38th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120238738 | Oligonucleotide Adapters: Compositions and Methods of Use - Compositions are provided that include a synthetic oligonucleotide characterized by a double-stranded region, a single-stranded region, a forward primer site, a reverse primer site and one or more cleavage sites therebetween. Methods of use for these compositions include adaptors for the amplification of DNA fragments. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238739 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED DNA RELEASE FROM BINDING SUBSTRATES AND/OR DECREASING PCR INHIBITION IN PATHOGEN DETECTION - Disclosed herein are processes for collecting nucleic acids from particulate samples. One embodiment disclosed herein relates to the use of ultrasonic energy to simultaneously shear large nucleic acid molecules and large particulates to very small sizes prior to or during a chemical binding step to a nucleic acid binding surface. Another embodiment involves crushing the nucleic acid binding surface prior to eluting the bound nucleic acid molecules to enable better wetting of the nucleic acid binding surface and easier diffusion of bound nucleic acid molecules out of the nucleic acid binding surface. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238740 | NON-POLAR AND POLAR LEAVING GROUPS - The present invention provides novel and advantageous processes for preparing and purifying pharmaceuticals The processes comprise a nucleophilic reaction wherein a modified leaving group L | 2012-09-20 |
20120238741 | PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE ESTERS IN THE PRESENCE OF A COSOLVENT - Ionic liquids and cellulose ester compositions and processes for producing ionic liquids and cellulose esters. Cellulose esters can be produced by subjecting a cellulose-ionic liquid solution comprising cellulose, one or more ionic liquids, and one or more co-solvents to esterification to thereby produce an esterified medium comprising a cellulose ester. The co-solvents employed in the present invention can be either miscible or immiscible with the cellulose-ionic liquid solution but can be readily dispersed or soluble in the esterified medium. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238742 | PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE ESTERS IN THE PRESENCE OF A COSOLVENT - Ionic liquids and cellulose ester compositions and processes for producing ionic liquids and cellulose esters. Cellulose esters can be produced by subjecting a cellulose-ionic liquid solution comprising cellulose, one or more ionic liquids, and one or more co-solvents to esterification to thereby produce an esterified medium comprising a cellulose ester. The co-solvents employed in the present invention can be either miscible or immiscible with the cellulose-ionic liquid solution but can be readily dispersed or soluble in the esterified medium. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238743 | TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR SKIN CONTAINING POLYSACCHARIDE EXTRACT OF RED GINSENG - The present invention relates to a composition for skin application, which has the effects of reducing skin wrinkles, enhancing skin elasticity and preventing skin aging, and more particularly, to a composition for skin application, which contains, as an active ingredient, a polysaccharide extract of red ginseng having a molecular weight of less than 10,000, in which the polysaccharide extract of red ginseng has the effect of increasing the expression of mitochondrial electron transport system enzymes in human skin keratinocytes to enhance the activity of the skin cells, thereby reducing skin wrinkles, increasing skin elasticity and preventing skin aging. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238744 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TURANOSE USING AMYLOSUCRASE, AND SWEETENER USING THE TURANOSE - The present invention relates a method of producing turanose using amylosucrase and a sweetener including the turanose. This method enables production of high-purity turanose through an enzymatic reaction occurring by treating a solution including only sucrose or a solution including fructose and sucrose with amylosucrase. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238745 | Fluorescent dyes - Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes that are intramolecularly crosslinked between the 1-position and 3′-position, their bioconjugates and their uses are described. 1,3′-crosslinked carbocyanines are superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar 1,1′-crosslinked or non-crosslinked dyes. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238746 | Processes and Intermediates for Preparing a Macrocyclic Protease Inhibitor of HCV - The present invention relates to synthesis procedures and intermediates of a compound of formula: | 2012-09-20 |
20120238747 | TRANSFECTION REAGENTS - Disclosed are compounds capable of facilitating transport of biologically active agents or substances into cells having the general structure: | 2012-09-20 |
20120238748 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING PHENANTHROLINE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a novel compound having a phenanthroline structure represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof: | 2012-09-20 |
20120238749 | INHIBITORS OF INTERLEUKIN-1 BETA CONVERTING ENZYME - The present invention relates to novel classes of compounds which are inhibitors of interleukin-1β converting enzyme. The ICE inhibitors of this invention are characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting ICE activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as agents against interleukin-1 mediated diseases, including inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting ICE activity and methods for treating interleukin-1 mediated diseases using the compounds and compositions of this invention. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238750 | AROMATIC COMPOUND - The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1): | 2012-09-20 |
20120238751 | TRICYCLIC GYRASE INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein are compounds having the structure of Formula I and pharmaceutically suitable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof that are useful as antibacterially effective tricyclic gyrase inhibitors. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238752 | COMPOUND OR ITS TAUTOMER, METAL COMPLEX COMPOUND, COLORED PHOTOSENSITIVE CURING COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER, AND PRODUCTION - Provided is a colored photosensitive curing composition useful for color filters in primary colors, including blue, green, and red, having a high molar absorption coefficient and allowing a reduction in film thickness and superior color purity and fastness. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238753 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL - An improved process for the preparation of adefovir dipivoxil and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates comprises the condensation of adefovir with chloro methyl pivalate in a mixture of two or more solvents in the presence of a base and isolating the resulting adefovir dipivoxil. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238754 | Process for manufacturing dihydropteridinones and intermediates thereof - The present invention relates to an improved process for manufacturing dihydropteridinones of general formula (12) | 2012-09-20 |
20120238755 | SALTS OF PRODRUGS OF PIPERAZINE AND SUBSTITUTED PIPERIDINE ANTIVIRAL AGENTS - This invention provides for prodrug Compounds I, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use in treating HIV infection. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238756 | FATTY ACID ACETYLATED SALICYLATES AND THEIR USES - The invention relates to Fatty Acid Acetylated Salicylate Derivatives; compositions comprising an effective amount of a Fatty Acid Acetylated Salicylate Derivative; and methods for treating or preventing an inflammatory disorder comprising the administration of an effective amount of a Fatty Acid Acetylated Salicylate Derivative. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238757 | SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROPYRAN SPIRO PYRROLIDINONE AND PIPERIDINONE, PREPARATION AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a series of substituted N-phenyl-bipyrrolidine carboxamides of formula (I): | 2012-09-20 |
20120238758 | PROCESS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING INTEGRASE INHIBITORS - The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare 4-oxoquinolone compounds having useful integrase inhibiting properties. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238759 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A 6-SUBSTITUTED 1-METHYL-1H-BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE AND AN INTERMEDIATE OF SAID METHOD - A method for manufacturing a 6-substituted 1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole derivative represented by the formula (IV) | 2012-09-20 |
20120238760 | Method for Producing 5,5-Disubstituted 2-Isoxazolines - The present invention relates to a process for preparing 5,5-disubstituted 2-isoxazolines of the formula (I) | 2012-09-20 |
20120238761 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to processes for the manufacture of an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB; also called angiotension II receptor antagonist or AT | 2012-09-20 |
20120238762 | AZOLE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATE COMPOUNDS FOR THE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND AGRO-HORTICULTURAL AGENTS AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL PROTECTING AGENTS CONTAINING THE DERIVATIVES - To provide an azole derivative which is contained as an active ingredient in an agro-horticultural agent having an excellent controlling effect on diseases. An azole derivative according to the invention is represented by Formula (I), wherein R | 2012-09-20 |
20120238763 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 3-ALKOXY-2-AMINO-6-FLUOROBICYCLO [3.1.0] HEXANE-2,6-DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF - A process for producing a 3-alkoxy-2-amino-6-fluoro bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid derivative represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, which includes converting a compound represented by the formula (VI) or a salt thereof to the compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238764 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING IONIC LIQUIDS BY ANION EXCHANGE - Process for preparing salts K | 2012-09-20 |
20120238765 | AROMATIC COMPOUND - An aromatic compound of the following formula (1), (2), (5) or (6), | 2012-09-20 |
20120238766 | ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF ROCAGLAMIDES VIA ENANTIOSELECTIVE PHOTOCYCLOADDITION MEDIATED BY CHIRAL BRONSTED ACIDS - The present invention provides a new strategies for the synthesis of compounds of the rocaglamide family and related natural products. The synthetic approach generally involves photochemical generation of an oxidopyrylium species from a 3-hydroxychromone derivative followed by an enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the oxidopyrylium species to a dipolarophile in the presence of a TADDOL derivative. This approach can be used for the formation of adducts containing an aglain core structure. Methods of the conversion of aglain core structures to aglain, rocaglamide and forbaglin ring systems are also provided. The present invention also relates to the use of rocaglamide/aglain/forbaglin derivatives for the manufacture of medicaments for use in the treatment of cancer or cancerous conditions, disorders associated with cellular hyperproliferation, or NF-κB-dependent conditions. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238767 | ANTIOXIDANT INFLAMMATION MODULATORS: NOVEL DERIVATIVES OF OLEANOLIC ACID - Disclosed herein are novel oleanolic acid derivatives. Methods of preparing these compounds are also disclosed. The oleanolic acid derivatives of this invention may be used for the treatment and prevention of many diseases, including cancer, neurological disorders, inflammation, and pathologies involving oxidative stress. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238768 | METHOD FOR THE ENHANCED RECOVERY OF CATMINT OIL - A high yielding method is described for recovery of catmint oil from catmint plants of the genus | 2012-09-20 |
20120238769 | Decolorization of Polyols - Natural oil-based polyols that are high in color, e.g., >40 APHA, are decolorized when exposed to high frequency visible light and/or low frequency UV light, with or without the combination of heat and/or air exposure. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238770 | GLYCIDYL ESTER REDUCTION IN OIL - Vegetable oils having a low level of glycidol esters are disclosed. Methods for reduction of the content of glycidol esters in edible oils are also disclosed. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238771 | USE OF NONIONIC ESTERS IN A COATING FOR SURFACES COMING IN CONTACT WITH BLOOD - The present invention relates to methods for coating at least one surface of a medical device for improving the hemocompatibility of said surface. Further, the invention relates to medical devices comprising surfaces, coated with a coating composition containing a nonionic ester formed from an acyclic C | 2012-09-20 |
20120238772 | PROCESS FOR AND INTERMEDIATES IN THE PREPARATION OF CANFOSFAMIDE AND ITS SALTS - A process for and intermediates in the preparation of canfosfamide and its salts. Some of the intermediates have anticancer activity. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238773 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC ACIDS, PROTOCATECHUIC ACID, HYDROXYTYROSOL, HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID AND THEIR DERIVATIVES AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF - A composition comprising caffeoylshikimic acids, protocatechuic acid, hydroxytyrosol, hydroxybenzoic acid, said caffeoylshikimic acids and their derivatives extracted from any part of oil palm including but not confined to the vegetation liquor of palm oil milling and palm oil mill effluent, and a method for use in the preparation of a composition containing caffeoylshikimic acids, protocatechuic acid, hydroxytyrosol, hydroxybenzoic acid, said caffeoylshikimic acids and their derivatives. The method includes the steps of pre-concentrating an extract containing the caffeoylshikimic acids, protocatechuic acid, hydroxytyrosol, hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeoylshikimic acids and their derivatives and isolating the caffeoylshikimic acids, protocatechuic acid, hydroxytyrosol, hydroxybenzoic acid, said caffeoylshikimic acids and their derivatives from said extract by liquid chromatography, wherein the elution activity of said caffeoylshikimic acids, protocatechuic acid, hydroxytyrosol, hydroxybenzoic acid, with the caffeoylshikimic acids and their derivatives varying depending on the stationary phase and the composition of the mobile phase. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238774 | CHARGE TRANSPORT FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a charge transport film which is prepared through subjecting a coating film including at least one charge transporting agent to an atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, wherein electron transfer between the charge transport film and a substance that contacts with the charge transport film is promoted, and deterioration in performance due to diffusion and mixing or crystallization of low molecular weight components, such as a charge transporting agent, incorporated in a cured film is suppressed also in the case of film formation by a wet method, and which exhibits excellent charge transportability and stability over time; a production method with good productivity; and a light-emitting element and photoelectric conversion element equipped with the charge transport film, the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment being preferably a treatment that applies plasma, which is generated using a plasma generating apparatus and conveyed using an inert gas, to the coating film. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238775 | MODIFIED NAPHTHALENE FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, TRICYCLODECANE SKELETON-CONTAINING NAPHTHOL COMPOUND AND ESTER COMPOUND - A modified dimethylnaphthalene formaldehyde resin obtained by modifying a polyfunctional dimethylnaphthalene formaldehyde resin having a constituent unit represented by the following general formula [1] in a molecule thereof with at least one member selected from the group consisting of a phenol represented by the following general formula [2], a naphthol represented by the following general formula [3] and a naphthol represented by the following general formula [4] provided that at least any of the naphthol represented by the general formula [3] or the naphthol represented by the general formula [4] must be included. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238776 | GLYCEROL BASED POLYMER SURFACE ACTIVE CHEMISTRY AND PRODUCTION - The invention provides a method of efficiently producing branched, cyclic glycerol-based polymer surface active products having ester and alkyl functional groups with a co-product as anti-biodegrading agent from inexpensive readily available glycerol monomer. The method involves polymerizing glycerol or glycerol with at least another monomer to multiple other monomers in the presence of particular amount of a strong base as the catalyst under a particular distillation environment. The polyol then undergoes esterification, alkylation and crosslinking in presence of particular amount of a catalyst under a particular low activity atmospheric environment. The glycerol-based polymer surface active products produced by the inventive method are beneficial for reducing lignin, extractives and rejects levels in pulping process of papermaking industry. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238777 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONCENTRATING MATERIAL SOLUTIONS - A method is provided for concentrating a material solution using at least two consecutive membrane separating stages, each stage for separating the material solution into a retentate and a permeate. The cut-off of the membranes used in the separating stages is higher than that of the membrane used in the previous stage. The retentate of each separating stage, with the exception of the last stage, is fed to the following separating stage as a feed, and the permeate from at least one separating stage is fed back to a preceding separating stage and introduced into the feed thereof. The fed-back permeate has a concentration and viscosity that substantially corresponds to the concentration and viscosity of the preceding separating stage into which the permeate is introduced. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238778 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CINACALCET - A process for preparing N-[(1R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]-3-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]propan-1-amine of formula hydrochloride salt of formula (I) | 2012-09-20 |
20120238779 | OPTIMIZED INTRODUCTION OF THE STARTING MATERIALS FOR A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AROMATIC AMINES BY HYDROGENATION OF NITROAROMATICS - The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by hydrogenation of corresponding nitroaromatics by means of hydrogen, and also an apparatus suitable for this purpose. In particular, the invention relates to a process for preparing toluenediamine (TDA) by hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene (DNT). | 2012-09-20 |
20120238780 | LOW METAL LOADED, CATALYST COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING ACIDIC MIXED METAL OXIDE AS SUPPORT - The invention provides a method of transaminating a reactant with a catalyst composition comprising support and catalyst portions. The support includes an acidic mixed metal oxide including a transitional alumina and a second metal oxide. The transitional alumina can comprise delta or theta alumina, in combination with other transitional phases, or an alpha or gamma alumina. The second metal oxide has a weight percentage less than the weight percentage of alumina. The catalyst portion is 25 weight percent or less of the catalyst composition and is composed of nickel and rhenium. The catalyst portion includes nickel in an amount in the range of 2 to 20 weight percent, based upon total catalyst composition weight, and there is no boron in the catalyst portion. The method provides high activity and selectivity for reactant transamination to a desired product while minimizing the formation of unwanted cyclic products. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238781 | MODIFIED NAPHTHALENE FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, TRICYCLODECANE SKELETON-CONTAINING NAPHTHOL COMPOUND AND ESTER COMPOUND - A modified dimethylnaphthalene formaldehyde resin obtained by modifying a polyfunctional dimethylnaphthalene formaldehyde resin having a constituent unit represented by the following general formula [1] in a molecule thereof with at least one member selected from the group consisting of a phenol represented by the following general formula [2], a naphthol represented by the following general formula [3] and a naphthol represented by the following general formula [4] provided that at least any of the naphthol represented by the general formula [3] or the naphthol represented by the general formula [4] must be included. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238782 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING ALLYL CHLORIDE AND DICHLOROHYDRIN - A method for producing allyl chloride is provided which includes: a chlorination step of reacting propylene with chlorine to obtain a reaction product containing allyl chloride, unreacted propylene and by-product hydrogen chloride; a separation step of cooling the reaction product to separate the reaction product into the allyl chloride and a mixed gas containing the unreacted propylene and the by-product hydrogen chloride; a collection step of separating the mixed gas into the unreacted propylene and the by-product hydrogen chloride to collect the unreacted propylene; and an oxidation step of oxidizing the separated by-product hydrogen chloride to obtain chlorine. At least part of the chlorine used in the chlorination step is the chlorine obtained in the oxidation step. A method for producing dichlorohydrin using the chlorine obtained in the oxidation step is also provided. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238783 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALKYLATED HYDROXYAROMATICS IN MICROREACTORS - A process is proposed for preparing hydroxyaromatics by heterogeneous catalytic reaction of hydroxyaromatics with C | 2012-09-20 |
20120238784 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALICYCLIC ALCOHOL - Disclosed is a method for producing an alicyclic alcohol represented by general formula (III) which is useful as a starting material for a flavor mixture or the like at low cost in high yield. The alicyclic alcohol represented by general formula (III) is produced by preparing a cyclohexanecarbonyl compound represented by general formula (II) through the carbonylation of an unsaturated hydrocarbon represented by general formula (I) (preferably a compound obtained through the partial reduction of a diene compound) using carbon monoxide in the presence of HF, and thereafter reducing the cyclohexanecarbonyl compound. In formulae (I), (II), and (III), R | 2012-09-20 |
20120238785 | Process For The Production of Ethanol From An Acetic Acid Feed and A Recycled Ethyl Acetate Feed - The present invention produces ethanol in a reactor that comprises a catalyst composition and a feed stream comprising acetic acid and a recycled liquid stream comprising ethyl acetate. The catalyst composition comprises a first catalyst comprising platinum, cobalt, and/or tin and a second catalyst comprising copper. The crude ethanol product may be separated and ethanol recovered. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238786 | Reduction of Acid Within Column Through Esterification During the Production of Alcohols - Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves the esterification of acetic acid in a column used for recovering the ethanol. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238787 | RENEWABLE COMPOSITIONS - The present invention is directed to renewable compositions derived from fermentation of biomass, and integrated methods of preparing such compositions. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238788 | PROCESS FOR THE DEHYDRATION OF AQUEOUS BIO-DERIVED TERMINAL ALCOHOLS TO TERMINAL ALKENES - A method and apparatus for dehydrating bio-1-alcohols to bio-1-alkenes with high selectivity. The bio-1-alkenes are useful in preparing high flashpoint diesel and jet biofuels which are useful to civilian and military applications. Furthermore, the bio-1-alkenes may be converted to biolubricants useful in the transportation sector and other areas requiring high purity/thermally stable lubricants. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238789 | Method for Production of Styrene From Toluene and Syngas - A method for the production of styrene comprising reacting toluene and syngas in one or more reactors is disclosed. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238790 | Process to Improve Formulations of Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysts Through Removal and Modification of Detrimental Particles and Reuse of Modified Fractions - An improved hydrocarbon conversion catalyst is obtained through removal and modification by various means, of detrimental large and/or small particle fractions. Such modified fractions may be reused in the same or similar processes. The improved catalyst is advantageous to a wide range of hydrocarbon conversion processes. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238791 | EVEN CARBON NUMBER PARAFFIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Paraffin compositions including mainly even carbon number paraffins, and a method for manufacturing the same, is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method involves contacting naturally occurring fatty acid/glycerides with hydrogen in a slurry bubble column reactor containing bimetallic catalysts with equivalent particle diameters from about 10 to about 400 micron. The even carbon number compositions are particularly useful as phase change material. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238792 | DEOXYGENATION PROCESS - The invention is a process for the production of a hydrocarbon product including contacting an oxygenated aromatic feedstock, in the presence of hydrogen, with a catalyst composition including:
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20120238793 | In-Line Device for Gas-Liquid Contacting, and Gas Processing Facility Employing Co-Current Contactors - Provided are gas processing facilities for the separation of components in a gas stream and methods of using the same. The facility includes one or more co-current contactors. Each contactor includes a mass transfer vessel having a mixing section. The mixing section receives a gas stream and a liquid contacting stream. The mixing section mixes theses two streams and releases a two-phase flow. Each contactor also includes a separator that receives the two-phase fluid stream from the mass transfer vessel in-line, and then separates a vapor phase from a liquid phase. The separator has a gas-phase outlet configured to release the vapor phase as a treated gas stream, and a liquid-phase outlet configured to release the liquid phase as a loaded treating solution. The contactors may be used to remove water or other contaminant from a natural gas stream or other gas stream. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238794 | MEDICAL WASTE PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for processing medical waste including: (i) a drum defining a substantially cylindrical treatment chamber having a closed end and a substantially open end, wherein the drum is rotationally balanced about a rotational axis; (ii) an enclosing body supporting the drum; (iii) a movable barrier for selectively closing the opening for accessing the open end of the drum; (iv) a structure for supporting the enclosing body so that the pitch of the rotational axis of the drum is positioned or can be positioned in at least one position between about 0 degrees and about 30 degrees. According to one aspect, the apparatus has a chemical generator for generating a germicidal agent. According to yet another aspect, the apparatus has a movable mounting such that the pitch of the rotational axis of the drum can be selectively moved. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238795 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DOSAGE APPLICATION DURING IRRADIATION - A method for controlling dosage application during irradiation of a moveable target volume in a body with an energy beam by scanning the target volume includes, before irradiating an i-th grid position, determining a dosage during the irradiation process using the movement data, wherein the dosage already contains the i-th grid position during irradiation of the previous grid positions (1<=k | 2012-09-20 |
20120238796 | HAND HELD SURGICAL DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING AN INTERNAL MAGNET ASSEMBLY WITHIN A PATIENT - A device for manipulating a magnetic coupling force across tissue in response to a monitored coupling force is described. The device includes a magnetic field source assembly, a positioning assembly operatively connected to the magnetic field force assembly, and a magnetic coupling force monitor. The magnetic field source assembly includes magnets that provide an external magnetic field source for providing a magnetic field across tissue. The positioning assembly adjusts the position of the magnetic field source. The magnetic field creates a magnetic coupling force between the external magnetic field source and an object positioned in use in a patient during a procedure, wherein the object has or is associated with an internal magnetic field. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238797 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING LOW-FREQUENCY ROTATING CONSTANT HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD - A method for implementing a low-frequency rotating constant high magnetic field is disclosed. The method includes disposing an even number of more than two high field magnets, and disposing a magnetically permeable rotating arm. The high field magnets are symmetrically and fixedly mounted on the same surface of the magnetically permeable rotating arm. Magnetic poles of free surfaces of two symmetrical high field magnets are opposite. The area of the free surface of the high field magnet is larger than that of a connecting surface. A cross section of the high field magnet is in a geometric shape without edges or corners. A rotating apparatus drives the magnetically permeable rotating arm and the high field magnets to rotate. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238798 | Incubator - A hand insertion door board is attached to the peripheral portion of each hand insertion window formed in an outside portion of a newborn infant container of an incubator. A holding portion is formed on one side portion of the hand insertion door board in the lateral direction. A bracket which pivotally supports a support shaft having a vertical axis is attached to the holding portion. A latch lever is pivotally supported by the support shaft of the bracket. A press lever which releases latching operation of the latch lever is pivotally attached by using the support shaft of the bracket. When the press lever is pressed against the biasing force of a compression coil spring, the press lever presses projecting pieces of the latch lever to make the latch lever pivot about the support shaft to the release position. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238799 | Magnetic Attachment Arrangement for Implantable Device - A magnet arrangement is described for use in implantable devices. An implantable housing contains a portion of an implantable electronic system. An implant magnet arrangement within the housing has adjacent magnetic sections that lie substantially in a common plane and include an inner center disc having an inner magnetic orientation in an inner magnetic direction, and an outer radial ring having an outer magnetic orientation in an outer magnetic direction opposite to the inner magnetic direction. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA - The disclosed system and method provide for the automatic assessment of the presence/severity of the sleep problem and its exact nature. The assessment is based on qualitative information about sleep patterns, insomnia-related factors and daytime consequences, as well as quantitative information about sleep patterns measured by a sensor. By combining the different sources of information (subjective as well as objective data), the diagnosis gives more insight into the nature of the sleep problem and is therefore more accurate. Furthermore, the disclosed system may be used to select specific components of the system that are medically relevant to the individual and therefore create a personalized program. The system teaches a selection of self-management skills that could help the individual to better cope with sleep disturbances and target those factors that maintain the problem or make it worse by a particular individual. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238801 | SYSTEM FOR AROMATHERAPY IN CONJUNCTION WITH CPAP DEVICE - The present invention provides a system for delivering aromatherapy to a user of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. The system may include a ventilator device, a vessel, and a coupler. The vessel may hold an aromatic substance and may be attached to the ventilator device by the coupler. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238803 | Urethral Stent System and Method - A urethral stent device comprising a mechanical valve system is provided. The urethral stent device can be delivered up through the urethra via a flexible delivery tool. The valve mechanism is adapted to open when exposed to a certain amount of intraluminal pressure and can remain open until a desired cessation of fluid flow is achieved. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238804 | PROPELLING DEVICE AND SELF-PROPELLABLE ENDOSCOPE - A propelling device includes a rotary body, an external cylinder for supporting a rotary body in a circulating manner, a first drive mechanism, and a second drive mechanism. The first drive mechanism has a torque wire and a pinion gear that are provided in a distal portion of the insertion part. The second drive mechanism has an internal cylinder mounted on the distal portion of the insertion part, a transmission gear rotatably supported outside the internal cylinder, and a housing cylinder provided outside the transmission gear. The transmission gear has a worm gear on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a gear tooth portion that meshes with a pinion gear on an inner peripheral surface thereof. The housing cylinder has drive gears that mesh with the worm gear. Although the second mechanism is replaced at each inspection, the first mechanism provided at the insertion part is repeatedly used. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238805 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - An endoscopic device provided with an observation window in a distal end face of an insertion part to be inserted into a subject, an observational direction from the observation window being substantially identical with a longitudinal axis of the insertion part, the endoscope comprising:
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20120238806 | IMPLANTATION SYSTEM WITH HANDLE AND CATHETER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A system for deploying an implantable medical device into a body lumen is disclosed. The system comprises a catheter having functional zones for stability, protection, flexibility, trackability and pushability. The system further comprises a device for deploying an implantable medical device with the catheter. A method for deploying an implantable medical device into a body lumen using the system is also disclosed. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238807 | ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM - An endoscopy system includes a self-propelling endoscope attached with a self-propelling device, a drive source device for providing drive force to the self-propelling device, a controller connected to the drive source device and for controlling moving direction and speed of the self-propelling device, and a monitor for displaying a captured image. The drive source device transmits drive information such as forward movement, backward movement, stop, speed, load torque of the self-propelling device to a processing device. The processing device displays the drive information on the monitor with the captured image. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238808 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument includes a handle, on which at least one electric switch is arranged. The switch has an annular mechanical actuation unit whose outer side forms a grip surface running peripherally of the handle. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238809 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes an external device including an orientation specifying unit that specifies orientation of the body-insertable apparatus, a rotation correcting unit that aligns orientations of a plurality of pieces of image data, a screen generating unit that generates a screen displaying the image data, an average color bar generating unit that calculates an average color of the image data, generates an image of the calculated average color, and generates an average color bar in which images of the generated average colors are connected, and an organ image generating unit that generates an organ image, obtained by superimposing the images of the average colors generated by the average color bar generating unit. The screen generating unit generates the screen in which the average color bar generated by the average color bar generating unit is incorporated, and incorporates the organ image into the screen. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238810 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An image display apparatus includes: a storage unit storing in-vivo image data and information associated with the in-vivo image data and related to a position of a capsule endoscope in a subject; an image processing unit performing image processing on the in-vivo image data stored in the storage unit; a display unit displaying an in-vivo image based on the in-vivo image data image-processed in the image processing unit; a position estimating unit estimating an intra-subject position in which an in-vivo image is captured, based on the position-related information; a control unit performing image processing in the image processing unit and position estimation processing in the position estimating unit in parallel; and a reporting unit reporting information indicating that a radiogram interpretation is possible, when image processing in the image processing unit for all the in-vivo image data is completed while processing in the position estimating unit is not completed. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238811 | CAPSULE-MEDICAL-DEVICE DEDICATED POWER SOURCE STARTER - A capsule-medical-device dedicated power source starter that allows switching, by an application of a magnetic field to a magnetic switch that is provided in an inside of a capsule medical device and has a particular sensitivity direction in the magnetic field, a driving of the capsule medical device from an OFF state to an ON state, includes: an insertion part that is formed in a central axis direction and to which the capsule medical device is inserted so that a longitudinal axis direction of the capsule medical device is along the central axis direction; and a magnetic circuit that generates magnetic force lines which are substantially symmetric about the central axis as an axis of symmetry in any planar surfaces including the central axis of the insertion part. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238812 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INDICATE IN-VIVO DEVICE LOCATION - A system, apparatus and method may indicate in-vivo device location within a body utilizing for example illumination irregularities for calculation of location. There may be provided with an in-vivo imaging device a set of dedicated illumination source and a set of detectors located on an in-vivo device, such as a swallowable capsule. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238813 | PROPULSION ASSEMBLY FOR ENDOSCOPE - A propulsion assembly is for an endoscope having an elongated tube for entry in a tube of a body cavity. The propulsion assembly includes endless belts for contacting a surface of the body cavity, for propulsion by turning around in an axial direction of the elongated tube. A support sleeve supports the endless belts movably. A distal cover frame is secured to a distal side of the support sleeve. An idler roller is contained in the distal cover frame, engaged with a distal end of the endless belts, for regulating the endless belts in the axial direction. A proximal cover frame is secured to a proximal side of the support sleeve. A driving roller is contained in the proximal cover frame, engaged with a proximal end of the endless belts, for regulating the endless belts in the axial direction. The driving roller drives the endless belts. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238814 | GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR ENDOSCOPE - A guide assembly for an endoscope includes a shaft sleeve, barrel sleeve, support sleeve and endless track device for propulsion by endlessly moving in an axial direction of an elongated tube. A rotation wheel is supported on the barrel sleeve, for driving the endless track device by rotating. An idler roller is supported on the support sleeve in a rotatable manner, for keeping the endless track device movable in cooperation with the rotation wheel. A small diameter portion is formed with two axial ends of the rotation wheel by decreasing a wheel diameter thereof along a wheel axis, for allowing leaving of the idler roller from the rotation wheel upon rotationally shifting the support sleeve around the barrel sleeve, so that the endless track device is released from tight contact therewith, and separated from the barrel sleeve in the axial direction with the support sleeve. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238815 | INSERTION AID FOR ENDOSCOPE - An insertion aid for an endoscope includes a tubular body having a passage through which the insertion part is passed; and a sidewall opening part disposed in a distal portion of a sidewall portion of the tubular body, a distal end of the insertion part passed through the passage being capable of being fed from the sidewall opening part, wherein the sidewall opening part is composed of a slot whose longitudinal direction corresponds to an axial direction of the tubular body, and the sidewall opening part is provided with a tapered portion having an opening width gradually decreasing in the longitudinal direction, and is configured to satisfy the following inequality relationship: Wmin2012-09-20 | |
20120238816 | Cleaning System for Medical Imaging Device - An imaging catheter device includes a catheter body with a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen; a cleaning member disposed at the distal end; and an imaging device movably disposed in the lumen and through the cleaning member; wherein the cleaning member includes a conduit through which the imaging device moves and a flexible material at least partially occluding the conduit such that the imaging device displaces at least some of the flexible material when moved through the conduit. A method of cleaning an imaging catheter device includes disposing a cleaning member including a conduit and a flexible material at least partially occluding the conduit at a distal end of a catheter lumen; positioning an imaging device in the catheter lumen; and cleaning the imaging device by moving it through the conduit such that it displaces at least some of the flexible material. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238817 | SELF-PROPELLABLE APPRATUS - A propelling unit of a self-propellable apparatus is attached to a front end portion of an insert section of an electronic endoscope. The propelling unit includes feeding rollers disposed at its front. On each feeding roller, one end of a belt is wound. A winding roller and a worm wheel are provided behind each feeding roller. When the worm wheel rotates, the belt is drawn out from the feeding roller, and wound up onto the winding roller. The belts move while making contact with an interior wall of a body lumen, and hence produce propulsive force to the front end portion of the insert section. When the contact between the belts and the interior wall is insufficient, a balloon is inflated to press the belts against the interior wall. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238818 | Covering Apparatus For An Endoscope Lens - A covering apparatus for a surgical viewing instrument. The apparatus includes a tape having a first length overlying the viewing portion of the surgical viewing instrument, the tape movable across the viewing portion to move the first length away from the viewing portion and advance a second cleaner length of tape to a position overlying the viewing portion. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238819 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope including a catheter, a steering handle for controlling the bending of the catheter, and a pipe connector. The catheter includes an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube is sleeved outside the inner tube. The steering handle includes a handle sleeve and a handle cover. The handle sleeve is sleeved outside the handle cover. An axial guide rail and a sliding block are arranged between the handle sleeve and the handle cover. The guide rail and the sliding block are fixed on the handle sleeve or the handle cover respectively. The outer tube is fixedly connected with the handle sleeve. The inner tube penetrates a through hole in the center of the handle sleeve, is connected with a port of the pipe connector and fixed therein. The pipe connector is positioned in the handle cover and fixedly connected therewith. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238820 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE, MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE - Provided is a nonlinear optical device capable of alleviating, without the need for a complicated compensation mechanism, temporal broadening and the waveform distortion resulting from a group-velocity dispersion slope, to thereby irradiate an object with short optical pulses having high peak power. The nonlinear optical device includes a short optical pulse source ( | 2012-09-20 |
20120238821 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is an optical connector including: an SI-type light source side optical fiber which is disposed on the light source side and an SI-type light receiving side optical fiber which is disposed on the light receiving side. Both optical fibers are optically coupled to each other by disposing an end surface of the light source side optical fiber and an end surface of the light receiving side optical fiber so as to face each other. The light source side optical fiber and the receiving side optical fiber are attachable to and detachable from each other. The light source side optical fiber includes a taper portion in which the diameter of the core portion increases toward the end surface of the light source side optical fiber. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238822 | SURGICAL ACCESS SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238823 | SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICES WITH ANVIL INTRODUCTION AND SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL STRUCTURES - Surgical access devices are disclosed. In various forms, the access devices form at least one passageway through which various surgical instruments and tools may be admitted into the body cavity. Various embodiments may be configured to support an anvil for a circular stapling device therein. Various forms employ a flexible bag for retrieval of specimen from the body cavity. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238824 | SURGICAL BOWEL RETRACTOR DEVICES - Bowel retractor devices. In various forms, the bowel retractor devices are configurable from a collapsed position wherein the retractor may be inserted through a trocar cannula or other opening in a patient's body to a second expanded position wherein at least a portion of the patient's bowel may be advantageously supported in a desired position. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238825 | WOUND PROTECTOR INCLUDING BALLOON WITHIN INCISION - A surgical access device is disclosed herein. The surgical access device includes a housing adapted for insertion into an incision in tissue and at least one inflatable portion disposed on the housing. The housing defines a proximal end and a distal end and has a lumen extending therethrough for the reception of a surgical access portal. The at least one inflatable portion has a deflated state and an inflated state and the housing is insertable into the incision in tissue when the at least one inflatable portion is in the deflated state. The housing is adapted to form a substantially fluid tight seal with the incision in tissue and with a surgical access portal inserted therethrough when the at least one inflatable portion is in the inflated state. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238826 | TRANS-RECTUM UNIVERSAL PORTS - Various universal ports for installation into a colon are disclosed. Various embodiments include expandable port bodies that may employ selectively deployable tissue-engaging barbs for securing the port in position within the colon. Some embodiments also employ tissue cutting members that may be deployed to sever the colon. Some embodiments also employ a flexible sleeve that may extend from the port out through the anus to provide a passageway for passing surgical instruments and into and out of the rectum and also for removing severed specimens therefrom. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238827 | ACCESS SHEATH WITH CENTRAL SEAL - A surgical access apparatus includes an access member defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends, and having a longitudinal opening. A central seal member is mounted to the access member at an approximate rotational center thereof. The central seal member has inner seal portions defining a seal passage dimensioned for sealed reception of a surgical object. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238828 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR MECHANISM - Surgical retractor fixing device having a clamp body arranged for removably fixing the surgical retractor fixing device to a frameset arranged to be mounted on an operating table; a rotating body attached to the clamp body, the rotating body pivotable around an axis of rotation and having a fixing element arranged for fixing a surgical retractor; the clamp body having a mouth to at least partially encompass the frameset and the clamp body comprising a locking device, the locking device having a locking rod arranged for engaging with the frameset thus fixing the clamp body to the frameset and a locking lever arranged for actuating the locking rod, the locking lever being pivotable around a locking lever swivel axis, the locking rod being arranged to exert a rotating body clamping force on the rotating body so that the rotating body is clamped when the locking lever actuates the locking rod. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238829 | MODULAR TOOL HEADS FOR USE WITH CIRCULAR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - Various universal ports for installation into a colon are disclosed. Some embodiments include means for permitting an anvil of a surgical stapler to pass through a port in a first direction and means for permitting a portion of the patient's colon to pass through the port in a second direction. Some embodiments also employ a flexible sleeve that may extend from the port out through the anus to provide a passageway for passing surgical instruments and into and out of the rectum and also for removing severed specimens therefrom. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238830 | Hybrid Fiber-Optic Cannula - The hybrid fiber-optic cannula can have a body having an implant end, a light passage extending through the body, and a light inlet end coinciding with the light passage, an optical fiber held in the body in coincidence with the light passage and oriented out the implant end, the light inlet end being opposite the implant end relative to the light passage, and a conduit extending through the body between a conduit outlet located at the implant end and a conduit inlet. A fluid and/or electrical wires, can be conveyed by the conduit, for instance. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238831 | Portable Neurocognitive Assesment and Evaluation System - A neurocognitive assessment and evaluation system uses a portable computerized appliance having a touchscreen, network communication functionality, at least one processor and on-board digital memory, and has software executing on the at least one processor. The software provides an interactive display comprising one or more graphics artifacts with which a person may interact, monitoring of the time and nature of the person's interaction with the one or more graphics artifacts, and audio or text instruction for the person to follow to interact with the one or more graphics artifacts to perform a specific test for neurocognitive evaluation of the person. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238832 | GUIDING EXERCISE BASED ON FAT OXIDATION RATE - Disclosed is An exercise guide apparatus comprising: a sensing unit configured to obtain a heart rate of a subject; a strength determining unit configured to determine a maximal oxygen uptake of the subject; an exercise intensity measurement unit configured to determine a current exercise intensity of the subject based on the heart rate obtained by the sensing unit; and an exercise guide unit configured to estimate a fat oxidation rate of the subject, determine whether or not fat oxidation of the subject occurs, generate guide information according to a result of the determination of the occurrence of fat oxidation, and display the guide information generated, wherein the fat oxidation rate is estimated based on a ratio of fat being oxidized at the current exercise intensity to the maximal oxygen uptake, and wherein the occurrence of fat oxidation is determined by checking whether or not the fat oxidation rate estimated is greater than a threshold. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238833 | Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use - An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238834 | HEMODYNAMICS-BASED MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF A RESPIRATORY CONDITION - Assessment of a respiratory condition of a subject, by acquiring a temporally varying hemodynamic waveform signal related to blood flow in a tissue; deriving from the hemodynamic waveform signal an evaluation of blood CO | 2012-09-20 |
20120238835 | System, devices, and methods for real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238836 | System, devices, and methods for real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238837 | System, devices, and methods for real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions. | 2012-09-20 |
20120238838 | System, devices, and methods for real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing real-time monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid for markers of progressive conditions. | 2012-09-20 |