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20080233179 | TRANSDERMAL COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED COLOR STABILITY - A pharmaceutical composition for transdermal or transmucosal delivery of a pharmaceutical agent effective to treat a neurological disorder such as Parkinson's disease is disclosed. The composition contains an antioxidant, which provides color and chemical stability of the pharmaceutical agent. The antioxidant may also provide enhanced skin permeability of the agent. | 09-25-2008 |
20080260842 | PERMEATION ENHANCING COMPOSITIONS FOR ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS - A transdermal or topical skin-friendly composition including anticholinergic agents, such as oxybutynin, a urea-containing compound and a carrier system. A method is disclosed for treating a subject for urinary incontinence while reducing the incidences of peak concentrations of drug and undesirable side effects associated with oral anticholinergics. | 10-23-2008 |
20090069364 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Non-occlusive compositions for transdermal delivery of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors, and more particularly finasteride or dutasteride or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives thereof, and methods of making same. The composition may, for example, be a gel suitable for transdermal or transmucosal applications. The compositions of the present invention typically include a mixture of water and alcohol, and a solvent system having a mono alkyl ether of diethylene glycol and a glycol present in specified ratios and in specific amounts, wherein the pH of the gel is usually between about pH 4.5 and about pH 8. The compositions may include further components, for example, the hydroalcoholic vehicle may further include additional penetration enhancer(s), buffering agent(s), antioxidant(s), stabilizer(s) and/or gelling agent(s). Also, a method for the sustained delivery of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors to treat a variety of conditions and disorders. | 03-12-2009 |
20100216880 | TRANSDERMAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS - The present invention relates generally to compositions or formulations for transdermal or transmucosal administration of anticholinergic agents such as oxybutynin. The invention utilizes a novel delivery vehicle and is a substantially malodorous-free and irritation free transdermal formulation which is substantially free of long chain fatty alcohols, long-chain fatty acids, and long-chain fatty esters. A method is disclosed for treating a subject for urinary incontinence with these formulations while reducing the incidences of peak concentrations of drug and undesirable side effects associated with oral anticholinergics. | 08-26-2010 |
20110195114 | TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR ACTIVE AGENTS - A delivery vehicle for topical pharmaceutical formulations that include a C2 to C4 alkanol, a polyalcohol, and a monoalkyl ether of diethylene glycol present in relative amounts sufficient to provide permeation enhancement of an active agent through mammalian dermal or mucosal surfaces. Preferably, the delivery vehicle as well as the formulations that contain it are substantially free of long-chain fatty alcohols, long-chain fatty acids and long-chain fatty esters in order to avoid potential undesirable odor and irritation effects caused by such compounds during use of the formulation. Without these additives, use of the formulations is facilitated and patient compliance is greater | 08-11-2011 |
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20110257141 | TRANSDERMAL PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION FOR MINIMIZING SKIN RESIDUES - This invention relates to novel transdermal or transmucosal pharmaceutical formulation having an active agent of testosterone which reduces the occurrences of contamination of other individuals and the transference to clothing of the user. The solvent system of the formulation includes a monoalkylether of diethylene glycol and a glycol present in specified ratios, and a mixture of water and alcohol. The invention also relates to a method for inhibiting or delaying crystallization of the active agent in a pharmaceutical formulation. | 10-20-2011 |
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20100109789 | Radio frequency amplifier with digital amplitude modulation and method for controlling the delivering of power - A digital amplitude modulator is configured to modulate the amplitude of an input carrier signal based on input digital data and generate a corresponding output signal. The digital amplitude modulator includes a first variable gain amplifier for receiving the input carrier signal and generating a corresponding first amplified carrier signal, a second variable gain amplifier for receiving the input digital data and generating corresponding digital amplitude control data and a plurality of selectively activatable amplifier stages. Each amplifier stage receives a replica of the first amplified carrier signal and generates a corresponding second amplified carrier signal when activated. The output signal corresponds to a combination of the second amplified carrier signals generated by the activated amplifier stages. The digital amplitude modulator further includes a driving circuit configured to receive the digital amplitude control data and activate a corresponding set of selected amplifier stages based on the digital amplitude control data, and a power controller unit configured to adjust the power delivered by the digital amplitude modulator by setting a first amplifying gain of the first variable gain amplifier and a second amplifying gain of the second variable gain amplifier. | 05-06-2010 |
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20100307106 | MACHINE FOR WRAPPING STICKS OF FOOD PRODUCTS - In a machine for wrapping sticks of chewing gum, sticks of substantially rectangular outline and relatively small thickness advance singly and in succession on a conveyor, arranged flat and spaced apart at a predetermined first pitch, toward a position where they are transferred to a spacing roller revolving tangentially to the conveyor and presenting peripheral seats spaced apart at a pitch greater than the first pitch; the sticks are taken up at the transfer position by a pick-up and transfer mechanism operating between the conveyor and the seats of the spacing roller, describing a trajectory that includes a movement perpendicular to the plane occupied by the sticks and producing a minimal displacement equating approximately to the thickness of a single stick. | 12-09-2010 |
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20130111850 | PRODUCT WRAPPING MACHINE - A product wrapping machine comprises feed means by which products to be wrapped are directed on entry, in ordered succession, to a take-up station, a wrapping device comprising a first conveyor, rotatable continuously about a respective axis and a second conveyor rotatable intermittently about a respective axis, and a transfer device by which the products are gripped in succession at the take-up station and fed to the wrapping device. The first conveyor comprises a plurality of carriers, mounted rotatably on it and equipped with gripper heads. Each carrier is associated with a respective motion-inducing device designed to move the carrier in such a way as to enable the carrier to interface and interact with a respective gripper element of the second conveyor. | 05-09-2013 |
20130319579 | DISPENSING DEVICE FOR A LIQUID FILLING MACHINE - Described is a dispensing device for a liquid product filling machine comprising a plurality of the dispensing devices. Each dispensing device comprises a dispensing conduit having a product outlet opening, a shutter for the outlet opening, an actuating unit adapted to move the shutter from a closed position to an open position of the outlet opening and vice versa, a flexible membrane which separates the dispensing conduit from the actuating unit, a product presence detector, indicating when the flexible membrane is broken and connected to a control unit which each dispensing device is equipped with in such a way as to stop dispensing the product from the dispensing device whose flexible membrane is broken. | 12-05-2013 |
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20120317565 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO COMPUTING RESOURCES - Methods and devices for controlling access to resources are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the method comprises: executing an application at a first computing device, wherein an attempt to access a computing resource on the computing device is made by the application; determining that the application is not configured to access the computing resource, in response to the attempt; displaying, in a user interface of the computing device, a permission request to allow the application to access the computing resource; and transmitting data from the computing device to the application server, the data notifying the application server that the attempt to access the computing resource was made by the application when the application was not configured to access the computing resource, and the data being usable by the application server to determine whether a corresponding computing resource on at least one different computing device is likely to be accessed when the application is executed on the at least one different computing device. | 12-13-2012 |
20120317609 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A COMPUTING RESOURCE BY APPLICATIONS EXECUTABLE ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - Methods and devices for controlling access to a computing resource by applications executable on a computing device are described herein. In one example embodiment, method comprises: identifying an application category with which one or more applications executable on the computing device is associated; providing one or more rules that specify whether the one or more applications associated with the application category are permitted to access the computing resource on the computing device; and transmitting the security policy to the computing device; wherein when the security policy is enforced at the computing device, access to the computing resource by the one or more applications executable on the computing device that are associated with the application category is controlled by the one or more rules. | 12-13-2012 |
20120317638 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR MANAGING PERMISSION REQUESTS TO ALLOW ACCESS TO A COMPUTING RESOURCE - Methods and devices for managing permission requests to allow access to a computing resource are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the method comprises: for an application to be installed on the computing device, determining an application category that the application is associated with, and retrieving a common permissions list for the application category, wherein the common permissions list identifies at least one computing resource that applications associated with the application category are configured to access; during an installation of the application on the computing device, determining one or more computing resources on the computing device that the application is configured to access when the application is executed on the computing device; determining which computing resources, of the one or more computing resources on the computing device that the application is configured to access when the application is executed on the computing device, are not identified in the common permissions list; and for each computing resource that the application is configured to access when the application is executed on the computing device that is not identified in the common permissions list, providing, in a user interface of the computing device, a permission request to allow the application to access the computing resource. | 12-13-2012 |
20130054704 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MESSAGES - According to embodiments described in the specification, an electronic communication device and method for processing messages are provided. The method comprises receiving message data at a processor of the computing device, the message data comprising one or more of an address, a subject and a body; receiving a state indicator at the processor, the state indicator being an indication of a state of the message data; storing the message data and the state indicator in a memory of the computing device, the state indicator being stored in association with the message data; determining, at the processor of the computing device, if the state indicator indicates that the message data is in a draft state; and when the determination is affirmative, preventing transmission of the message data. | 02-28-2013 |
20130311779 | ASSISTED CERTIFICATE ENROLLMENT - A certificate enrolment assistant module may be provided to inject a challenge password into a certificate signing request to be sent, to a Certificate Authority, from a computing device. The certificate enrolment assistant module, thereby, acts as a trusted proxy to assist the computing device in building a valid certificate signing request without the computing device having access to the challenge password. | 11-21-2013 |
20140109085 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO COMPUTING RESOURCES - Methods and devices for controlling access to resources are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the method comprises: executing an application at a first computing device, wherein an attempt to access a computing resource on the computing device is made by the application; determining that the application is not configured to access the computing resource, in response to the attempt; displaying, in a user interface of the computing device, a permission request to allow the application to access the computing resource; and transmitting data from the computing device to the application server, the data notifying the application server that the attempt to access the computing resource was made by the application when the application was not configured to access the computing resource, and the data being usable by the application server to determine whether a corresponding computing resource on at least one different computing device is likely to be accessed when the application is executed on the at least one different computing device. | 04-17-2014 |