01st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090004006 | DEVICE FOR COOLING SLOTS OF A TURBOMACHINE ROTOR DISK - The invention relates to a device for cooling the slots of a turbomachine rotor disk, the device comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange that extends upstream from a radially upstream face of the disk. The device also comprises a retaining annulus having a flange that is placed around the flange of the disk, co-operating therewith to provide a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity, said cavity opening out into the bottom of each of the slots of the disk, and a plurality of air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the cavity having means at its downstream end for reducing the flow rate of air penetrating into the slots of the disk that are situated radially in register with air admission orifices. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004007 | Centrifugal fan and blower having the same - A centrifugal fan includes a plurality of blades, a first wall disposed at first axial ends of the blades, and a second wall disposed at second axial ends of the blades and having a shaft portion at a center. At least one of the first wall and the second wall has a cutout portion configured to control balance. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004008 | Blade mounting - Turboprop and propfan engines generally incorporate blades which have variable pitch to improve operational efficiency. Variable pitch is achieved through a pitch control mechanism at the root of the blade but such mechanisms may fail resulting in the blades turning to define a flat configuration with low drag and therefore the potential for engine damage through over-speeding. Traditional pitch lock and counter weight control mechanisms have disadvantages. By providing a helical bearing in which the mass and radial movement due to centrifugal radial force are utilised it is possible to generate a counter moment to the normal centrifugal turning moment (CTM) to ensure the blade remains in a configuration with at least some drag to limit engine rotational speed. The continuous helical bearing allows for a range of pitch angular positions to be used around a full 360° turn by providing a feathering counter moment from any of those angular positions. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004009 | Method for controlling of at least one element of a first component of a wind turbine, control device and use of the control device - The invention concerns a method for controlling of at least one element of a first component of a wind turbine and a control device not permanently belonging to the wind turbine wherein the control device is connected to a communication interface of the first component for supporting the mounting of the first component and a second component of the wind turbine with each other and/or for the purpose of service of the wind turbine. Moreover the invention concerns the use of the control device for controlling of at least one element of a first component of a wind turbine during the mounting of the first component and a second component of the wind turbine with each other and/or during a service procedure of the wind turbine. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004010 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS OF A DC BRUSHLESS MOTOR FOR A CEILING FAN - A signal transmission apparatus of a DC brushless motor for a ceiling fan is provided. The signal transmission apparatus comprises a transmitting line. The transmitting line is configured to transmit processed output signals of a plurality of electromagnetic sensors, in which usage of transmission lines is reduced. The output signals of the electromagnetic sensors represent the operation of the magnetic poles of the DC brushless motor. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004011 | STEAM TURBINE, AND INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR HOLDING ROW OF LONG MOVING BLADES THEREIN - A row of moving blades for a steam turbine has moving blades elongated radially which are arranged peripherally around and secured to a turbine rotor | 2009-01-01 |
20090004012 | COVER PLATE FOR TURBINE ROTOR HAVING ENCLOSED PUMP FOR COOLING AIR - A cover plate for use with a rotor disk in a gas turbine engine includes an enclosed chamber associated with a web on the rotor disk. The enclosed chamber ensures that adequate cooling air is delivered by rotation of the cover plate. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004013 | TURBINE BLADE NESTED SEAL AND DAMPER ASSEMBLY - A turbine blade damper-seal assembly includes a seal nested within a damper such that both the seal and damper are disposed to provide sealing between adjacent blade platforms. The seal traverses the seal slot in the damper and seals the gap between adjacent blade platforms for the full axial length of the neck cavity between adjacent blades. The damper is located in an aft most position and includes features to facilitate vibration-dampening performance. The damper also includes features that cause entrapment between blades and therefore avoids the conventionally required protrusions on the blade to retain it in the assembled position. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004014 | FAST-POSITIONING DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING BLADE BRACKETS TO A MOTOR HOUSING OF A CEILING FAN - A fast-positioning device for assembling blade brackets to a motor housing of a ceiling fan includes a motor housing and plural blade brackets. The motor housing has the circumference of its underside divided in to equal parts respectively formed thereon with a positioning plate protruding downward and respectively formed with a long side and a short side. The long sides of the positioning plates are radially and orderly arranged, based on the center of the motor housing. Each blade bracket has the corresponding side of the motor housing formed with a connecting portion having its end cut with at least one notch to be horizontally and directly fitted on the positioning plate of the motor housing without obstructing sight line, enabling the blade brackets to be quickly positioned on the motor housing and their locking locations to be completely aligned to each other. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004015 | FAST-POSITIONING DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING BLADE BRACKETS TO A MOTOR HOUSING OF A CEILING FAN - The invention relates to a fast-positioning device for assembling b lad e brackets to a motor housing of a ceiling fan. The motor housing has its bottom provided with at least a positioning plate respectively projected downward at plural locations equidistantly spaced apart around its circumference. Each of the positioning plates has a long side arranged around the circumference of the motor housing. Each blade bracket has a connecting portion for connecting with the motor housing. The connecting portion has at least a plugging groove bored vertically to correspond to and be inserted by the positioning plate, so as to keep the blade bracket quickly positioned under the motor housing and engaging positioning locations of the blade brackets and the motor housing exactly facing to each other. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004016 | FAST-POSITIONING DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING BLADE BRACKETS TO A MOTOR HOUSING OF A CEILING FAN - The invention relates to a fast-positioning device for assembling blade brackets to a motor housing of a ceiling fan. The motor housing has its bottom provided with plural locations located around its circumference, which are respectively extended downward with at least two restricting plates having a long side aligned as a beam radiated from the center of the motor housing. Each location of the restricting plates is to be connected with a blade bracket, which has a connecting portion extended with at least one positioning projection for being moved horizontally to engage with the restricting plates. As good vision is kept during installation, the blade brackets can be easily assembled on the motor housing and the relative locations to be positioned are in a line. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004017 | SPACER INTERPOSED BETWEEN A BLADE ROOT AND THE BOTTOM OF A SLOT IN THE DISK IN WHICH THE BLADE IS MOUNTED - Wedging blades attached to the disk of a rotor having slots. According to the invention, each wedging spacer is made of an elastically deformable material and at least one longitudinal segment of the spacer presents a transverse profile of arcuate shape to define two lateral contact zones. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004018 | DEVICE FOR AXIALLY RETAINING BLADES MOUNTED ON A TURBOMACHINE ROTOR DISK - The invention relates to a device for axially retaining blades mounted on a turbomachine rotor disk, the device comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange extending radially outwards, cooperating with a bearing face of the disk to define a groove that is open radially outwards. The device also comprises a plurality of blades, each having a root mounted in a slot of the disk, each blade root having a respective radial bearing face that corresponds to the bearing face of the disk and that has at least one nib extending radially inwards thereover to define a notch that is open radially inwards, and a retaining ring that is mounted against the bearing faces of the disk and of the blade roots, said retaining ring being housed in the groove of the disk, being held outwardly in the notches of the blade roots, and being constituted by a plurality of angular segments placed end to end. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004019 | Axial Flow Fan - An axial flow fan is provided having an airfoil shape that improves efficiency of the axial flow fan and increases the structural strength and workability/formability of the thin trailing edge portion. The axial flow fan includes a blade having a suction surface, a pressure surface, and a trailing edge surface; the suction surface has the same in shape as a predetermined airfoil including an NACA-series airfoil; a trailing edge portion on the pressure surface is different in shape from the predetermined airfoil. A feature is that the blade trailing edge portion including the trailing edge portions on the oppositely facing pressure and suction surfaces and the trailing edge, has a thickness greater than that of a trailing edge portion of the predetermined airfoil and strength equaling or exceeding a predetermined strength. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004020 | Water Pump - A water pump has a pump housing having a water inlet and a water outlet. A driven pump impeller is arranged in the pump housing. The pump impeller is a diagonal impeller with a carrier plate having a conical shape. The water inlet and the water outlet are arranged such that a water intake direction and a water exit direction are substantially perpendicular to one another. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004021 | MOVABLE IMPELLER FOR A TURBOJET AND TURBOJET COMPRISING SAME - The impeller comprises a blade and a support of said blade which extend substantially radially. It also comprises at least one intermediate part extending, in a substantially axial direction, between said blade and said support of the blade, and at least one damping means placed on at least one face of said intermediate part. The damping means is segmented in an axial and/or circumferential direction into at least two elementary damping means. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004022 | Grille interchanging method and apparatus - According to some embodiments of the invention, an appliance having a removable grille includes: a lip located on the appliance having a hook shape; and a hook shaped end on the grille, the lip and hook shaped end dimensioned to allow the grille to substantially pivot with respect to the appliance when the hook shaped end on the grille and the hook shaped lip are engaged with each other. Other embodiments of the invention include a method of mounting a grille on an appliance including: engaging a hook shaped end of the grille with a lip located on the appliance; moving the grille in a substantially pivoting movement with respect to the appliance; and securing the grille to the appliance. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004023 | DEVICE FOR COOLING THE SLOTS OF A ROTOR DISK IN A TURBOMACHINE HAVING TWO AIR FEEDS - The invention relates to a device for cooling slots in a turbomachine rotor disk, comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange. The device also comprises blades, each having its root mounted in a respective slot, a retaining annulus having one end mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk, and a flange disposed around the flange of the disk and co-operating therewith to define a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity that opens out into the bottom of each of the slots, together with air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk including a plurality of openings that open out radially into the bottom of each of the slots in the disk, at the upstream ends thereof. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004024 | MULTI-CHANNEL CONTROLLER - One aspect of the present invention provides a multi-channel controller that can control a plurality of fuel pump devices, with each fuel pump device having its own dedicated communications channel. Accordingly, aspects of the present invention enable existing wiring and fuel pump devices to be preserved while turning an existing fuel pump device installation into a network of may point-to-point networks. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004025 | Variable Displacement Compressor - A variable displacement compressor comprising a first control means for detecting the suction pressure of fluid or the crank chamber pressure and controlling the suction pressure to a target control value, and a second control means including means for detecting high-pressure side pressure to control the displacement of the compressor so as to relax an increase in the high-pressure side pressure when it is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold and increasing the control value of the suction pressure depending on the increase in the high-pressure side pressure in a region exceeding the threshold. The control system is simple, the control valve is inexpensive and simple and capable of stabilized operation, and the variable displacement compressor has the internal control means suitable for refrigeration cycle operating in a supercritical region. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004026 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling Operation of Linear Compressor - An apparatus and method for controlling an operation of a reciprocating compressor are disclosed in which a point of inflection with respect to an operation frequency of the reciprocating compressor is detected at a point of time when a phase difference between current and stroke is uniformly maintained, and an operation of the reciprocating compressor is controlled upon recognizing the detected point of inflection with respect to the operation frequency as a point TDC=O. The apparatus for controlling an operation of a reciprocating compressor includes: a control unit for detecting a phase difference between current and stroke and outputting a frequency inflection point detect signal or a frequency variable signal; and a stroke reference value control unit for determining whether a frequency inflection point has been detected or not according to the frequency inflection point detect signal and outputting a stroke reference value control signal based on the determining result. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004027 | Ventilation of an Operating Element - A method of actuating a piston having a first side and a second side includes the steps of generating a counter-ventilation pulse having a duration and amplitude defined to achieve a predetermined operating speed of the piston and a predetermined damping of a final position of a piston, applying an actuating pressure to the first side of the piston, and venting a second side of the piston in a defined manner using the counter-ventilation pulse so as to prevent a buildup of a maximum possible ventilation pressure. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004028 | Device for Guiding Powdery Fluidic Media - The invention relates to a device for guiding powdery fluidic media, in particular powder paint, including a receptacle which is provided with an inner chamber for the media which is to be guided, and from where the medium is suctioned via a connection channel which can be closed by a valve body. The connection channel and the valve body comprise, respectively, an upper end area. Said upper end areas are formed in such a manner that an annular Venturi nozzle is formed therebetween which is used as a pump. The valve body is inserted in a sealed manner in the end region of the connecting channel by means of a sealing section when in the closed position thereof and comprises a conveyor gas channel which can impinged upon by conveyor gas, through which the conveyor gas can be guided to the connection channel in the vicinity of the sealing section, essentially, in the direction of flow of the medium. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004029 | MULTISTAGE COMPRESSOR UNIT WITH COOLING DEVICE - A multistage compressor unit consisting of a low-pressure charging device having a low-pressure compressor housing, a high-pressure charging device having a high-pressure compressor housing and a cooling device, characterised in that the cooling device comprises a cooling device housing and the cooling device housing of the cooling device is indirectly connected to the low-pressure compressor housing of the low-pressure charging device and the high-pressure compressor housing of the high-pressure charging device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004030 | COMPRESSOR SWASH PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention provides a compressor swash plate which is lead-free and is able to demonstrate a superior durability. A compressor swash plate in the invention includes a base member and a sliding layer being formed on the surface of the base member and constituting at least a sliding surface for allowing a shoe to slide thereon. The sliding layer is formed by thermal spraying Cu-based-MnS by HVOF thermal spraying method. A method of manufacturing the compressor swash plate according to the invention includes a step of thermal spraying powder formed of Cu-based-MnS onto the base member by the HVOF thermal spraying method to form the sliding layer which constitutes at least the sliding surface which allows the shoe to slide thereon on the base member. More specifically, the Cu-based-MnS is Cu-Ni-MnS. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004031 | Hermetic Compressor - A hermetic compressor includes a hermetic container having an inner space, a cylinder accommodated in the hermetic container and arranged to compress refrigerant, an intake muffler accommodated in the hermetic container and having a silencer space having a longitudinal direction, a communication tube communicating with the cylinder, and a tail tube communicating with the inner space of the hermetic container. The communication tube and the tail tube have first and second opening ends opening in the silencer space, respectively. The first and second opening ends are located in a predetermined direction from a center of the silencer space along the longitudinal direction of the silencer space. A distance between the first opening end and the second opening end along the longitudinal direction is shorter than at least one of a distance between the first opening end and the center along the longitudinal direction and a distance between the second opening end and the center along the longitudinal direction. The hermetic compressor produces little noise and has a stable performance. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004032 | Deswirl mechanisms and roller bearings in an axial thrust equalization mechanism for liquid cryogenic turbomachinery - Vane, fin, and hole arrangements establish a predetermined reduced swirl at the inlet of mechanical seals and the inlet of a variable axial orifice gap which act in harmony as an axial thrust equalizing system for use in liquid cryogenic turbines and pumps. In said establishment the stiffness, damping, and inertia in said seal in conjunction with said variable orifice gap is manipulated, including the destabilizing cross-coupled stiffness which is reduced. Said seal is of either labyrinth annular type formed by a plurality of teeth, annular smooth, or a plurality diamond annular surface pattern. Said variable orifice gap is smooth. Liquid for the axial thrust equalizing seal is initially bled from the main to pass through a preset deswirl mechanism. The deswirl mechanism consists of either a plurality of vanes, fins, grooves, or circular holes that guide liquid radial inward before passing through said mechanical seal. After exiting the seal said liquid passes through a second deswirl mechanism consisting of a plurality of vanes, fins, or grooves before entering a variable axial orifice gap. The variable orifice moves in axial position to variably restrict balancing liquid and generate backpressure in the pressure chamber to balance the axial thrust caused by a plurality of impellers on the same single shaft. After passing through the variable orifice the bleed liquid can pass past a sealed lubricated roller bearing for heat exchange to cool said bearing with the cryogenic liquid along grooves in a bearing liner. Alternatively the liquid can also pass directly through an open unsealed bearing for cooling. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004033 | Pumping Cassette - A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first fluid equals the volume of the second fluid. The balancing pod also includes a membrane that forms two balancing pods. Also included in the cassette is at least two reciprocating pressure displacement membrane pumps. The pumps are within the housing and they pump the fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet line and pump the second fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004034 | PIEZOELECTRIC FAN - A piezoelectric fan comprising two or more prongs and a bulk flow portion. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004035 | Motor/Pump Assembly With Improved Sealing - A motor/pump assembly, in particular for a motor vehicle braking apparatus is fixed axially on an end face of the pump housing. The brush plate forms the termination face of the motor with respect to the pump housing. The boundary area of the motor housing which faces the pump housing and that area of the brush plate which is radially adjacent to the boundary area of the motor housing each have a seal-accommodating step, into which a seal is inserted which is compressed axially by the pump housing being fixed to the motor. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004036 | Helical Screw Compressor - A screw compressor with two rotors held in a rotor housing has sealing arrangements | 2009-01-01 |
20090004037 | Magnetic Bearing and Coupling Device - A follower shaft is rotatably supported coaxially with a driving shaft. An inner rotary permanent magnet having poles in a radial direction is fixed around an outer circumference of the end of the follower shaft. On the inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical coupling, an outer rotary permanent magnet is fixed such that opposite poles face each other between the inner rotary permanent magnet and the outer rotary permanent magnet. A fixed permanent magnet is fixed such that like poles face each other between the fixed permanent magnet and the inner rotary permanent magnet. Thus, rotation of the driving shaft is transmitted to the follower shaft without contact. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004038 | Liquid-Cooled Rotor Assembly for a Supercharger - A rotor assembly for a supercharger assembly is provided. The rotor assembly includes at least one lobe defining at least one cavity. The at least one cavity is configured to contain a fluid operable to cool the at least one lobe. A supercharger incorporating the rotor assembly is also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004039 | Single Stage Root Type-Vacuum Pump and Vacuum Fluid Transport System Employing the Single Stage Root Type-Vacuum Pump - To provide a single stage root type-vacuum pump which can prevent an increase in an installation space while achieving a fine anti-corrosion property, and can shorten discharge time by preventing a drop in a pumping flow rate when pumping by reverse rotation, and to provide a vacuum fluid transport system employing this single stage root type-vacuum pump. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004040 | Ferritic Stainless Steel Sheet for Raw Material Pipe for Bellows Pipe - A ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe is excellent in formability and high-temperature properties (high-temperature salt corrosion resistance and high-temperature fatigue properties). Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe contains 0.015% by mass or less of C, 1.0% by mass or less of Si, 1.0% by mass or less of Mn, 0.04% by mass or less of P, 0.010% by mass or less of S, 11% to 19% by mass of Cr, 0.015% by mass or less of N, 0.15% by mass or less of Al, 1.25% to 2.5% by mass of Mo, 0.3% to 0.7% by mass of Nb, 0.0003% to 0.003% by mass of B, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. In the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe, preferably, the average crystal grain diameter D of the steel sheet is 35 μm or less, and alternatively, the surface roughness Ra of the steel sheet is 0.40 μm or less. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004041 | High Strength, High Toughness Rotating Shaft Material - An age hardenable, martensitic steel alloy that provides high strength, high toughness, and good low cycle fatigue life and a method of making same are disclosed. The alloy comprises a matrix having a weight percent composition consisting essentially of about | 2009-01-01 |
20090004042 | Titanium Alloy for Corrosion-Resistant Materials - An object is to provide a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials that is capable of being produced at low cost while maintaining the capability to suppress the deterioration of corrosion resistance. According to the present invention, there is provided a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials, which contains 0.01-0.12% by mass in total of at least one of platinum group elements, at least one of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn, and the residue comprising Ti and impurities, in which the total content of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn is 5% by mass or less. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004043 | Corrosion-resistant nickel-base alloy - The corrosion-resistant nickel-base alloy combines thermal stability with corrosion resistance and mechanical strength. The alloy contains balanced proportions of nickel, molybdenum, chromium, and iron with an effective amount of yttrium to stabilize grain boundaries against unwanted reactions, which might degrade corrosion resistance, and an effective amount of boron to maintain an acceptable level of ductility. The alloy may contain minor amounts of additives or impurities, such as silicon, manganese, and aluminum. The alloy may contain between about 25-45% molybdenum, 2-6% chromium, 2-4% iron, 0.01-0.03% boron, 0.005-0.015% yttrium, and up to a maximum of 1% manganese, silicon, and aluminum, respectively, by weight, the balance being nickel. It is preferred that the combined ratio of molybdenum, chromium, and iron to nickel be in the range of about 25% to 45%. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ALUMINUM ALLOY STRIP FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing, by a continuous casting process, aluminum alloy strip for use in the production of supports for lithographic printing plates, comprising the step of passing an aluminum melt successively through a filtering means, a launder connected to the filtering means, a liquid level controlling means connected to the launder, and a melt feed nozzle connected to the liquid level controlling means, wherein the aluminum melt is obtained by melting an aluminum starting material, then adding to and melting in the molten aluminum starting material a titanium and boron-containing aluminum alloy, and the time t in seconds required for the aluminum melt to pass through the launder satisfies the following condition (1): | 2009-01-01 |
20090004045 | Water Treatment Process and Apparatus - A water treatment process whereby heat is used and recaptured to pasteurize water and or sewage effluent. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004046 | Ceiling lighting fixture with UV-C air sterilization - An UV-C air sterilizer with an optional visible light provides effective air sterilization through the use of a relatively low intensity UV-C radiation field external of the fixture and the continuous circulation of a mixture of treated and untreated air. Methods are also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004047 | Air Supply Apparatus - In an air sterilization system that includes a UV kill chamber for sterilizing air that is to be supplied to users, the effectiveness of killing or neutralizing pathogens is increased by including not only a UV light source of a certain intensity but also including a particle filter and providing short duration high intensity UV radiation. In the case of a user specific system that includes a face mask to supply air to a specific user, exhaled air from the face mask may be sterilized as well, either by using the same kill chamber or by using a separate kill chamber. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004048 | VITRIFIED COMPOSITION WHICH PRESERVES BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - The present invention relates to a biological composition which is storable above cryogenic temperature which is comprised of a vitrification solution in a glassy state. The vitrification solution is comprised of a biological material and a vitrification agent. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004049 | Method of irradiation using process of adding vitamin C - Disclosed is an irradiation method which includes addition of vitamin C during sterilization of bone restorative demineralized bone matrix (DBM) with irradiation, so as to inhibit reduction of physical properties of a carrier containing DBM caused by irradiation and protect DBM formable bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) from irradiation. The method according to the present invention can provide bone restorative materials with more excellent stability and effectively controlled modification of physical properties by employing a sterilization process accompanied with addition of vitamin C during irradiation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004050 | Fluid disinfection apparatus and method - An apparatus for disinfecting fluids comprises a thin flow channel | 2009-01-01 |
20090004051 | Processing of Documents with Medical and Other Waste - The invention relates to methods and apparatus for processing documents with medical and other waste. The method includes the steps of supplying the documents to an apparatus ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004052 | Oxidation protection apparatus and method for chemical liquid - An oxidation protection method for chemical liquid includes: supplying inert gas into a circulating bath containing the chemical liquid to make pressure inside the circulating bath higher than pressure outside the circulating bath; supplying the chemical liquid from the circulating bath to a chamber receiving a wafer; supplying inert gas into the chamber to make pressure inside the chamber higher than pressure outside the chamber; and returning the chemical liquid after washing from the chamber to the circulating bath. An oxidation protection method for chemical liquid includes: removing dissolved oxygen in the chemical liquid; supplying the chemical liquid to a chamber receiving a wafer; and returning the chemical liquid after washing from the chamber to a circulating bath. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004053 | Devices, systems, and methods for cleaning, disinfecting, rinsing, and priming blood separation devices and associated fluid lines - Systems and methods for providing for the automatic instrument-based rapid reprocessing of an intact extracorporeal circuit for use in hemodialysis. The system includes a manifold with connectors for engaging a dialyzer as well as venous and arterial blood lines. The manifold is adapted to be moved from a dialysis machine to a reuse instrument without removing the dialyzer and associated blood lines. The system allows for reprocessing of the extracorporeal circuit wherein prior to the next treatment, there is no residual chemical disinfectant requiring testing, the extracorporeal circuit is pre-primed, the levels in the bubble traps are set, and all of the required quality assurance tests are performed and recorded. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004054 | PERSONAL BREATHALYZER - The present invention relates to a portable, personal breath tester device for testing the blood alcohol content of the user of the device. The breath tester includes an electronic sensor for providing an output voltage signal with an amplitude level that varies as a function of the alcohol content of the breath sample. The output voltage signal is coupled as an input signal to analog circuitry for comparing the input signal to predefined voltage thresholds associated with known blood alcohol contents. The analog circuitry generates an output signal to a display comprising a first and second LED, wherein the illumination of a specific LED corresponds to a predefined blood alcohol content range. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004055 | CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HOME TESTING AND DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES - A container is configured to provide sequential access to contents therein, and includes an upper portion and a lower portion connected to the upper portion by a hinged portion, the lower portion defining an interior space bearing a moveable tray and an opening through which the moveable tray may move, the moveable tray defining an interior volume configured to receive at least one device therewithin. The container also includes at least one device borne by the moveable tray, at least one cavity for receiving the at least one device disposed in the upper portion and at least one insert located between the upper and lower portions, the at least one insert comprising at least written indicia thereon. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004056 | Clinical Sample Analysis System Having An Analyzer Positioning Mechanism - A clinical sample analysis system having an analyzer positioning mechanism for providing height adjusting and horizontal alignment between an analyzing module and a clinical workstation using cradle beams and rolling ball transfer positioners. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004057 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND REAGENT STORAGE THEREOF - A holding unit pivotally holds a plurality of reagent bottles which store reagents. A reagent case houses the holding unit and has an edge higher than at least the housed holding unit. The reagent cover is a cover for closing the reagent case. A cooling unit is mounted on one outer surface of the reagent case and cools air in the reagent case closed by the reagent cover through one outer surface. A circulating unit is mounted on the holding portion and circulates the cooled air in the reagent case closed by the reagent cover. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004058 | Device for handling and analysis of a biological sample - An apparatus for detection of an analyte of interest in a solid, semi-solid, or liquid biological sample, using a lateral flow assay test strip, is described. The apparatus minimizes sample handling and manipulation upon introduction of the sample into a sample-receiving chamber and transfer of the sample to a test chamber containing the assay strip. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRECISE TRANSFER AND MANIPULATION OF FLUIDS BY CENTRIFUGAL AND OR CAPILLARY FORCES - A micro-liter liquid sample, particularly a biological sample, is analyzed in a device employing centrifugal and capillary forces. The sample is moved through one or more sample wells arrayed within a small flat chip via interconnecting capillary passageways. The passageways may be either hydrophobic or hydrophilic and may include hydrophobic or hydrophilic capillary stops. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004060 | MICRO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE, MICROCHEMICAL MEASURING METHOD, AND SAMPLE COLLECTING TOOL - A micro-cassette | 2009-01-01 |
20090004061 | APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT - Disclosed is a total organic carbon (TOC) measurement apparatus capable of facilitating reduction in size of the apparatus and achieving enhanced measurement accuracy. The TOC measurement apparatus includes an organics oxidation unit, a carbon-dioxide separation unit and a conductivity measurement unit, which are integrally formed by laminating a plurality of plates to define therebetween and incorporate therein an oxidizing flow passage, an aqueous-sample flow passage, a gas permeable membrane, a measurement-water flow passage and a conductivity measuring electrode. The TOC measurement apparatus is designed such that carbon oxide in an aqueous sample is transferred from the aqueous-sample flow passage to the measurement-water flow passage through the gas permeable membrane, and a conductivity of measurement water which contains the carbon oxide and flows through a flow passage facing the conductivity measuring electrode is determined and converted to a TOC content. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004062 | DEVICES FOR IMPROVING THE FLATNESS OF HIGH-DENSITY MICROPLATES - Methods and apparatuses that improve the flatness of the microplates. In some embodiments, a pair of opposing channels that extends along a length of a rigid member is used to retain the microplate on the rigid member and to impart a level of flatness of at least a predetermined value. In some embodiments, one or more rigid framing members each having a channel therein are disposed along the edges of a microplate and impart a level of flatness of at least a predetermined value to the microplate. In some embodiments, a method of flattening the microplate comprises securing the microplate to a rigid member so the microplate has a flatness of at least a predetermined value and maintaining the microplate secured to the rigid member during a subsequent spotting or filling operation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING A SYRINGE - A robotic workstation includes apparatus for actuating one or more syringes. Each syringe has a cylinder and a plunger movable in the cylinder. A programmable robot has at least one syringe actuating device. The actuating device has a holder for holding and releasing a syringe cylinder and an actuator movable relative to the holder. A coupling couples the actuator to the plunger of the syringe such that, when the cylinder is held by the holder, movement of the actuator relative to the holder causes the plunger to move in the cylinder. A method of dispensing a material into a container includes robotically moving at least one syringe to a position for dispensing into a container. The plunger is robotically moved in the cylinder to dispense material from the syringe into the container. The workstation suitably includes a mixing apparatus for mixing materials in an array of containers at the workstation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004064 | Multi-material microplate and method - A microplate assembly for performing an analytical method on an assay, comprising a microplate base structure having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough, and a plurality of well inserts coupled to the microplate base structure adjacent the apertures. Each of the plurality of well inserts has an open top portion and is adapted to receive an assay. The microplate base structure and the plurality of well inserts can comprise different materials. Methods of manufacturing the microplate assembly are also provided. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004065 | FLUID SYSTEM COUPLER - A tissue processing system includes a tissue processor for processing tissue using reagent fluids, a fluid container and a coupler providing bi-direction fluid communication between the tissue processor and the fluid container. The coupler includes first and second cylindrical rings separated by a wall and a fluid conduit disposed within the first and second cylindrical rings that pass through the wall, thereby providing fluid communication from the fluid container to the tissue processor. Fluid is returned from the tissue processor to the fluid container via at least one fluid return aperture in the wall that separates the first and second cylindrical rings. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004066 | Air purifier with a sensor and/or timer switching function. - An air purifier with a sensor and/or timer switching function is proposed, which comprises: a photo sensor or motion detecting sensor and /or timer switching circuit to automatically activate or turn off or reduce the lighting intensity of lamp in the apparatus when ambient lighting or motion detecting signal is changed, or by programmed time period to reduce the possibility of harmful lighting like UV to the human directly. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004067 | CANDLE WITH REMOVABLE SEAL FOR DISPENSING AIR TREATMENT CHEMICAL - Candles are provided with a band on a wall of their outer housing for sealing an air treatment chemical placed adjacent the housing. The candle includes a housing containing a combustible fuel. An air treatment chemical is mounted on a radially outward portion of the housing in a position where it can be heated through a side wall of the housing by the fuel when it is combusted. A seal is positioned over the air treatment chemical to inhibit dispensing of the air treatment chemical prior to combustion of the fuel, and is removable to permit the air treatment chemical to be dispensed when the fuel is combusted. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004068 | System and method for limiting backflow in a biological fluidized bed reactor - A fluidized bed reactor configured for reduced backflow of fluid is provided. The fluidized bed reactor comprises a vessel configured to contain a level of fluid, a feed conduit positioned to deliver feed into the vessel from an elevation above the level of fluid and a vacuum relief valve coupled to said feed conduit to introduce gas into the feed conduit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004069 | SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF FULLERENES - A method of processing fullerenes includes generating a gas stream having suspended soot particles and condensable gases, wherein the condensable gases comprising fullerenes, and separating at least a portion of the condensable gases from the suspended soot particles using a gas/solid separations process. At least a portion of the fullerenes in the condensable gases can be condensed and collected after separation of the condensable gases. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004070 | Configurations and Methods for Effluent Gas Treatment - Methods and configurations are drawn to a plant in which an effluent gas ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004071 | Gas Conduit for Plasma Gasification Reactors - A gas conduit for venting high temperature reactor comprising a conduit portion in direct communication with the reactor for receiving gas therefrom where the conduit includes a Venturi for creating a high pressure zone in the area prior to exit of the reactor. The conduit, accordingly, has a portion having first and second diameters, where the second diameter less than the first diameter and is dimensioned in order to provide an area of high pressure in the region of the first diameter. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004072 | Ceramic Chemical Reaction Device Capable of Decomposing Solid Carbon - The present invention relates to a ceramic chemical reaction device capable of decomposing solid carbon, and provides a chemical reactor comprising a chemical reaction device that has an ion-conducting ceramic material and a chemical reaction structure composed of a catalyst electrode that is formed on the ceramic material and can electrochemically remove solid carbon (PM) by direct oxidation, a cathode, a solid electrolyte, and an anode, and thereby solid carbon (PM) is directly oxidized and removed on the anode surface by a reaction of C+2O | 2009-01-01 |
20090004073 | Catalytic Filter Having a Short Light-Off Time - The invention relates to a catalytic filter for the treatment of a gas laden with soot and pollutant particles in a gas phase, comprising a plurality of monolithic honeycomb blocks connected together by a jointing cement, the thermal conductivity of which is greater than 0.3 W/m.K, said filter being characterized in that at least the monolithic blocks placed in the central part of the filter, and preferably all of the monolithic blocks, have, along a radial direction, a peripheral portion whose total filtration area is greater than the total filtration area of the central portion of said blocks. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004074 | Hydrogen peroxide production in microchannel reactors - The present invention includes methods and apparatuses that utilize microchannel technology and, more specifically in exemplary form, producing hydrogen peroxide using microchannel technology. An exemplary process for producing hydrogen peroxide comprises flowing feed streams into intimate fluid communication with one another within a process microchannel to form a reactant mixture stream comprising a hydrogen source and an oxygen source such as, without limitation, hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. Thereafter, a catalyst is contacted by the reactant mixture and is operative to convert a majority of the reactant mixture to hydrogen peroxide that is withdrawn via an egressing product stream. During the hydrogen peroxide chemical reaction, exothermic energy is generated. This exothermic energy is absorbed by the fluid within the microchannel as well as the microchannel itself. In a preferred embodiment, a heat exchange fluid is in thermal communication with the microchannel housing the exothermic reaction and is operative to absorb a portion of this exothermic energy and transfer such energy from the microchannel. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004075 | Apparatus for mass production of carbon nanotubes using high-frequency heating furnace - The apparatus for mass production of carbon nanotubes uses a high-frequency furnace and a fluid flow process. A metallic catalyst and a reaction gas are supplied into a reaction chamber so that the catalyst and the decomposed carbonization gas are reacted in a vapor phase in the chamber to produce the nanotubes. After the reaction, the carbonization gas and the carbon nanotubes are transferred to a filter via a heat exchanger in which they are separated from each other. Then, the carbon nanotubes are collected in a collector, hydrocarbon of the reacted gas burns in air and is discharged to the outside, and inert gas, such as nitrogen and argon, is collected and supplied again to the chamber. The apparatus produces the nanotubes in mass quantities under atmospheric pressure, and requires no separate vacuum device, minimizing the scale and cost of the equipment. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004076 | Catalytic Oxidative Dehydrogenation and Microchannel Reactors for Catalytic Oxidative Dehydrogenation - The invention provides methods of oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH). Conducting ODH in microchannels has unexpectedly been found to yield superior performance when compared to the same reactions at the same conditions in larger reactors. ODH methods employing a Mo—V—Mg—O catalyst is also described. Microchannel apparatus for conducting ODH is also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004077 | Apparatus and Method for Preventing Haze Growth on a Surface of a Substrate - An apparatus and method for preventing haze growth on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. The apparatus includes a container operable to store a substrate and a gas source coupled to the container. The gas source is operable to dispense a gas into the container in order to prevent a haze from growing on a surface of the substrate. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004078 | Catalyzed Diesel Soot Filter and Process - A catalyzed Diesel soot filter and process. The Diesel soot filter incorporates a porous filter element coated with a catalytic agent so that Diesel soot from Diesel exhaust gas is deposited into contact with the catalytic agent when Diesel exhaust gas is passed through the porous filter element and so that the ignition temperature or oxidation temperature of the deposited Diesel soot is reduced. The catalytic agent is a mixture of alkali metal and cerium oxides. The mole ratio of alkali metal to cerium of the catalytic agent is in the range of from 0.5 to 5. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004079 | MULTI-COMPONENT CATALYST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE REDUCTION OF NOx - A catalyst system for the reduction of NO | 2009-01-01 |
20090004080 | Configurations and Methods for Sox Removal in Oxygen-Containing Gases - Sulfur oxides are removed from an oxygen-containing acid gas in configurations and methods in which oxygen is removed from the acid gas using reducing gases at relatively high temperature. The so treated acid gas is then fed to a direct reduction reactor in which the sulfur species are converted to elemental sulfur. Contemplated configurations are particularly effective and economically attractive as they are generally not limited by reaction equilibrium as present in a Claus reaction and do not require solvent and solvent-associated equipment. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004081 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition containing zeolite for reducing hydrogen sulfide - Disclosed herein is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition for reducing hydrogen sulfide, including active alumina, supporting platinum and/or palladium, along with rhodium; a metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, La, Pr and Zr; cerium oxides; and zeolite. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004082 | Method of Denitration of Exhaust Gas and Apparatus Therefor - A method of exhaust gas denitration in which nitrogen oxides contained in a low-temperature exhaust gas are removed at a high NO | 2009-01-01 |
20090004083 | NOx control for IC engines - A multi-stage NOx reduction system employs catalysts effective at different temperature ranges and can have reagent injectors associated with each, for use in series or in parallel. A controller directs reagent introduction to one catalyst or the other as temperature and other conditions dictate. Valving can redirect exhaust to particular catalyst zones, if necessary. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004084 | Exchange Cation Selection in ETS-4 to Control Adsorption Strength and Effective Pore Diameter - The effective pore diameter of ETS-4 can be controlled without thermal treatment by selecting various combinations of cations to exchange into ETS-4. The effect that any cation mixture has on the ETS-4 can be reduced to the weighted average of the effects of each cation present. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004085 | Method and System for Removing Mercury from Flue Gas - A biomass feeding unit feeds biomass to a boiler. A hydrogen-chlorine monitoring unit measures hydrogen-chloride content in flue gas fed to a desulfurization equipment. A mercury monitoring unit measures mercury content in treated flue gas emitted from the desulfurization equipment. A feed-amount instruction unit instructs proper feed amount of the biomass to the biomass feeding unit based on measurement values obtained by the hydrogen-chlorine monitoring unit and the mercury monitoring unit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004086 | Thermoelectric Nanomaterials - The present invention relates to processes for producing nanowires and nanotubes by treating a fiber comprising at least one support material and at least one thermoelectrically active material or a precursor compound of a thermoelectrically active material, to a nanowire comprising at least one thermoelectrically active material and having a diameter of ≦200 nm and a length of ≧1 mm, to nanotubes comprising at least one thermoelectrically active material and having a diameter of ≦200 nm, a wall thickness of ≦30 nm and a length of ≧1 mm, and to the use of the nanowires or nanotubes for thermoelectric heating, for electricity generation, in sensors or for temperature control. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004087 | Thermal Expansion Inhibitor, Zero Thermal Expansion Material, Negative Thermal Expansion Material, Method for Inhibiting Thermal Expansion, and Method for Producing Thermal Expansion Inhibitor - Provided is a thermal expansion inhibitor which has a much broader application range and which can be used with ease. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004088 | Method for producing an optical component of synthetic quartz glass with enhanced radiation resistance, and blank for producing the component - To optimize an optical component of synthetic quartz glass, in the case of which a quartz glass blank is subjected to a multistage annealing treatment, with respect to compaction and central birefringence, the present invention suggests a method comprising the following steps:
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20090004089 | Silica gel manufacturing method and gels made thereby - New silica gel materials and novel methods of producing such are provided. The method itself entails a manner of mixing the reactants together in a one-pot process such that the time required for aging is reduced without compromising the ability to target pore size production. In such a way, the pH of the reaction drives pore size development, thereby permitting a more efficient process to be followed in terms of expensive drying/heating steps being reduced timewise, if not altogether. Furthermore, in one embodiment, the resultant gel materials exhibit a certain pore size minimum while simultaneously exhibiting a degree of softness heretofore unavailable. As such, not only is this novel method more efficient in silica gel manufacture, but the resultant materials are completely novel as well. The gel materials made therefrom may be utilized in a variety of different end uses, such as cooking oil filtration, soft skin cleansers, dental abrasives, and the like. Methods of production and use, as well as the novel gel materials themselves, particularly caustic and composite gels, are thus encompassed within this invention. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004090 | Method for Preparing Granular Polycrystalline Silicon Using Fluidized Bed Reactor - The present invention relates to a method for mass preparation of granular polycrystalline silicon in a fluidized bed reactor, comprising (a) a reactor tube, (b) a reactor shell encompassing the reactor tube, (c) an inner zone formed within the reactor tube, where a silicon particle bed is formed and silicon deposition occurs, and an outer zone formed in between the reactor shell and the reactor tube, which is maintained under an inert gas atmosphere, and (d) a controlling means to keep the pressure difference between the inner zone and the outer zone being maintained within the range of 0 to 1 bar, thereby capable of maintaining physical stability of the reactor tube and efficiently preparing granular polycrystalline silicon even at a relatively high reaction pressure. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004091 | Carbonnitride nanotubes with nano-sized pores on their stems, their preparation method and control method of size and quantity of pore thereof - Disclosed are carbon nitride (C | 2009-01-01 |
20090004092 | Nanodiamond and a Method for the Production Thereof - The invention relates to carbon chemistry and is embodied in the form of a nanodiamond comprising 90.0-98.0 mass % carbon, 0.1-5.0 mass % hydrogen, 1.5-3.0 mass % nitrogen and 0.1-4.5 mass % oxygen, wherein the carbon is contained in the form a diamond cubic modification and in a roentgen-amorphous phase at a ratio of (82-95):(18-5) in terms of a carbon mass, respectively. The inventive method for producing said material consisting in detonating in a closed space of a carbon-inert gas medium a carbon-containing oxygen-deficient explosive material which is placed in a condensed phase envelop containing a reducing agent at a quantitative ratio between said reducing agent mass in the condensed envelop and the mass of the used carbon-containing explosive material equal to or greater than 0.01:1 and in chemically purifying by treating detonation products with a 2-40% aqua nitric acid jointly with a compressed air oxygen at a temperature ranging from 200 to 280° C. and a pressure of 5-15 MPa. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004093 | Materials and methods for the manufacture of large crystal diamonds - Materials and Methods are provided for forming single crystal diamond growth using microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process in partial vacuum with a gaseous mixture containing a methane/hydrogen mixture with optional nitrogen, oxygen and xenon addition. The single crystal substrate can be ceramic material such as MgO, Al | 2009-01-01 |
20090004094 | METHOD FOR CUTTING FULLERENE NANOTUBES - This invention relates generally to cutting fullerene nanotubes. In one embodiment, the present invention provides for preparation of homogeneous populations of short fullerene nanotubes by cutting and annealing (reclosing) the nanotube pieces followed by fractionation. The cutting and annealing processes may be carried out on a purified nanotube bucky paper, on felts prior to purification of nanotubes or on any material that contains fullerene nanotubes. In one embodiment, oxidative etching with concentrated nitric acid is employed to cut fullerene nanotubes into shorter lengths. The annealed nanotubes may be disbursed in an aqueous detergent solution or an organic solvent for the fractionation. Closed tubes can also be derivatized to facilitate fractionation, for example, by adding solubilizing moieties to the end caps. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004095 | Porous Filamentous Nanocarbon And Method Of Forming The Same - There is provided a porous filamentous nanocarbon and a method for forming the same. A mesopore formed on an outer periphery of the porous filamentous nanocarbon is a tunnel-like pore which is formed along the arrangement direction of the carbon hexagonal plane from the outer periphery toward a fiber axis. The porous filamentous nanocarbon is fabricated by selectively removing the carbon hexagonal plane constituting the filamentous nanocarbon through gasification in virtue of a catalyst, after highly dispersing Fe, Ni, Co, Pt, etc., of which size is 2-30 nm, on the surface of the filamentous nanocarbon. That is, the tunnel-like mesopore is formed radially by nano-drilling process. The size of the porous filamentous nanocarbon can be controlled according to the size of the nano-drilling catalyst and non-drilling conditions. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004096 | Cos-Claus Configurations and Methods - Carbonyl sulfide (COS) from a COS-containing stream ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004097 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery comprising the same. The positive active material includes a lithium/nickel-based compound wherein primary particles having an average particle diameter ranging from 1 μm to 4 μm are agglomerated to form secondary particles. The positive active material of the present invention has excellent electrochemical performance and outstanding inhibition to swelling at high temperatures. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004098 | Process for the Production of Nanoparticles with Tailor-Made Surface Chemistry and Corresponding Colloids - A process for the production of a suspension of crystalline and/or densified, surface-modified nanoscale particles in a dispersant. The process comprises: (a) heat-treating a suspension of amorphous or semicrystalline, non-surface-modified nanoscale particles in a first dispersant to obtain crystallized and/or densified particles; and (b) mechanically activating, in the presence of at least one modifying agent, the particles obtained according to (a) as a suspension in the first dispersant or in a different dispersant to obtain a suspension of crystalline and/or densified nanoscale particles which are surface-modified by the at least one modifying agent. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004099 | Production of Nanosized Materials - The present invention relates to a method of producing a nano-sized material such as in the form of a colloidal suspension of nano-sized particles and/or as a coating and/or as a thin film comprised by such nano-sized particles on the surface of a substrate. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the present invention. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004100 | Hydrogen Atom Generation Source in Vacuum Treatment Apparatus, and Hydrogen Atom Transportation Method - In a hydrogen atom generation source in a vacuum treatment apparatus which can effectively inhibit hydrogen atoms from being recombined due to contact with an internal wall surface of a treatment chamber of the vacuum treatment apparatus and an internal wall surface of a transport passage, and being returned into hydrogen molecules, at least a part of a surface facing a space with the hydrogen atom generation means formed therein of a member surrounding the hydrogen atom generation means is coated with SiO | 2009-01-01 |
20090004101 | Method and Means for Enhanced Pulmonary Drug Delivery - The present invention provides a method of enhancing the absorption of molecules across the airway epithelium, thereby enhancing the delivery of desired therapeutic or diagnostic agents across the airway epithelium via the systemic circulation to the target site of action. The method comprises administration of a formulation comprising a pharmaceutical composition comprising a synthetic or natural nucleoside diphosphate, nucleoside triphosphate, or dinucleoside polyphosphate, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Preferably the nucleotide is a P2Y receptor agonist which is administered at any time during treatment with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. A preferred embodiment is a method of administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a P2Y receptor agonist with enhanced resistance to extracellular hydrolysis, such as dinucleoside polyphosphate compounds. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004102 | HSC70 directed diagnostics and therapeutics for multidrug resistant neoplastic disease - Disclosed are methods for detecting neoplastic or damaged cells and for detecting multidrug resistance in neoplastic or damaged cells by detecting an increase in the cell surface expression of a heat shock cognate (HSC70) protein 70 on the surface of such a multidrug resistant neoplastic or damaged cells as compared to the level of expression of the HSC70 protein on the surface of a normal cell. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004103 | Cytotoxicity mediation of cells evidencing surface expression of CD44 - This invention relates to the staging, diagnosis and treatment of cancerous diseases (both primary tumors and tumor metastases), particularly to the mediation of cytotoxicity of tumor cells; and most particularly to the use of cancerous disease modifying antibodies (CDMAB), optionally in combination with one or more CDMAB/chemotherapeutic agents, as a means for initiating the cytotoxic response. The invention further relates to binding assays, which utilize the CDMAB of the instant invention. The anti-cancer antibodies can be conjugated to toxins, enzymes, radioactive compounds, cytokines, interferons, target or reporter moieties and hematogenous cells. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004104 | Methods and Compositions for Delivering Active Agents with Enhanced Pharmacological Properties - Provided herein are methods of enhancing in vivo efficacy of an active agent, comprising: administering to a subject an active agent that is coupled to a bioelastic polymer or elastin-like peptide, wherein the in vivo efficacy of the active agent is enhanced as compared to the same active agent when administered to the subject not coupled to (or not associated with) a bioelastic polymer or ELP. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004105 | Molecular imaging of matrix metalloproteinase expression using labeled chlorotoxin - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for: methods for imaging MMP-2 positive tissue; methods of diagnosing the presence of one or more of MMP-2 positive precancerous cells, MMP-2 positive cancerous cells, MMP-2 positive tumor cells, and MMP-2 positive diseases in a tissue; method of monitoring the progress of one or more of MMP-2 positive precancerous cells, MMP-2 positive cancerous cells, MMP-2 positive tumor cells, and MMP-2 positive diseases in a tissue; pharmaceutical compositions for imaging one or more of MMP-2 positive precancerous cells, MMP-2 positive cancerous cells, MMP-2 positive tumor cells, and MMP-2 positive diseases; compositions; kits; and the like. | 2009-01-01 |