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| 20100187440 | LIGHTING DESIGN OF HIGH QUALITY BIOMEDICAL DEVICES - The invention relates to a plurality of light sources to power a variety of applications including microarray readers, microplate scanners, microfluidic analyzers, sensors, sequencers, Q-PCR and a host of other bioanalytical tools that drive today's commercial, academic and clinical biotech labs. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110044858 | BIOANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION USING A LIGHT SOURCE SUBSYSTEM - The invention relates to a light source for irradiating molecules present in a detection volume with one or more selected wavelengths of light and directing the fluorescence, absorbance, transmittance, scattering onto one or more detectors. Molecular interactions with the light allow for the identification and quantitation of participating chemical moieties in reactions utilizing physical or chemical tags, most typically fluorescent and chromophore labels. The invention can also use the light source to separately and simultaneously irradiate a plurality of capillaries or other flow confining structures with one or more selected wavelengths of light and separately and simultaneously detect fluorescence produced within the capillaries or other flow confining structures. In various embodiments, the flow confining structures can allow separation or transportation of molecules and include capillary, micro bore and milli bore flow systems. The capillaries are used to separate molecules that are chemically tagged with appropriate fluorescent or chromophore groups. | 02-24-2011 |
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| 20080286847 | ALTERNATE MORPHEEINS OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS AS A TARGET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES - A composition having an agent adapted to affect a multimeric protein by binding to a binding site of the multimeric protein and thereby affecting an equilibrium of units, wherein the multimeric protein has an assembly having a plurality of said units, wherein each of the units has a first complementary surface and a second complementary surface and wherein the first complementary surface of one unit is associated with the second complementary surface of another unit, provided that the assembly is at least one of different quaternary isoforms on a condition that in the multimeric protein (1) a structure of each of the units determines a structure of the different quaternary isoforms, (2) the units are in the equilibrium and (3) the structure of the different quaternary isoforms influences a function of the multimeric protein. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090048324 | ALTERNATE MORPHEEIN FORMS OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS AS A TARGET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES - A composition having an agent adapted to affect a multimeric protein by binding to a binding site of the multimeric protein and thereby affecting an equilibrium of units, wherein the multimeric protein has an assembly having a plurality of said units, wherein each of the units has a first complementary surface and a second complementary surface and wherein the first complementary surface of one unit is associated with the second complementary surface of another unit, provided that the assembly is at least one of different quaternary isoforms on a condition that in the multimeric protein (1) a structure of each of the units determines a structure of the different quaternary isoforms, (2) the units are in the equilibrium and (3) the structure of the different quaternary isoforms influences a function of the multimeric protein. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110207816 | ALTERNATE MORPHEEINS OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS AS A TARGET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES - A composition having an agent adapted to affect a multimeric protein by binding to a binding site of the multimeric protein and thereby affecting an equilibrium of units, wherein the multimeric protein has an assembly having a plurality of said units, wherein each of the units has a first complementary surface and a second complementary surface and wherein the first complementary surface of one unit is associated with the second complementary surface of another unit, provided that the assembly is at least one of different quaternary isoforms on a condition that in the multimeric protein (1) a structure of each of the units determines a structure of the different quaternary isoforms, (2) the units are in the equilibrium and (3) the structure of the different quaternary isoforms influences a function of the multimeric protein. | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20080213948 | DUAL WIRED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080308948 | WAFER-TO-WAFER ALIGNMENTS - Structures for aligning wafers and methods for operating the same. The structure includes (a) a first semiconductor wafer including a first capacitive coupling structure, and (b) a second semiconductor wafer including a second capacitive coupling structure. The first and second semiconductor wafers are in direct physical contact with each other via a common surface. If the first and second semiconductor wafers are moved with respect to each other by a first displacement distance of 1 nm in a first direction while the first and second semiconductor wafers are in direct physical contact with each other via the common surface, then a change of at least 10 | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090065925 | DUAL-SIDED CHIP ATTACHED MODULES - An electronic device and method of packaging an electronic device. The device including: a first substrate, a second substrate and an integrated circuit chip having a first side and an opposite second side, a first set of chip pads on the first side and a second set of chip pads on the second side of the integrated circuit chip, chip pads of the first set of chip pads physically and electrically connected to corresponding substrate pads on the first substrate and chip pads of the second set of chip pads physically and electrically connected to substrate pads of the substrate. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090121260 | DOUBLE-SIDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A double-sided integrated circuit chips, methods of fabricating the double-sided integrated circuit chips and design structures for double-sided integrated circuit chips. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090121287 | DUAL WIRED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides, a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides, and a design structure of a semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100044759 | DOUBLE-SIDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110062542 | STRUCTURES, DESIGN STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING GLOBAL SHUTTER PIXEL SENSOR CELLS - Pixel sensor cells, method of fabricating pixel sensor cells and design structure for pixel sensor cells. The pixel sensor cells including: a photodiode body in a first region of a semiconductor layer; a floating diffusion node in a second region of the semiconductor layer, a third region of the semiconductor layer between and abutting the first and second regions; and dielectric isolation in the semiconductor layer, the dielectric isolation surrounding the first, second and third regions, the dielectric isolation abutting the first, second and third regions and the photodiode body, the dielectric isolation not abutting the floating diffusion node, portions of the second region intervening between the dielectric isolation and the floating diffusion node. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110241082 | DOUBLE-SIDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110302542 | DOUBLE-SIDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A double-sided integrated circuit chips, methods of fabricating the double-sided integrated circuit chips and design structures for double-sided integrated circuit chips. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20090325296 | ELECTROSPUN ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE APPLICATIONS - Due to the size and complexity of tissues such as the spinal cord and articular cartilage, specialized constructs incorporating cells as well as smart materials may be a promising strategy for achieving functional recovery. Aspects of the present invention describe the use of an electroactive, or piezoelectric, material that will act as a scaffold for stem cell induced tissue repair. Embodiments of the inventive material can also act alone as an electroactive scaffold for repairing tissues. The piezoelectric material of the present invention acts as a highly sensitive mechanoelectrical transducer that will generate charges in response to minute vibrational forces. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100233807 | Substrate Recognition By Differentiable Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells - The invention described herein provides a structure for growing isolated differentiable human mesenchymal cells, which includes a three-dimensional matrix of fibers. The matrix serves as an implantable scaffolding for delivery of differentiable human mesenchymal cells in tissue engineering. The invention further provides compositions that contain the three-dimensional matrix of fibers seeded with isolated differentiable human mesenchymal cells, wherein the matrix forms a supporting scaffold for growing the isolated differentiable human mesenchymal cells, and wherein the differentiable human mesenchymal cells differentiate into a mature cell phenotype. The invention further provides methods of preparing the implantable nanofiber matrix scaffolding seeded with differentiable human mesenchymal cells for use in tissue engineering. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100298520 | POLYOXAZOLIDONES DERIVED FROM BISANHYDROHEXITOLS - Disclosed is a method for preparing polyoxazolidones wherein an ether of a bisanhydrohexitol is reacted with a diisocyanate under conditions which form polyoxazolidones. Preferred bisanhydrohexitols include isoidide, isomannide and isosorbide. The polyoxazolidones are highly crosslinked, rigid, and have high solvent resistance. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110237757 | Polyesters From Assymetrical Monomers Based Upon Bisanhydrohexitols - Asymmetrically substituted compounds of bisanhydrohexitols are described, including the bisanhydrohexitol isosorbide. The compounds are useful as AB monomers. The synthesis of polymers from the monomers is also described. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110257346 | Polyester Ethers Derived From Asymmetrical Monomers Based Upon Bisanydrohexitols - Asymmetrically substituted compounds of bisanhydrohexitols are described, including the bisanhydrohexitol isosorbide. The compounds are useful as monomers. The synthesis of polymers from the monomers is also described. | 10-20-2011 |
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| 20080228096 | End-Tidal Gas Estimation System and Method - An apparatus and method of indicating the reliability of an end-tidal gas value that includes measuring a plurality of gas concentration values, measuring a plurality of ventilation values, determining an end-tidal gas value from the gas concentration values, determining the degree of ventilatory stability from the ventilation values, and providing an estimate of reliability of the end-tidal gas values using the degree of ventilatory stability. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090118633 | End-Tidal Gas Estimation System and Method - An apparatus and method of using an end-tidal gas value taken from an non-intubated patient that includes measuring a plurality of gas concentration values, determining an end-tidal gas value from the gas concentration values, and reporting the end-tidal gas value for a breath as the greater of either: (a) a maximum gas concentration values observed during such a breath, or (b) the end-tidal gas value reported for a previous breath decreased by a maximum allowable breath-to-breath percent change. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100036272 | METABOLIC MEASURE SYSTEM INCLUDING A MULTIPLE FUNCTION AIRWAY ADAPTER | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100097380 | RESPIRATORY PROFILE PARAMETER DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of sampling one or more respiratory profile characteristics and monitoring a variety of respiratory profile parameters. The sampled respiratory characteristics include respiratory flow rate, respiratory pressure, and partial pressure of at least one constituent of a patient's respiration. The method detects patient breaths, determines whether each breath is a spontaneous breath or a ventilator-induced breath and calculates various respiratory profile parameters based on the sampled measurements. The method displays the respiratory profile parameters in graphic and numeric forms. Preferably, the method allows a user to select the displayed respiratory profile parameters. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100132710 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVELY MEASURING CARIDAC OUTPUT - Apparatus and methods for non-invasively determining cardiac output using partial re-breathing techniques are disclosed in which the apparatus is constructed with an instantaneously adjustable deadspace for accommodating differences in breathing capacities of various patients. The apparatus is constructed of inexpensive elements, including a single two-way valve which renders the apparatus very simple to use and inexpensive so that the unit may be readily disposable. The method of the invention provides a novel means of estimating cardiac output based on alveolar CO | 06-03-2010 |
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| 20080222253 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING AND RATING ITEMS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS - A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090202115 | MINUTIAE MASK - A system and method of authenticating fingerprints. A method of authenticating a fingerprint includes comparing a geometric shape of a scanned fingerprint to a corresponding geometric shape of a stored fingerprint. The geometric shape and the corresponding geometric shape are defined by vertices. The vertices are defined by minutiae points, while the vertices are spaced apart from the minutiae points. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204617 | CONTENT ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION - A system is provided which solves content acquisition issues by providing an automated method to acquire content in mass and maintain an association between available meta-data and the actual content, e.g., video file. The system includes a first component configured to log network traffic. The system also includes a second component configured to correlate downloaded content of the logged network traffic with an XML stream of URLs and respective content descriptions. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100112990 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR LOCATION BASED ROUTING AND ADVERTISING FOR STREAMED MEDIA AND MEDIA BLOCKING - A location based service configured to route local advertising for streamed media and media blocking based on a location of the recipient. The method include detecting a location of a mobile user and routing streaming media of a local affiliate to a mobile device of the mobile user based on the detected location of the mobile user. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100211300 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GEOBOUNDARY BASED TRAFFIC MONITORING USING QUICK TEAR DOWN BOUNDARIES - A location based service and method configured to provide a mechanism for delivering traffic information to a subscribing user. The method is implemented on a computing infrastructure and includes setting up geo-boundaries at one or more predefined intervals. The method further includes receiving a signal from an active mobile device as it passes at least two of the geo-boundaries at the one or more predefined intervals, and determining a traffic incident from the received signal. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100306074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SUPPORT CODEC DELIVERY MODELS FOR IMS NETWORKS - An architecture (system) and method is provided for transcoding codec information to be sent in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling stream for rendering rich digital media content. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure and includes: determining a codec associated with content to be sent to one or more requesting devices; determining that at least one of the one or more requesting devices do not have the codec associated with the content to be sent to the one or more requesting devices; providing codec information to the at least one of the one or more requesting devices; and sending the content to the one or more requesting devices. | 12-02-2010 |
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| 20100187440 | LIGHTING DESIGN OF HIGH QUALITY BIOMEDICAL DEVICES - The invention relates to a plurality of light sources to power a variety of applications including microarray readers, microplate scanners, microfluidic analyzers, sensors, sequencers, Q-PCR and a host of other bioanalytical tools that drive today's commercial, academic and clinical biotech labs. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110044858 | BIOANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION USING A LIGHT SOURCE SUBSYSTEM - The invention relates to a light source for irradiating molecules present in a detection volume with one or more selected wavelengths of light and directing the fluorescence, absorbance, transmittance, scattering onto one or more detectors. Molecular interactions with the light allow for the identification and quantitation of participating chemical moieties in reactions utilizing physical or chemical tags, most typically fluorescent and chromophore labels. The invention can also use the light source to separately and simultaneously irradiate a plurality of capillaries or other flow confining structures with one or more selected wavelengths of light and separately and simultaneously detect fluorescence produced within the capillaries or other flow confining structures. In various embodiments, the flow confining structures can allow separation or transportation of molecules and include capillary, micro bore and milli bore flow systems. The capillaries are used to separate molecules that are chemically tagged with appropriate fluorescent or chromophore groups. | 02-24-2011 |
