44th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100278644 | GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine is disclosed which includes an annular combustion chamber defined by an inner wall and an outer wall. A stator airfoil row can be defined by an annular inner stator wall and an annular outer stator wall housing a plurality of stator airfoils, and at least a rotor airfoil row defined by an annular inner rotor wall and an annular outer rotor wall housing a plurality of rotor airfoils. A gap is arranged, for example, between at least one of the inner stator wall and the inner combustion chamber wall, and the outer stator wall and the outer combustion chamber wall, upstream of said stator airfoil row. A border of at least one of the inner and outer stator wall facing the gap can be axisymmetric. A zone of at least one of the inner and outer stator wall downstream of the gap and upstream of the stator airfoils can be non-axisymmetric and defines bumps arranged to locally increase the static pressure of a fluid flow passing through said stator airfoil row to increase the uniformity of the static pressure. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278645 | Seal Structure and Control Method Therefor - Provided are a seal structure and a control method therefor that can improve sealing performance between a rotating portion and a fixed portion, smoothly start up a steam turbine, and suppress the temperature rise of the rotating portion even if the rotating portion is continuously rotated for a long period of time. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278646 | Fan, especially a ceiling fan with a balanced single blade - Described is a fan with a blade suitable for use as a ceiling fan. The blade may be regarded as a single blade, although shaft is not attached to blade at one end thereof; rather, shaft is attached to blade at a point between first end and second end. Blade is balanced by counterweights located in blade. In one embodiment, blade is connected to shaft by means that permit angular movement, such as a teeter hinge. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278647 | FLUID TURBINE - A turbine for extracting power from a flowing fluid comprises a blade for interaction with the fluid, the blade being rotatable both about a primary axis and a blade axis. The blade axis is proximate to the blade, substantially parallel to the primary axis and spaced therefrom. Rotation actuating means is provided to rotate the blade about the blade axis in dependence upon the rotation of the blade about the primary axis such that the rotation angle of the blade about the blade axis is a function of the rotation angle of the blade about the primary axis. The rotation of the blade about the blade axis is in the same direction of rotation as the blade axis about the primary axis. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278648 | TENSION-TORQUE-TRANSMISSION ELEMENT FOR A FENESTRON BLADE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - A tension-torque-transmission element ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278649 | ROTOR WING WITH INTEGRATED TENSION-TORQUE-TRANSMISSION ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A rotor wing in a fibre-reinforced composite design including fibre layers, in particular for a tail rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, with a rotor blade ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278650 | WIND TURBINE BLADE ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS - In one aspect, a wind turbine blade assembly includes a central shaft defining an axis of rotation and a plurality of helically twisted blades supported on the central shaft. The helically twisted blades have an inner edge and an outer edge, and at least a portion of the helically twisted blades is radially spaced apart from the central shaft. In another aspect, a wind turbine apparatus employing the wind turbine blade assembly is provided. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278651 | GUIDE DEVICE - The fastening for an attachment of a guide device to a gas outlet housing is positioned in a region radially outside guide blades. In this way, a circumferential position of the guide blades may be freely selected within predefined angles. Collisions are avoided between the guide blades and fasteners. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278652 | TANGENTIAL ENTRY DOVETAIL CANTILEVER LOAD SHARING - Tangential entry dovetail cantilever load sharing is described herein. In one embodiment, a turbine bucket dovetail is provided that facilitates substantially even distribution of centrifugal loads on a plurality of hooks that define the bucket dovetail. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278653 | VERTICAL AXIS TURBINE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A vertical axis turbine and method of making same is disclosed. The device and method comprise a plurality of blades rotatably disposed around an axis of rotation at a plurality of blade locations, each blade being twisted at a first angle about its longitudinal axis, each blade having its distal ends located a predetermined distance from the axis of rotation, each blade being bent at one or more central locations along the longitudinal axis so the one or more central locations are the same predetermined distance from the axis of rotation as the distal ends, each blade having a foil cross section perpendicular to the axis of rotation for maintaining unidirectional rotation of that blade about the axis of rotation in a fluid flow, and each blade having its longitudinal axis tilted at a second angle with respect to the axis of rotation. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278654 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH PREFABRICATED LEADING EDGE SEGMENTS - A wind turbine rotor blade includes first and second shell components joined together at a trailing edge of the blade. Each shell component includes a forward edge. At least one leading edge segment is joined to the shell components and aligned along a longitudinal length of the blade. The leading edge segment has an open-ended cross-sectional profile defined by an arcuate skin having first and second longitudinal edges and first and second end faces. The longitudinal edges of the leading edge segment are joined to the forward edge of the first shell component at a first bond line, and joined to the forward edge of the second shell component at a second bond line. The leading edge of the blade between the first and second bond lines is a continuous unbroken surface between the bond lines. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278655 | ROTOR BLADE MADE OF A FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR IT - A rotor blade in a fibre-reinforced composite design for a tail rotor of a rotary wing aircraft (helicopter), with a blade section ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278656 | Structure an aircraft rotor blade - An aircraft rotor blade structure is disclosed. The rotor blade includes a read blade part made of a pearl board and a front blade part made of a plastic material. The front blade part is connected to the front edge of the read blade part. This read blade part helps reducing the weight of the blade. The front blade part enhances the transverse strength of the read blade part and renders a center of gravity on the front edge of the blade. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278657 | WIND TURBINE BLADE AND BLADE ELEMENT COMBINATION AND METHOD OF CHANGING THE AERODYNAMIC PROFILE OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE - A blade element ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278658 | ELECTRIC FAN - An electric fan has a driving assembly, a stand and an impeller assembly being connected to and being driven by the driving assembly. The driving assembly has a positioning panel having multiple indentations and two connectors being formed on the positioning panel. The stand is mounted into the driving assembly and around the connector of the driving assembly and has at least two resilient positioning protrusions engage two of the indentations of the driving assembly. With the at least two positioning protrusions engaging different indentations, the driving assembly and the impeller assembly are pivoted and are held in different angles. Therefore, the angle of the impeller assembly is easily adjusted. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278659 | PRESSURE-CONTROLLING APPLIANCE FOR AN INFLATABLE PRODUCT - A pressure-controlling appliance for an inflatable product has a inflatable body, a pump mounted in the inflatable body, a pump switch and an inflation-deflation valve. The pump inflates or deflates the inflatable bodythrough the inflation-deflation valve. The pressure-controlling appliance also comprises an inflation-deflation controlling mechanism and a pressure-controlling mechanism. The inflation-deflation controlling mechanism is applied to open and close the inflation-deflation valve and to turn the pump switch on or off. The pressure-controlling mechanism operates the inflation-deflation controlling mechanism according to the pressure in the inflatable body that compared with the high or low reference pressure. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278660 | Integral Compressor Motor And Refrigerant/Oil Heater Apparatus And Method - A compressor apparatus includes a power source ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278661 | VALVE COVER ASSEMBLY - A method and apparatus for sealing an opening of a fluid manifold is provided. A grooved sealing member, having compliant members disposed in the grooves, is seated in the opening. A retention member is coupled to the fluid manifold by tensile members such as bolts. One or more compression members fit between the retention member and the sealing member, and a cap fits over the sealing member to secure the one or more compression members. The cap is fastened to the sealing member. When pressure is applied inside the fluid manifold, the force generated thereby is transmitted by the sealing member through the one or more compression members, and the retention member, to the tensile members, which absorb and equalize the force around the sealing member. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278662 | POWER EQUIPMENT BASE PLATE - A pressure washer includes an engine having a vertical shaft and a pump designed to be powered by the engine. Additionally, the pressure washer includes a base plate, where the engine is coupled to the base plate with a first set of fasteners and the pump is independently coupled to the base plate with a second set of fasteners. The base plate is designed to allow the engine to be unfastened and removed from the base plate without also unfastening the pump. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278663 | Pump Drive System - A system is provided for a product pump drive for pumping fluids or substances into or out of a tanker-trailer towed by a tractor, the system including an auxiliary diesel engine mounted on the tractor, the engine operating a hydraulic pump used to operate a hydraulic motor operatively coupled to a product pump. The system can further include a high-pressure shutdown mechanism to shut down the engine if the pressure of the hydraulic fluid pumped by the hydraulic pump exceeds a high-pressure threshold. The system can also include an air conditioning unit and/or an electrical generator operatively coupled to the auxiliary diesel engine. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING A FLUID WITH A LIQUID MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for mixing a fluid with a liquid medium. Specifically, the present invention discloses a method and an apparatus by means of which a fluid is mixed with a liquid medium by means of a rotatable mixer rotor, which is driven at least partially with a turbine using as its drive fluid any fluid available in the process. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278665 | FIXATION STRUCTURE FOR COMPRESSOR - Provided is a compressor fixation structure that can reduce the occurrence of condensation. In a fixation structure for a compressor that has an electric motor and a compression mechanism provided adjacently to the electric motor and driven by the electric motor, when forming a motor housing for the electric motor and a compression mechanism housing for the compression mechanism separately from each other, a fixation part to be fixed to an object to which the compressor is to be attached is provided in the compression mechanism housing. Consequently, the compression mechanism housing is integrated with the object, and the heat capacity of the compression mechanism including the compression mechanism housing can be assumed to be a larger capacity which includes the heat capacity of the object. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278666 | HIGH SOLIDS MATERIAL MOVING APPARATUS - Described herein is a material moving apparatus having a chamber that includes a chamber having a cross-sectional shape and a discharge opening; a pumping ram mounted in the chamber configured to move material out of the discharge opening of the chamber; and a discharge pipe connected to the discharge opening of the pump and having and an inlet and an outlet and a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the discharge opening. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278667 | Peristaltic Pump - A peristaltic pump mechanism comprises a gear having teeth configured for meshed engagement with a drive source, such as a DC motor and a pair of occlusion members configured to compress a transport tube against an occlusion surface. Each occlusion member is mounted on an axle, with one end of the axle mounted on the first gear and an opposite end of each axle engaged by a support member. Two support ribs are mounted between the gear and the support element. The pair of occlusion members includes a first pair of rollers mounted on the gear 180° apart from each other. The two support ribs are mounted on the gear 180° apart from each other and offset 90° from the pair of rollers. The DC motor drives a worm gear in meshed engagement with the gear of the pump mechanism. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278668 | FLUID PUMP ASSEMBLY - A fluid pump assembly includes a double acting fluid cylinder and a pump. The fluid cylinder includes a housing, a piston reciprocally disposed within the housing, and a piston rod carrying the piston and extending from the housing. The piston rod has an end. A pump includes a pump body, a pressure loaded seal and a wiper seal. The pump body has a pump chamber and a rod port. The piston rod extends through the rod port and the end is positioned within the pump chamber. The pressure loaded seal is positioned within the rod port around the piston rod and has a pressure loaded end face toward the pump chamber. The wiper seal is positioned within the rod port around the piston rod on a side of the pressure loaded seal opposite from the pump chamber. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278669 | PUMP SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING A FIRST FLUID USING A SECOND FLUID - The invention relates to a pump system for conveying a first fluid using a second fluid, said system comprising at least a first pump, said first pump comprising at least a first rigid outer casing defining a first interior space, a first flexible tube structure accommodated in the first interior space, wherein the interior of the first flexible tube structure is arranged for receiving one of said first or second fluids, wherein the region of the first interior space surrounding the first flexible tube structure is arranged for receiving said other of said first and second fluids, and wherein the first flexible tube structure is movable between laterally expanded and collapsed conditions for varying the volume of the interior of the first flexible tube structure, thereby imparting sequential discharge and intake strokes on said first fluid. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278670 | AIR PUMP WITH A ONE-PIECE CYLINDER - An air pump has a one-piece cylinder and a piston assembly. The one-piece cylinder has a body, a cap, a pedal and a base formed together by injection molding and welding process. The piston assembly is mounted in the one-piece cylinder and has a rod, a handle and a piston. The one-piece cylinder is structurally firm and provides excellent hermetic characteristics. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PARTICLES IN A SCREW PUMP LUBRICANT - A screw pump system has a plurality of rotors disposed inside a pump casing. Each rotor comprises a shaft and a set of threads disposed on the shaft configured to mesh with at least one other set of threads. A plurality of bearings are coupled to each end of each of the rotors. A plurality of gears are coupled to an end of each of the rotors. The gears are configured to reduce a size of particulates in a lubrication fluid by flowing the particulates through the rotating gears. The gears may serve as timing gears for the rotors as well as perform pumping of the lubrication fluid. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING A SCREW PUMP SYSTEM - A pump system includes inlet chambers, an outlet chamber, and rotors disposed inside the inlet chambers and the outlet chamber to pump a process fluid from the inlet chambers to the outlet chamber and to direct the process fluid to a separator. A gear chamber is configured to receive a portion of the process fluid from the separator. First and second sets of pump bearings are coupled to the rotors and lubricated by the portion of the process fluid flowing from the gear chamber. A conduit is configured to direct the portion of the process fluid from the pump bearings back to the gear chamber. Some of the portion of the process fluid lubricating the pump bearings is permitted to leak to the inlet chambers. Additional process fluid is continually added to the portion of the process fluid to compensate for fluid leaking to the inlet chambers. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FLUID FLOW WITHIN A SCREW PUMP SYSTEM - In a pump system, a process fluid is directed into inlet chambers of a pump casing at an inlet pressure, and a plurality of rotors disposed inside the pump casing are rotated to pump the process fluid from the inlet chambers to an outlet chamber located between the inlet chambers, wherein the process fluid in the outlet chambers is at an outlet pressure. The process fluid is directed from the outlet chamber to a separator configured to separate particulate matter from the process fluid, and a portion of separated process fluid is directed from the separator to a gear chamber of the pump. Pump bearings are lubricated with the portion of separated process fluid from the gear chamber. Some of the portion of the separated process fluid from the pump bearing is leaked to the inlet chambers via rotor shrouds to reduce accumulation of particulate matter in the inlet chambers. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278674 | 2 STAGE ROTARY COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278675 | 2 STAGE ROTARY COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor including a hermetic container ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278676 | GEAR WHEEL PUMP - The invention relates to a gear wheel pump with two meshing gear wheels which are rotatably mounted within a pump housing by means of a driven driveshaft and a crankshaft journal and which form a pumping channel system between a pump inlet and a pump outlet. Several gaps are formed between the pump housing, the gear wheels, the driveshaft, and the crankshaft journal. One of the gaps between the driveshaft and one of the gear wheels contains means for the rotationally fixed connection of the driveshaft to the gear wheel. In order to prevent leakages penetrating to the connecting means, according to the invention the gap between the driveshaft and the gear wheel is sealed, with respect to the front faces of the gear wheel, by means of a sealant. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278677 | SINGLE-SCREW COMPRESSOR - A single-screw compressor includes a casing, a screw rotor accommodated in the casing, a gate rotor, and a gate rotor supporting member rotatably supporting the gate rotor. The gate rotor includes a plurality of flat-plate-shaped gates formed in a radial pattern and meshing with a helical groove of the screw rotor. Fluid in a compression chamber defined by the screw rotor, the casing and the gates is compressed when the screw rotor is rotated. The gate rotor supporting member includes a gate supporting portion supporting each gate from a back surface side. The gate rotor and the gate rotor supporting member form a gate rotor assembly including a pressure introduction channel configured and arranged to introduce a fluid pressure on a front surface side of each gate into a gap between a back surface of the gate and the gate supporting portion. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278678 | SCREW COMPRESSOR - A screw compressor includes a casing having a cylinder, a cylindrical-shaped screw rotor disposed in the cylinder, a gate rotor and a seal portion. The screw rotor has a plurality of spiral-shaped groove portions formed in an outer peripheral surface. The gate rotor has a plurality of tooth portions engaged with the groove portions of the screw rotor to define compression chambers on one side of the gate rotor. The tooth portions are formed at an outer peripheral surface of the gate rotor. The seal portion is disposed on a side of the gate rotor opposite to the one side where the compression chambers are defined. The seal portion is arranged to block a space between a neighboring pair of the tooth portions of the gate rotor. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278679 | NANOPHASE CRYOGENIC-MILLED COPPER ALLOYS AND PROCESS - There is provided cryogenic milled nanophase copper alloys and methods of making the alloys. The alloys are fine grained having grains in the size range from about 2 to about 100 nanometers, and greater. The nanophase alloys possess desirable physical properties stemming from the fine grain size, such as potentially high strength. Some embodiments of the cryogenic milled copper alloys may also be tailored for ductility, toughness, fracture resistance, corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance and other physical properties by balancing the alloy composition. In addition, embodiments of the alloys generally do not require extensive or expensive post-cryogenic milling processing. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278680 | Combustion Turbine Component Having Rare-Earth Strengthened Alloy and Associated Methods - A method of making a combustion turbine component includes forming a metallic powder including at least one metal and at least one rare-earth element and processing the metallic powder including at least one metal and at least one rare-earth element to form a cohesive metallic mass. A primary aging heat treatment may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass. A homogenization heat treatment may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass prior to the primary aging heat treating. Furthermore, a secondary aging heat treatment may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass after the primary aging heat treating. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278681 | LOW ALLOYED STEEL POWDER - A water atomised prealloyed iron-based steel powder is provided which comprises by weight-%: 0.2-1.5 Cr, 0.05-0.4 V, 0.09-0.6 Mn, less than 0.1 Mo, less than 0.1 Ni, less than 0.2 Cu, less than 0.1 C, less than 0.25 O, less than 0.5 of unavoidable impurities, the balance being iron. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278682 | SINTERED BINARY ALUMINUM ALLOY POWDER SINTERED MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed is a binary aluminum alloy powder sintered material which comprises aluminum and iron, which has a completely crystalline microstructure comprising an aluminum matrix and an α-Al phase and at least any one phase of an Al | 2010-11-04 |
20100278683 | Manufacturing Apparatus and Method for Large-Scale Production of Thin-Film Solar Cells - A method of manufacturing improved thin-film solar cells entirely by sputtering includes a high efficiency back contact/reflecting multi-layer containing at least one barrier layer consisting of a transition metal nitride. A copper indium gallium diselenide (Cu(In | 2010-11-04 |
20100278684 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING STAINLESS STEEL CONTAINING FINE CARBONITRIDES, AND PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM THIS PROCESS - The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a semi-finished product made of stabilized stainless steel, which includes a casting step by means of a hollow jet nozzle placed between a tundish and a continuous casting mould. The nozzle comprises, in its upper part, a distributing member for deflecting the liquid metal arriving at the inlet of the nozzle, thus defining an internal volume with no liquid metal in the hollow jet. A non-stabilized stainless steel containing no nitride, carbide and carbonitride precipitates, is delivered in liquid metal form into the tundish. The liquid metal is cast by means of the nozzle, simultaneously carrying out an addition of metal powder into an internal volume of the hollow jet. The metal powder contains at least one element for stabilizing the stainless steel, the addition being carried out at a temperature between T | 2010-11-04 |
20100278685 | PRODUCTION OF TITANIUM TRIFLUORIDE - A method for the production of titanium trifluoride from a titanium-containing material, includes the steps of producing a fluoride solution of Ti(IV) from the titanium-containing material and reducing the Ti(IV) in the solution with a transition metal or an alloy of the transition metal. The transition metal is selected from manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and zinc. An ammonium containing salt and either ammonia or ammonium fluoride are added to the resulting solution containing Ti(III) to produce a precipitate, and the precipitate is pyrolysed to produce titanium trifluoride. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278686 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING METALS AND METAL COMPOUNDS FROM MINED ORE AND OTHER METAL-BEARING RAW SOURCE MATERIALS - A method for selectively recovering a metal from mined ore and other metal-bearing raw source materials is disclosed. The method involves mixing with an aqueous medium a metal-bearing ore and/or other raw source material containing a first metal in an insoluble form, insoluble and/or soluble Cr in a Cr bearing material as a second metal, and organic and inorganic compounds to obtain a slurry containing the first metal in an insoluble form, insoluble and/or soluble Cr compound(s), and the organic and inorganic compounds; adjusting the pH of the slurry to an optimal range for Cr oxidation to convert Cr to an insoluble form; optionally adding a first oxidizer to the slurry to oxidize organic and inorganic compounds; selectively leaching the Cr by adding a leaching agent in an amount sufficient to obtain Cr in a soluble form while the first metal remains in the slurry in an insoluble form; filtering the slurry to obtain a filter cake containing the first metal in an insoluble form and a filtrate containing Cr in a soluble form; and recovering the filter cake containing the first metal in an insoluble form and/or filtrate containing Cr in a soluble form. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278687 | REMEDIATION OF GYPSUM BOARD USING GASEOUS CHLORINE DIOXIDE - In a method for eliminating contaminants in gypsum wallboard that cause noxious sulfide odors, at least one gypsum wallboard surface within an enclosed volume is exposed to chlorine dioxide gas, wherein the chlorine dioxide gas is introduced into the enclosed volume under specified conditions of chlorine dioxide gas concentration and contact time that eliminate the noxious odor-causing contaminants, sulfate reducing or thiophilic bacteria in particular, contained in the gypsum wallboard. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278688 | Containerized Medical Waste Treatment System and Related Method - A containerized medical waste treatment system for sterilizing and processing waste. The system includes an elongate, substantially enclosed container-like structure with an access door on at least one lateral side to accommodate the entry of moveable carts containing medical waste. The system further includes an autoclave for sterilizing medical waste, a shredder for processing the load after sterilization, a tipper for transferring the waste held in carts into the shredder, and a moveable roof panel for providing clearance for a cart that has been elevated by the tipper. At least one conveyor belt for receiving and directing sterilized, shredded waste into a previously positioned waste container is included. The system can perform an autoclave sterilization method which includes relatively short evacuation and heating cycles to remove air pockets within the mass of the load to reduce autoclave treatment times. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278689 | CONTAINER FOR WASHER OR AUTOCLAVE - A container for enabling fluid flow therethrough for cleaning or sterilising of the contents, comprises a tray ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278690 | Bacteria trapping fibrous material - The invention concerns the use of a fibre modified with functions capable of interacting with microbial cell wall proteins for immobilising micro-organisms in hygiene products. Those functions are particularly capable of interacting with anionic groups and amine groups, and are especially cationic groups and aldehydes, respectively. The fibres may be synthetic or cellulosic. Also hygiene products containing these fibres are described. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278691 | Automated Endoscope Reprocessor Self-Disinfection Connection - An endoscope reprocessor having a water supply disinfection filter and a method for self-disinfection of the filter employ a pair of connectors to switch from a normal operating mode into a self-disinfection mode in which circulating germicidal fluid within the reprocessor flows through the filter, while the water supply remains connected to the system and isolated from the circulating fluid. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278692 | NOVEL DRUG CHECKING CUP FOR IN FIELD DRUG TESTING - A drug checking cup includes a special container constructed of a transparent plastic with an oval truncated top member and an oval truncated bottom member connected by a continuous wall to form a container for the cup, with the continuous wall having a flat portion, plus a circular mouth formed in the top member and a lid operable to close the mouth along with a flat cassette containing at least one drug testing strip placed in the cup through the mouth and retainer means in the cup securing the cassette in the cup at an angle to the inner surface of said flat portion of the continuous wall and in close proximity thereto whereby images on the testing strip in the cassette can be viewed, photocopied and scanned through said flat portion of the wall without distortion from the presence of the specimen in the cup in the space between the cassette and the flat portion of the continuous wall. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278693 | TEST ELEMENT FOR ANALYZING BODY FLUIDS - An analytical test element for determining an analyte in a body fluid comprises a detection area in which the analyte is detected and an application site at which the body fluid can be applied to the test element. The application site is spaced apart from the detection area, wherein at least some of the body fluid applied to the application site moves from the application site to the detection area. The test element also comprises a contamination area which at least partially adjoins the application site, wherein an adhesive substance is applied to at least part of the contamination area of the test element. The adhesive substance adheres to the contamination area of the test element and is able to interact with an excess amount of applied body fluid such that at least some of the body fluid adheres to the test element and thereby an excess amount of body fluid remains in the contamination area. An additional embodiment provides for test elements which, after use, can be stored in a storage container. Another embodiment provides for the production of the test elements. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278694 | SILICON BIOSENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A silicon biosensor and a manufacturing method thereof is provided, the silicon biosensor includes: a light source performing self emission a light detector generating a photoelectric current corresponding to an amount of incident light an optical fiber transmitting the light from the light source to the light detector and a micro fluidic channel adjusting an optical transmission rate of the optical fiber according to an antibody-antigen reaction when the antibody-antigen reaction occurs. The silicon biosensor can be easily integrated or bonded with a silicon electronic device, so that it is possible to manufacture the biosensor with a low price, under mass production. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278695 | Chromatographic And Electrophoretic Separation Media And Apparatus - The invention provides improved separation media for use in chromatography and electrophoresis, or for the selective absorption of certain components of a sample mixture, especially in a preliminary stage of an analysis. Improved media according to the invention comprises first particles capable or retaining one or more of the components of a sample mixture and second particles selected to have a higher thermal conductivity than the first particles, so that the thermal conductivity of the media is higher than that of media comprising the first particles alone. The media may be incorporated in packed or capillary columns for chromatography (especially nanoflow HPLC) or for capillary electrophoresis, or may be coated on a substrate. Particular embodiments of the media may comprise mixtures of first particles comprising siliceous polymers, second particles of gold, diamond or graphite. Chromatographic columns and apparatus incorporating them are also disclosed. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278696 | BIOSENSOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a biosensor having excellent preservation stability. The present invention provides a biosensor wherein a first hydrophilic polymer layer is immobilized on a self-assembled membrane applied onto the surface of a metal substrate, a second hydrophilic polymer layer is applied onto the first hydrophilic polymer layer, and the total film thickness of the first hydrophilic polymer layer and the second hydrophilic polymer layer in a dry state is between 20 nm and 100 nm. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278697 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING BIOMOLECULAR BINDING USING TERAHERTZ RADIATION - Provided herein are methods and systems for detecting biomolecular binding events using gigahertz or terahertz radiation. The methods and systems use low-energy spectroscopy to detect biomolecular binding events between molecules in an aqueous solution. The detected biomolecular binding events include, for example, nucleic acid hybridizations, antibody/antigen binding, and receptor/ligand binding. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278698 | BELLOWS TYPE DISPENSING TIP, BELLOWS TYPE DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BELLOWS TYPE DISPENSING PROCESSING - There is provided a bellows type dispensing tip, a bellows type dispensing apparatus, and a method of bellows type dispensing processing that performs highly precise dispensing processing despite having a simple structure. The apparatus comprises; two or more bellows type dispensing tips having; an accommodating section that is capable of accommodating a liquid or gas in the interior thereof surrounded by a wall face, and that has a deformable deforming wall face in a portion of the wall face, and an opening section communicated with the accommodating section, through which the liquid to be suctioned/discharged can flow in and flow out due to expansion and contraction of the interior caused by deformation of the deforming wall face; and a dispensing head that supports one or two or more of the bellows type dispensing tips, and that performs suction/discharge of the liquid into or from the bellows type dispensing tip, by deforming the deforming wall face of the bellows type dispensing tip. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278699 | Apparatus for ionic liquid catalyst regeneration - An apparatus for regenerating an ionic liquid catalyst comprising a reactive extraction column, the reactive extraction column comprising:
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20100278700 | STEAM REFORMER WITH PASSIVE HEAT FLUX CONTROL ELEMENTS - Provided is a steam reformer, comprising a burner zone comprising a hot combustion exhaust gas and a heat flux control element, a reforming zone comprising a gas flow of steam reforming reactants and a reformate gas, and a heat exchange boundary segregating the burner zone and the reforming zone. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278701 | Wall System for Catalytic Beds of Synthesis Reactors and Relative Production Process | 2010-11-04 |
20100278702 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SULFUR FROM GAS STREAM - A system for removing sulfur from a gaseous stream includes (a) a reaction bed for receiving the gaseous stream and for reacting sulfur dioxide and at least some of the hydrogen sulfide of the gaseous stream into elemental sulfur to provide an elemental sulfur stream and a first product stream; and (b) a circulating fluidized bed comprising (i) a first region for receiving the first product stream and using a sulfur adsorption material to adsorb and remove any remaining hydrogen sulfide from the first product stream to generate saturated sulfur adsorption material and a second product stream substantially free of sulfur; and (ii) a second region for receiving a regeneration stream and for using the regeneration stream to regenerate the saturated sulfur adsorption material and to generate the sulfur dioxide. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278703 | Method to neutralize hydrogen chloride in superheated geothermal steam without destroying superheat - Hydrogen chloride in superheated steam is neutralized by contacting the steam with a solution containing potassium carbonate. A solution of potassium carbonate will remain liquid when contacted by steam superheated by as much as 40° C. and, unlike sodium carbonate, the degree of superheat of a saturated solution of potassium carbonate increases with temperature. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278704 | TWO STEP DRY UO2 PRODUCTION PROCESS UTILIZING A POSITIVE SEALING VALVE MEANS BETWEEN STEPS - The present invention provides a two-step process for producing nuclear grade, active uranium dioxide (UO | 2010-11-04 |
20100278705 | INNOVATIVE CUT-AND-FEED OPERATION FOR ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF ION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION - The present invention relates to a process of enriching element content in stable isotopes of light elements in ion-exchange chromatography. The process comprises development of band of light elements in a chromatographic column; elution of said band in a discontinuous basis so as to disconnect said chromatographic column at particular stage; and finally the process comprises of regeneration step. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278706 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE CONTENT IN ELEMENTS, SUCH AS BORON, IN HALOSILANES AND INSTALLATION FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for reducing the content in elements of the third main group of the periodic system, especially in boron- and/or aluminum-containing compounds of technically pure halosilanes for producing purified halosilanes, especially high-purity chlorosilanes. The invention further relates to an installation for carrying out said method. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278707 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING SILICON FROM SAWING WASTE - A method for separating and recovering silicon debris from sawing waste is characterized in that it includes the following steps:—treating the sawing waste so as to deoxidize the silicon debris in a manner that reduces their surface energy,—applying to the sawing waste thus treated a flotation method using a flotation liquid and a nonoxidizing flotation gas, and—recovering the silicon debris at the surface of the flotation liquid. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278708 | PROCEDURES FOR AMMONIA PRODUCTION - The invention provides systems and methods for producing ammonia under conditions having at least one of a temperature and a pressure that are respectively lower than the temperature and pressure at which the Haber process is performed. In some embodiments, a supercritical fluid is used as a reaction medium. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278709 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE - The present invention provides a catalyst for production of nitric oxide from ammonia and oxygen. The catalyst has the composition A | 2010-11-04 |
20100278710 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING HIGH-PURITY CO2 FROM GASIFICATION GAS - A method and system for recovering CO | 2010-11-04 |
20100278711 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A FEED GAS - The present invention relates to a new process for removal of carbon dioxide from a feed gas, wherein the feed gas is fed to and concentrated in a stripper column (A) before condensation of the gaseous carbon dioxide. The present invention also relates to different uses of the removed carbon dioxide and to a plant for removal of carbon dioxide from the feed gas. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278712 | Method for Creating Diamond Dust via Detonation of Carbon Dioxide and Reducing Agent Combinations - The present invention provides a method and formulation for the creation of a diamond-carbon bearing material of varying particle sizes. The material is a detonation by-product of explosive formulations that employ carbon dioxide as the oxidizing agent and a material, such as powdered magnesium, as the fuel for such detonation. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278713 | Method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube, and apparatus and system for performing the method - In a method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube, a boat configured to receive substrates is positioned outside of a synthesis space where the carbon nanotube is synthesized. The substrates are loaded into the boat. The boat is then transferred to the synthesis space. A process for forming the carbon nanotube is performed on the substrates in the synthesis space to form the carbon nanotube. Thus, the carbon nanotube may be effectively manufactured. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278714 | METHOD FOR SIMPLY SEPARATNG CARBON NANOTUBE - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for separating metallic CNT and semiconducting CNT, comprising treating with a physical separation means of centrifugation, freezing-thawing-squeezing, diffusion, permeation or the like using a gel containing CNT as a dispersed and isolated state (CNT-containing gel), to thereby make semiconducting CNT exist in gel and make metallic CNT exist in solution. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278715 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods Regarding Specific Precursors or Tube Control Agent for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanofiber and Nanotube - Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise, via a tube control agent (TCA) and a metallic catalyst, producing a carbon nanotube. At least some carbon used to form the carbon nanotube can be obtained from a plant, a cellulose product, and/or a cellulosic product. At least some of the carbon can be converted into powder. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278716 | DISPERSION CONTAINING FLAME-RESISTANT POLYMER, FLAME-RESISTANT FIBER, AND CARBON FIBER - A dispersion contains a flame-resistant polymer, which can improve shaping stability of the flame-resistant polymer during ejection from a die orifice, and physical stability of a shaped product in a washing step. The dispersion containing a flame-resistant polymer is a dispersion in which a flame-resistant polymer is dispersed in an organic solvent, an in-water tensile strength thereof per unit cross-sectional area is 1.0 MPa or more and 6.5 MPa or less, the flame-resistant polymer can be preferably obtained by heat-treating an acrylonitrile polymer in the presence of at least one kind of acid, acid anhydride or acid chloride in an organic solvent, and a suitable organic solvent is a polar organic solvent. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278717 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing carbon nanotube - A carbon nanotube manufacturing method wherein a catalyst is heated in a reaction chamber while the reaction chamber is filled with argon gas containing hydrogen. When a predetermined temperature is reached in the reaction chamber, the reaction chamber is evacuated. Then a raw material gas as a carbon source is charged and sealed in the reaction chamber whereupon the synthesis of carbon nanotube begins. Subsequently, when a condition in which the synthesis of carbon nanotubes has proceeded to a predetermined level is detected, gases in the reaction chamber are exhausted. Then, the raw material gas is changed and sealed in the reaction tube again. Thereafter, the charging (synthesizing) operation and the exhausting operation are repeated until the carbon nanotube with a desired film thickness are synthesized. A carbon nanotube manufacturing apparatus is also disclosed | 2010-11-04 |
20100278718 | Method for making monodisperse silver and silver compound nanocrystals - A method for making monodisperse silver nanocrystals includes the following step: (1) mixing a silver nitrate with octadecyl amine as a solvent, and achieving a mixture; (2) agitating and reacting the mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction period; (3) cooling the mixture to a cooling temperature, and achieving a deposit; and (4) washing the deposit with an organic solvent, drying the deposit at a drying temperature, and achieving monodisperse silver nanocrystals. After step (2), the method can further include a step of mixing a sulfur or selenium into the reactant to achieve monodisperse silver sulfide or silver selenide nanocrystals. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278719 | MIXED IRON-MANGANESE OXIDES FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXYGEN PRODUCTION - The invention relates to the use of materials of mixed iron-manganese oxide type for high-temperature oxygen production, notably by separation of oxygen from air, and said materials can be reversibly reduced at high temperature when subjected to an oxygen partial pressure decrease and oxidized when the oxygen partial pressure is higher. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278720 | Methods of Making Binary Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Methods of Controlling Morphology of Same - The present invention includes a method of producing a crystalline metal oxide nanostructure. The method comprises providing a metal salt solution and providing a basic solution; placing a porous membrane between the metal salt solution and the basic solution, wherein metal cations of the metal salt solution and hydroxide ions of the basic solution react, thereby producing a crystalline metal oxide nanostructure. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278721 | Method for making mesoporous material - A method for making the mesoporous material includes the following steps: dissolving a nanocrystal powder in an organic solvent, and achieving a solution A with concentration of 1-30 mg/ml; dissolving a surfactant in water, and achieving a solution B with an approximate concentration of 0.002-0.05 mol/ml; mixing the solution A and the solution B in a volume ratio of 1: (5-30), and achieving a mixture; stirring and emulsifying the mixture, until an emulsion C is achieved; removing the organic solvent from the emulsion C, and achieving a deposit; washing the deposit with deionized water, and achieving a colloid; and drying and calcining the colloid, and eventually achieving a mesoporous material. The mesoporous material has a large specific surface area, a high porosity, and a narrow diameter distribution. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278722 | HYDROGEN STORAGE AND RELEASE SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for storing and releasing hydrogen using packed-bed hydrogen storage elements in conjunction with elements such as optical or thermal energy for stimulating the release of stored hydrogen. The hydrogen storage system may include valves, piping, and other fixtures for ease of filling and emptying the unit. The system may also serve as a portable self-contained means of safe hydrogen storage that may be transported between the filling or generation site and the site of hydrogen release or use. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278723 | ZEOLITE Y - Process for preparing a modified zeolite Y which process comprises subjecting zeolite Y having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 10 to calcination at a temperature of from 700 to 1000° C. wherein (i) the steam partial pressure is at most 0.06 bar at a temperature of from 700 to 800° C., (ii) the steam partial pressure is at most 0.08 bar at a temperature of from 800 to 850° C. , (iii) the steam partial pressure is at least 0.03 bar at a temperature of from 850 to 900° C., and (iv) the steam partial pressure is at least 0.05 bar at a temperature of from 900 to 950° C. and (v) the steam partial pressure is at least 0.07 bar at a temperature of from 950 to 1000° C., a modified zeolite Y obtainable by such process, zeolite Y having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 10, the infrared spectrum of which has a peak at 3700 cm | 2010-11-04 |
20100278724 | INHIBITION OF MIGRATION AND INDUCTION OF CELL DEATH BY THE TYPE II COLLAGEN AMINO PROPEPTIDES - The present invention provides combinations and methods for inducing cell death, inhibiting angiogenesis, and inhibiting cell migration. In particular, the present invention provides methods for inducing cell death in a cell expressing an αvβ3 and/or an αvβ5 integrin. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278725 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LYMPHATIC TARGETING - The present invention is directed to an implantable device comprising a biocompatible and biodegradable matrix impregnated with a bioactive complex suitable for selectively targeting the lymphatic system, wherein the bioactive complex comprises one or more particle forming materials and one or more bioactive agents. The invention is further directed to methods of using and the process of preparing, the implantable device. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278726 | Modified Antibodies to Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen and Uses Thereof - Modified antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, to the extracellular domain of human prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) are provided. The modified anti-PSMA antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, have been rendered less immunogenic compared to their unmodified counterparts to a given species, e.g., a human. Pharmaceutical compositions including the aforesaid antibodies, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. Methods of using the antibodies of the invention to detect human PSMA, or to ablate or kill a PSMA-expressing cell, e.g., a PSMA-expressing cancer or prostatic cell, either in vitro or in vivo, are also provided. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278727 | Alpha-Emitting constructs and uses thereof - The present invention discloses alpha particle emitting, radioactive constructs capable of killing large tumors (>1 mm in diameter), or other cells involved in human or animal diseases such as virus infected cells, autoimmune cells, or other pathological cells, including normal cells, that are targets for destruction, to achieve a therapeutic result. The alpha-emitting constructs have high specific activity. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278728 | Anti-Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Type II Receptor (MISIIR) Immunoconjugates to Detect and Treat Cancer - Compositions and methods for detecting and treating cancers expressing Mullerian inhibiting substance Type II receptor (MISIIR) are provided. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278729 | BREAST CANCER ERADICATION PROGRAM - A method of treating breast cancer that is at least partially ER | 2010-11-04 |
20100278730 | Non-Invasive Molecular Imaging of Cellular Histone Deacetylase Substrate Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) or Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - We disclose methods of detecting histone deacetylase activity in a mammal by administering to the mammal a compound comprising at least one atom having a nucleus detectable by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, wherein the compound is a substrate of histone deacetylase; and observing the compound or a cleavage product thereof in at least a portion of the body of the mammal by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). We also disclose methods of detecting histone deacetylase activity in a mammal by administering to the mammal a compound comprising at least one positron-emission-decaying radioisotope, wherein the compound is a substrate of histone deacetylase; and observing the compound or a cleavage product thereof in at least a portion of the body of the mammal by positron emission tomography (PET). We also disclose compounds useful as histone deacetylase substrates. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278731 | Mechanism-Based Targeted Pancreatic Beta Cell Imaging and Therapy - Compositions for imaging pancreatic beta cells comprise chelator-antidiabetic agent conjugates and optionally chelated metals. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278732 | 1H-[1, 2, 3] TRIAZOLE SUBSTITUTED AMINO ACIDS AND USES THEREOF - Tracers for cationic amino acid transport systems and methods of synthesis are disclosed, including compounds comprising a 1H-[1,2,3]triazole moiety. Further disclosed are uses of the analogues, including in vivo imaging of tumors by Positron emission tomography (PET) or Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT). | 2010-11-04 |
20100278733 | COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSIS OF AMYLOID-RELATED DISEASE - There is provided a composition comprising a compound represented by general formula (I), wherein R | 2010-11-04 |
20100278734 | NANOPARTICLE CONTRAST AGENTS FOR DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING - Compositions of nanoparticles functionalized with at least one net positively charged group and at least one net negatively charged group, methods for making a plurality of nanoparticles, and methods of their use as diagnostic agents are provided. The nanoparticles have characteristics that result in minimal retention of the particles in the body compared to other nanoparticles. The nanoparticle comprises a core and a shell. The shell comprises a plurality of silane moieties; at least one silane moiety of the plurality is functionalized with a net positively charged group and at least one silane moiety of the plurality is functionalized with a net negatively charged group. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278735 | METHODS FOR DETECTION OF VULNERABLE PLAQUE WITH QUANTITATIVE COLORIMETRY DURING ANGEOSCOPY - Methods are provided for detecting lipid cores underneath thin fibrous caps (LCTC) and thin-cap fibroatheromas (TCFA) in a subject in need of diagnosis for having a vulnerable plaque, a plaque at risk of disruption or thrombosis, or risk of an acute coronary syndrome, and for screening compounds for modulators of this process. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278736 | FLT4 (VEGFR-3) as a Target for Tumor Imaging and Anti-Tumor Therapy - The present invention provide purified Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase polypeptides and fragments thereof, polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, antibodies that specifically bind such polypeptides, and uses therefor. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278737 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID PARTICLES CONTAINING CONTRAST AGENT - This invention provides organic-inorganic hybrid particles containing as the essential components a block copolymer comprising an uncharged hydrophilic polymer chain segment and a polymer chain segment containing a repeated structural unit having a carboxylate ion group at its side chain; calcium ion (Ca | 2010-11-04 |
20100278738 | METHOD TO DETECT AND MONITOR ISCHEMIA IN TRANSPLANTED ORGANS AND TISSUES - Disclosed is a method of detecting and/or monitoring ischemia in a tissue or organ, such as a free flap transfer. The method includes the steps of measuring in real time or near-real time interstitial glucose concentration, or rate of change of interstitial glucose concentration over time, or both, in the tissue or organ. A reduced glucose concentration or a negative rate of change of glucose concentration in the tissue or organ as compared to a control glucose concentration or rate of change indicates ischemia in the tissue or organ. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278739 | TARGETED, NIR IMAGING AGENTS FOR THERAPY EFFICACY MONITORING, DEEP TISSUE DISEASE DEMARCATION AND DEEP TISSUE IMAGING - Compounds and methods related to NIR molecular imaging, in-vitro and in-vivo functional imaging, therapy/efficacy monitoring, and cancer and metastatic activity imaging. Compounds and methods demonstrated pertain to the field of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor imaging, metabolic imaging, cellular respiration imaging, cellular proliferation imaging as targeted agents that incorporate signaling agents. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278740 | STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES - Protein antigens from | 2010-11-04 |
20100278741 | Novel compositions including sphingosine kinase type 1 inhibitors, and processes for using same - Provided are novel compositions and analogs which are useful in a number of applications, indications and diseases, as well as for monitoring pharmakinetics and patient management. These compounds and analogs are applicable to treating tumors of the central nervous system, e.g., glioblastoma (GBM). | 2010-11-04 |
20100278742 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES - Methods and compositions for the detection and diagnosis of infectious diseases are provided. In particular, efficient and sensitive methods and compositions for the detection of active mycobacterial disease are provided for distinguishing between individuals having active disease, and individuals who have been immunologically exposed, such as those infected with a mycobacterium but are without active disease, or those who have been vaccinated with BCG. The methods comprise topical application of antigen compositions for transdermal delivery. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278743 | METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF TAUOPATHIES AND AMYLOID BETA AMYLOIDOSIS BY MODULATING CRF RECEPTOR SIGNALING - Methods for treating or preventing tauopathies and/or Aβ amyloidosis by modulating CRF receptor signaling. Accumulation of hyperphosphorlyated tau protein in the CNS may be reduced by administration of CRF-R1 selective antagonists and/or CRF-R2 selective agonists. For example, in some aspects, methods for preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease by administration of CRF-R1 selective antagonist are provided. | 2010-11-04 |