment of melanoma. The invention provides a method for inducing apoptosis in a melanoma tumor cell by reducing Akt3 activity, a method for inducing apoptosis in a melanoma tumor cell comprising contacting a melanoma tumor cell with an agent that reduces Akt3 activity to restore normal apoptotic sensitivity to a melanoma tumor cell, allowing a lower concentration of chemotherapeutic agents resulting in decreased toxicity to a patient. Also disclosed is a method for treating a melanoma comprising administering an agent that reduces Akt3 activity and an agent that reduces V599E B-Raf activity, thereby treating a melanoma tumor. | 08-22-2013 |
20130295159 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYSTEMIC DELIVERY OF GROWTH ARRESTING, LIPID-DERIVED BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS - A system and method for optimizing the systemic delivery of growth-arresting lipid-derived bioactive drugs or gene therapy agents to an animal or human in need of such agents utilizing nanoscale assembly systems, such as liposomes, resorbable and non-aggregating nanoparticle dispersions, metal or semiconductor nanoparticles, or polymeric materials such as dendrimers or hydrogels, each of which exhibit improved lipid solubility, cell permeability, an increased circulation half life and pharmacokinetic profile with improved tumor or vascular targeting. | 11-07-2013 |
20140154325 | IN VIVO PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF CANCER VIA A NEAR INFRARED AGENT ENCAPSULATED IN CALCIUM PHOSPHATE NANOPARTICLES - Nano-encapsulated photosensitizers and their use in the treatment of tumors and/or imaging is described. Preferably, the photosensitizers are encapsulated in a calcium phosphate nanoparticle (CPNP). Encapsulating the PS in a CPNP increases the half-life of the PS, increases absorption of the PS into the target cell tissue, increases the photostability of the PS, increases the photoefficiency of the PS, increases in vivo retention of the PS, or combinations thereof, ultimately making it a highly efficacious agent for use in photodynamic therapy, imaging target tissues, vessels, or tumors, and/or detecting or locating tumors. | 06-05-2014 |
20140205669 | dhS1P AND USE OF SAME AS AN ANTICANCER THERAPEUTIC AND IMMUNOMODULATOR - Use of dhS1P and/or PhotoImmunoNanoTherapy as a therapeutic agent is described. Administration of therapeutically effective amounts of dhS1P decrease the number of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells and immune suppression in cancer patients. Administration of therapeutically effective amounts of dhS1P can be used as an adjuvant to conventional cancer therapies including immunotherapies. Therapeutic results can be achieved by directly administering dhS1P and/or by indirectly increasing the amount of dhS1P at the tumor site. The therapy permits the patient's immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells reducing tumor size and extending patient survival. | 07-24-2014 |
20140212480 | CERAMIDE ANIONIC LIPOSOME COMPOSITIONS - Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions according to aspects of the present invention which include one or more hydrophilic antineoplastic chemotherapeutics, such as vinca alkyloid antineoplastic chemotherapeutics, encapsulated in ceramide anionic liposomes. Methods of treatment of a subject having cancer using the pharmaceutical compositions are described, along with methods of making ceramide anionic liposomes which encapsulate one or more hydrophilic antineoplastic chemotherapeutics in the aqueous interior of the ceramide anionic liposomes. | 07-31-2014 |
20140271824 | Acid Stable Liposomal Compositions And Methods For Producing The Same - The present invention relates to a liposomal formulation for oral delivery of a bioactive agent that considers pH stability and oxidative stability of a bioactive ingredient. These lipid formulations are superior to conventional liposomes due to their stability, thereby circumventing the need for intra-venous delivery of bioactive agents. In one embodiment, the methods and compositions of the present invention relate to the oral delivery of insulin or a prodrug thereof. | 09-18-2014 |
20140348901 | COMBINATORIAL METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF MELANOMA - The invention relates to combining targeted therapies with selected chemotherapeutics for the treatment of melanoma. The invention provides a method for inducing apoptosis in a melanoma tumor cell by reducing Akt3 activity, a method for inducing apoptosis in a melanoma tumor cell comprising contacting a melanoma tumor cell with an agent that reduces Akt3 activity to restore normal apoptotic sensitivity to a melanoma tumor cell, allowing a lower concentration of chemotherapeutic agents resulting in decreased toxicity to a patient. Also disclosed is a method for treating a melanoma comprising administering an agent that reduces Akt3 activity and an agent that reduces V599E B-Raf activity, thereby treating a melanoma tumor. | 11-27-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110285995 | IMAGE MAPPING SPECTROMETERS - Devices and methods for hyperspectral and multispectral imaging are discussed. In particular, Image Mapping Spectrometer systems, methods of use, and methods of manufacture are presented. Generally, an image mapping spectrometer comprises an image mapping field unit, a spectral separation unit, and a selective imager. Image mapping spectrometers may be used in spectral imaging of optical samples. In some embodiments, the image mapping field unit of an image mapping spectrometer may be manufactured with surface shaped diamond tools. | 11-24-2011 |
20130321806 | IMAGE MAPPED SPECTROPOLARIMETRY - A method for imaging a sample, the method includes, during a single acquisition event, receiving a first polarization-encoded EM field for a first point and a second polarization-encoded EM field for a second point. The method further includes re-directing the first polarization-encoded EM field along a first pre-determined direction to a first location on a dispersing re-imager and the second polarization-encoded EM field along a second pre-determined direction to a second location on the dispersing re-imager. The method further includes spectrally dispersing the first polarization-encoded EM field to obtain a first spectrum, re-imaging the first spectrum onto a first location on a detector, spectrally dispersing the second polarization-encoded EM field to obtain a second spectrum, re-imaging the second spectrum onto a second location on the detector, and detecting the first re-imaged spectrum and the second re-imaged spectrum. | 12-05-2013 |
20150069239 | DIVIDED-APERTURE INFRA-RED SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL DETECTION - A divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is structured to provide identification of target chemical content in a single imaging shot based on spectrally-multiplexed operation. The system is devoid of spectral scanning acquisition of infrared (IR) spectral signatures of target content with an IR detector and does not require content. | 03-12-2015 |