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20090318870 | BENT OBTURATOR - A catheter-insertion assembly includes a catheter with a proximal end and a distal end, a needle with a proximal end and a beveled distal end forming a sharp distal point, and an obturator with a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the obturator includes at least one bend. The bend allows the distal end of the obturator to protect the catheter from the sharp distal point of the needle during insertion of the needle through the catheter. | 12-24-2009 |
20100174173 | Implantable Medical Device Using Palladium - The present invention provides an improved implantable medical device comprising at least one portion made of a radiopaque material selected from the group consisting of various palladium alloys, including a palladium alloy having, by weight, rhenium in the range of up to about 20 percent, and preferably rhenium at about 14 percent of the alloy, by weight. The present invention further provides a wire guide, an embolization coil, a marker band, a stent, a filter, an RF ablation coil, and an electrode having at least one portion made of the radiopaque material. | 07-08-2010 |
20120101408 | Wire Guide Having Two Safety Wires - A wire guide includes a helically wound coil having a proximal end and a distal end. A mandrel is positioned within the helically wound coil and terminates before the distal end of the helically wound coil. First and second safety wires are positioned within the helically wound coil and have proximal ends attached to the mandrel and distal ends attached to the distal end of the helically wound coil. The first and second safety wires are positioned on opposite sides of a distal tip of the mandrel and have contact surfaces facing the distal tip of the mandrel that have a shape other than convex. The interaction between the mandrel tip and the safety wires during a percutaneous vascular procedure inhibit mandrel protrusion and the potential tissue damage associated therewith. | 04-26-2012 |
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20080229805 | Apparatus and Method for Mobile Collection of Atmospheric Sample for Chemical Analysis - The present invention discloses a portable sampler for collecting an atmospheric sample. In one implementation, the portable sampler includes a portable housing with an interior portion; a sample inlet communicating between an area outside the housing and the interior portion of the housing; a sample cartridge in fluid communication with the sample inlet and adapted to store the atmospheric sample, the sample cartridge being removably secured within the housing; a pump disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the sample inlet, the pump being arranged to draw the atmospheric sample from the area outside the housing into the sample cartridge through the sample inlet; and a carrier gas inlet communicating between the area outside the housing and the sample cartridge, the carrier gas inlet being configured to couple with a carrier gas source for sweeping the atmospheric sample from the sample cartridge into an analyzer while the sample cartridge is secured within the housing. | 09-25-2008 |
20100042334 | Analytical Instrumentation, Apparatuses, and Methods - Sample analysis apparatuses are disclosed that can include processing circuitry configured to acquire one data set from an analysis component configured according to one analysis parameter set, and prepare another analysis parameter set using another previously acquired data set. Sample analysis methods are also disclosed that can include acquiring first and second data sets from an analysis component and using the process and control component to process the first data set to prepare a second analysis component parameter set. Sample analysis instruments are disclosed that can include processing circuitry coupled to a storage device with the storage device including analysis component parameter sets associated with data parameter values with individual ones of the analysis component parameter sets being associated with individual ones of the data parameter values. | 02-18-2010 |
20110133078 | Analytical Instruments, Assemblies, and Methods - Person-portable mass analysis instrumentation configured to perform multidimensional mass analysis is provided. Mass analysis instrumentation can include a housing encompassing components of the instrumentation with the housing of the instrumentation defining a space having a volume of equal to or less than about 100,000 cm | 06-09-2011 |
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20100190701 | GLUCAGON/GLP-1 RECEPTOR CO-AGONISTS - Modified glucagon peptides are disclosed having enhanced potency at the glucagon receptor relative to native glucagon. Further modification of the glucagon peptides by forming lactam bridges or the substitution of the terminal carboxylic acid with an amide group produces peptides exhibiting glucagon/GLP-1 receptor co-agonist activity. The solubility and stability of these high potency glucagon analogs can be further improved by modification of the polypeptides by pegylation, substitution of carboxy terminal amino acids, or the addition of a carboxy terminal peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26 (GPSSGAPPPS), SEQ ID NO: 27 (K-RNRNNIA) and SEQ ID NO: 28 (KRNR). | 07-29-2010 |
20120172295 | GIP RECEPTOR-ACTIVE GLUCAGON COMPOUNDS - Glucagon peptides with increased GIP activity are provided, optionally with GLP-I and/or glucagon activity. In some embodiments, C-terminally extended glucagon peptides comprising an amino acid sequence substantially similar to native glucagon are provided herein. | 07-05-2012 |
20130203660 | GLUCAGON/GLP-1 RECEPTOR CO-AGONISTS - Modified glucagon peptides are disclosed having enhanced potency at the glucagon receptor relative to native glucagon. Further modification of the glucagon peptides by forming lactam bridges or the substitution of the terminal carboxylic acid with an amide group produces peptides exhibiting glucagon/GLP-1 receptor co-agonist activity. The solubility and stability of these high potency glucagon analogs can be further improved by modification of the polypeptides by pegylation, substitution of carboxy terminal amino acids, or the addition of a carboxy terminal peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26 (GPSSGAPPPS), SEQ ID NO: 27 (KRNRNNIA) and SEQ ID NO: 28 (KRNR). | 08-08-2013 |
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20100234569 | AQUEOUS PROCESSING OF OILSEED PRESS CAKE - The subject invention relates in part to novel steps in canola and other oil seed processing, including milling to achieve a significant particle size reduction, extraction of higher levels of protein from the starting material, the use of presscake as a starting material, and the production of a precipitated protein concentrates containing a nutritionally significant amount of oil. The subject invention also provides optimal pH ranges for extraction and recovery steps in these novel processes. The subject processes can be applied to, and offer similar advantages to, other oilseeds and vegetable matter, such as sunflower seeds and flax seeds. The subject invention also includes novel feed compositions. | 09-16-2010 |
20120213909 | Canola Germplasm Exhibiting Seed Compositional Attributes That Deliver Enhanced Canola Meal Nutritional Value Having Omega-9 Traits - A canola germplasm confers on a canola seed the traits of high protein content and low fiber content, wherein the canola plant produces a seed having, on average, at least 68% oleic acid (C18:1) and less than 3% linolenic acid (C18:3). The canola seed traits may also include at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216307 | Canola Germplasm Exhibiting Seed Compositional Attributes That Deliver Enhanced Canola Meal Nutritional Value - The present invention concerns a canola germplasm comprising at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal, and for methods of introducing at least one trait selected from the group consisting of high protein content, low fiber content, reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous contentinto a canola variety in a seed coat color-independent manner. | 08-23-2012 |
20130071799 | ALL-VEGETABLE OIL CANDLES MANUFACTURED FROM HIGH PURITY STEARIN - This disclosure concerns methods for manufacturing candles using a high-purity stearin that may be produced from certain hydrogenated sunflower oils without requiring the separation of stearin from other fatty acids in the hydrogenated oil. This disclosure also concerns candles made by the foregoing manufacturing process, which candles may be of higher quality and cheaper to manufacture than conventional candles. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072705 | MANUFACTURE OF HIGH PURITY STEARIN FROM HIGH OLEIC ACID AND LOW PALMITIC ACID SUNFLOWER OIL - This disclosure concerns methods for producing a high purity stearin comprising, for example, providing a sunflower oil comprising no more than about 4% total saturated fat and hydrogenating the sunflower oil. By way of further example, a method for producing a high purity tristearin may comprise providing sunflower oil comprising at least about 88% oleic acid and hydrogenating the sunflower oil. High purity stearin produced by methods, such as the foregoing, are also disclosed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130096331 | INTERESTERIFICATION OF LOW SATURATE SUNFLOWER OIL AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS - A method of producing a interesterified oil includes providing sunflower oil comprising no more than about 4% total saturated fat and interesterifying the sunflower oil. Another method of producing a interesterified oil includes providing sunflower oil comprising about 3.3% or less total combined palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0), and interesterifying the sunflower oil. | 04-18-2013 |
20130174293 | COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF THE TOTAL OIL CONTENT OF A PLANT TISSUE SAMPLE USING ALKALINE SAPONIFICATION - This disclosure concerns plants, plant materials, and the oil characteristics thereof. In embodiments, compositions and methods for determining the total oil content of plant materials are provided. Such methods and compositions may in some embodiments allow for the characterization and screening of oil traits and sub-traits that are difficult or impossible to distinguish by conventional techniques. | 07-04-2013 |
20130177692 | DHA RETENTION DURING CANOLA PROCESSING - This disclosure concerns vegetable oils and products containing the same comprising poly-unsaturated fatty acids. In some embodiments, this disclosure concerns novel oil processing methods that retain an amount of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in a refined, bleached, and deodorized (RBD) oil produced from a crude oil sample comprising the amount of DHA. | 07-11-2013 |
20130210006 | PERICARP DNA EXTRACTION AND MATRILINEAGE DETERMINATION - This disclosure concerns the separation of pericarp tissue from surrounding tissues in grain. Some embodiments concern the isolation of high-purity pericarp DNA from a grain plant that reflects the genotype of the maternal parent of the grain plant, such that the isolated DNA may be used in a PCR-based genotyping assay. | 08-15-2013 |