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Francis G. Blankenberg, Portola Valley, CA US
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| 20110097267 | COMPOSITIONS FOR IMAGING PAIN AND STRESS IN VIVO - Briefly described, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and compositions for imaging pain and/or stress in a subject and methods and compositions for treating associated conditions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the use of labeled compounds to provide objective diagnosis of pain and/or stress, for imaging regions associated with pain and/or stress, and for treating pain in a subject. | 04-28-2011 |
Francis G. Celii, Dallas, TX US
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| 20080303141 | METHOD FOR ETCHING A SUBSTRATE AND A DEVICE FORMED USING THE METHOD - The present invention provides a method for etching a substrate, a method for forming an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit formed using the method, and an integrated circuit. The method for etching a substrate includes, among other steps, providing a substrate | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090275147 | MITIGATION OF EDGE DEGRADATION IN FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICES THROUGH PLASMA ETCH CLEAN - A ferroelectric memory device is fabricated while mitigating edge degradation. A bottom electrode is formed over one or more semiconductor layers. A ferroelectric layer is formed over the bottom electrode. A top electrode is formed over the ferroelectric layer. The top electrode, the ferroelectric layer, and the bottom electrode are patterned or etched. A dry clean is performed that mitigates edge degradation. A wet etch/clean is then performed. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090275148 | MITIGATION OF EDGE DEGRADATION IN FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICES THROUGH PLASMA ETCH CLEAN - A ferroelectric memory device is fabricated while mitigating edge degradation. A bottom electrode is formed over one or more semiconductor layers. A ferroelectric layer is formed over the bottom electrode. A top electrode is formed over the ferroelectric layer. The top electrode, the ferroelectric layer, and the bottom electrode are patterned or etched. A dry clean is performed that mitigates edge degradation. A wet etch/clean is then performed. | 11-05-2009 |
Francis G. Defalco, Houston, TX US
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| 20120114762 | Physico-Chemical-Managed Killing of Penicillin-Resistant Static and Growing Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Vegetative Bacteria - Systems and methods for the use of compounds from the Hofmeister series coupled with specific pH and temperature to provide rapid physico-chemical-managed killing of penicillin-resistant static and growing Gram-positive and Gram-negative vegetative bacteria. The systems and methods represent the more general physico-chemical enhancement of susceptibility for a wide range of pathological macromolecular targets to clinical management by establishing the reactivity of those targets to topically applied drugs or anti-toxins. | 05-10-2012 |
Francis G. Duhay, Irvine, CA US
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| 20100305432 | System and Method for Locating Medical Devices in Vivo Using Ultrasound Doppler Mode - A system for locating a medical device in vivo includes an ultrasound scanner having a scan head and being capable of operating in a 3D Doppler mode, a medical device having a distal end configured to be inserted in vivo, and a vibratory element coupled to the medical device to induce vibrations in the first distal end. When the scan head is positioned over the distal end inserted in vivo to obtain scan data of the tissue volume, the ultrasound scanner is configured to generate 3D Doppler data in the form of a plurality of slices from the scan data and to identify a location of the distal end within the slices based upon localized data within one of the slices meeting predetermined criteria. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110028797 | INTRACARDIAC SHEATH STABILIZER - A surgical stabilizer for use with a surgical site retractor has a base, a bendable arm, and a distal cuff adapted to resiliently hold a tube of an elongated port-access device. The cuff may have a body defining a partial enclosure within which is held a highly flexible gasket having a slit for resiliently receiving the tube. The surgical site retractor may have a collapsible ring and a flexible outer portion attached thereto, the ring being sized to pass through an intercostal incision and expand therein under adjacent ribs to prevent removal, and the flexible outer portion extending out of the incision and drawing over the stabilizer base to mutually secure the retractor and base. The port-access tube may be for a heart valve delivery system using an elongated port-access device for transapically delivering a prosthetic heart valve to the aortic valve annulus. A method involves partly installing the surgical site retractor, anchoring the base of the stabilizer with the flexible outer portion, deploying the port-access tube from outside the body through the incision and through a puncture in the heart wall, and resiliently capturing a tube of the port-access within the partial enclosure of the stabilizer cuff. A second bendable arm on the base having a clip may be used to hold still a proximal end of the port-access device. | 02-03-2011 |
Francis G. Gerberich, Wilbraham, MA US
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| 20090029158 | Composite Interlayer For Laminated Glass - A composite interlayer suitable for using laminated glass includes a layer of plasticized polyvinyl butyral sandwiched between second and third polymeric layers. In a preferred embodiment, at least one and preferably both of the second and third layers are less than 5 mils thick and formed of polyurethane. | 01-29-2009 |
Francis G. Hanejko, Marlton, NJ US
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| 20110239823 | MAGNETIC POWDER METALLURGY MATERIALS - The present invention is directed to electrically conductive compacted metal parts fabricated using powder metallurgy methods. The iron-based powders of the invention are coated with magnetic or pre-magnetic materials. | 10-06-2011 |
Francis G. Spinale, Charleston, SC US
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| 20090022817 | METHODS OF MODIFYING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION EXPANSION - A bioscaffolding can be formed within a post-myocardial infarct region sufficient to cause attenuation of a rate of myocardial infarct expansion. A bioscaffolding may further be formed in the post-myocardial infarct region to cause an increase in posterior left ventricular wall thickness. The gel or bioscaffolding can be formed from a mixture of gel components of different gelation systems. For example, a bioscaffolding can be formed by mixing at least two different components of at least two different two-component gelation systems to form a first mixture and by mixing at least two different components (other than the components that make up the first mixture) of the at least two different two-component gelation systems to form a second mixture. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090221015 | Detecting Diastolic Heart Failure by Protease and Protease Inhibitor Plasma Profiling - Disclosed herein are methods of detecting and predicting diastolic heart failure and predicting congestive heart failure comprise protease and protease inhibitor profiling. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100015651 | Predicting Heart Failure Following Myocardial Infarction by Protease and Protease Inhibitor Profiling - Disclosed herein are methods of detecting or predicting diastolic heart failure in a subject, comprising identifying a profile of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) from a body fluid of the subject that is associated herein with the existence of likely development of left ventricular dilation (LVD). | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100016697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO MEASUREMENT OF INTERSTITIAL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY, PROCESSES AND/OR COMPOSITIONS - Provided are systems and methods for detecting and/or measuring in vivo interstitial biological activity, processes, and or compounds in human or animal subjects. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110009861 | PREDICTING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE BY PROTEASE AND PROTEASE INHIBITOR PROFILING - Disclosed herein are methods of and systems for predicting recurrence of atrial fibrillation comprising protease and protease inhibitor profiling. The levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and/or tissue inhibitor metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are analyzed to predict the recurrence of atrial fibrillation, and further to predict whether cardioversion will provide a successful therapy. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110117560 | ASSESSING LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING VIA TEMPORAL DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF microRNA IN BODY FLUIDS - Disclosed are methods and materials for assessing cardiac failure, cardiac hypertrophy, and left ventricular remodeling using microRNA levels. The level of microRNAs can be measured in a body fluid, such as plasma and serum. | 05-19-2011 |
Francis G. Spinale, Chareleston, SC US
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| 20120010094 | DETECTING AND MONITORING LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE BY PROFILING BIOMARKERS - Disclosed herein are methods of detecting, monitoring, and predicting left ventricular hypertrophy, congestive heart failure and related conditions by profiling biomarkers. | 01-12-2012 |