| 37th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
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| 20110223008 | TURBINE ENGINE FAN COMPRISING A BALANCING SYSTEM WITH BLIND HOLES FOR ACCOMMODATING MASSES - A fan for an aircraft turbine engine, including an intake cone including a balancing system including a plurality of mass accommodation holes and at least one balancing mass mounted in one of the holes. The balancing system further includes an attachment mechanism exerting pressure that flattens the balancing mass against the bottom of its mass accommodation hole, the accommodation hole being made blind in the intake cone, so as to open out inside the intake cone. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223009 | PUMP ASSEMBLY - A pump assembly with a rotatable rotor shaft ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223010 | DEVICE FOR SEALING A BEARING HOUSING OF AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - A device for sealing a bearing housing, which holds lubricating oil, from which a rotor supported inside the housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger is guided into a compressor housing, loadable by a mass flow of a charger. The device includes a fixed partition with a wall extension, a sealing disk fastened on a shaft of the rotor, a separating gap arranged between the sealing disk and the wall extension, and a drip device connected to an oil-collecting channel and directs lubricating oil collected in the oil-collecting channel into an oil drain by gravity. The drip device includes a drain-off surface for lubricating oil, which has a large axial distance from a rotating sealing disk which delimits the separating gap. Lubricating oil which can penetrate into the separating gap is guided into an oil drain of the bearing housing without interacting with the sealing disk. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223011 | TURBOCHARGER WITH A BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING A ROTOR SHAFT - A turbocharger, which is particularly suitable for a motor vehicle, includes: a rotor shaft with a turbine impeller and a compressor impeller disposed thereon. The rotor shaft has a roller bearing assembly for mounting in the housing of the turbocharger. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223012 | TURBINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY AND STEAM TURBINE - A turbine moving blade cascade | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223013 | Reduced Monobloc Multistage Drum of Axial Compressor - A rotor stage of an axial turbomachine compressor drum includes a symmetrical wall in rotation around the axis of rotation. The wall comprises a veil defining the general form of the drum and an annular area intended to support a row of vanes, the aforesaid area being integrally formed with the veil. This area has a particular form in that it has an exterior surface delimiting the fluid stream, which is elevated in relation to the veil. This area has a “U”-shape cross-section, of which the open part is directed towards the axis of rotation. The annular area comprises two wall parts, one upstream and one downstream, ensuring the connection with the veil and being used as stiffeners. They are preferably perpendicular to the axis of rotation or inclined in relation to the perpendicular. The junction of each upstream and downstream wall part with the central part of the support area is at the distance of the corresponding edge of the central part, so as to avoid certain stress concentrations. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223014 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base comprises an outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor for driving the impeller to create an air flow through the impeller housing. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223015 | FAN - A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a bladeless fan assembly including a nozzle and a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage and a mouth receiving the air flow from the interior passage. A Coanda surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow. The fan provides an arrangement producing an air current and a flow of cooling air created without requiring a bladed fan, that is, the air flow is created by a bladeless fan. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223016 | AIR CIRCULATOR - An air circulator is disclosed comprising a mounting portion, and a fan portion. The fail portion includes a housing and a fan, and the fan portion is pivotally coupled to the mounting portion. The fan portion may be pivoted between a first position and a second position relative to the mounting portion. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223017 | Wind Power Generation System - Methods and apparatus for a wind power generation system which may include at least one wind responsive turbine; at least one mechanical connection; at least one rotational movement element configured to be responsive to a mechanical connection; at least one coupler which in various embodiments may be coordinated with at least one generator and that may control the generation of an electrical output at a constant generator RPM. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223018 | Control System, Wind Farm, And Methods Of Optimizing The Operation Of A Wind Turbine - A control system for a wind turbine configured to generate an acoustic emission during operation includes a communication device. The communication device is configured to receive at least one penalty notification identifying a penalty to be assessed based on the acoustic emission generated. The control system also includes a processor coupled to the communication device. The processor is configured to calculate an acoustic emission level to be generated by the wind turbine based on the penalty and based on at least one of a power generated by the wind turbine and an economic value attributed to the wind turbine, and adjust at least one characteristic of the wind turbine to cause the wind turbine to operate at the calculated acoustic emission level. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING PARTICLES IN A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A particle trap for collecting loose particles includes a container having an enclosure and at least one opening, and a feed hopper, wherein the feed hopper is connected to the at least one opening of the container, and wherein the particle trap is adapted for collecting particles moving in a direction of an opening of the feed hopper. Further, a method for collecting particles inside a wind turbine rotor blade is disclosed. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223020 | PROPELLER ARRANGEMENT - A propeller arrangement has a first propeller assembly providing a row of first propellers, and a second propeller assembly, rearward of the first propeller assembly, providing a row of second propellers. The first and second propellers are radially extendable and retractable. The propeller arrangement further has a control system for controlling the extension and retraction of the first and second propellers. The control system is arranged such that when the propellers of one of the first and second propeller assemblies extend, the propellers of the other of the first and second assemblies retract. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223021 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A wind turbine rotor blade is provided with a mechanism for modifying the camber of the blade. The mechanism acts over a region of the blade surface, the region including a portion of the trailing edge of the blade. Modifying the camber of the blade can increase the lift on the blade and thus the mechanism can be used to optimise blades for operation at high altitude sites where, for example, air density is lower than at sea level. Blades can be produced to the same design and then optimised for operation at differing air densities. The mechanism may be actuated mechanically or hydraulically. In the latter case the mechanism may be operated from the hub of a wind turbine. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223022 | ACTUATABLE SURFACE FEATURES FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES - A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade may generally include a shell having a pressure side and a suction side. The shell may define an outer surface along the pressure and suction sides over which an airflow travels. The rotor blade may also include a spoiler movable relative to the outer surface between a recessed position and an actuated position. The spoiler may generally be configured to separate the airflow from the outer surface when the spoiler is in the actuated position. Additionally, the spoiler may generally be linearly displaced between the recessed and actuated positions. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223023 | Mechanical rotor - The Mechanical Rotor is a simple unique invention that salvages torque energy from excess linear kinetic energy produced by flowing rivers, streams, ocean currents, or blowing wind. The unique design of the invention salvages torque by the drag principal of Physics during part of a rotation. Rotation completion limits exposure to only a small aerodynamic surface into the pressure of the linear kinetic force. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223024 | SKEWED AXIAL FAN ASSEMBLY - A free-tipped axial fan assembly has a skew distribution which reduces fan noise while minimizing radial tip deflection. The difference between the maximum value of leading-edge skew and the value of leading-edge skew at the fan radius is at least 10 degrees. The ratio of the difference of the leading-edge skew between the maximum value and the value at the fan radius to the difference of the trailing-edge skew between the maximum value and the value at the fan radius is at least 2.5. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223025 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR SECTIONS HELD TOGETHER BY TIE SHAFT, AND WITH BLADE RIM UNDERCUT - An integrally bladed rotor is utilized in at least a stage of one of a compressor and turbine section. Airfoils extend radially outwardly from a platform, and there is an undercut inward from the platform at a downstream edge of the airfoil. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223026 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE SECTION ASSEMBLY UTILIZING TIE SHAFT - A gas turbine engine has a compressor section carrying a plurality of compressor rotors and a turbine section carrying a plurality of turbine rotors. The compressor rotors and the turbine rotors are constrained to rotate with the tie shaft. An upstream hub provides an upstream abutment face for the compressor rotors. A downstream hub bounds the downstream end of the compressor rotor to bias the compressor rotors against the upstream hub using an abutment member. The downstream hub has a rearwardly extending arm which provides a stop for the turbine rotors. A second abutment member is tightened on the tie shaft to force the turbine rotors against the downstream hub to hold together the turbine rotors. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223027 | COMPOSITE FAN BLADE DOVETAIL ROOT - A composite fan blade having an airfoil with a leading edge and a trailing edge and a dovetail root includes a first pressure face and second pressure face, a lower horizontal face connecting the pressure faces at the bottom of the dovetail and a first and a second dovetail runout fillet connecting the pressure faces to the airfoil. The pressure faces are each angled outward at about 65 degrees to about 75 degrees from horizontal. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223028 | Arrangement and method to retrofit a wind turbine - A blade of the wind turbine is prepared to be connected with the hub of the wind turbine. An extension unit is designed and prepared to elongate the blade. The extension unit is connected with the tip of the blade by a pressure, which is applied between the tip of the blade and the extension unit. The applied pressure is a low-pressure in relation to the ambient barometric pressure. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223029 | EXTRACTION FAN AND ROTOR - An extraction fan rotor including a hub and a plurality of vanes extending radially therefrom, wherein said vanes have an aerofoil profile in cross-section. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223030 | NOISE REDUCER FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on a surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of noise reduction features and a plurality of auxiliary noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of auxiliary noise reduction features is configured on one of the plurality of noise reduction features. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223031 | WIND TURBINE, A BLADE THEREFOR AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING SIGNALS REFLECTED THEREFROM - A blade for a wind turbine comprises a first free end and a second end attachable a wind turbine shaft, a first surface joining a second surface along a first side edge and a second side edge, the first and second surfaces defining an airfoil section. At the first end, a first portion of the airfoil section extending from the first side edge to the longitudinal axis is symmetrical about the longitudinal axis with a second portion of the airfoil section extending from the second side edge to the longitudinal axis. There is also disclosed a wind turbine comprising an even number of blades, the even number being four or more. In addition, there is disclosed a method of processing a radar signal reflected from a wind turbine having an even number of blades to reduce an amplitude of a clutter signal generated by the wind turbine, as well as a tower for a wind turbine. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223032 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR BLADES FOR A WIND TURBINE - A method of manufacturing a rotor blade for a wind turbine and a rotor blade manufactured in accordance with such method are disclosed. The method generally comprises providing a blade blank formed at least partially from a filler material, shaping the blade blank to form a profile of the rotor blade and positioning a skin around an outer perimeter of the shaped blade blank. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223033 | ACTUATABLE SURFACE FEATURES FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES - A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade may generally include a shell having a pressure side and a suction side. The shell may define an opening in at least one of the pressure and suction sides. The rotor blade may also include a base and at least two surface features spaced apart along the outer perimeter of the base. The base may generally be movable relative to the opening between a recessed position and an actuated position. Additionally, the base may be rotatable within the shell in order to adjust which of the surface features is received within the opening when the base is moved to the actuated position. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223034 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rotor blade includes a tip, a root, and a body extending between the tip and the root. The body has surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The body further defines an inboard portion, an outboard portion, and a bend therebetween. The bend is defined such that the outboard portion extends outwardly with respect to the inboard portion. The bend is stiffened to reduce opening of the bend during deflection of the rotor blade. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223035 | FLANGE AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEM - A flange is provided including a longitudinal axis defining a first direction, a radial direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a neck extending along the first direction, a flange plate connected to the neck and including a connecting portion adapted for holding a connecting device at a connecting side, the flange plate further including a non-connecting side being at a radially different location than the connecting side; the flange including a first plane defining a first level of the neck, a second plane defining a second level, where flange plate and neck are connected, and a third plane defining a third level of the flange plate, wherein the three planes extend substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the flange; the flange includes at least at the non-connecting side a bulge, which extends from a level between the first plane and the second plane to the third plane. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223036 | BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE - The blade for a gas turbine includes a blade airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge and extending in the blade longitudinal direction up to a blade tip, and at the blade tip the blade airfoil merges into a shroud segment, wherein on the shroud segment a first rib, projecting upwards, is arranged in the flow direction, extending transversely to the flow direction, and upstream of the first rib, in the region of the leading edge of the blade airfoil, a winglet is formed on the shroud segment for guiding of the hot gas flow in this region. With such a blade, a longer service life is achieved by provision being made for direct cooling of the winglet. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223037 | VARIABLE SPEED PROGRESSING CAVITY PUMP SYSTEM - A pump system including a pump and a sensor system for monitoring a fluid production of the pump and providing an output indicative of the fluid production. The sensor system is configured to use at least two discreet methodologies for measuring the fluid production. The pump system further includes a control system operatively coupled to the sensor system and the pump and configured to automatically vary the speed of the pump at least partially based upon the output of the sensor system. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223038 | CONTROLLER-INTEGRATED MOTOR PUMP - A controller-integrated motor pump is disclosed. The motor pump includes: a pump; a motor configured to drive the pump; a control unit configured to control the motor; and a pressure measuring device configured to measure pressure of fluid at a discharge side of the pump. The control unit is mounted on a motor casing. The control unit includes an inverter configured to produce alternating-current power having a frequency within a band that includes frequencies more than or equal to a commercial frequency, a pump controller configured to produce a torque command value for controlling operation of the pump, and a vector controller configured to determine a voltage command value for the inverter based on the torque command value. The motor has a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223039 | PUMP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A pump assembly comprises a centrifugal pump configured to pump a multiphase fluid, a suction conduit in fluid communication with the centrifugal pump, and a discharge conduit in fluid communication with the centrifugal pump. The pump further comprises an eductor comprising one or more motive nozzles disposed within the suction conduit. Wherein the one or more motive nozzles are configured to introduce a motive fluid into the suction conduit and toward the centrifugal pump along a suction direction roughly co-directional with the suction conduit toward the centrifugal pump. A method and a pump assembly for pumping a multiphase fluid are also presented. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223040 | HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP ARRANGEMENT - A high-pressure pump arrangement ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223041 | Pump - A pump has a housing in which a rotor is arranged, which is rotatable in the housing about a housing-fixed axis of rotation, the rotor having at least one recess in which is received at least one displacement body which, when the rotor rotates, revolves about the axis of rotation and at the same time runs along on a housing inner wall of the housing, the displacement body being radially movable in the recess between a position retracted into the recess and a position extended out of the recess. A first chamber is present between the outside of the rotor and the housing inner wall. The displacement body, when it revolves about the axis of rotation, subdivides the first chamber into a leading first subchamber and a trailing second subchamber. The first subchamber is connected by means of a first duct and the second subchamber by means of a second duct in the rotor to a further chamber which is formed between the displacement body and an inner wall of the recess and which, according to the radial movements of the displacement body which occur when the rotor revolves about the axis of rotation, is alternately increased in volume, with the result that an additional vacuum arises in the further chamber and in the second subchamber, or decreased in volume, with the result that an additional overpressure arises in the further chamber and in the first subchamber. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223042 | FAN ASSEMBLY - Disclosed herein is a fan assembly including an active fan, a supporting base and a passive element. The active fan includes a first impeller and a motor. The passive element is driven to rotate by an airflow from the active fan. The passive element includes a impeller and at least one load. The load is connected to the impeller. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223043 | PIEZOELECTRIC FAN AND COOLING DEVICE - A piezoelectric fan includes reinforcing plates that increase the rigidity of a portion of the vibrating plate corresponding to a gap between a piezoelectric element and a fixing plate. First ends of the reinforcing plates are attached to portions of the vibrating plate on both sides of piezoelectric elements in the width direction, and second ends of the reinforcing plates are attached to a fixed end of the vibrating plate such that the second ends and the fixing plate sandwich the fixed end of the vibrating plate therebetween and such that the reinforcing plates extend over the gap. The reinforcing plates prevent vibration of the portion of the vibrating plate corresponding to the gap, prevent a portion of vibration energy generated by expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric elements from being consumed in the portion corresponding to the gap, and increase the amplitude of the vibration of blade ends. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223044 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT - A transformer T | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223045 | MOTOR, MOTOR UNIT, BLOWER, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A stator core is formed of a main core including a first segment core, second segment core, and plate body, and a third segment core (I-shaped core). A rotor is disposed in a rotor insertion hole of the stator core, and an output shaft of the rotor is supported by a bearing unit. A resin molded body covers a winding of an exciting section of the motor, a circuit wiring board, and a part of a power supply connecting body. The resin molded body also covers a part of the third segment core (I-shaped core). A rotary vane or the like is mounted near the tip of the output shaft, and a blower or the like is formed. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223046 | Positive Displacement Rotary System - A positive displacement rotary system may include a main rotor and a slotted rotor. The main rotor can include an interior cavity and a fixed vane (or blade) that is attached to the peripheral and side walls of that cavity. The slotted rotor is positioned within the main rotor interior and includes a slot for the main rotor blade. The main and slotted rotors rotate about parallel axes that are offset from one another. As the rotors turn, separate chambers are formed between the blade and an inter-rotor seal, with the inter-rotor seal located at or near a rolling contact between the outer surface of the slotted rotor and an inner perimeter wall of the main rotor cavity. The separate chambers contract and expand as the rotors rotate. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223047 | Impeller for a Magnetic Pump and Novel Impeller Housing Design - The invention is the combination of a magnetically driven pump, with a motor and a basin, where the motor and pump mount on opposite sides of a mounting plate through an opening in the sidewall of the basin. Mounting plate properly aligns the driven magnet in the pump with the driving magnet on the motor. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223048 | Leaf Blower - A blower assembly for a leaf blower has a case, a motor, an impeller driven by the motor, and an axial fan driven by the motor. The axial fan and the impeller are connected to opposite ends of the motor. The case has an air inlet, an air outlet and an air channel communicating the air inlet with the air outlet. The impeller is disposed inside the air channel to move air through the air channel from the air inlet to the air outlet. The axial fan is arranged to generate an axial flow of air towards the motor to cool the motor. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223049 | Fuel Pump For Internal Combustion Engines - A fuel pump is disclosed, especially a prefeed pump for feeding aircraft fuel to the high pressure pump, wherein the form-fit connection between the drive shaft ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223050 | VANE PUMP APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a vane pump apparatus. The disclosed vane pump apparatus comprises a housing having an outlet channel; a reservoir tank which stores working oil and which is coupled to the housing; and a vane pump installed inside the reservoir tank to discharge the compressed working oil to the outlet channel. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223051 | TOOTH PROFILE FOR ROTORS OF POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT EXTERNAL GEAR PUMPS - The present invention deals with the analytical definition of a tooth profile for rotors used in gear pumps. The purpose is to obtain a pump characterised by noiseless operation, minimisation of vibrations and pressure overoscillations generated in operating conditions at the beginning and end of life, and high specific displacement, in such a way to increase the delivery of the pump in given volume conditions. This profile is characterised by an active profile of the tooth flanks with involute stub-tooth with transverse contact ratio (ε | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223052 | GAS COMPRESSOR - A gas compressor includes a cylinder block, a rear side block, a front side block, a cylinder chamber segmented by the above three blocks, a rotor provided in the cylinder chamber, vane slots formed on the rotor, vanes inserted into the vane slots, and a suction hole provided on at least one of the front and rear side blocks. Refrigerant is suctioned into the cylinder chamber from the suction hole. An opening edge of the suction hole is composed of an in-chamber opening edge that locates within the cylinder chamber and an in-block opening edge that faces to a sidewall of the cylinder block. The in-chamber opening edge locates on a side of an oval inner wall away from an outer circumference of the rotor. According to the gas compressor, leaning of the vanes is restrained, so that ground damage or attrition of the blocks, vibrations and noises are restrained. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223053 | MANUFACTURE OF PIPES - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a pipe, which method comprises cold-gas dynamic spraying of particles onto a suitable support member thereby producing a pipe, and separating the pipe from the support member. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223054 | PRODUCTION OF MOLYBDENUM METAL POWDER - The invention relates to a process for producing sinterable molybdenum metal powder in a moving bed, sinterable molybdenum powder and its use. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223055 | Ni-BASE HEAT RESISTANT ALLOY - A Ni-base heat resistant alloy, which comprises by mass percent, C: 0.1% or less, Si: 1% or less, Mn: 1% or less, Cr: not less than 15% to less than 28%, Fe: 15% or less, W: more than 5% to not more than 20%, Al: more than 0.5% to not more than 2%, Ti: more than 0.5% to not more than 2%, Nd: 0.001 to 0.1% and B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, with the balance being Ni and impurities, in which the contents of P, S, Sn, Pb, Sb, Zn and As among the impurities are P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Sn: 0.020% or less, Pb: 0.010% or less, Sb: 0.005% or less, Zn: 0.005% or less and As: 0.005% or less, and further satisfies the formulas of [0.015≦Nd+13.4×B≦0.13], [Sn+Pb≦0.025] and [Sb+Zn+As≦0.010] is an alloy in which much higher strength than the conventional Ni-base heat resistant alloy can be achieved, the ductility and toughness after a long period of use at a high temperature are remarkably improved, and moreover the zero ductility temperature and the hot workability are also further improved. This alloy can be suitably used as a pipe material, a thick plate material for a heat resistant pressure member, a bar material, a forging, and the like for a boiler for power generation, a plant for chemical industry, and the like. This alloy may contain a specific amount of one or more elements selected from Mo, Co, Nb, V, Zr, Hf, Mg, Ca, La, Ce, Ta and Re. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223056 | COPPER ALLOY SHEET - The present invention relates to a Cu—Ni—Sn—P-based copper alloy sheet having a specific composition, where (1) the copper alloy sheet is set to have an electrical conductivity of 32% IACS or more, a stress relaxation ratio in the direction parallel to the rolling direction of 15% or less, a 0.2%-proof stress of 500 MPa or more and an elongation of 10% or more; (2) the X-ray diffraction intensity ratio I(200)/I(220) in the sheet surface is set to be a given value or less and at the same time, anisotropy in the stress relaxation resistance characteristic is reduced by fining the grain size; (3) the texture of the copper alloy sheet is set to a texture such that the distribution density of B orientation and the sum of distribution densities of B orientation, S orientation and Cu orientation each is set to fall in a specific range and bendability is thereby enhanced; or (4) the dislocation density measured using the value obtained by dividing the half-value breadth of the X-ray diffraction intensity peak from {200} plane in the copper alloy sheet surface by the peak height is set to a given value or more and press punchability is thereby enhanced. The Cu—Ni—Sn—P-based copper alloy sheet of the present invention is excellent in the properties required for a terminal or connector and further (1) has excellent strength-ductility balance, (2) satisfies the stress relaxation resistance characteristic in the direction orthogonal to the rolling direction, (3) has excellent bendability, or (4) has excellent press punchability. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223057 | AIR DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT - The present invention relates to an air decontamination equipment, from both odours or pollutants, and bacterial or viral loads. More particularly, the present invention relates to a decontaminating equipment ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223058 | Structure, Synthesis, and Applications for Oligo Phenylene Ethynylenes - Novel compounds generally referred to herein as cationic oligomeric phenylene ethynylenes (OPEs), methods of synthesizing OPEs and various uses for the OPEs are described. The compounds can be synthesized in both symmetrical (S-OPE) and non-symmetrical (N-OPE) forms. Suitable uses include sensor and biocidal applications. Reusable structures incorporating the OPEs that are able to capture and release biological species of interest are also described. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223059 | Method for Production of Dispensing Devices - The present invention relates to a process for the production of improved toilet dispensing devices for use in conjunction with a sanitary appliance particularly a toilet, and methods of using the same. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223060 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZATION - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for disinfecting a target area of a patient's body, such as an arm, leg or a chest, in a pre-surgical environment. The apparatus and method disclosed herein further provides for maintaining the target area of the patient's body in an aseptic condition while transporting the patient to and into the surgery room. The most preferred embodiments of the present invention contemplate the use of one or more sterile layers (e.g., sterilized bags or the like) that are used to enclose the target area of the patient's body coupled with a sterile substance delivery mechanism that disinfects the target area and also maintains the target area in an aseptic condition. The most preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise a single-layer disposable garment or an inner bag nested inside an outer bag with a sterilization material being introduced into the inner bag, thereby disinfecting the target area. Once the patient has been transported into the operating room, the healthcare professional can remove the disposable garment or the outer bag, and then expose the target area for the selected procedure. Since the target area has been disinfected and also maintained in an aseptic condition, the healthcare professional can immediately begin to perform a selected procedure on the patient without having to spend additional time in the operating room to disinfect the target area of the patient's body that will undergo the selected procedure. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223061 | AUTOMATED ANALYZER - An automated analyzer according to an embodiment includes a probe. The probe has a step part configured to be provided between a lower shaft and an upper shaft, and to be formed such that the outer diameter changes. A descending controller lowers the probe from a predefined position that positions the step part above the liquid surface to an operating position that positions the step part below the liquid surface. A ascending controller raises the probe at a high speed from the operating position until immediately before the step part reaches the position of the liquid surface, subsequently raises the probe at a low speed until the step part passes through the liquid surface, and raises the probe at a higher speed than the low speed from immediately after the step part passes through the position of the liquid surface up to the predefined position. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223062 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE - An automatic analysis device capable of reducing readers and suppressing production cost without lowering efficiency of read processing of code information attached to a reagent container is provided. The automatic analysis device includes one two-dimension code reader | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223063 | SAMPLE ANALYZER AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is a sample analyzer comprising: a reagent storage configured to store a reagent container containing a reagent used for analyzing a sample, wherein the reagent storage comprises a liquid storing section which stores a liquid such that a surface of the liquid contacts an air within the reagent storage; and a liquid supply unit configured to supply the liquid into the liquid storing section. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223064 | SAMPLE ANALYZER - The present invention is a sample analyzer, comprising: a reagent storage configured to store a reagent container accommodating a reagent used for analyzing a sample; a reagent arrangement section which is accommodated in the reagent storage, and on which the reagent container is arranged; a cooling section arranged on a lower side of the reagent arrangement section; and a circulating section which is arranged between the cooling section and the reagent arrangement section and arranged to face the cooling section, and which circulates air in the reagent storage. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223065 | BIOMOLECULAR SENSOR WITH PLURAL METAL PLATES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a biomolecular sensor and a method of fabricating the same having high sensitivity and resolution by using a plurality of metal plates that change electrical properties of a plurality of nanostructures according to the attachment of biomolecules. The biomolecular sensor includes a substrate, first and second electrodes disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the substrate, a plurality of nanostructures disposed on the substrate to connect the first and second electrodes to each other, and a plurality of metal plates that change electrical properties of the plurality of nanostructures according to the attachment of biomolecules. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223066 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE - There is provided a high-accuracy automatic analysis device achieving both of measurement in a wide concentration range and high sensitivity at a low concentration. The signals of a plurality of wavelengths λ | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223067 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An exhaust gas treatment device is disposed in an exhaust gas treatment system and comprises a rolled metal cylinder of corrugated metal sheet having longitudinally extending passages extending axially from an inlet end to an outlet end and a conduit disposed between layers of the rolled metal cylinder and configured for circulation of a heat transfer medium therethrough, the conduit extending axially and radially the rolled metal cylinder. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223068 | CONTAINER HAVING AN OXYGEN SCAVENGING INDICATION SYSTEM - A polyethylene terephthalate container having a hydrogen generator and catalyst disposed or otherwise incorporated in components of the container. The container further comprises an indicator system or means for use with a hydrogen generator and a catalyst system. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223069 | CONTAINER HAVING AN OXYGEN SCAVENGING ACTIVATION SYSTEM - A polyethylene terephthalate container having a hydrogen generator and catalyst disposed or otherwise incorporated in components of the container. The container further comprises an activation system or means for activating the hydrogen generator and/or catalyst system at a predetermined time or in response to a predetermined stimulus. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223070 | CONTAINER HAVING OXYGEN SCAVENGING SYSTEM - A polyethylene terephthalate container having a hydrogen generator and catalyst disposed or otherwise incorporated in components of the container, including the closure, closure insert, label, label glue, and/or any other portions of the final container assembly. In addition, the catalyst and the hydrogen generator can both be located in the same component. Methods for dispersing the hydrogen generator and catalyst in the container wall without affecting clarity are provided. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223071 | APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING AND NEUTRALIZING TOXIC GASES - The present invention relates to an apparatus for effectively purifying and neutralizing toxic gases such as odors, fumes or various volatile organic compounds generated by research laboratories, chemical processing factories or hospitals where medicinal products are handled. The apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a main body having an intake, an exhaust and a control panel; a pre-filter, a first filter, first and second neutralizing pellet beds, and a second filter which are mounted in the apparatus main body and are placed from the intake to the exhaust in that order; and a blower and a driving device placed between the first and second neutralizing pellet beds. The apparatus effectively purifies and neutralizes toxic gases and collects fine particles or dust. Thus, the apparatus helps to maintain health of researchers, people who perform experiments, workers in chemical factories, or medical workers, since the filter and neutralizing pellet bed are configured in a cartridge form, the apparatus is low-maintenance. Also, additional connection of other facilities or pipes is not required. Therefore, the apparatus has high usability due to the independent compact form and function thereof, and can be driven with less noise. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223072 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR CONVERTING HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINING CHROMIUM VI INTO NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE - The instant invention relates to a process and plant for the transformation of dangerous wastes containing chromium six as contaminant into non dangerous wastes that can be stored without special care and will be degraded in the environment without time limit. The process basically consists of milling, extracting chromium six in liquid phase and under controlled conditions of stirring, time and temperature, proceeding then, through reduction, to transform the chromium six in chromium three and then precipitating as chromium trioxide, through gasification. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223073 | OZONE OXIDATION ACCELERATOR, OZONE OXIDATION ACCELERATOR COMPOSITION, AND OZONE TREATMENT METHOD - The present invention relates to an ozone oxidation accelerator containing a compound of which a 0.5% by mass aqueous solution at 25° C. has a dynamic surface tension at 100 msec of 70 mN/m or less and a dynamic surface tension at 30 sec of 55 to 67 mN/m, and an ozone oxidation accelerator composition containing the ozone oxidation accelerator. The present invention also relates to an ozone treatment method including a step of supplying ozone into water to be treated that contains a substance to be treated, in the presence of the ozone oxidation accelerator composition. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223074 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TRICHLOROSILANE - In an apparatus for producing trichlorosilane, an internal space of a reaction chamber is partitioned in a radial direction by first walls running along a circumferential direction, and is partitioned into multiple spaces by second walls which extend in a direction crossing the circumferential direction. Upper portions or lower portions of the first walls and the second walls are formed with a communicating portion which circulates a raw material gas to be introduced, toward a central portion of a reaction chamber while the raw material gas goes through the small spaces sequentially and is turned up and down, heaters are installed in the small spaces, one of small spaces on both sides of the second walls is used as a small space for a upward flow passage, and the other is used as a small space for a downward flow passage, and the small spaces communicate with each other via the communication portion of the second walls. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223075 | NEBULIZER MANIFOLD - A manifold which introduces sterilant aerosol to a sterilization chamber for the disinfection of an article. The manifold defines the terminal portion of a fluid pathway from an aerosol generator to the sterilization chamber and comprises at least one chamber inlet port for introducing aerosol into the sterilizing chamber. The manifold is configured to provide directional aerosol flow tangential to the surface of the article, which is preferably of a known configuration and maintained in a predetermined position with respect to the manifold, such that it does not receive a direct flow of aerosol from the manifold. Preferably, the manifold is U-shaped, or bifurcate and defines a plane and with a chamber inlet ports are directed away from that plane. The chamber inlet ports are preferably paired so they create a circular motion of aerosol that moves around the article. Also sterilization apparatus including the manifold. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223076 | Aseptic Manifold and Probe Assembly - Manifold and probe assembly for use a bioprocessing vessel. The manifold has a chamber which communicates with the interior of the vessel and a plurality of ports which communicate with the chamber. Elongated sensing probes are threadedly connected to the ports with end portions of the probes extending into the chamber. Gaskets having generally annular bodies with conically inclined beveled faces are mounted on the end portions of the probes, with the beveled faces engaging conically inclined surfaces of seats in the ports and the gaskets being axially compressed and radially expanded into sealing engagement with the probes. The seating surfaces have inner and outer sections with different angles of inclination which produce greater radial expansion and tighter sealing with the probes. The probes are carried by adapter sleeves which are threadedly connected to the ports, with thrust washers between the distal ends of the sleeves and the gaskets for protecting the gaskets while the sleeves are being connected to the ports and the gaskets are being compressed. Stops limit the travel of the sleeves and control the degree to which the gaskets are compressed. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223077 | CENTRALIZED MONITORING SYSTEM, ANALYZING SYSTEM AND CENTRALIZED MONITORING METHOD - An analyzing system, including: a plurality of inspection lines, each including a reagent supplying apparatus, and a plurality of hematology analyzers, each analyzing a measurement sample prepared from a blood sample and a reagent supplied from the reagent supplying apparatus; and a computer connected to the reagent supplying apparatuses, wherein each reagent supplying apparatus includes a storing part adapted to store a concentrated reagent, a detector adapted to detect a weight of or liquid level in the storing part, a first controller adapted to calculate a remaining amount of the concentrated reagent from an output of the detector and to transmit the calculated amount to the computer, and wherein the computer includes a display, and a second controller adapted to receive the amount data transmitted from the reagent supplying apparatuses, to generate display data integrating the plurality of received amount data and to show the display data on the display. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223078 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING BLOOD COMPONENT - A blood glucose meter includes a front attachment part to which a test piece is attached, a measurement part for measuring a component of blood collected via a blood guide passage in the test piece, and a monitor for displaying the measurement results obtained by the measurement part. When the device is placed on a horizontal plane by referring to the display face of the monitor as the upper side and the opposite side as the lower side and placing the display face of the monitor upward, the central axis of the test piece extends obliquely downward toward the front side. The blood glucose meter comprises a main part provided with the monitor and a linking part between the main part and the front attachment part. The top face of the linking part is placed roughly parallel to the central axis line and is provided with an ejector lever. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223079 | STERILIZATION CONFIRMATION TESTER AND TEST PACK - The present invention provides a sterilization confirmation tester and a test pack which enables effective sterilization to be confirmed in a simple and sure manner by providing a simulation of the structure of an endoscope and so forth. The sterilization confirmation tester according to the present invention has a function of confirming effective sterilization treatment after sterilization performed by a sterilization apparatus. The sterilization confirmation tester includes a structure corresponding to at least one of the components which form the endoscope. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223080 | FLUIDIC DEVICE CONTAINING 3D STRUCTURES - A micro fluidic device comprises a laminate structure, comprising a plurality of individual layers. At least one layer comprises a micro fluidic channel structure and at least on one side of said layer a further layer is arranged comprising a three-dimensional (3D) micro structure such that the 3D micro structure is influencing a flow characteristic of a fluid within the micro fluidic channel structure. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223081 | Gripper Head for Gripping a Reaction Cuvette - A gripper head for gripping a reaction cuvette in an appliance for automatically analyzing chemical or biological samples, the head comprising pivoting fingers designed to engage lugs that extend from two opposite sides of the top end of the cuvette, an electromagnetic or pneumatic actuator for controlling pivoting of the fingers in one direction, and return springs urging the fingers to pivot in the opposite direction. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223082 | Chemically-Enhanced Sorbent Activation Process and Method for Using Same - The invention in its various embodiments is directed to methods and equipment for generating an activated sorbent from a sorbent precursor with the addition of certain chemicals that enhance the effectiveness of the activated sorbent. The invention in its various embodiments is also directed to the methods and equipment for generating some of the chemicals that are added to the raw carbonaceous material or activated sorbent to enhance its effectiveness. The invention in its various embodiments is also directed to methods and equipment for generating certain chemicals that can be added to a gas stream to convert a given gaseous pollutant to a form that is more easily removed from the gas stream. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223083 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CARBON DIOXIDE STREAM - A flue gas stream processing system includes a fuel reactor for combusting a fuel to generate a flue gas stream including water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The system includes an oxidation catalyst downstream of the fuel reactor, the oxidation catalyst configured to receive the flue gas stream and oxidize the carbon monoxide to form a carbon dioxide rich flue gas stream, and a processing unit to liquefy carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide rich flue gas stream and generate an exhaust gas. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223084 | SULFUR FUNCTIONALIZED IONIC LIQUID COMPOUNDS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE REMOVAL - This invention relates to sulfur functionalized ionic liquid compounds that are useful in methods of carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide removal to which they may be applied. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223085 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE WITH IONIC LIQUID ELECTROSPRAY - A method for capturing carbon dioxide and/or sulfur dioxide from a gaseous mixture using ionic liquid electrospray is described. In the method, the gaseous mixture is exposed to an ionic liquid electrospray plume comprising nanodroplets of an ionic liquid and the carbon dioxide and/or sulfur dioxide present in the gaseous mixture is absorbed by the ionic liquid nanodroplets. The ionic liquid electrospray plume is formed by applying an electric field between an electrospray nozzle and a counter electrode. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223086 | AROMATIC AMINO COMPOUNDS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE REMOVAL - Described are aromatic amino compounds that are useful to methods of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide removal. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223087 | AMINO COMPOUNDS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE REMOVAL - Described are amino compounds that are useful to methods of carbon dioxide removal. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223088 | Method and Apparatus for On-Site Production of Lime and Sorbents for Use in Removal of Gaseous Pollutants - The invention provides various methods for removing gas phase pollutants by calcining limestone or dolomite using flash calcination to produce a high surface area lime or hydrated lime and directly adding the lime or hydrated lime to a gas stream containing gas phase pollutants. In other methods, the production of an activated sorbent, such as activated carbon, is combined with the production of the high surface area lime or hydrated lime and directly added to a gas stream containing gas phase pollutants. The combination of lime or hydrated lime and an activated sorbent enhances the removal of gas phase pollutants such as those from a coal-fired boiler flue gas. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223089 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF DIFLUOROPHOSPHATE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a technique for simply and easily producing a high-purity difluorophosphate and provide a production process of an electrolytic solution using the obtained difluorophosphate, an electrolytic solution and a secondary battery. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223090 | Process for Producing Ammonia Synthesis Gas - A process for producing ammonia synthesis gas from the reforming of hydrocarbons with steam in a primary reformer ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223091 | Spinning Fluids Reactor - A spinning fluids reactor, includes a reactor body ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223092 | USING BORON-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS, GASSES AND FLUIDS DURING AMMONOTHERMAL GROWTH OF GROUP-III NITRIDE CRYSTALS - Boron-containing compounds, gasses and fluids are used during ammonothermal growth of group-Ill nitride crystals. Boron-containing compounds are used as impurity getters during the ammonothermal growth of group-Ill nitride crystals. In addition, a boron-containing gas and/or supercritical fluid is used for enhanced solubility of group-Ill nitride into said fluid. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223093 | IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE REMOVAL - This invention relates to sulfur functionalized ionic liquid compounds that are useful in methods of carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide removal to which they may be applied. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223094 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF HIGH QUALITY GRAPHENE - A method is described herein for the providing of high quality graphene layers on silicon carbide wafers in a thermal process. With two wafers facing each other in close proximity, in a first vacuum heating stage, while maintained at a vacuum of around 10 | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223095 | CARBON NANOTUBE FILM - An apparatus includes a substrate and a carbon nanotube film on the substrate. The carbon nanotube film includes microscopically visible overlapping dots of carbon nanotubes. The overlapping dots being microscopically visible signifies that the carbon nanotube film was formed by depositing a solution of the carbon nanotubes on the substrate in a single pass manner. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223096 | CATALYST FOR OXIDATION REACTIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND/OR CHLORINE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND THE USE THEREOF - Thermally stable catalyst for heterogeneously catalyzed oxidation in the presence of hydrogen chloride and/or chlorine, comprising nanoparticulate core of a ruthenium compound with surrounding gas- and liquid-pervious shell of zirconium oxide or titanium oxide. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223097 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing quantum dot - Disclosed is a technique of producing that a technique of producing quantum dots that are nano-size semiconducting crystals. An apparatus of producing quantum dots includes a mixer to mix different kinds of precursor solutions uniformly in a channel by diverging each precursor solution into a plurality of micro streams and joining the diverging micro streams individually with different kinds of micro streams, and a heating furnace to pass the precursor mixture solution discharged from the mixer therethrough to create and grow quantum dot nucleuses, thus producing quantum dots. The mixer may further include a heating unit allowing temperature adjustment. In addition, a buffer which is maintained at a relatively low-temperature is provided between the mixer and the heating furnace in order to prevent additional nucleation. Accordingly, quantum dots may be produced even at a high flow rate, which leads to mass-production of quantum dots. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223098 | TITANIUM OXIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing a titanium oxide, including the steps of: ion-exchanging a sodium titanium oxide Na | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223099 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes: a reformer ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223100 | PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM A REFORMING GAS AND SIMULTANEOUS CAPTURE OF CO2 CO-PRODUCT - Process for producing hydrogen from a gas mixture comprising hydrogen, CO2, CO, CH4 and water, employing a CO2 PSA unit, a cryogenic unit and an H2 PSA unit, in which process: a) said gas mixture is introduced into the CO2 PSA unit, producing a CO2-enriched fraction and CO2-depleted fraction; b) CO2-enriched fraction is introduced into the cryogenic unit, producing a CO2-enriched fraction and an H2-enriched fraction; c) the H2-enriched fraction is recycled upstream of the H2 PSA unit; and d) the CO2-depleted fraction coming from step b) is introduced into the H2 PSA unit, producing a hydrogen-enriched stream and a waste gas. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223101 | Combustion chamber hydrogen converter accelerator - The present invention is directed to a hydrogen generating and regenerating system which supplies combustion gas and steam pressure from water to produce inexpensive energy. The system comprising of the process to supply hydrogen and oxygen over a porous metallic catalyst bed in a combustion chamber and igniting producing heat for boiler water to provide steam to turn a steam turbine. Then catalytically reforming steam over porous material producing hydrogen in a converter reactor zone and subsequently also producing combustion gas pressure in the combustion chamber that flow through the converter to turn a gas turbine, a compressor and a generator. The system passes a second catalytic promoter through the converter reactor zone to reactivate porous material by to produce additional hydrogen without using hydrogen generated. The gas combustion pressure passes through the turbine and heat exchangers preheating recycled water providing optimum efficiency and creating clean cheap electrons. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223102 | MULTIMODALITY AGENTS FOR TUMOR IMAGING AND THERAPY - A compound that is a conjugate of an antagonist to an integrin expressed by a tumor cell and at least one of a tumor avid tetrapyrollic photosensitizer, a fluorescent dye, and a radioisotope labeled moiety wherein the radioisotope is | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223103 | Multimodal Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaque Targeted to LOX-1 - The present invention provides multiple modalities for detecting LOX-1. More particularly, an imaging composition is provided that allows for the in vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaque. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223104 | FLUID BED MEAL CONTAINING A MARKER AND METHODS OF MAKING - A standardized, edible food containing a label for use in the measurement of gastric emptying by the quantification of marker excreted in the breath of the patient and methods of making the same using fluid bed granulation processing. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223105 | NEW 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID PRODRUGS FOR USE IN PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND PHOTODYNAMIC DIAGNOSIS - There is provided a compound of Formula | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223106 | GRANIN PROTEINS AS MARKERS OF HEART DISEASE - The present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis of impaired cardiac function/heart disease. The present invention provides a method of diagnosing heart disease in a subject, said method comprising determining the level of CgB or SgII, or fragments thereof, in a body fluid of said subject. Such methods can also be used to determine the clinical severity or prognosis of heart disease in a subject. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223107 | ANTIBODIES THAT SPECIFICALLY BLOCK THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF A TUMOR ANTIGEN - Novel monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to KAAG1 are described. In some embodiments, the antibodies block the biological activity of KAAG1 and are useful in composition in certain cancers, more particularly in cancers that have increased cell surface expression of KAAG1, such as ovarian, renal, lung, colorectal, breast, brain, and prostate cancer, as well as melanoma. The invention also relates to cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments such as humanized and chimeric antibodies. Additionally, methods of detecting and treating cancer using the antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. | 2011-09-15 |
