| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 264009000 | By vibration or agitation | 18 |
| 20080277813 | SONAR DOME - The Invention is a reinforced plastic sonar dome having a low acoustical insertion loss combined with sufficient mechanical strength. Acoustical and structural fibers are stochastically mixed and formed into a blended yarn. The blended yarn is woven into a blended fabric. The blended fabric is ordered into a stack having multiple layers of blended fabric. The blended fabric is incorporated into a polymer resin while the polymer resin is in liquid form using a vacuum assist. The acoustical fibers and the vacuum assist modify the acoustical properties of the resulting composite sonar dome. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090020899 | Method of manufacturing resin particles - Method of manufacturing resin particles capable of manufacturing resin particles of controlled particle size stably and efficiently by removing bubbles from the surface of a molten kneaded product as the raw material for resin particles thereby sufficiently ensuring action sites for a surfactant on the surface of the molten kneaded product, is provided. The method includes a coarsely-pulverizing step of pressurizing a mixture of a molten kneaded product containing a synthetic resin and an aqueous medium containing a surfactant to 15 MPa to 120 MPa thereby removing bubbles attached to the molten kneaded product containing the synthetic resin, and a finely-granulating step of finely granulating, by a high pressure homogenizer method, an aqueous slurry containing coarse particles of a molten kneaded product passing through a pressure proof nozzle in the coarsely-pulverizing step and in a state where bubbles attached to the surface are removed. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090020900 | Process for Producing Resin Microparticles for a Toner Raw Material - An object of the present invention is to provide a resin microparticle for a toner raw material that has a small particle diameter and a narrow particle diameter distribution and has a low odor. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090179341 | SONICATION METHODS FOR SCREENING AND PREPARING SOLID FORMS - Methods for screening and preparing solid forms are described herein. Such methods comprise sonicating a solid paste to provide a sonicated paste. The sonicated paste may be analyzed for the presence of solid forms. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090315203 | Method For Producing Microparticles In A Continuous Phase Liquid - A continuous phase liquid and a dispersed phase liquid are permitted to flow together through a co-flow channel. Preferably, the dispersed phase liquid is arranged to flow within the flowing body of the continuous phase liquid in the co-flow channel so that the dispersed phase liquid is sheathed by the continuous phase liquid. The continuous phase and dispersed phase liquids are comminuted into microparticles in the co-flow channel by intermittently blocking the co-flow channel. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100140821 | METHOD FOR GRANULATING AND CRYSTALLIZING THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS - The invention relates to a method for granulating and crystallizing thermoplastic polymers, the granules being contained in a liquid after granulation of a polymer melt and the granules being nucleated in the liquid once the pressure of the liquid is increased and the temperature of the liquid is increased, and the granules being crystallized in the liquid once the pressure of the liquid is again increased and the temperature of the liquid is again increased. According to the invention, the granules are removed from the liquid once the pressure and the temperature of the liquid containing the granules have been reduced. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100244293 | Method For The Manufacture Of Stable, Nano-Sized Particles - The current invention relates to methods of making nano-particles of a material with a narrow polydispersity. The particle materials are active agents, organic compounds, polymers, and combinations thereof. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100252943 | Method for producing granular composition - A method for producing a granular composition including the steps of: stirring and granulating a mixture containing not less than 3 parts by weight and not more than 80 parts by weight of a phenol compound represented by the formula (1): | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110068497 | PREPARATION OF NANOPARTICLES BY USING A VIBRATING NOZZLE DEVICE - A method for preparing nanoparticles is provided, which comprises the steps of dissolving a polymer and, optionally, at least one additional ingredient, in an organic solvent, passing the solution through a vibrating nozzle and dropping the solution through the electrical field into an aqueous solution, which is stirred, such that nanoparticles are formed by the rapid diffusion of the solvent. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110163469 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT FABRICATION OF MICROPARTICLES - The high-throughput fabrication of microparticles based on the double emulsion/solvent evaporation technique for screening and optimizing microparticle formulations for particular characteristics allows for the preparation of multiple microparticle formulations in parallel. The system involves the formation of an emulsion containing aqueous bubbles with the payload in an organic phase containing the polymer or polymer blend being used for the microparticles. This first emulsion is then transferred to a larger aqueous phase, and a second waterin-oil-in water emulsion is formed. The organic solvent is then removed, and the resulting particles are optionally washed and/or freeze dried. The resulting microparticles are similar or better than microparticles prepared using the traditional one formulation at a time approach. The high-throughput fabrication of microparticles is particularly useful in optimizing microparticles formulations for drug delivery. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120001356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS - Embodiments of a continuous-flow injection reactor and a method for continuous material synthesis are disclosed. The reactor includes a mixing zone unit and a residence time unit removably coupled to the mixing zone unit. The mixing zone unit includes at least one top inlet, a side inlet, and a bottom inlet. An injection tube, or plurality of injection tubes, is inserted through the top inlet and extends past the side inlet while terminating above the bottom outlet. A first reactant solution flows in through the side inlet, and a second reactant solution flows in through the injection tube(s). With reference to nanoparticle synthesis, the reactant solutions combine in a mixing zone and form nucleated nanoparticles. The nucleated nanoparticles flow through the residence time unit. The residence time unit may be a single conduit, or it may include an outer housing and a plurality of inner tubes within the outer housing. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120112374 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES - A method for producing particles, including: bringing a compressive fluid into contact with a pressure plastic material, so as to produce a melt of the pressure plastic material; and discharging the melt of the pressure plastic material by differential pressure to a space, so as to form particles, wherein the discharging includes at least one of (A) discharging the melt of the pressure plastic material while a compressive fluid is supplied to the melt of the pressure plastic material, and (B) discharging the melt of the pressure plastic material through one or more through-holes, to which vibration is applied, so as to change the shape of the melt of the pressure plastic material from a columnar shape, through the columnar shape with constrictions, into a particle shape. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120187591 | SILK NANOSPHERES AND MICROSPHERES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - The present invention provides for methods of preparing silk nanoparticles and microparticles, methods of encapsulating an active agent into the silk nano- and microparticles and compositions comprising these silk particles. In particular, the silk spheres are prepared from phase separation of silk and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), without exposure to an organic solvent. The method employs a chemical, PVA, which is an FDA-approved ingredient in drug formulations. Different parameters can be adjusted to control the size and shape of the silk spheres during the fabrication process. The silk particle compositions of the present invention may also encapsulate active agents or chemicals. Such compositions allow the active agents to be controllably and sustainably released to the target organs or tissues. The silk composition entrapping active agents also provides for a long-term storage medium for the active agents so entrapped. The silk nano- and microparticles of the present invention are thus suitable for a variety of biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, such as drug delivery or tissue engineering. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130026669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING NANOCRYSTALLINE COMPOSITIONS USING FOCUSED ACOUSTICS - Methods and systems for preparing nanocrystalline compositions using focused acoustic processing to cause and/or enhance crystal growth. A flow through system may be employed to expose sample material having a volume of greater or less than 30 mL to focused acoustic energy while flowing through a process chamber at a rate of at least 0.1 mL/min. Sample material may be processed by a suitable focused acoustic field in a cyclic fashion and/or with adjustment of processing parameters based on monitored characteristics of the sample, such as level of crystallinity. Nanocrystalline particles within the sample may have a tight particle size distribution with an average particle size between 10 nm and 1 micron. Stable nanocrystalline compositions may be reproducibly prepared using focused acoustics to have controllable morphologies and dimensions. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130069263 | PARTICULATE PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND PARTICULATE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TONER PREPARATION APPARATUS AND TONER PREPARATION METHOD - A particulate production apparatus, including a droplet discharger to discharge a liquid including a particulate element which is solidified to become a particulate; and a pressure controller to feed the liquid including a particulate element to the droplet discharger at a pressure within a desired range. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20150108671 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE PARTICLES AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FINE PARTICLES - A method for producing fine particles, including: discharging a fine particle material liquid, where solid materials to be formed into fine particles are dissolved or dispersed in a solvent or are melted, from two or more discharge holes in a downward vertical direction, to thereby form liquid droplets; and solidifying the liquid droplets discharged to form fine particles, wherein in the discharging a fine particle material liquid, gas flow is supplied at angle of greater than 0° but 90° or smaller to the downward vertical direction, and wherein an initial discharge velocity of the liquid droplets discharged from the discharge hole located at an upstream side of the gas flow in a flowing direction thereof is equal to or higher than an initial discharge velocity of the liquid droplets discharged from the discharge hole located at a downstream side of the gas flow in the flowing direction thereof. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160008782 | ULTRASONIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES HAVING A CONTROLLED SIZE DISTRIBUTION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160374953 | Methods for Making Compound Particles - Compositions are provided that include having at least 95% by weight of a taxane, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where the particles have a mean bulk density between about 0.050 g/cm | 12-29-2016 |
