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| 20080299607 | Enzymatic Process To Produce Highly Functional Soy Protein from Crude Soy Material - This invention relates generally to the processing of soy-derived materials for use in various products. More particularly, the invention relates to a process producing highly functional soy protein using ultrafiltration followed by an enzymatic treatment. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100307542 | Method of Reducing Surface Oil on Encapsulated Material - A method is provided for removing surface oil form a surface of an encapsulated material without using any type of solvent. The method includes contacting an encapsulated material having a moisture content of about 1 to about 60 weight percent with at least about 5 weight percent of an oil removing material for an amount of time effective for reducing surface oil on the encapsulated material by at least about 80%. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100310666 | Delivery of Functional Compounds - Functional ingredients including an esterified component and microencapsulated in an enteric matrix to increase the microencapsulation efficiency and reduce undesired organoleptic properties of the microencapsulated material while providing a desired release rate and ester hydrolysis rate, the process including forming an emulsion in water and titrating the emulsion with a precipitating agent to produce a particulate precipitate. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100310726 | Novel Preparation of an Enteric Release System - Hydrophobic liquids are microencapsulated by an enteric matrix in an environment substantially free of organic solvents, the process including forming an emulsion of the enteric material and hydrophobic liquid in water, the emulsion titrated with an acid to form a particulate precipitate of the microencapsulated hydrophobic liquid in an enteric matrix. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110159103 | Novel Preparation of an Enteric Release System - Hydrophobic liquids are microencapsulated by an enteric matrix in an environment substantially free of organic solvents. The process includes forming an emulsion of the enteric material and hydrophobic liquid in water, titrating the emulsion with an acid to form a particulate precipitate and optionally coating the particulate with a combination of enteric material and plasticizer. | 06-30-2011 |
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| 20090244878 | Conforming, electro-magnetic interference reducing cover for circuit components - An electronic circuit component is provided with shielding for electro-magnetic interference (“EMI”) by covering at least part of the component with a layer of electrical insulation that conforms to the shape of the surface to which the insulation is applied. At least part of the surface of the insulation is then covered by a layer of EMI shielding that conforms to the shape of the surface of the insulation to which the shielding is applied. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090273550 | Display Having A Transistor-Degradation Circuit - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed, including a device having a liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel that includes a transistor-degradation circuit. In some embodiments, the transistor-degradation circuit is configured to output a signal indicative of a change in a property of a transistor on the LCD panel over time. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100043222 | CONFORMING, ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE REDUCING COVER FOR CIRCUIT COMPONENTS - An electronic circuit component is provided with shielding for electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) by covering at least part of the component with a layer of electrical insulation that conforms to the shape of the surface to which the insulation is applied. At least part of the surface of the insulation is then covered by a layer of EMI shielding that conforms to the shape of the surface of the insulation to which the shielding is applied. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100079128 | LOW NOISE EXTERNAL ENABLE SWITCHER CONTROL SIGNAL USING ON-CHIP SWITCHER - A method and system is disclosed for powering device sub-circuitry of an electronic device. The sub-circuitry may be used to provide control signals to a direct current switcher on a main system board, thus eliminating passive circuitry typically associated with the sub-circuitry. Furthermore, by actively generating the control signals for the direct current switcher, explicit timing control circuitry is not required to synchronize the transmitted power to the sub-circuitry. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110298785 | GATE SHIELDING FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - Systems and methods for preventing parasitic capacitances within liquid crystal displays are provided. A display panel according to an embodiment may include, for example, a pixel with a pixel electrode and a transistor coupled to a gate line. Additionally, the pixel may include a shielding conductor interposed between the pixel electrode and the gate line. The shielding conductor may shield the pixel electrode from a parasitic capacitance with the gate line by causing a parasitic capacitance to form between the gate line and the shielding conductor instead of between the gate line and the pixel electrode. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298811 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT TO GLASS ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems, methods, and devices relating to directly bonding electrode pads of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) to electrode pads of a glass substrate are provided. In one example, such a system may include a glass substrate with electrode pads and an FPC with corresponding electrode pads. A joining edge of each electrode pad of the FPC may couple directly to a joining edge of a corresponding electrode pad of the glass substrate, without an intervening conductive adhesive layer or an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) layer, or a combination thereof. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20090165366 | Microreactor Process for Making Biodiesel - Embodiments of a method for using a microreactor to produce biodiesel. For example, the method may comprise flowing a first fluid comprising an alcohol and a second fluid comprising an oil to the microreactor. Alcohols typically, but not necessarily, are lower aliphatic alcohols, including methanol, ethanol, amyl alcohol or combinations thereof. Biodiesel production can be under supercritical conditions, where such conditions typically are determined relative to the alcohol component. Suitable sources of oil products include soy, inedible tallow and grease, corn, edible tallow and lard, cotton, rapeseed, sunflower, canola, peanut, safflower, and combinations thereof. Catalysts can be used to facilitate biodiesel production, such as metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates, alcoholic metal carbonates, alkoxides, mineral acids and enzymes. Oil conversion to biodiesel typically increases with increasing mean microreactor residence time. Certain embodiments of the present invention can include blending biodiesel produced by the method with petroleum-based products. | 07-02-2009 |
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| 20080260915 | Method and apparatus for producing dry food supplements from fruits, vegetables, and other sources - A method for producing a dry food supplement with a flaky, powdery, or granular consistency from a selected moist source material includes a step of providing the moist source or starting material. This starting material to be dried is suspended or floated on a heat-transfer film on the surface of a body of heated but not boiling water to absorb heat from the water. The film prohibits moisture transfer from the body of heated water to the material to be dried. The heat transfer causes drying of the material. An apparatus for carrying out the method includes a reservoir of water, a film buoyantly supported on the water, and a heater for maintaining the temperature of the water at a predetermined level. In a preferred embodiment, the reservoir is in the form of an elongated trough and the film forms a conveyor belt that floats on the surface of the water. Preferably, a humidity-controlled stream of drying air is also directed over the drying material, and the drying process is continued until a dry flake or mass is produced. This dry flake or mass may be generally flaky or can be powdered or granular, dependent upon the nature of the starting material and the consistency of the product desired. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080260935 | Reversitall anti-oxidant grape product, method of making, method of using, and apparatus for producing - Reversitall is a unique anti-oxidant grape product, and includes a unique combination of beneficial organic chemicals, including trans-resveratrol, trans-viniferin, and oligostuibines. This product is produced from grape cane, red wine and raw grape juice. The grape product is usable as a food supplement having beneficial anti-oxidant properties. A method of making this food supplement includes solvent extraction from the grape cane, followed by vacuum drying without overheating the product. Another method for producing the product employs low temperature drying, and an apparatus to accomplishing this low temperature drying uses the surface of a body of heated but not boiling water to drive moisture off of the product. A method for using the food supplement involves human ingestion of desired amounts of the grape product as a daily food supplement. | 10-23-2008 |
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| 20090191294 | Grape cane product, and method of making - An extract of the grape plant obtained from grape plant cane is a powerful anti-oxidant, and offers a unique combination of beneficial organic chemicals, including trans-resveratrol, trans-viniferin, and oligostiibines. The grape plant cane product is produced essentially exclusively from grape plant cane, which is often discarded by vintners. Methods of making this product include solvent extraction from the grape plant cane, followed by vacuum drying without overheating the product. The grape plant cane extract may be used as an anti-fungal, antibiotic, antiseptic, preservative, as a topical application to improve moisture retention of human skin, and to extend the shipping and shelf life of produce, among other uses. A method for using the grape plant cane extract as a food supplement involves daily human ingestion of desired amounts of a food-grade grape plant cane product. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100075921 | Pr paration of hyaluronic acid with desired low molecular weight as a food supplement - A process for preparing hyaluronic acid primarily as a food supplement which is capable of absorption and assimilation by the human body includes desirable control of both the purity and molecular weight range of the resulting product. Chicken comb tissue is subjected to one of two disclosed processes for extracting, purifying, and controlling the molecular weight range of hyaluronic acid in solution, which is then dried and powdered to a form suitable for human consumption as a food supplement. The resulting hyaluronic acid product can also be used topically in creams or solutions for beneficial treatment of skin conditions, such as dry skin or wrinkling, for example. | 03-25-2010 |
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| 20080297386 | SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR WITH DAC RESOLUTION LESS THAN ADC RESOLUTION - A sigma-delta modulator is provided with a feedback digital-to-analog converter having less resolution than the quantizer, while providing a reduced length output word, requiring minimal additional internal processing, and shaping of the truncation error by an effective noise transfer function greater than the order of the host sigma-delta modulator. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090045848 | PHASE-FREQUENCY DETECTOR WITH HIGH JITTER TOLERANCE - A phase-frequency detection system and method for enhancing performance of the frequency detector in a phase-frequency detection system. Filtering of the frequency detector inputs makes operation of the frequency detector more robust in the presence of intersymbol interference within the incoming data signal and other non-ideal characteristics such as noise and crosstalk. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100039840 | AC-TO-DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND CHARGING CIRCUITRY - Voltage conversion and charging circuitry and method for converting an alternating current (AC) voltage to a direct current (DC) voltage for charging an energy storage element (e.g., battery or supercapacitor). An output capacitance, which is initially charged quickly for use in the slower charging of a battery, also maintains the charge on an input capacitance which provides power for the charging control circuitry during such charging process. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the DC charging current is substantially constant during a first time interval following which the DC charging power is substantially constant during a second time interval. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20110013488 | SUB-BEAM FORMING RECEIVER CIRCUITRY FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Multi-channel receiver circuitry for a sub-beam forming receiver of an ultrasound system in which digital filtering, down-sampling and successive data storage circuitry impose programmable fine and coarse time delays on received digital data signals. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110051937 | BEAM FORMING IN SPATIALIZED AUDIO SOUND SYSTEMS USING DISTRIBUTED ARRAY FILTERS - A system includes multiple speakers arranged in a speaker array configuration. The system also includes one or more filters configured to filter audio signals and generate filtered audio signals. The one or more filters are configured to operate using filter coefficients associated with a desired beam pattern to be produced by the multiple speakers. The system further includes at least one amplifier configured to amplify the filtered audio signals and provide the amplified filtered audio signals to the speakers. The one or more filters reside within or are coupled to the at least one amplifier. The system may further include a controller configured to modify at least one of the filter coefficients based on a change in the speaker configuration. The filters may operate independently of a centralized processor, and a centralized processor may not even be required to provide electronic beam forming. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20090037287 | Software Marketplace and Distribution System - In an embodiment, a computer implemented method is described. The method is performed at one or more servers, hosting a marketplace application. A software application is received from a software vendor for distribution. License terms are associated with the software application. The software application is made available for distribution through the marketplace application. The software application is deployed to one or more user accounts on one or more hosting servers, in accordance with the license terms. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037337 | Software Licensing and Enforcement System - In an embodiment, a computer implemented method is described. The method is performed at one or more servers, hosting a marketplace application. A software application is received from a vendor for distribution. License terms are generated in response to a selection by the vendor from options provided by the marketplace application. The license terms are associated with the software application. The software application is made available for distribution through the marketplace application, in accordance with the license terms. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037452 | System and Method for Synchronizing Applications - Changes made to a first data set in a plurality of data sets are detected, and at least a first subset of the changes is synchronized to a data framework that facilitates data synchronization between the plurality of data sets. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037492 | Framework for Synchronizing Applications - A computer system includes one or more memory, and one or more programs and data structures stored in the memory, the one or more programs and data structures including: an application data structure processors, configured to store data and program files for a web-based application, an account data structure configured to store one or more instances of the application data structure for an account, wherein an instance of the application data structure corresponds to an instance of a web based application, and a synchronization module configured to synchronize data between web-based applications within an account based on synchronization rules. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037523 | System and Method for Synchronizing an Offline Web-Based Application with an Online Web-Based Application - A system and a method for executing a web-based application on a client computer system without a network connection to an application server that hosts the web-based application is presented. In these embodiments, the web-based application can provide functionality substantially similar to the functionality of the web-based application when the client computer system has a network connection to the application server. A system and method for synchronizing and resolving conflicts between an online and an offline web-based application is also presented. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090070388 | System and Method for Resolving Conflicts Between an Offline Web-Based Application and an Online Web-Based Application - A system and a method for executing a web-based application on a client computer system without a network connection to an application server that hosts the web-based application is presented. In these embodiments, the web-based application can provide functionality substantially similar to the functionality of the web-based application when the client computer system has a network connection to the application server. A system and method for synchronizing and resolving conflicts between an online and an offline web-based application is also presented. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090259744 | System and Method for Running a Web-Based Application while Offline - A system and a method for executing a web-based application on a client computer system without a network connection to an application server that hosts the web-based application is presented. In these embodiments, the web-based application can provide functionality substantially similar to the functionality of the web-based application when the client computer system has a network connection to the application server. A system and method for synchronizing and resolving conflicts between an online and an offline web-based application is also presented. | 10-15-2009 |
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| 20090240915 | Broadcasting Collective Operation Contributions Throughout A Parallel Computer - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for broadcasting collective operation contributions throughout a parallel computer. The parallel computer includes a plurality of compute nodes connected together through a data communications network. Each compute node has a plurality of processors for use in collective parallel operations on the parallel computer. Broadcasting collective operation contributions throughout a parallel computer according to embodiments of the present invention includes: transmitting, by each processor on each compute node, that processor's collective operation contribution to the other processors on that compute node using intra-node communications; and transmitting on a designated network link, by each processor on each compute node according to a serial processor transmission sequence, that processor's collective operation contribution to the other processors on the other compute nodes using inter-node communications. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090292905 | Performing An Allreduce Operation On A Plurality Of Compute Nodes Of A Parallel Computer - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performing an allreduce operation on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer, each node including at least two processing cores, that include: performing, for each node, a local reduction operation using allreduce contribution data for the cores of that node, yielding, for each node, a local reduction result for one or more representative cores for that node; establishing one or more logical rings among the nodes, each logical ring including only one of the representative cores from each node; performing, for each logical ring, a global allreduce operation using the local reduction result for the representative cores included in that logical ring, yielding a global allreduce result for each representative core included in that logical ring; and performing, for each node, a local broadcast operation using the global allreduce results for each representative core on that node. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090307467 | Performing An Allreduce Operation On A Plurality Of Compute Nodes Of A Parallel Computer - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performing an allreduce operation on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer. Each compute node includes at least two processing cores. Each processing core has contribution data for the allreduce operation. Performing an allreduce operation on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer includes: establishing one or more logical rings among the compute nodes, each logical ring including at least one processing core from each compute node; performing, for each logical ring, a global allreduce operation using the contribution data for the processing cores included in that logical ring, yielding a global allreduce result for each processing core included in that logical ring; and performing, for each compute node, a local allreduce operation using the global allreduce results for each processing core on that compute node. | 12-10-2009 |
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| 20080211583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DRAIN VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO CONTROL LINEARITY, OUTPUT POWER, AND EFFICIENCY IN RF POWER AMPLIFIERS - A system and method for dynamic adjustment of drain or collector voltage of a power amplifier (PA), including a PA having a voltage input, a temperature sensor measuring ambient temperature of the PA, and an adaptive PA control processor that dynamically changes the input voltage based on the ambient temperature, achieving a desired peak power when the system is subjected to high temperatures. In a further embodiment, a power sensor measures output power of the PA, and the control processor dynamically changes the voltage based on output power when the system serves a large cell in a mobile communication infrastructure employing high power. In a further embodiment, a multistage PA and method include amplifier stages having drain or collector voltage inputs, wherein a voltage applied to the inputs are set so as to be proportional to the peak power requirements of each stage, enhancing overall efficiency. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080260066 | Dynamic digital pre-distortion system - A Dynamic Digital Pre-Distortion (DDPD) system is disclosed to rapidly correct power amplifier (PA) non-linearity and memory effects. To perform pre-distortion, a DDPD engine predistorts an input signal in order to cancel PA nonlinearities as the signal is amplified by the PA. The DDPD engine is implemented as a composite of one linear filter and N-1 high order term linear filters. The bank of linear filters have programmable complex coefficients. To compute the coefficients, samples from the transmit path and a feedback path are captured, and covariance matrices A and B are computed using optimized hardware. After the covariance matrices are computed, Gaussian elimination processing may be employed to compute the coefficients. Mathematical and hardware optimizations may be employed to simplify and reduce the number of multiplication operands and other operations, which can enable the DDPD system to fit within a single chip. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100237948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DRAIN VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO CONTROL LINEARITY, OUTPUT POWER, AND EFFICIENCY IN RF POWER AMPLIFIERS - A system and method for dynamic adjustment of drain or collector voltage of a power amplifier (PA), including a PA having a voltage input, a temperature sensor measuring ambient temperature of the PA, and an adaptive PA control processor that dynamically changes the input voltage based on the ambient temperature, achieving a desired peak power when the system is subjected to high temperatures. In a further embodiment, a power sensor measures output power of the PA, and the control processor dynamically changes the voltage based on output power when the system serves a large cell in a mobile communication infrastructure employing high power. In a further embodiment, a multistage PA and method include amplifier stages having drain or collector voltage inputs, wherein a voltage applied to the inputs are set so as to be proportional to the peak power requirements of each stage, enhancing overall efficiency. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110286509 | DYNAMIC DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION SYSTEM - A Dynamic Digital Pre-Distortion (DDPD) system is disclosed to rapidly correct power amplifier (PA) non-linearity and memory effects. To perform pre-distortion, a DDPD engine predistorts an input signal in order to cancel PA nonlinearities as the signal is amplified by the PA. The DDPD engine is implemented as a composite of one linear filter and N−1 high order term linear filters. The bank of linear filters have programmable complex coefficients. To compute the coefficients, samples from the transmit path and a feedback path are captured, and covariance matrices A and B are computed using optimized hardware. After the covariance matrices are computed, Gaussian elimination processing may be employed to compute the coefficients. Mathematical and hardware optimizations may be employed to simplify and reduce the number of multiplication operands and other operations, which can enable the DDPD system to fit within a single chip. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20100106564 | Embeddable Distributed E-Commerce And Community Building System For Digital Media - The present innovation provides a method and a system for embedding e-commerce and community building capability into a seller website, comprising maintaining on an e-commerce server a product database of products sold by a seller, providing a seller script that runs in a web browser for incorporation into at least one web page on the seller website, downloading upon execution of the seller script a dynamic page analyzer from the e-commerce server that, upon execution by the web browser, adds at least one toolbar to the web page, requesting by the web browser, a dynamic cart script, displaying a dynamic cart that enables the buyer to interactively specify an order for the product corresponding to the e-commerce control, and sending the specification of the order to the e-commerce server for fulfillment of the order. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106565 | Embeddable Distributed E-Commerce And Community Building System - The present innovation provides a method and a system for embedding e-commerce and community building capability into a seller website, comprising maintaining on an e-commerce server a product database of products sold by a seller, providing a seller script that runs in a web browser for incorporation into at least one web page on the seller website, downloading upon execution of the seller script a dynamic page analyzer from the e-commerce server that, upon execution by the web browser, adds at least one toolbar to the web page, requesting by the web browser, a dynamic cart script, displaying a dynamic cart that enables the buyer to interactively specify an order for the product corresponding to the e-commerce control, and sending the specification of the order to the e-commerce server for fulfillment of the order. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110191206 | Automated Processing of Digital Media Collections For Distributed E-Commerce - A method and a network device for e-commerce on a seller's website, including maintaining by an e-commerce server a catalog of products wherein each product may be ordered in conjunction with a media item and wherein the price of a product varies in accordance with the media item, receiving, by a buyer's web browser, a web page from the seller's website, the web page including at least one image, each image corresponding to a media item, enabling the buyer to select an image, said image corresponding to a desired media item, and a product, sending information about the selected image and the selected product, to the e-commerce server wherein the e-commerce server has no previous price information about said desired media item, dynamically determining, the purchase price of the selected product in conjunction with the desired media item, and enabling the buyer to specify a purchase order for the product. | 08-04-2011 |
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| 20090093531 | Co-Solvent Compositions and Methods for Improved Delivery of Dantrolene Therapeutic Agents - The present invention provides for methods of using tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) co-solvent systems in the formulation and production of a pharmaceutical agent with low solubility. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions made using the novel co-solvent system. In one embodiment, the invention provides for a method of making dantrolene sodium (DS) formulation for intravenous use (DS-IV). This instantaneous reconstitution of the DS-IV product constitutes a significant improvement in the pharmacotherapy of patients undergoing malignant hyperthermia during surgery. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090117054 | SUBLINGUAL SPRAY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN - This invention relates to a spray for sublingual administration, used in the treatment and management of pain, especially acute pain. Also provided are methods of treatment and management of pain, a metered dosage system for administration of the spray, and combination therapies. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20110015243 | CO-SOLVENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DELIVERY OF DANTROLENE THERAPUTIC AGENTS - The present invention provides for methods of using tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) co-solvent systems in the formulation and production of a pharmaceutical agent with low solubility. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions made using the novel co-solvent system. In one embodiment, the invention provides for a method of making dantrolene sodium (DS) formulation for intravenous use (DS-IV). This instantaneous reconstitution of the DS-IV product constitutes a significant improvement in the pharmacotherapy of patients undergoing malignant hyperthermia during surgery. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110160261 | CO-SOLVENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DELIVERY OF DANTROLENE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - The present invention provides for methods of using tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) co-solvent systems in the formulation and production of a pharmaceutical agent with low solubility. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions made using the novel co-solvent system. In one embodiment, the invention provides for a method of making dantrolene sodium (DS) formulation for intravenous use (DS-IV). This instantaneous reconstitution of the DS-IV product constitutes a significant improvement in the pharmacotherapy of patients undergoing malignant hyperthermia during surgery. | 06-30-2011 |
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| 20100234252 | CROSSLINKED SWELLABLE POLYMER - The invention is directed to stable crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same, and their various uses in the hygiene and medical arts, gel electrophoresis, packaging, agriculture, the cable industry, information technology, in the food industry, papermaking, use as flocculation aids, and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric microparticles having labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said microparticle mixed with a fluid and an unreacted tertiary crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the microparticle on degradation of the labile crosslinker so as to form a stable gel. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric particles are injected into a well and when the heat and/or pH of the well cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and when the particle expands, the tertiary crosslinker crosslinks the polymer to form a stable gel, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100292109 | SWELLABLE POLYMERS WITH HYDROPHOBIC GROUPS - The invention is directed to crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same and their various uses. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles being made with 0.1-5% hydrophobic monomers and labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said particles mixed with a fluid. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric particles are injected into a well and when the heat and/or pH of the target zones in the formation cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and when the particle expands, the hydrophobic groups associate to form a hydrophobically associative polymer, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100314114 | SWELLABLE POLYMER WITH ANIONIC SITES - The invention is directed to stable crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers and methods for making same. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles having anionic sites and labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said particle mixed with a fluid and a cationic crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the particle on degradation of the labile crosslinker and exposure of the anionic sites so as to form a gel. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric particles are injected into target zone and when the heat and/or suitable pH of the target zone cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and the particle expands, the cationic crosslinker crosslinks the polymer to form a gel, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100314115 | SWELLABLE POLYMER WITH CATIONIC SITES - The invention is directed to long lasting crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same, and their uses. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles having cationic sites as well as labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said particle mixed with a fluid. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric particles are injected into a target zones in the reservoirs and when the heat and/or a suitable pH in the reservoir cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and when the particle expands, the cationic sites in the polymer adsorb to negative sites of the rock in the formation, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery. However, many other uses are possible. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20120037364 | DELAYED GELLING AGENTS - The invention is directed to delayed gelation agents comprising a degradable polymeric cage containing therein one or more gelation agents. The cage degrades in situ, e.g, in an oil reservoir, thus releasing the gelation agent(s), which can then crosslink second polymers in situ to form a gel. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20100166654 | Single-Drug Multi-Ligand Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery - An adhesive is provided containing at least one synthetic polymer with receptor sites that enable the selective capture or release of a target molecule. A polymer is synthesized by polymerizing and cross-linking a functional monomer or functional copolymers in the presence of a target or template molecule allowing for reversible interactions between the polymer and the target molecule. The target molecule may be extracted from the polymer creating receptor sites complimentary to the target molecule. Alternatively, the target molecule may remain in the polymer network and be controllably released. The molecularly imprinted polymer is formulated into an adhesive. The adhesive can be used as a component in an in-vitro diagnostic device to release template molecules or to capture target molecules in vacated receptor sites in the synthetic polymer. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100316631 | Water Soluble Curcumin-Based Compounds - The present disclosure describes the design and synthesis of a novel class of water soluble curcumin-based compounds. These water soluble curcumin-based compounds are shown to provide superior cell killing activity and exhibit increased and cell internalization solubility in aqueous solutions as compared to the free (unconjugated) curcumin. The present disclosure provides compositions for the treatment or prevention of a variety of disease states or conditions, such as but not limited to, cancer, other cell hyperproliferative disorders and chronic inflammatory conditions, said compositions comprising a water soluble curcumin-based compound. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110054037 | BIS-AROMATIC ANTICANCER AGENTS - Treatment of cancer includes administering a compound of formula (I) to a subject. In particular, treatment of colorectal cancer is described. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110293515 | HETEROFUNCTIONAL SEGMENT-POLY (ETHYLENE GLYCOL) POLYMERS AS DELIVERY VEHICLES - Heterofunctional segment-poly(ethylene glycol) polymers, conjugates of these molecules with therapeutic and/or imaging agents, and methods for their use are disclosed. The heterofunctional segment-poly(ethylene glycol) polymers are useful as drug delivery conjugates, i.e., the heterofunctional segment-poly(ethylene glycol) polymers can be covalently attached to therapeutic agents (e.g., pharmaceutically active agents) and serve as delivery vehicles for the therapeutic agents. The heterofunctional segment-poly(ethylene glycol) polymers are also useful as imaging agent conjugates, i.e. the heterofunctional segment-poly(ethylene glycol) polymers can be covalently attached to imaging agents (e.g., tracers, imaging atoms, and imaging molecules) and serve as delivery vehicles for the imaging agents. Also disclosed are methods for treating a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of the polymers conjugated to a therapeutic agent, an imaging agent, or a mixture thereof. | 12-01-2011 |
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| 20100090127 | TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENT IMAGING SYSTEM - This invention provides a system and method that allows for time-resolved fluorescent imaging of fluorescent samples. The user is able to receive temporally filtered pictures of the sample with a reduced amount of the scattered excitation light and the short lived background fluorescence. The system allows for adjustment of fluorescent gating time and delay time. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100119119 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCREENING ZEBRAFISH - Systems and methods for screening zebrafish comprising, a storage device for at least temporarily storing an image of a zebrafish to be screened; a zebrafish atlas; and an operating device that automatically screens the zebrafish at least in part by automatically comparing one or more anatomical features of the zebrafish to one or more standards. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100119127 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF HIGH-CONTENT INFORMATION FROM WHOLE ORGANISMS - Systems and methods for extracting information about an organism of interest, generally comprising, an atlas of the organism of interest; a storage device for at least temporarily storing an image of the organism of interest; and an operating device that automatically creates a map of the image of the organism of interest and automatically compares the map of the image to the atlas of the organism. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110188105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A BEAM EXPANDER IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A line confocal microscope system, comprising an illumination system with a source of collimated light and a line forming optics arranged to provide a line shaped illumination area to be scanned over a sample, an image receiving system, and two or more objective lenses that are interchangeable in the optical path to provide different magnification, wherein the objective lenses have different aperture diameters, and the illumination system comprises a beam shape transformer arranged in between the source of collimated light and the line forming optics to selectively transform the cross-sectional shape of the collimated beam of light transmitted to the line forming optics to a predetermined shape in response to the back aperture diameter of the objective lens that is arranged in the optical path. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110285837 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING WELL WALL BOUNDARIES OF MICROPLATES - The present invention is directed to method and system for image processing of test wells on a microplates wherein the microplates' test well wall boundaries are identified through the use of a candidate edge image wherein the candidate edge image represents locations of one or more segments of the wall boundaries. | 11-24-2011 |
