04th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150024285 | Mini-fuel cells for battery-powered devices - Mini-fuel cells for small devices. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024286 | ACTIVE CATHODE TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR METAL-AIR BATTERIES - A metal-air battery is disclosed, including a cathode temperature controller that identifies a power-boosted operating temperature at which a projected power boost exceeds a projected battery lifetime penalty and a temperature regulator that adjusts the cathode temperature to the power-boosted operating temperature using power generated by the metal-air battery when the metal-air battery is in a discharge state. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024287 | CATHODE TEMPERATURE REGULATION FOR METAL-AIR BATTERIES - A metal-air battery is disclosed, including a temperature regulator that adjusts the operating temperature of a cathode included in the metal-air battery using power generated by the metal-air battery when the metal-air battery is in a discharge state. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024288 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY - An assembled battery includes a plurality of air cells arranged in a horizontal direction and a plurality of connection flow paths. Each air cell includes a storage portion between a positive electrode and a metal negative electrode to store an electrolysis solution. The storage portions of the respective adjacent air cells communicate with each other by the respective connection flow paths. An insulation fluid for electrically insulating the electrolysis solution in the respective adjacent air cells is sealed in the respective connection flow paths. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024289 | HIERARCHICAL METAL/TiSi2 NANOSTRUCTURE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF - The invention provides a unique catalyst system without the need for carbon. Metal nanoparticles were grown onto conductive, two-dimensional material of TiSi | 2015-01-22 |
20150024290 | METAL-AIR BUTTON CELLS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Metal-air button cells including a closed cell housing and, arranged therein, an air cathode and a metal-based anode separated from one another by a separator, wherein the cell housing is substantially composed of a first housing half-part and a second housing half-part; the housing half-parts are configured to be cup-shaped and have a base and a circumferential side wall; the base of the second housing half-part has one or more entry and/or exit openings for atmospheric oxygen; and the air cathode is configured to be disc-shaped and is positioned on the base of the second housing half-part such that it covers the entry and/or exit openings and its periphery bears on the inner side of the circumferential side wall of the second housing half-part. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024291 | Storage Container for Thin Lithium-Air Cell, and Cell - A containment vessel of a thin lithium-air battery with improved safety is provided. By using the containment vessel, an explosive reaction (ignition) of the electrolyte including lithium metal or ion can be suppressed. The containment vessel ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150024292 | LITHIUM AIR SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a lithium-air secondary battery that is capable of effectively preventing deterioration of an alkaline electrolytic solution, air electrode, and negative electrode and has a long life and high long-term reliability. The lithium-air secondary battery comprises an air electrode | 2015-01-22 |
20150024293 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING GAS DIFFUSION LAYER, AND METHOD OF REGENERATING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - Membrane electrode assembly is provided that includes an electrolyte membrane; an electrode catalytic layer including nanostructured elements having acicular micro structured support whiskers bearing acicular nanoscopic catalyst particles; and a gas diffusion layer including a nitrogen-containing compound that includes an anionic ion-exchange group. A method of regenerating the membrane electrode assembly is also provided. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024294 | FUEL CELL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL DEVICE - In order to provide a fuel cell device, including a fuel cell stack that includes electrochemically active cathode/electrolyte/anode units, and a reformer for producing a fuel gas for the fuel cell stack from a starting fuel, wherein the fuel cell stack is configured to have the fuel gas produced by the reformer and an oxidizing agent supplied to it, in which the thermomechanical loads in the heating phase are lessened and/or it is made possible to shorten the heating phase, it is proposed that the fuel cell device should include at least one heat transfer device which is configured to have the fuel gas and the oxidizing agent flow through it, upstream of the cathode/electrolyte/anode units of the fuel cell stack. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024295 | HUMIDIFICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of controlling humidification of a fuel cell includes the steps of measuring impedance of the fuel cell, and adjusting humidification quantity of the fuel cell based on an imaginary axis value Xi and a real axis value Xr on a complex number plane of the measured impedance after the measurement step. In the measurement step, impedance is measured based on supply of alternating current having one frequency of 10 Hz or less during power generation of the fuel cell. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024296 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM BASED ON ENERGY COSTS - A method and system for storing and/or discharging electrical energy that has a cost, which method includes steps of: (a) providing a flow battery system comprising at least one flow battery cell and a controller; (b) operating the flow battery cell at a power density having a first value; and (c) changing the power density at which the flow battery cell is operated from the first value to a second value as a function of the cost of the electrical energy, wherein the power density is changed using the controller, and wherein the second value is different than the first value. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024297 | Apparatus and Methods for Mixing Reformable Fuels and an Oxygen-Containing Gas and/or Steam - The present teachings provide apparatus and methods for mixing a reformable fuel and/or steam with an oxygen-containing gas and/or steam to provide a gaseous reforming reaction mixture suitable for reforming with a reformer and/or a fuel cell stack of a fuel cell unit and/or fuel cell system. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL STACK - The present disclosure is directed to a method for tuning the performance of at least one electrochemical cell of an electrochemical cell stack. The method includes supplying power to an electrochemical cell stack. The electrochemical cell stack includes a plurality of electrochemical cells. The method further includes monitoring a parameter of at least one electrochemical cell and determining if an electrochemical cell becomes impaired. The method also includes diverting a fraction of the current flow from the impaired electrochemical cell during operation of the electrochemical cell stack. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024299 | UNIT CELL FOR SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL AND SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL USING SAME - The present invention relates to a unit cell for a solid-oxide fuel cell and to a solid-oxide fuel cell using same, and, more specifically, relates to: a unit cell for a solid-oxide fuel cell, wherein a fuel charging-and-discharging part and an air charging-and-discharging part are provided perpendicularly to a cathode comprised in the solid-oxide fuel cell; and a solid-oxide fuel cell using same. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024300 | HYDROPHOBIZED GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A gas diffusion layer having a first major surface and a second major surface which is positioned opposite to said first major surface and an interior between said first and second major surfaces is formed. The gas diffusion layer comprises a porous carbon substrate which is directly fluorinated in the interior and is substantially free of fluorination on at least one of the first major surfaces or the second major surfaces, and preferably both surfaces. The gas diffusion layer may be formed using protective sandwich process during direct fluorination or by physically or chemically removing the C—F atomic layer at the major surfaces, for example by physical plasma etching or chemical reactive ion etching. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024301 | ELECTROLYTE FILM - ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - An electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly comprises a polymer electrolyte membrane; a cathode catalyst layer and a cathode gas diffusion layer including a cathode micro porous layer and a cathode gas diffusion layer substrate, arranged in order on one side of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and an anode catalyst layer and an anode gas diffusion layer including an anode micro porous layer and an anode gas diffusion layer substrate, arranged in order on the other side of the polymer electrolyte membrane. A relative gas diffusion coefficient of the anode micro porous layer is smaller than a relative gas diffusion coefficient of the cathode micro porous layer by an amount equal to or greater than 0.05[−]. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024302 | FUEL CELL AND CATHODE MATERIAL - A fuel cell includes an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte layer that is disposed between the anode and the cathode. The cathode includes a main phase and a sub phase. The main phase is composed mostly of perovskite oxide which is expressed by the general formula ABO | 2015-01-22 |
20150024303 | FUEL CELL PLATE FLOW FIELD - A fuel cell plate is provided that includes a flow field having a plurality of channels each with an inlet end, and a header in fluid communication with the inlet ends. The header has at least one restricted flow region in which fluid flow is restricted to the inlet ends of a set of channels of the flow field and at least some of the plurality of channels include a pressure drop feature that is configured to increase fluid flow to the set of channels. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024304 | CATALYST LAYER CONSTITUTING BODY AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST LAYER CONSTITUTING BODY - A catalyst layer constituting body which prevents runoff of a proton conductive polymer from a catalyst layer even when moisture is generated by an operation of a fuel cell. In a catalyst layer constituting body of a fuel cell where catalyst particles are carried on carbon, the catalyst particles are carried by way of a carrying layer constituted of two upper and lower layers, the upper layer of the carrying layer is formed by using a polymer having proton conductivity, the upper layer forming a proton conduction layer which conducts protons generated in the catalyst particles or protons to be supplied to the catalyst particles therethrough, and the lower layer of the carrying layer is formed using a polymer having affinity with both the proton conduction layer and the carbon, the lower layer forming an adhesive layer which bonds the proton conduction layer and the carbon to each other. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024305 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (EUV) PHOTOMASKS AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF - Embodiments of EUV photomasks and methods for forming a EUV photomask are provided. The method comprises providing a substrate, a reflective layer, a capping layer, a hard mask layer, and forming an opening therein. An absorber layer is then filled in the opening and over the top surface of the hard mask layer. A removing process is provided to form an absorber with a top surface lower than a top surface of the capping layer. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024306 | MASK OVERLAY CONTROL - Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of patterning a workpiece with a mask, wherein a scale factor between a geometry of the mask and a corresponding target shape of the mask is determined. The scale factor results from thermal expansion of the mask and geometry due to heating of the mask during exposure to radiation by an electron beam (e-beam) in the mask manufacturing process. A number of radiation pulses necessary to dispose the geometry on the mask is determined. A scale factor for the mask is then determined from the number of pulses. The target shape is then generated on the mask by re-scaling the geometry according to the scale factor prior to mask manufacturing. This method compensates for thermal deformation due to e-beam heating to improve OVL variability in advanced technology nodes. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024307 | Method for Manufacturing EUV Masks Minimizing the Impact of Substrate Defects - In the production of extreme ultraviolet photolithography masks, to produce a set of masks: mask blanks possibly containing defects are provided; an individual map of positions of defects in each mask blank is produced; a concatenated map of defects in a number of masks is produced by transposing, to a given useful zone common to all masks, positions of defects detected during mapping of various mask blanks; individual defect zones each associated with a respective defect and encircling said defect are defined; depending on design rules and on structure to be produced, an electronic version of layouts of the masks is produced, taking account locally, in the design rules, of the existence of each defect in the concatenated map to prevent critical elements from being placed in defect zones; and each mask is produced from any one of the mask blanks and with a respective layout thus obtained. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024308 | FLEXIBLE NANOIMPRINT MOLD, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND MOLD USAGE ON PLANAR AND CURVED SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a flexible nanoimprint mold which can fabricate sub-15 nm ultra fine structures on either planar or curved substrates. The mold comprises a top ultra-thin rigid layer of imprint patterning features and a bottom thick flexible layer of polymer elastomer. The two distinct layers are preferably integrated via chemically bonding. The top layer of the mold enables a sub-15 nm resolution of pattern fabrication and the bottom layer affords a conformal contact to planar or curved surface of substrates. The methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024309 | Soluble Support Material for Electrophotography-Based Additive Manufacturing - A support material for printing a support structure with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the support material including a composition having a charge control agent and a thermoplastic copolymer having aromatic groups, (meth)acrylate-based ester groups, carboxylic acid groups, and anhydride groups, with a high anhydride conversion. The composition is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and the support material is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the support structure in a layer-by-layer manner, and is at least partially soluble in an aqueous solution. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024310 | POLYMER FOR CHARGE GENERATION LAYER AND CHARGE TRANSPORT LAYER FORMULATION - The disclosure provides a flexible electrophotographic imaging member comprising a single novel polymer binder in the formulation of the imaging layers. In particular, the present embodiments provide multi-layered electrophotographic imaging members prepared by using the same polymer binder in the two contiguous imaging formation layers to improve mechanical and photoelectrical performance. The embodiments also include a process for making and using the imaging member. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024311 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE USING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - Toner of one aspect of the present invention has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 30,000≦Mw≦95,263 as determined from a molecular weight distribution based on GPC, includes a THF-insoluble gel component at a weight proportion of less than 5%, and includes components each having a molecular weight of 500 to 1500 which components have an area occupancy of 4% to 10% on a chart of the molecular weight distribution based on GPC. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024312 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND COLOR TONER SET - A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a storage modulus of 1.0×10 | 2015-01-22 |
20150024313 | ZIRCONIUM OXIDE TONER ADDITIVE - A toner composition includes toner particles and an additive disposed on an exterior surface of the toner particles, the additive includes uncoated zirconium oxide particles, the toner composition is substantially free of one or more rare earth compounds and the uncoated zirconium oxide particles are present in a sufficient amount to reduce bias charge roller contamination. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024314 | TONER ADDITIVES TO PREVENT BIAS ROLLER CONTAMINATION - A toner composition includes toner particles and additives disposed on an exterior surface of the toner particles, the additives include uncoated particles satisfying the equation: | 2015-01-22 |
20150024315 | SILICON CARBIDE TONER ADDITIVE - A toner composition includes toner particles and an additive disposed on exterior surfaces of the toner particles, the additive includes uncoated silicon carbide particles, the toner composition is substantially free of one or more rare earth compound and the uncoated silicon carbide particles are present in a sufficient amount to reduce bias charge roller contamination. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024316 | Engineering-Grade Consumable Materials for Electrophotography-Based Additive Manufacturing - A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material including a composition having an engineering-grade thermoplastic material and a charge control agent. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024317 | High-Performance Consumable Materials for Electrophotography-Based Additive Manufacturing - A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material including a composition having a high-performance thermoplastic material and a charge control agent. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024318 | BARIUM TITANATE TONER ADDITIVE - A toner composition includes toner particles and an additive disposed on an exterior surface of the toner particles, the additive includes uncoated barium titanate particles, the toner composition is substantially free of one or more rare earth compounds and the uncoated barium titanate particles are present in a sufficient amount to reduce bias charge roller contamination. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024319 | ABS Part Material for Electrophotography-Based Additive Manufacturing - A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material including a composition having a copolymer (including acrylonitrile units, butadiene units, and aromatic units), a charge control agent, and a heat absorber. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024320 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer coating the surface of the toner core. The binder resin contains an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer. The shell layers contain a unit derived from a monomer of a thermosetting resin. The thermosetting resin is at least one resin selected from the group of amino resins consisting of a melamine resin, a urea resin, and a glyoxal resin. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024321 | NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING AZO SKELETON AND PIGMENT DISPERSANT, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, PIGMENT DISPERSION, AND TONER CONTAINING THE COMPOUND - To provide an azo compound which improves the dispersibility of an azo pigment in a non-water soluble solvent. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024322 | TONER BINDER AND TONER - There is provided a toner binder containing a polyester resin (P) composed of two or more polyester resins that are each obtained by polycondensation of a carboxylic acid component (x) and an alcohol component (y). The alcohol component (y) of at least one polyester resin (P1) constituting the polyester resin (P) comprises 30 to 100 molar % of an adduct (y1) of bisphenol A with 2 to 4 ethylene oxide molecules. The alcohol component (y) of at least one other polyester resin (P2) constituting the polyester resin (P) comprises 50 to 95 molar % of an aliphatic diol (y2) having 2 to 4 carbon atoms. The (P2) is other than the (P1), and the polyester resin (P) satisfies relationships as follows. 11.5≦SP value [(cal/cm | 2015-01-22 |
20150024323 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING LATEX COMPRISING CHARGE CONTROL AGENT - A process includes forming, by emulsion polymerization, polymer resin particles in a latex, the polymer resin particles being formed from a mixture including one or more monomer emulsions and a non-surfactant-based charge control agent, the emulsion polymerization is carried out with a solids content in a range from about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of the mixture, and forming toner particles from the polymer resin particles, the toner particles support a sufficient triboelectric charge for use under A-zone environmental conditions in a single-component development system. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024324 | TONERS FOR ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - To provide an emulsion polymerized agglomerated toner for electrostatic charge image which is excellent in the fixing property even at a high temperature without deteriorating other properties and which does not emit an odor offensive to people, and a process for its production. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024325 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE - A presensitized plate having a long press life and excellent resistance to scum and corrosive micro-stains and capable of on-press development is provided. The presensitized plate includes a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer; and a protective layer which are formed on a support in this order. The support is prepared from an aluminum alloy plate containing intermetallic compound particles with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 μm or more at a surface density of 35,000 pcs/mm | 2015-01-22 |
20150024326 | PHOTOIMAGEABLE COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR FABRICATION OF RELIEF PATTERNS ON LOW SURFACE ENERGY SUBSTRATES - The present invention is directed to a permanent photoimageable compositions and the cured products thereof useful for making negative-tone, permanent photoresist relief patterns on low surface energy polymer substrates, comprising: (A) one or more alkali soluble, film forming resins or one or more film forming resins that become soluble in alkali solutions by action of an acid, (B) one or more cationic photoinitiators, (C) one or more film casting solvents, and (D) one or more fluorinated compounds. The present invention is also directed to methods of forming a permanent photoresist relief pattern on a low surface energy polymer substrate using the disclosed compositions. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024327 | NEGATIVE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING METHOD FOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a negative photoresist composition and a patterning method for device in which a photoresist pattern having a high sensitivity with a good reverse taper profile can be formed not only to realize an effective patterning of various thin films but also to facilitate removal of the photoresist pattern after the patterning. The photoresist composition comprises an alkali-soluble binder resin; a halogen-containing first photo-acid generator; a triazine-based second photo-acid generator; a cross-linking agent having an alkoxy structure; and a solvent. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024328 | REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDIZER FOR THE REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL GAS CONSUMPTION - The present invention provides a regenerative thermal oxidizer system, comprising: a recuperative heat exchanger that receives process exhaust gas from an anaerobic digestion process and boosts an inlet temperature of the gas to a second gas temperature; and a regenerative thermal oxidizer that receives the gas from the heat exchanger, further heats/combusts the gas to a third gas temperature, and feeds the gas back through the recuperative heat exchanger, which recoups heat from the gas such that the gas exits the heat exchanger at a fourth gas temperature. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024329 | ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PACKAGING ASSEMBLY AND A CANDLE EMBODYING THE SAME - An environmentally friendly product packaging assembly having a secondary use after a product has been removed therefrom. The packaging assembly comprises a candle having a wall made of a vaporizable material and defining a cavity therein for retaining the product. The candle includes a wick embedded in the wall in a spiral, coiled or helical fashion and positioned to substantially encircle the cavity. The assembly may include a containment mechanism that at least partially restricts access to the cavity and thereby aids in retaining the product therein. The assembly may further include a base positioned under a bottom end of the candle. The containment mechanism and base may themselves be made out of recyclable or combustible materials. Once the product has been removed from the cavity, the assembly may be used as a conventional candle. The candle wall is vaporized leaving little to no waste for disposal. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024330 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEATING OF BASE WITHIN CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION CHAMBER - Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling the heating of the base within a chemical vapour deposition chamber, which apparatus is applicable to an MOCVD reaction chamber. The apparatus comprises a heater located within a chamber; a tray located near the heater within the chamber and spaced apart from the heater and used for carrying the base; a first temperature control unit coupled with a surface of the tray for carrying the base and used for measuring the temperature of the tray surface and outputting a first control signal as a function of a set temperature and the temperature of the tray surface; and a second temperature control unit connected to the first temperature control unit and used for measuring the temperature of the middle of the area between the tray and the heater, and also for outputting a second control signal as a function of the first control signal and the temperature of the middle, with the heater being coupled with the second temperature control unit to heat according to the second control signal. Further provided is a method for controlling the heating of the base within a chemical vapour deposition chamber. A steady base temperature can be obtained via the apparatus. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024331 | ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF TWO OR MORE RESPONSES IN A COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A combustion system may include a plurality of heated volume portions. At least two of the plurality of heated volume portions may include corresponding respective electrodes. The electrodes may be driven to produce respective electric fields in their respective volumes. The electric fields may be configured to drive desired respective responses. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024332 | ANCHOR PLATE IN ORTHODONTICS - Disclosed is an orthodontics element which may be interdependent of a jaw bone. The orthodontics element includes firstly a plate ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150024333 | RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER AND METHOD FOR THE ASSEMBLY THEREOF - Rapid palatal expander which comprises an actuator element ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150024334 | RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER - Rapid palatal expander which comprises an actuator element ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150024335 | ILLUMINATED INTRA-ORAL DELIVERY DEVICE - A medical syringe with a light source mounted on a distal end of the syringe to provide illumination of an injection site, a battery pack receiver configured to receive a battery pack with magnetic attraction a proximal end of the syringe, and a control circuit that is configured to illuminate the light source when the control circuit detects movement of the syringe and disconnects the battery from the light source either after a fixed period of time or after motion of the syringe ceases. Ideally the light source is a disc-shaped array of LED lights. The syringe is constructed of materials that can be sterilized. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024336 | Combining depth-maps from different acquisition methods - A method and system capturing three-dimensional information of a scene on a structure includes operating a light pattern projector to project a known light pattern onto the scene; using at least two cameras, taking images of the scene, the images being two-dimensional images taken chronologically synchronous; using first and second images, and the known position and orientation of the cameras with respect to each other, extracting a first depth map of the scene; using the first image, the known light pattern, and the known position and orientation of the first camera and the light pattern projector with respect to each other, extracting a second depth map of the scene; and using the extracted first depth map and the extracted second depth map of the scene together to make a 3D measurement of the scene. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024337 | VOXEL LEVEL NEW INFORMATION UPDATES USING INTELLIGENT WEIGHTING - A method of integrating new information from depth maps into an existing three-dimensional representation of an object surface, the representation being a truncated signed distance function (TSDF) noted in individual voxels, the TSDF indicating, to respective coordinates within a defined volume, a distance to a next surface, includes obtaining a depth map showing the object, the depth map containing values from measurements; and integrating new information from the depth map into the existing TSDF, wherein each individual voxel affected by the depth map within the TSDF is updated and the update for each updated voxel is selected from the group of a front update if said voxel is near the outer side, a rear update if the voxel is near the inner side, and an ambiguous update, each kind of update leads to a different weighting for the updated value within the voxel. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024338 | Vertically Adjustable Rotational Stabilizer For A Disposable Articulator - A vertically adjustable rotational stabilizer ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150024339 | PERIOSTEAL ELEVATOR AND IMPLANT SPACING INSTRUMENT - A periosteal elevator has a shaft and a head portion connected to the shaft. The head portion has a blade at a distal end for elevating periosteum from a bone during surgery. The head portion has a distal section, a central section and a proximal section, the distal section being wider than the proximal section and the central section being narrower than both the distal section and the proximal section. Measurement markings are placed on each of the distal section, the central section and the proximal section, the markings measuring the width of each of the sections. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024340 | TEETH CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for cleaning teeth, allows the simultaneous cleaning of the teeth of at least one arch. The device includes: a single or a double arc-shaped tray which can enclose the teeth of one arch or both arches at once and which, via the free edge(s) thereof, can be fitted to the corresponding gum or gums, the tray made from a flexible material allows reversible deformation and is compatible with medical use; and fluid-injection/-removal elements for injecting fluid into the tray and removing fluid from the interior thereof. Once the tray is in place on the teeth, the fluid-injection/-removal elements subject them to repeated cycles of fluid injection/removal to clean the teeth by the combined action, within the tray, of fluid circulation over and between the teeth and mechanical action of the tray's internal surface on the teeth, resulting from the deformation of the tray during the injection/removal cycles. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024341 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF A DENTAL COMPOSITION - A device for use in retracting a gingiva from a human tooth by widening a gingival sulcus with a dental composition. The device comprises a cannula with a free end having an opening for dispensing the dental composition. The free end is shaped to be inserted with its front in the entry of the gingival sulcus, and to laterally displace the gingiva from the tooth as the cannula is moved in the gingival sulcus. The invention may help to achieve a reliable and cost effective gingival retraction treatment. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024342 | Endodontic Instrument With Narrow Radial Lands - An improved endodontic instrument has a uniform tapered working length with at least two helical shaped flutes and spiraled lands having a land width no greater than 0.101 mm as measured in a plane perpendicular the central axis of rotation of instrument. The land width is preferably constant along the working length but may vary provided it does not exceed 0.101 mm. The instrument resists mid-root transportation and exhibits superior fatigue performance and cutting efficiency compared to prior art instruments. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024343 | DIVERSION OF MECHANICAL OSCILLATIONS - A device for deflecting mechanical oscillations, at an oscillation receiver location may be set into oscillation along a first axis, and transmits such an oscillation into an oscillation along a second axis at an oscillation output location, wherein the first and the second axis form an angle to one another. The device includes an elongate, bent oscillation element, on whose one end a coupling-in point and at whose other end a coupling-out point is arranged, wherein the device is designed such that the oscillation element oscillates transversally at the coupling-in point and at the coupling-out point, when the oscillation receiver location is subjected to an oscillation. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024344 | DENTAL IMPLANT WITH INTERLOCKING AND CENTERING THREADS - A dental implant device for insertion into a bore defined in bone for use with a prosthetic tooth or dental appliance includes an abutment with a plurality of male keys disposed about the distal end of the abutment capable of being affixed to the prosthetic tooth or dental appliance, an implantable anchor having a proximal and distal end, a plurality of female keyways defined into the proximal end of the anchor, the keyways capable of coupling to the male keys of the abutment and thereby preventing relative rotation of the abutment and anchor; an interlocking thread helically defined around a longitudinal axis of the anchor, the thread being adapted to couple to the bore defined in the one and means for coupling the abutment to the implant anchor. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024345 | A MILLING BLANK AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING DENTAL BRIDGEWORK USING MILLING BLANK - The various embodiments herein provide a dental mill blank for fabrication of dental appliance and restorations. A method for fabricating dental bridgework from the mill blank is also provided. The mill blank comprises a hard inner core and wherein the hard inner core provides resistance against a normal occlusal force, a soft outer cover surrounding the inner core, a channel passing through the inner core and the outer cover, a metallic abutment provided at one end of the channel and a handle stud for holding the mill blank onto a milling machine. The channel is designed to make a screw type bridgework for supporting a plurality of neighbouring implants. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024346 | METHOD OF REMOVING ORAL ROOT TIP - The present disclosure relates generally to the field of oral surgery and, more particularly, to a minimally invasive method of extracting fractured root tips of teeth from the corresponding tooth socket. In some embodiments, the method comprises the steps of selecting a broken root tip removal instrument which comprises a finger grip coupled to a conical radial tip comprising a spiral cutting screw and then placing the fine point against an exposed surface of a broken root tip, subsequently applying a torque to the finger grip thereby causing the radial tip to screw into the broken root tip such that the root tip removal instrument securely anchors into the broken root tip, and finally applying a force to the finger grip thereby extracting the broken root tip from a root canal. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024347 | DRIVING SIMULATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVER REHABILITATION TRAINING USING THE SAME - Provided are a driving simulator apparatus and a driver rehabilitation training method using the apparatus, the apparatus including: a display unit for displaying a preset simulation driving screen; a mode selecting unit via which a normal mode, an assist mode, or a resist mode is selected by a user; and a control unit for controlling to apply a driving force in a rotational direction of a steering wheel operated by a user when the assist mode is selected and to apply a reaction in an opposite direction to the rotational direction of the steering wheel operated by the user when the resist mode is selected. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024348 | SYSTEM TO VISUALLY DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATE HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FEATURES - A method to playback media of a feature of a hearing aid may include establishing a communication link between a computing device and a hearing assistance device; obtaining, over the communications link, a parameter of a feature of the hearing assistance device; querying from the computing device, using the obtained parameter as an input, a storage device external to the computing device for media associated with the feature; receiving the media associated with the feature from the storage device external to the computing device; and presenting the media received in response to the query to a user of the computing device. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024349 | LIQUID CONSUMPTION TRACKING - Liquid consumption devices, systems, and methods of using the same are described herein. One method of using a liquid consumption device can comprise determining a hydration plan for a user based on parameters of the user using a computing system, receiving data from a liquid consumption device at the computing system over a period of time, aggregating the data received over the period of time to track liquid consumption of the user, and identifying the user is outside a threshold hydration level based on the aggregated data and the determined hydration plan. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024350 | Educational Board Game - An educational device comprising a game board demarcated with a plurality of positions, each position having associated with it and actuator, actuation of which causes the communication device to provide instruction to the player as to what the player is supposed to do. A player can activate a random number generator to determine how many positions to move. Once instruction has been received, the player utilizes game pieces on the game board to execute the instruction. By going through this process, any player can learn a particular skill or gain particular knowledge that can be applied in life. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024351 | System and Method for the Relevance-Based Categorizing and Near-Time Learning of Words - A system and a method for timely learning of words and word units is provided, wherein annotations for the words and word units are offered and displayed in exact page synchronism with the source medium and the annotations can be selected by the user when reading the source medium. An author module provides a marking editor, which makes it possible to mark words and word units as annotations in synchronism with the display of the source medium and an annotation editor, which makes it possible to specify word basic data and meta data for the annotations. A database stores an annotation master data record for each annotation comprising word basic data and meta data. When reading a selected medium, a reading module displays a preset number of annotations in exact page synchronism with the display of the medium and allows the user-specific marking of an annotation, wherein the marked annotation is stored in a user-specific annotation data record of the database. This allows a reader, when reading and marking words to be learned, to instantly retrieve them for specific intensive training | 2015-01-22 |
20150024352 | Noble's Columns - An entire column, written in a specific numerical order, different from traditional multiplication tables, is shown one at a time until all three Noble's Columns of the multipliers and solutions appear together. Without even knowing how to multiply, one can write these columns that end up with multiplication solutions. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024353 | Method and System of Simulating Critical Incidences and Media for Preparedness Exercises - A method and system of simulating real world incidents and emergencies and the corresponding traditional media and social media responses in an access-controlled media platform for emergency training and exercises. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024354 | Agricultural Machine Simulator - A simulator of an agricultural working machine has a computer unit coupled to a display unit and a control unit. The agricultural working machine to be simulated has adjustable working parts and control elements that implement adjustment of the working parts and a software module that is stored in the computer unit. The software module depicts a process model of crop-processing processes to be implemented by the agricultural working machine and depicts the machine behavior resulting from the crop-processing processes. The process model and the machine behavior are visualized in the display unit and can be edited by the control unit. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024355 | LIGHTER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SMOKING BEHAVIOR - A lighter and a method for monitoring smoking behavior include a lighter having a housing and a lockable lighting element secured to the housing. A smoking reduction plan includes smoking reduction goals specific to the user of the lighter, such as a maximum number of daily cigarettes, and a time interval between cigarette smoking events. The user operates a trigger to activate the lighting element to light a cigarette. When the lighting element is activated for a sufficient duration of time, the lighter records a smoking event. A microprocessor is configured for controlling the operation of the lighting element. When the elapsed time since the most recent smoking event is less than the target smoking interval, or when a user has reached the maximum daily cigarette limit, the microprocessor may optionally render the lighting element inoperable. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDUCING NEUROPLASTICITY - Apparatus and method for stimulating neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity may be stimulated in functional brain tissue and used to improve or enhance function in adjacent, neuroanatomically-related, or otherwise associated dysfunctional brain tissue. The present apparatus and method may comprise a fully or partially automated system that can be programmed to detect and measure brain function in an individual, to select and provide the appropriate sensorimotor stimuli to target specific targeted brain function, to measure and detect changes in the targeted brain function, and to adapt the stimuli according to the changes in the targeted brain function. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024357 | PERCEPTUAL-COGNITIVE-MOTOR LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a perceptual-cognitive-motor learning system. The system includes an apparatus for evaluating or improving perceptual-cognitive abilities of a subject during a training sequence. The system also has a training sequence controller for adding in at least a part of the training sequence at least one of (a) a first motor load add-on to the subject and (b) a second motor load add-on to the subject, the second motor load being heavier than the first motor load. A variant of the system has a user interface for allowing the subject to change at least one parameter of the training sequence. Methods for evaluating or improving perceptual-cognitive abilities of a subject are also disclosed | 2015-01-22 |
20150024358 | STRESS ASSESSMENT DEVICE, STRESS ASSESSMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It is an object of this invention to provide a stress assessment device capable of assessing mental stress without requiring another previous knowledge or imposing a load on an observer or an employee. A stress assessment device ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150024359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) AND NON-ASD DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY - Methods and systems are presented herein to distinguish children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) from those with other forms of developmental delay (DD) based on patterns of gene expression levels in blood. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GAINING BALANCED HEALTH AND FITNESS REGIME - A system, method and computer program product for gaining a balanced health and fitness regime, including a user interface configured for receiving and displaying information regarding muscle recovery times of workouts of a user; and the user interface is configured in a form of a human body with selectable muscle portions thereon for displaying respective information regarding the recovery times of the workouts of a user. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024361 | Tracheostomy Trainer Device and Related Method Thereof - A training device and related method designed to provide a user or trainee with a realistic tactile sensation or feel for inserting a penetrating device, such as a tracheotomy tube, into the stoma of a subject. The device and method provides a means for providing the user with a high level of initial resistance followed by a relatively quick transition to a lower level of resistance. The resistance will change after the user has pushed the penetrating device past a certain threshold of force or displacement. The resulting transition to a lower level of force, or “pop”, provides the user with a realistic feel to prepare them for procedures on the stoma of an actual subject. A user may then become acclimated to the feel of proper insertion technique. The training device may also be used to train care, cleaning, maintenance, suction, and ventilation of a subject as necessary. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024362 | SURGICAL SIMULATION ASSEMBLY - A surgical simulation assembly is provided for simulating realistic surgery on animal organs or human cadavers. The surgical simulation assembly comprises a generally flat tray having a central indentation for receiving an organ, at least one drainage aperture and at least one indented trough extending from the central indentation for receiving at least one tube. The tray is assembled with a simulator heart and lungs prepped for connection to a variable speed double action air pump assembly that creates both positive pressure and a vacuum on the heart to simulate a beating heart. The tray is supported on a basket having a lower containment portion for containing fluid waste collected during the simulated surgery. The basket is elevated by risers over a base designed to support the assembly. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024363 | Wearable Partial Task Surgical Simulator - A wearable device for simulating wounds and injuries received during a trauma event includes a raiment and vest for covering the torso of a person. The raiment has an outer surface with a color and a texture comparable to human skin. Mounted on the outer surface is at least one wound simulator formed with an orifice that is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. Thus, the person can selectively expel a blood-like fluid from the reservoir, and through the wound simulator orifice, to simulate a trauma event. The vest includes an artificial rib cage and prosthetic internal organs juxtaposed with at least one wound simulator to simulate internal effects of a trauma event. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024364 | OCULAR SURGERY TRAINING DEVICE - Disclosed is an ocular surgery training device including a base body, an eye means, and a surgery model component. The base body is provided with a receiving seat. The eye means is provided on the base body, and the eye means includes an eye base and a cover body. The eye base has a containing groove, and the cover body has an operation channel communicated with the containing groove. The surgery model component is replaceably provided between the receiving seat and the containing groove. Thereby the surgery model component in the eye means can be rapidly replaced by others for simulating various ocular surgeries. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024365 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING FETAL DELIVERY - The present application relates to systems, methods, and devices for simulating the delivery of a fetus. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024366 | ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM - A question item comprising: textual, visual or auditory subject matter; a query or instruction pertaining to the subject matter; and a representation of a response mechanism for receiving a user response to the query or instruction, may be retrieved from a data store. The subject matter, query or instruction and response mechanism may be presented in a presentation sequence, wherein a presentation duration of each of the subject matter, query or instruction and response mechanism is controlled by user input. Based on the user input, a presentation duration of each of the subject matter, query or instruction, and response mechanism may be determined. Each of the three presentation durations may be stored. A completion time may be determined based on one or more of the presentation durations and may be stored along with response accuracy, for use in calculating a user competency measure for the question item. An algorithm for advancing through an electronic learning curriculum comprising multiple question items may also be provided. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024367 | COST-AWARE NON-STATIONARY ONLINE LEARNING - Online learning of an ensemble of classifiers or regressors is performed to predict a non-stationary time-varying parameter over a time series of episodes. For an episode, an ensemble action is selected from a set of ensemble actions based on ensemble action quality values (Q values) at an error state for the episode. The selected ensemble action is executed to update the ensemble. A cost of executing the selected ensemble action is computed or retrieved, and a reward is computed indicating how well the updated ensemble predicts the non-stationary time-varying parameter over the episode. The Q value for the selected ensemble action at the error state for the episode is updated based on both the reward and the cost of executing the selected ensemble action. The cost may be based on the ensemble action alone, or on both the ensemble action and the error state for the episode. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT NULLIFICATION - The invention generally relates to virtual environments and systems and methods for avoiding collisions or other conflicts. The invention provides systems and methods for collision avoidance while exposing a participant to a virtual environment by detecting a probable collision and making a shift in the virtual environment to cause the participant to adjust their motion and avoid collision. In certain aspects, the invention provides a collision avoidance method that includes exposing a participant to a virtual environment, detecting a motion of the participant associated with a probable collision, and determining a change to the motion that would nullify the probable collision. An apparent position of an element of the virtual environment is shifted according to the determined change, thereby causing the participant to adjust the motion and nullify the probable collision. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024369 | PORTABLE MESSAGE BOARD - A handheld message board is provided. The message board includes a front portion and a back portion. The front portion may be made of an erasable writing surface, such as a chalk board or a dry-eraser board. The present invention may further include a handle attached to the back portion so that a user may easily grasp the handheld message board and write on the front portion. The handle includes a strap having a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end are attached to the back portion forming a loop in between to secure a user's hand. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024370 | DRY-WIPE WHITEBOARD CAPABLE OF PASTING REPEATEDLY FOR BOTH SOLVENT-BASED PEN AND WATER-BASED PEN - A dry-wipe whiteboard capable of pasting repeatedly for use with both solvent-based pens and water-based pens comprises a whiteboard layer, a plastic layer, a permanent adhesive layer, a plastic carrier layer, and an elastic adhesive layer. The whiteboard is light weight and easily portable and can be used at any time and in any location. The whiteboard includes a whiteboard exterior layer that can be written on by solvent-based or water-based whiteboard pens without limits and is dry erasable. The whiteboard can be affixed to the wall, wood surface, iron surface, plastic surface, ceramic tile surface, glass surface, or any other selected surface through its elastic adhesive layer. The whiteboard can be removed according to the need of the user, without any damage to the contact surface. The whiteboard can be removed from the wall, glass surface or other contact surfaces without any damage or adhesive residue remaining thereafter to affect the appearance of the wall surface. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024371 | Textured Screen Cover for Tactile Learning and Method of Use Thereof - An improved screen cover that is configured for tactile learning and a method of utilizing the screen cover for tactile learning. The screen cover is sized and configured to be utilized over the useable area on the upper surface of a tablet, smart phone, computer screen or other touch screen device that displays information which the person using the screen cover and touch screen device can better learn by tactile learning procedures. The screen cover comprises a transparent sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of textured elements thereon that extend above the top surface. The textured elements can be in a non-Braille pattern. The bottom surface removably attaches to the touch screen device. The person traces his or her finger along the textured elements over the displayed information to utilize the sense of touch to help the person learn and retain the displayed information. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024372 | Sports Organizer - The present invention is an organizer with multiple functions and the ability to use tokens to represent players in a sports setting, such as a sports field. Said organizer may include a representation of the sports field on the organizer itself. Said tokens may then be affixed to the representation of the sports field in a manner that may be strong enough to be manipulated as needed, but loose enough to move when required. The organizer further allows the user to maintain various records and documents in a convenient manner to assist the users in their coaching of athletic events. This invention may be adapted for any team oriented situation as needed. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024373 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP - A microfluidic chip orients and isolates components in a sample fluid mixture by two-step focusing, where sheath fluids compress the sample fluid mixture in a sample input channel in one direction, such that the sample fluid mixture becomes a narrower stream bounded by the sheath fluids, and by having the sheath fluids compress the sample fluid mixture in a second direction further downstream, such that the components are compressed and oriented in a selected direction to pass through an interrogation chamber in single file formation for identification and separation by various methods. The isolation mechanism utilizes external, stacked piezoelectric actuator assemblies disposed on a microfluidic chip holder, or piezoelectric actuator assemblies on-chip, so that the actuator assemblies are triggered by an electronic signal to actuate jet chambers on either side of the sample input channel, to jet selected components in the sample input channel into one of the output channels. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024374 | Gas Exchanger and Artificial Lung - Blood or other fluids can be caused to interact with a gas by providing a plurality of fluid flow channels that are surrounded by nanotubes, each of the channels having an inflow end and an outflow end, wherein each of the channels is wide enough for the blood to flow through, and wherein the nanotubes are spaced close enough to each other to retain the fluid within the channels when the blood is flowing through the channels. The fluid is then passed through the through the channels while a gas is passed through the spaces between the nanotubes outside the fluid flow channels. This permits the gas to interact with the fluid in the channels. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024375 | REFLEX TESTING OF SAMPLES USING RESIDUAL MATERIALS FROM A PRIOR TEST - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for performing automated assays, and particularly to performing sequential assays on a sample on an automated instrument. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024376 | TRAP AND FLOW SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CAPTURE OF TARGET ANALYTES - A magnetizable trap and flow system and process are detailed that uniformly disperse paramagnetic or superparamagnetic analyte capture beads within a scaffold of magnetizable beads or other magnetizable materials in a capture zone that provides selective capture of target analytes. A magnet placed or energized in proximity to the trap may magnetize the magnetizable scaffold and secure the paramagnetic or superparamagnetic analyte capture beads in their uniformly dispersed state within the magnetizable scaffold to provide selective capture of target analytes. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024377 | APPARATUS COMPRISING MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED VALVES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention, in part, relates to an apparatus having a single-use, normally-closed fluidic valve that is initially maintained in the closed position by a valve element bonded to an adhesive coating. The valve is opened using a magnetic force. The valve element includes a magnetic material or metal. In some examples, the valve is opened by bringing a magnet in proximity to the valve element to provide a magnetic force that delaminates the valve element from the adhesive coating. In particular, the apparatus can be useful for on-chip amplification and/or detection of various targets, including biological targets and any amplifiable targets. Such apparatuses and methods are useful for in-field or real-time detection of targets, especially in limited resource settings. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024378 | Analysis of DNA-Containing Samples and Resolution of Mixed Contributor DNA Samples - Methods for analyzing DNA-containing samples are provided. The methods can comprise isolating a single genomic equivalent of DNA from the DNA-containing sample to provide a single isolated DNA molecule. The single isolated DNA molecule can be subjected to amplification conditions in the presence of one or more sets of unique molecularly tagged primers to provide one or more amplicons. Any spurious allelic sequences generated during the amplification process are tagged with an identical molecular tag. The methods can also include a step of determining the sequence of the one or more amplicons, in which the majority sequence for each code is selected as the sequence of the single original encapsulated target. The DNA-containing sample can be a forensic sample (e.g., mixed contributor sample), a fetal genetic screening sample, or a biological cell. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024379 | FIBER SAMPLER FOR RECOVERY OF BIOAEROSOLS AND PARTICLES - An aerosol collection system and method. The system includes a bio-aerosol delivery device configured to supply bioparticles in a gas stream, a moisture exchange device including a partition member coupled to the gas stream and configured to humidify or dehumidify the bioparticles in the gas stream, and an aerosol collection medium downstream from the moisture exchange device and configured to collect the bioparticles. The method includes delivering bioparticles in a gas stream, humidifying or dehumidifying the bioparticles in the gas stream by transport of water across a partition member and into a vapor phase of the gas stream, and collecting the bioparticles by a collection medium. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024380 | INTERFERING PEPTIDES AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MICROORGANISMS - The invention relates to novel interfering peptides having peptide sequence S with between 7 and 12 amino acids, originating from the peptide sequence of an antigenic protein of a micro-organism M, the sequence S being aligned with a peptide sequence S′ with between 7 and 12 amino acids originating from the peptide sequence of a target protein of a micro-organism M′ that is different from the micro-organism M, provided that: sequences S and S′ have at least 50% identity over their length of 7 to 12 amino acids and at least 4 identical or analogous contiguous amino acids; and their length is identical or they have 1 or 2 different amino acids distributed at one and/or the other end of the sequences. The invention also relates to a method for the in vitro immunoassay-based detection of the presence of a micro-organism M′ or M in a biological sample. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024381 | DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING CRYPTIC HIV REPLICATION - The present invention relates to a novel method for detecting efficient cryptic HIV replication in a patient who receives a suppressive antiviral therapy followed by administration of the HIV integrase inhibitor in an effective amount for intensifying the suppressive antiviral therapy, and has undetectable plasma viremia prior to the administration of the HIV integrase inhibitor. The method comprises making a pre-intensification measurement and one or more post-intensification measurements of the concentration of an episomal artifact in samples from the patient, and computing a pre-intensification HIV infection success ratio (R). A pre-intensification HIV infection success ratio (R) sufficiently close to 1 indicates that the patient has the efficient cryptic HIV replication. The method may further comprise quantifying the efficient cryptic HIV replication. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024382 | Assay Methods for MDV-1 - A method for the quantification of a vaccine strain and/or a virulent strain of Marek's Disease Virus Serotype-1 (MDV-1) in a sample from a bird, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biological sample from the bird and optionally isolating nucleic acid from the biological sample; (ii) subjecting the biological sample of (i) to real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) comprising: (a) amplification of a region of the pp38 gene within the nucleic acid sample of (i), said region containing a consistent single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) difference between vaccine and virulent strains of MDV-1; and (b) contacting the amplified nucleic acid of (a) with a detectable nucleic acid probe specific for the SNP of the vaccine strain of MDV-1 and/or a detectable nucleic acid probe specific for the SNP of the virulent strain of MDV-1; and (iii) Measuring changes in the detectable signal produced by the probe of (ii). Methods are also provided for the absolute quantification of vaccine and virulent viruses. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024383 | Assay Methods for MDV-1 - A method for the quantification of a vaccine strain and/or a virulent strain of Marek's Disease Virus Serotype-1 (MDV-1) in a sample from a bird, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biological sample from the bird and optionally isolating nucleic acid from the biological sample; (ii) subjecting the biological sample of (i) to real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) comprising: (a) amplification of a region of the pp38 gene within the nucleic acid sample of (i), said region containing a consistent single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) difference between vaccine and virulent strains of MDV-1, and (b) contacting the amplified nucleic acid of (a) with a detectable nucleic acid probe specific for the SNP of the vaccine strain of MDV-1 and/or a detectable nucleic acid probe specific for the SNP of the virulent strain of MDV-1; and (iii) Measuring changes in the detectable signal produced by the probe of (ii). Methods are also provided for the absolute quantification is of vaccine and virulent viruses. | 2015-01-22 |
20150024384 | SEQUENTIAL DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD - A reagent delivery device includes a reagent delivery column with a housing receiving reagent storage elements that can move, and a breaching element coupled to the housing. The device includes an actuation member that during operation forces the reagent storage elements toward the breaching element. Breaching the storage elements releases the reagent. The breaching element and/or the housing are configured to communicate reagent between the reagent storage element and a target chamber coupled to the housing. The breaching element can be a needle, a blade, or a combination thereof. Multiple reagent delivery columns can be coupled to microplate wells for larger scale reagent delivery and processing. Biasing elements such as a spring and a counterweight can be directly or indirectly coupled to the housing and/or the reagent storage elements, resisting and/or moderating movement of the reagent elements. | 2015-01-22 |