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20150185717 | PARAMETRIC UNIVERSAL NONLINEAR DYNAMICS APPROXIMATOR AND USE - System and method for modeling a nonlinear process. A combined model for predictive optimization or control of a nonlinear process includes a nonlinear approximator, coupled to a parameterized dynamic or static model, operable to model the nonlinear process. The nonlinear approximator receives process inputs, and generates parameters for the parameterized dynamic model. The parameterized dynamic model receives the parameters and process inputs, and generates predicted process outputs based on the parameters and process inputs, where the predicted process outputs are useable to analyze and/or control the nonlinear process. The combined model may be trained in an integrated manner, e.g., substantially concurrently, by identifying process inputs and outputs (I/O), collecting data for process I/O, determining constraints on model behavior from prior knowledge, formulating an optimization problem, executing an optimization algorithm to determine model parameters subject to the determined constraints, and verifying the compliance of the model with the constraints. | 07-02-2015 |
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20150119906 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE CLOSURE - Apparatus and methods are provided for treating a tissue opening, for example a trocar opening used in a minimally invasive surgical procedure. In a tissue closure device, a finger guard or shield can be used, handle or holding area or areas can be used, and positioning indicators can be used. A resiliently flexible target material can also be used for reliably holding a suture the procedure. Introducers can be used having a suture holder, an alignment indicator and insertion limits. | 04-30-2015 |
20150174379 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASE - Apparatus and methods are provided for delivering fluid into a body lumen. The apparatus may include a catheter including proximal and distal ends, a fluid delivery lumen extending from the proximal end to a transit port on a distal portion of the catheter, and an inflatable infusion element on the distal portion such that an interior of the inflatable infusion element communicates with the fluid delivery lumen. During use, a distal end of the catheter is introduced into a lumen or conduit with the inflatable infusion element in a collapsed condition, the inflatable infusion element is expanded to an expanded condition to partially or totally occlude the lumen or conduit, and fluid is infused from the catheter into the lumen or conduit proximally relative to the inflatable infusion element while the inflatable infusion element remains in the expanded condition. | 06-25-2015 |
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20120252002 | FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITES THEMSELVES, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SUCH COMPOSITES, AND USE IN RAPID DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS WITH AFFINITY TO BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES - The present invention provides fluorescent nanoparticle composites themselves, the process of preparing such composites, to systems for rapid diagnosis (as “kits”) containing such composites, and to the use of such composites. In a preferential embodiment, the composites of the present invention have an affinity for biological molecules, such as DNA. The present invention also comprises the preparation of probes containing biological material, upon which are added fluorescent nanoparticle composites, making viable a rapid and economic biological diagnosis of, for example, diseases and genetic traits, notably in the medical and veterinarian fields. There is yet the fact that the absorption of radiation in the ultraviolet and visible regions, with the emission of light in the near ultraviolet and visible range, including in the colors of deep blue and/or green, provides advantageous use of its fluorescent properties in photovoltaic or electroluminescent devices, such as organic LEDs, or for the increase in luminous gain of fluorescent lamps, which represents another characteristic of the invention. | 10-04-2012 |
20150132758 | MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITE RETRIEVAL OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE - Disclosed is a process for retrieval of nucleotide sequence. The process includes mixing iron chloride tetrahydrate with iron (III) chloride hexahydrate in solution; adding ammonium hydroxide to the mixture and stirring to form maghemite nanoparticles; stirring the maghemite nanoparticles in a solution with an inorganic acid, a surfactant and a monomer precursor of a conducting polymer; initiating polymerization of the monomer by adding the inorganic acid and an oxidizing agent to the stirred solution and further stirring to yield Polyaniline/maghemite nanocomposites; adding the nanocomposites to an first aqueous solution of the nucleotide sequence and stirring so as to electrostatically interact the nanocomposites with the nucleotide sequence; and weakening the electrostatic interaction between the nanocomposite and the nucleotide sequence to recover the nanocomposite independently of the nucleotide sequence. | 05-14-2015 |
20150152490 | FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITES THEMSELVES, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SUCH COMPOSITES, AND USE IN RAPID DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS WITH AFFINITY TO BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES - The present invention provides fluorescent nanoparticle composites themselves, the process of preparing such composites, to systems for rapid diagnosis (as “kits”) containing such composites, and to the use of such composites. In a preferential embodiment, the composites of the present invention have an affinity for biological molecules, such as DNA. The present invention also comprises the preparation of probes containing biological material, upon which are added fluorescent nanoparticle composites, making viable a rapid and economic biological diagnosis of, for example, diseases and genetic traits, notably in the medical and veterinarian fields. There is yet the fact that the absorption of radiation in the ultraviolet and visible regions provides advantageous use of its fluorescent properties in photovoltaic or electroluminescent devices, such as organic LEDs, or for the increase in luminous gain of fluorescent lamps, which represents another characteristic of the invention. | 06-04-2015 |
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20120312416 | METHOD FOR PACKAGING NO/N2 MIXTURES, WITH PRIOR PURGING AND RINSING STEPS - The method for packaging a gaseous NO/N | 12-13-2012 |
20120312417 | METHOD FOR PACKAGING AN NO/N2 GASEOUS MIXTURE - The invention pertains to a method for packaging a gaseous NO/N | 12-13-2012 |
20130133780 | INSTALLATION FOR FILLING GAS CYLINDERS WITH AN ANGULAR GAS-DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - The invention relates to an installation for filling gas containers ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130269785 | INDIRECT-INJECTION METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SUPPLY OF CRYOGENIC LIQUID TO A TRUCK FOR TRANSPORTING HEAT-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a method for managing the supply of cryogenic liquid to a truck for transporting heat-sensitive materials, said truck implementing a method using said cryogenic liquid to transfer negative calories to the materials. Said method is a so-called indirect-injection method in which the liquid is fed into a heat-exchanger system located inside the truck, where said liquid evaporates. The transfer of cold to the materials is achieved by means of an exchange between the atmosphere surrounding the materials and the cold walls of the heat-exchanger system, characterized in that the heat-exchanger system is supplied with cryogenic liquid by implementing the following measures: an upstream two-position valve, generally closed, is placed upstream from the heat-exchanger system; a proportional analog valve, generally open, is placed downstream from the heat-exchanger system; and a downstream two-position valve, generally open, is placed downstream from the analog valve. | 10-17-2013 |
20150144296 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT USING AN INDIRECT INJECTION OF A CRYOGENIC LIQUID AND AFFORDING A SOLUTION FOR MAINTAINING TEMPERATURE IN THE EVENT OF EXTREMELY LOW OUSIDE TEMPERATURES - A method and a device for transporting heat-sensitive products in a refrigerated lorry, of the type involving indirect injection of a cryogenic fluid into a heat exchanger system internal to the chamber(s) in which the products are stored, the lorry additionally comprising a heating system able to heat the air inside at least one of the chambers, notable in that the production of cold and the heating system are interfaced both in terms of how they are positioned in the chamber and in terms of how they operate. | 05-28-2015 |