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20130071953 | GDF-15 BASED MEANS AND METHODS FOR SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY PREDICTION IN ACUTE INFLAMMATION - A method for diagnosing whether a subject suffering from an acute inflammation and in some cases systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is at increased risk for mortality. The method comprises determining the amount of the biomarker GDF-15 in a sample of said subject and comparing said amount to a reference. The method also relates to monitoring the development of acute inflammation in a subject by determining the amount of the biomarker GDF-15 in a first and a second sample of said subject wherein said first sample has been obtained prior to said second sample and comparing the amount of GDF-15 in said first and said second sample. Further encompassed are diagnostic devices and kits for carrying out the aforementioned methods. | 03-21-2013 |
20130122530 | PREDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AFTER SURGERY - Systems, kits, and methods for predicting the risk of an adverse event related to acute kidney injury AKI as a consequence of a surgical intervention in a subject. Embodiments of the system and methods include means and steps for determining an amount of liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) in a sample, such as a urine-sample of a subject; comparing the amounts of the L-FABP with a reference amount, and predicting the risk of an adverse event related to acute kidney injury as a consequence of surgical intervention in the subject. | 05-16-2013 |
20140065648 | USE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EARLY TRANSITION FROM ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TO HEART FAILURE - Methods and systems for diagnosing functional and/or structural abnormalities of the heart preceding heart failure, and for predicting the risk of developing heart failure, in a subject comprising measuring a cardiac troponin in a sample and comparing the measurement to a reference value. Other markers, including GDF15 and IGFBP7 are also measured in some embodiments. | 03-06-2014 |
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20150079615 | USE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EARLY TRANSITION FROM ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TO HEART FAILURE - Methods and systems for diagnosing functional and/or structural abnormalities of the heart preceding heart failure, and for predicting the risk of developing heart failure, in a subject comprising measuring a cardiac troponin in a sample and comparing the measurement to a reference value. Other markers, including GDF15 and IGFBP7 are also measured in some embodiments. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090283228 | GUIDE - A guide for aligning at least one mesh interstice of more than one respective mesh panel. The guide includes a first portion configured for engaging the first mesh panel and a second portion configured for engaging a further mesh panel is disclosed. When the first and second portions are engaged, the at least one mesh interstice of the respective first and further mesh panels are caused to substantially align. | 11-19-2009 |
20090297279 | ROCK BOLT AND AN ANCHORING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a rock bolt comprising first and second ends, a shaft extending between the ends, and an anchoring device extending along a first part of the shaft adjacent the first end. The anchoring device comprises a mandrel, and at least one expansion element overlaying the mandrel. The expansion element is displaced radially outwardly on a predetermined relative movement between the mandrel and the expansion element. The expansion element is joined to a connector to form an anchor assembly. The anchor assembly is keyed to the mandrel. The anchor assembly comprises relative rotation actuator means active during rotation of the anchoring device. The invention further relates to an anchoring device per se. | 12-03-2009 |
20100098500 | DRILLING TOOL, A SELF-DRILLING ROCK BOLT, A DRILL BIT, AN ANCHORING DEVICE FOR A SELF-DRILLING ROCK BOLT, A SHAFT FOR A DRILLING TOOL AND AN END COUPLING FOR A DRILLING TOOL - A drilling tool ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100202838 | ROCK BOLT - A hollow rock bolt comprising a shaft having a spiral form protruding from the exterior surface of the shaft, wherein the spiral form has a flank angle of between 30° and 60°. | 08-12-2010 |
20110103896 | CUTTABLE DRILLING TOOL, AND A CUTTABLE SELF DRILLING ROCK BOLT - The present invention relates to a drilling tool incorporating first and second ends, a cuttable and/or processable shaft extending between the ends. The first end has a drill bit to penetrate rock. The drill bit and the shaft have complementary threads. The drill bit and the shaft comprise a relative rotation stop means that ensures that the drill bit remains loose during drilling in a first direction. The invention further relates to a self drilling rock bolt, a drill bit, drill shaft and shaft coupling, and an anchoring device per se. | 05-05-2011 |
20130129425 | Rock Bolt and an Anchoring Device - A rock bolt including an elongate shaft, and an anchoring device attached to the shaft having an expansion mechanism. The anchoring device is operable to expand radially relative to the lengthwise extent of the shaft to anchor the rock bolt within a bore drilled into a rock body. The anchoring device includes an annular band, which extends about the expansion mechanism to resist expansion of the mechanism. The band is arranged so it can enter the bore in which the bolt is to be anchored in position about the expansion mechanism and to maintain a resistance to expansion of the expansion mechanism at least until the expansion mechanism has substantially fully entered the bore. The band can be a polymeric material such as a heat shrink polymeric material in tight fitting engagement about the expansion mechanism so as to conform to the external shape of the expansion mechanism. | 05-23-2013 |