34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110206529 | SPAR ASSEMBLY FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A spar assembly for a rotor blade of a wind turbine is disclosed. The spar assembly may generally include a first spar cap and a second spar cap spaced apart from the first spar cap such that a cross-sectional area is defined directly between the first and second spar caps. Additionally, the spar assembly may include a web having a first end disposed adjacent to the first spar cap and a second end disposed adjacent to the second spar cap. The web may be configured such that at least a portion of an inner surface of the web is disposed outside of the cross-sectional area. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206530 | VIBRATION DAMPER DEVICE FOR TURBOMACHINE BLADE ATTACHMENTS, ASSOCIATED TURBOMACHINE AND ASSOCIATED ENGINES - A vibration-damping device for a turbomachine blade including a blade root configured to be inserted into a pocket of a carrier disk of a bladed wheel, the device configured to be positioned between the blade root and a retaining wall of the pocket. The device includes at least one shim including an assembly of layers of rigid materials and of viscoelastic materials, and including two portions, each forming a lateral branch which can be inserted along one of the two retaining walls, the two lateral branches being connected to one another, so as to constitute a single part, by a third portion forming a shim bottom of rigid material. At least one layer of viscoelastic material is positioned between two layers of rigid materials. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206531 | EFFICIENT LOW-COST WIND ENERGY USING PASSIVE CIRCULATION CONTROL - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for efficient low-cost wind energy improvements using passive circulation control including, for instance, a fixed-pitch blade having a hub mountable end, a tip end, a blade body between the hub mountable end and the tip end of the fixed-pitch blade, and a channel interior to the blade body having an one or more ingress ports and one or more egress ports, according to one embodiment. For example, the one or more egress ports may be configured as a slit or a series of slits near the trailing edge so as to vent air out of the slit or slits at an angle to the local air flow traversing the blades airfoil. The one or more egress ports may be positioned longitudinally upon a top side or a bottom side of a trailing edge of the blade body such that the one or more egress ports vent air out the top or bottom side of the trailing edge of the blade body to reduce lift or increase lift respectively, for the fixed-pitch blade when under rotation upon a rotating hub via passive circulation control. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206532 | ELECTROLESS METAL COATINGS - The present invention provides a method for preparing an electroless nickel coating composition that includes (a) coating a substrate with an electroless nickel coating to provide a coated substrate; and (b) subjecting the coated substrate to a heating protocol comprising heating to a temperature in a range from about 550° C. to about 700° C. for a period of from about 7 to about 30 hours. An article made from the method is also provided. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206533 | REPAIR OF A COATING ON A TURBINE COMPONENT - A method is provided for repairing an area of damaged coating on a component of a turbine module in a gas turbine engine, the component formed of a base material having a diffusion coating applied to the base material. The repair may be accomplished in place by directly heating the area to which a touch-up coating material has been applied with a hot gas plasma without the need to place the component in an oven for curing and heat treatment of the touch-up coating applied to the damaged area. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206534 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH MODULAR LEADING EDGE - A wind turbine blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge and includes an upper shell member and a lower shell member. The shell members include transversely spaced attachment edge that are spaced rearward of the leading edge. A preformed bond cap having opposite legs with rearward edges is mounted to the attachment edges of the upper and lower shell members. The bond cap is preformed into an aerodynamic parabolic shape and size so as to define the leading edge of said blade and lie essentially flush with the upper and lower shell members. The bond cap defines a primary external bonding bridge between the upper and lower shell members and defines at least a portion of the leading edge of the blade. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206535 | Airflow diffuser (diffuser fan) and air conditioner - An airflow diffuser including a blade wheel that includes blade members, spoke members and a hub member supporting the spoke members, and that is located so that air blown out from an air outlet of an air conditioner comes in contact over a path of rotation of the blade members, a shaft member forming an axis of rotation of the blade wheel. The blade wheel is capable of being freely rotated by at least just the air that is blown out from the air outlet. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206536 | TURBINE BLADE WITH SHIELDED COOLANT SUPPLY PASSAGEWAY - A turbine blade for a turbine engine includes main coolant passageways which extend through the turbine blade to cool the blade. A tip coolant passageway conveys coolant from a location adjacent the base of the blade directly to the tip of the blade to provide cooling fluid directly to the tip of the blade. This ensures that the coolant arriving at the tip of the blade is at a relatively low temperature and can therefore provide effective cooling of the material located at the tip of the blade. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206537 | HYBRID ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC POWER DEVICE - A hydraulic power device for effecting operation of at least one load, the hydraulic power device including a motor having a predetermined motor speed rating and motor power rating, at least one pump operably coupled to the motor, the pump being configured to provide, to the at least one load, a predetermined hydraulic fluid flow at the predetermined motor speed rating, and a variable frequency drive connected to the motor, the variable frequency drive being configured to effect operation of the motor at a speed above the predetermined motor speed rating such that the at least one pump operates to provide an excess hydraulic fluid flow during operation of the motor substantially above the predetermined motor speed rating where the excess fluid flow is greater than the predetermined hydraulic fluid flow. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206538 | AIR COMPRESSOR - When an air pressure in a tank part ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110206539 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fuel supply system has an in-tank module. The in-tank module is provided with a pump, a filter, a pressure regulator and a pressure sensor detecting a fuel pressure. The pressure sensor is disposed on or at a vicinity of the fuel pump so that the pressure sensor easily detects a pulsation component due to the pump. A fuel pump controller includes a speed detection module which detects the rotation speed of the fuel pump based on a cycle of the pulsation component of the pressure detected by the pressure sensor. Thus, the rotation speed of the fuel pump can be indirectly detected by means of the pressure sensor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206540 | Liquid Dispensing System With Enhanced Mixing - A dispense apparatus and system for dispensing suspensions or emulsions. The system ensures uniformity of distribution of the dispersed phase within the continuous-phase liquid by moving the fluid through the dispense cartridge, such as with a continuous or pulsating flow. In one embodiment, peristaltic pumps are positioned upstream and downstream of the dispense cartridge, in fluid communication with and forming a single loop with a fluid source. Circulation between the fluid source and the dispense cartridge is maintained. In a second embodiment, a pump circulates fluid into and out of the dispense cartridge and is also in fluid communication with a fluid source such as with a pinch valve to allow proper filling of the dispense cartridge from the fluid source. In a third embodiment, a reversing pump is placed between the dispense cartridge and fluid source to continually or continuously pump fluid into and out of the dispense cartridge. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206541 | METERING PUMP DEVICE - A metering pump device capable of performing a fixed amount of discharge with a high accuracy even if a pressure difference occurs between outflow side valves. In the metering pump device, two reciprocating pump devices are used. The end and start of the discharge period of one reciprocating pump device are overlapped with the start and end of the discharge period of the other reciprocating pump device. After the inhalation operation and before the discharge period, both the inflow side valves and the outflow side valves are closed to perform a correction operation for eliminating the pressure difference by increasing or decreasing the internal volumes of the pump chambers. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206542 | Super Efficient Regulator - A system for producing mechanical energy. In some embodiments, the system includes a first source providing a first fluid, a fluid pressurization device, a second source supplying a second fluid, a first motor, and a second motor. The fluid pressurization device draws in the first fluid from the first source and increases the pressure of the first fluid. The first motor is driven by the second fluid, the second fluid decreasing in pressure and the first motor powering the fluid pressurization device as the second fluid passes through the first motor. The second motor receives a mixture of the first fluid from the first motor and the second fluid from the fluid pressurization device, whereby the second motor produces the mechanical energy. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206543 | Fuel Pump Module with Driver Equipped Inside Fuel Tank - Provided is a fuel pump module used for a car, and more particularly, to a fuel pump module with a driver equipped inside a fuel tank capable of solving a problem of space limitation due to the installation of the driver by disposing the driver for controlling a BLDC fuel pump between a flange and a reservoir and mounting it in the fuel tank, minimizing the degradation in performance of the BLDC fuel pump caused by voltage drop and efficiency degradation due to a wire by reducing a length of a wire for electrically connecting the driver with the BLDC fuel pump, and achieving a sufficient heat radiation effect by directly transferring the heat energy generated from electrical devices such as FET, MCU, or the like, mounted in the driver to the fuel in the fuel tank through the case cover. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206544 | Electric Compressor Integrating Inverter - Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor wherein the attachability of a coil component has been improved while reliability of a connection state at the electrical joints is ensured by simplifying a mechanism which electrically connects the coil component, such as one for removing electromagnetic noise, to a motor drive circuit. An inverter-integrated electric compressor, wherein a motor drive circuit including an inverter is surrounded by a compressor housing, is characterized in that a coil component comprising a plurality of conductor wires wound in parallel is attached to the motor drive circuit through a seat, the seat is provided with a protrusion which can be fitted into a seat affixing hole provided in a case member for housing the motor drive circuit, a plurality of terminal holes are arranged in the portion where the protrusion is provided, the plurality of conductor wires pulled out from the coil component are inserted, in a one-to-one correspondence, into the plurality of terminal holes in such a manner that the mutual interval between the wires is widened, and the end of each conductor wire is connected electrically to the motor drive circuit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206545 | VOLUMETRIC PUMP AND ITS DRIVING MECHANISM - The pump includes a housing containing a hollow elongated part, a piston arranged to move back and forth inside an elongated part, an inlet port and an outlet port arranged so that a fluid can be sucked through the inlet port into a chamber during an instroke of the piston and expelled through the outlet port during an outstroke. A linearly and/or angularly actuable valve system has a valve holder mounted on the pump housing which includes at least one through-hole extending from the piston chamber to the housing outer surface. The valve holder contains an inlet and/or outlet to alternately connect the inlet and outlet ports of the volumetric pump. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206546 | Fluid end assembly - A fluid end assembly including a pump housing with a number of interior passages for the flow of fluids. The housing has a plunger bore with a closed inner end and an open outer end. A suction passage intersects the plunger bore. A discharge passage intersects both the plunger bore and the suction passage such that the discharge passage, the suction passage, and the plunger bore radiate outwardly from their point of intersection to define a shape resembling a “Y”. A connector passage branches from the discharge passage. An outlet passage intersects the connector passage and passes through the pump housing at right angles to the plunger bore. A reciprocating plunger is located in the plunger bore. A suction valve is located in the suction passage. A discharge valve is located in the discharge passage. A fluid supply manifold is pivotally secured to the housing and is in fluid communication with the suction passage. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206547 | SLUDGE SUCTION APPARATUS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a sludge suction apparatus for an offshore structure. The sludge suction apparatus includes a housing having an upper mounting hole and a lower mounting hole; a suction valve installed in the lower mounting hole in line with a suction hole to selectively suck sludge according to variation of internal pressure of the housing; an exhaust valve installed in the upper mounting hole to communicate with the exhaust hole and aligned coaxially with the suction valve to exhaust the sludge to an outside through the exhaust hole; | 2011-08-25 |
20110206548 | COMPRESSOR INCLUDING VALVE ASSEMBLY - A compressor hub assembly may include a hub member, a valve retainer and a valve member. The hub member may include first and second portions. The first portion may define an annular hub wall for a compressor and may have a first inner diameter. The second portion may have a second inner diameter greater than the first inner diameter and may define a stepped region between the first and second portions. The valve retainer may be fixed to the hub member at an end of the second portion opposite the stepped region and may define a third inner diameter. The valve member may be located between the valve retainer in the stepped region and may have an outer diameter less than the second inner diameter and greater than the first and third inner diameters. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206549 | Bi-Rotational Hydraulic Motor With Optional Case Drain - A bi-rotational hydraulic motor having a selectively pluggable case drain with check valves incorporated into the thrust plate allowing excess lubrication fluid to pass from the bearings into the outlet port of the motor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206550 | Vane for a single-vane vacuum pump - The invention relates to a vane for a vane pump, in particular a vane vacuum pump, having a crucible-shaped housing and provided with a rotor mounted eccentrically and rotatably in the housing, wherein the vane is displaceably mounted perpendicular to the axis of rotation in the rotor and the free ends thereof are in contact with the interior circumferential surface of the housing, wherein the vane has a closed surface, at least in the sections protruding beyond the rotor, in the direction of the interior circumferential surface, and the surface is formed by an exterior wall, which is provided with a coating, wherein the coating is provided with perforations in the area located inside the rotor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206551 | FERROUS SINTERED ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AS WELL AS FERROUS-SINTERED-ALLOY MEMBER - A process for producing ferrous sintered alloy according to the present invention is characterized in that it is equipped with: a compaction step of pressure compacting a raw-material powder in which an Fe-system powder is mixed with a reinforcement powder, thereby turning the raw-material powder into a powder compact; and a sintering step of heating this powder compact in an oxidation preventive atmosphere, thereby sintering the powder compact; and said reinforcement powder is an Fe—Mn—Si—C powder comprising an Fe alloy or an Fe compound that includes: Mn in an amount of from 58 to 70%; Si in an amount making a compositional ratio of the Mn with respect to the Si (i.e., Mn/Si) that is from 3.3 to 4.6; and C in an amount of from 1.5 to 3%; when the entirety is taken as 100% by mass. This Fe—Mn—Si—C powder is procurable inexpensively relatively; besides, ferrous sintered alloys, which are obtained using that, are better in terms of various characteristics than are conventional ferrous sintered alloys. Therefore, it is possible to intend to turn Cu-free ferrous sintered alloys, which are good in terms of their own characteristics, into low-cost ones. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206552 | CARBON STEEL WIRE WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND EXCELLENT DUCTILITY AND FATIGUE RESISTANCE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF EVALUATING THE SAME - Provided is a carbon steel wire with unprecedentedly high strength and excellent ductility and fatigue resistance, a process for producing the same, and a method of evaluating the same is provided. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206553 | NICKEL-BASE ALLOYS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - A nickel-base alloy having favorable toughness and thermal fatigue resistance comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 9 to 12 chromium; 25 to 35 iron; 1 to 3 molybdenum; 3.0 to 5.5 niobium; 0.2 to 2.0 aluminum; 0.3 to 3.0 titanium; less than 0.10 carbon; no more than 0.01 boron; nickel; and incidental impurities. Also disclosed are die casting dies, other tooling, and other articles of manufacture made from or comprising the nickel-base alloy. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206554 | METHODS FOR THE INACTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS, FLOW THROUGH REACTORS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE LIGHT SUM DOSE TO EFFECTIVELY INACTIVATE MICROORGANISMS IN BATCH REACTORS - The present invention relates to a method for determining an effective dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light from one or more light sources to inactivate microorganisms present in a biological fluid, preferably a non-transparent fluid. Moreover, there is provided a method for the inactivation of microorganism in a biological fluid in a flow-through-reactor. Moreover, the invention advantageously provides a flow-through-reactor with one or more thermostated light sources. The invention further provides a method of controlling the light sum dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light emitted from one or more light sources to effectively inactivate microorganisms present in a biological fluid in a batch reactor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206555 | Device and Method for Disinfecting, Sterilizing and/or Looking After Medical, in Particular Dental, Instruments - Device and method for disinfecting, sterilizing, and/or looking after medical, in particular dental, instruments, comprising a rinsing chamber in which there are holders for receiving the instruments, wherein at least parts of the walls of the rinsing chamber or elements located in the rinsing chamber can be cooled. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206556 | METHOD OF DETECTING RESIDUAL DETERGENT AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING RESIDUAL DETERGENT - It is intended to provide a method whereby residual detergent (surfactant) can be conveniently and accurately detected in the step of washing or rinsing dishes or clothes, and a test device usable in examining the rinsed conditions. Namely, a method characterized by comprising bringing a test substance with a composition (test agent) comprising an oxalic acid ester, a fluorescent substance, hydrogen peroxide and a strong acid and thus easily detecting the residual detergent sticking to the surface of the test subject from the chemiluminescence thus caused; and a test device which is most suitable for storing the test agent as described above. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206557 | BIOLOGIC FLUID ANALYSIS CARTRIDGE - A biological fluid sample analysis cartridge is provided. The cartridge includes a housing, a fluid module, and an analysis chamber. The fluid module includes a sample acquisition port and an initial channel, and is connected to the housing. The initial channel is sized to draw fluid sample by capillary force, and is in fluid communication with the acquisition port. The initial channel is fixedly positioned relative to the acquisition port such that at least a portion of a fluid sample disposed within the acquisition port will draw into the initial channel. The analysis chamber is connected to the housing, and is in fluid communication with the initial channel. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206558 | ANALYTICAL PRETREATMENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an analytical pretreatment device, comprising a supporting material | 2011-08-25 |
20110206559 | Decontamination Method And System Implementing It - The method of microbiological decontamination of a machine comprising an enclosure ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110206560 | BIOSENSOR WITH MULTI-CHAMBER CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides a biosensor comprising a cartridge for accommodating a fluid sample, the cartridge comprising at least two chambers, wherein each chamber comprises a sensor surface with one or more binding sites. The biosensor further comprises means for generating a magnetic field at the binding sites of the sensor surfaces of the at least two chambers. The biosensor also comprises means for detecting particles accumulated at/and or proximate the binding sites of the sensor surfaces of the at least two chambers. Therein, the magnetic field at the binding sites has a sufficiently large gradient to actuate magnetic label particles towards the binding sites. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING ASBESTOS - A method, apparatus, and system to apply a mineralizing agent to an asbestos containing material (ACM) after the ACM is reduced in size, particularly by spraying or injecting the mineralizing agent to a shredded ACM, is provided. The mineralizing agent may include a solution of alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal silicate, alkali metal borate, alkaline earth borate, or mixtures thereof, which may be heated and mixed and is then delivered to the reduced size or shredded ACM using a piping system that injects the mineralizing agent downstream of an ACM shredding unit. The ACM treated with the mineralizing agent may be heated in a mineralizing furnace to convert the ACM to an essentially asbestos-free mineral. After removal from the mineralizing furnace, the mineralized material is moved to an atmosphere controlled environment where it is cooled gradually for further mineralization. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206562 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND STARTUP METHOD THEREOF - A hydrogen generator is described, which comprises: a material supply device ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110206563 | CIRCULATING FLUID BED REACTOR WITH IMPROVED CIRCULATION - A circulating fluid bed reactor such as that used in fluid coking processes has a circular dense bed reaction section above the reactor base where the fluidizing gas is injected and a plurality of frusto-conical baffles in the dense bed reaction section, each of which depends downwardly and radially inwards from the reactor wall to a lower, inner edge defining a central aperture. The baffles are preferably provided with downcomers which permit downward flow of solids and upward flow of gas through the baffles. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206564 | FILTER BAG, PLEATABLE FILTRATION MATERIAL THEREFORE, AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME - The pleated filter bag, which can be used in a bag-house type dust collector, is elongated and has a longitudinal hollow center with an open end, and a pleated filter wall circumscribing the hollow center. The pleated filter wall has a felt such as PTFE fibers felted onto an apertured and pleatable scrim which can be made of metal, and having a permeability lower than a permeability of the scrim. A membrane of lower-permeability material, such as an E-PTFE membrane, covers the support felt on the outer side of the bag. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206565 | CHEMICAL REACTORS WITH RE-RADIATING SURFACES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Chemical reactors with re-radiating surfaces and associated systems and methods. A reactor in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a reactor vessel having a reaction zone, and a reactant supply coupled to the reactor vessel to direct a reactant (e.g., a hydrogen donor) into the reaction zone. The reactant has a peak absorption wavelength range over which it absorbs more energy than at non-peak wavelengths. The reactor further includes a re-radiation component positioned at the reaction zone to receive radiation over a first spectrum having a first peak wavelength range, and re-radiate the radiation into the reaction zone over a second spectrum having a second peak wavelength range different than the first, and closer than the first to the peak absorption range of the reactant. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206566 | SYNGAS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - Syngas components hydrogen and carbon monoxide may be formed by the decomposition of carbon dioxide and water or steam by a solid-oxide electrolysis cell to form carbon monoxide and hydrogen, a portion of which may be reacted with carbon dioxide to form carbon monoxide. One or more of the components for the process, such as steam, energy, or electricity, may be provided using a nuclear power source. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206567 | HIGH SHEAR PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE - Use of a high shear mechanical device incorporated into a process for the production of cumene hydroperoxide as a mixer/reactor device is capable of decreasing mass transfer limitations, thereby enhancing the cumene hydroperoxide production process. A system for the production of cumene hydroperoxide from oxidation of cumene, the system comprising a reactor and an high shear mixer the outlet of which is fluidly connected to the inlet of the reactor; the high shear mixer capable of providing a dispersion air gas bubbles within a liquid, the bubbles having an average bubble diameter of less than about 100 μm. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206568 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DIARYL CARBONATES OR ARYLALKYL CARBONATES FROM DIALKYL CARBONATES - The invention provides a process for the preparation of diaryl carbonates and/or alkylaryl carbonates from dialkyl carbonates and aromatic hydroxy compounds using one or more intermediate condensers for improving heat integration. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206569 | ION EXCHANGER MOULDED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Organic polymer moldings with ion-exchanger properties or with adsorber properties are produced by means of a powder-based rapid-prototyping process in which a pulverulent organic polymer starting material or starting material mixture is applied in a thin layer to a substrate and then, at selected sites of this layer, is subjected to admixture of a binder and of any necessary auxiliaries, or is irradiated or otherwise treated, so that the powder becomes bonded at these sites, as a result of which the powder becomes bonded not only within the layer but also to the adjacent layers, and this procedure is repeated until the desired shape of the molding has been replicated completely in the resultant powder bed, and then the powder not bonded by the binder is removed, so that the bonded powder is retained in the desired shape, where the starting material itself has the ion-exchanger properties or adsorber properties, or appropriate functionalization of the molding takes place after the shaping process. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206570 | Radiative Heat Transfer via Shunt in a Steam Reforming Reactor - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to increasing a temperature in a low temperature zone in a steam reforming reactor via a radiative heating shunt. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a steam reforming reactor comprising a reaction chamber having an interior surface, a packing material located within the reaction chamber, and a radiative heating shunt extending from the interior surface into the reaction chamber. The radiative heating shunt comprises a porous partition enclosing a sub-volume of the reaction chamber bounded by the porous partition and a portion of the interior surface, the sub-volume being at least partly free of packing material such that radiative heat has a path from the interior surface to a distal portion of the porous partition that is unobstructed by packing material. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206571 | CASCADING PLANAR BAFFLE REACTOR - The present invention provides for a thermo-chemical reactor vessel having a plurality of planer baffles with an offset and opposing orientation affixed to the interior sides of the vessel. The materials which are to be processed enter the reactor from the top and move downward by gravity and the rate of movement is controlled by the internal configuration of the plurality of planar surfaces. The slope angle of said plurality of planar baffles can be controlled from outside of the vessel. Further, the angle of the interior planar baffles can be changed from horizontal to near vertical. Still further, the plurality of planar baffles can be vibrated using pulsed gas released from beneath the baffle. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206572 | Adsorbent System for Removal of Gaseous Contaminants - This invention relates to an adsorbent system, adsorbent cartridge, and external canister for removing gaseous contaminants from air or another gas. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206573 | RADIAL FLOW REACTOR - A radial flow reactor is disclosed for use in gas purification, separation or reaction processes and most suitably used in prepurification processes. The reactor has two concentric internal baskets which are rigidly supported at both the top and bottom ends of the reactor. The reactor has a removable section in the inner basket to accommodate rotating arms to dense load one or more layers of active materials between the concentric baskets. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206574 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL LIQUID-FUEL RECLAMATION AND REFORMATION - Various embodiments of the present invention employ a mechanical rotor-based device that subjects a liquid fuel to fluid-shear forces and cavitation in order to reclaim the fuel by removing impurities and by additional fuel-reformation processing. In certain embodiments of the present invention, rotor-based device can be mounted within a vehicle or other mobile device to provide or facilitate on-board fuel reclamation and reformation. Other embodiments include larger-scale, stationary rotor-based devices for fuel reclamation and reformation in plants, depots, manufacturing and transportation facilities, and in other energy-consuming facilities. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206575 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR BODY FLUID ANALYSIS - The present invention provides a measurement device with a housing and at least one display integrated in the housing, wherein the housing comprises a recess adapted for insertion of a cartridge into the housing to deliver a sample to be measured to the device, wherein the recess has an opening at the front of the housing and a first part of the housing for insertion of the cartridge protudes in a direction enclosing an angle with a second part of the housing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206576 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING AND REACTION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SCREENING - Microfluidic devices are described that include a rigid base layer, and an elastomeric layer on the base layer. The elastomeric layer may include at least part of a fluid channel for transporting a liquid reagent, and a vent channel that accepts gas diffusing through the elastomeric layer from the flow channel and vents it out of the elastomeric layer. The devices may also include a mixing chamber fluidly connected to the fluid channel, and a control channel overlapping with a deflectable membrane that defines a portion of the flow channel, where the control channel may be operable to change a rate at which the liquid reagent flows through the fluid channel. The devices may further include a rigid plastic layer on the elastomeric layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206577 | RADIAL SLIDING SEAL COMPONENT FOR METERING DEVICES AND METERING DEVICE HAVING SUCH A RADIAL SLIDING SEAL COMPONENT - The invention relates to a radial sliding seal component ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110206578 | Treatment of metal oxide surfaces - Methods for activating and/or reactivating a metal oxide surface for deposition, immobilizing, and/or growing a biological sample (e.g., an oligonucleotide, a polynucleotide, functionalized particle, a polymer, etc.) thereon are disclosed. The metal oxide surface (e.g., zirconium oxide) can be activated and/or reactivated by exposing the metal oxide surface to various activation and/or treatment protocols capable of enhancing a slide's activity relative to the activity of an untreated slide. The activation and/or treatment protocol can include subjecting the slide (or at least the metal oxide layer) to an oxygen plasma treatment and/or a peroxide solution for an amount of time sufficient to activate and/or reactivate the metal oxide surface. Activated sequencing slides capable of incorporation, for example, into various embodiments of a flow cell for use in NGS platforms are also disclosed herein. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206579 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING OF MOLYBDENUM-99 - A method for the extraction and purification of molybdenum, the method comprising the steps of: transferring an irradiated fuel solution to an extraction system, the irradiated fuel solution comprising iodine and molybdenum and other fission products, the extraction system comprising at least one sorbent column; passing the irradiated fuel solution upwards through the at least one sorbent-containing extraction column; directing the irradiated fuel solution towards a fuel management system by means of at least one discharge alignment valve; directing the extraction column eluate towards an iodine removal system; removing the iodine from the extraction column eluate; purifying the extraction column eluate; and collecting the purified eluate. Also disclosed is an apparatus for accomplishing the aforementioned method. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206580 | RARE EARTH RECOVERY FROM FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method of recovering a rare earth constituent from a phosphor is presented. The method can include a number of steps (a) to (d). In step (a), the phosphor is fired with an alkali material under conditions sufficient to decompose the phosphor into a mixture of oxides. A residue containing rare earth oxides is extracted from the mixture in step (b). In step (c), the residue is treated to obtain a solution, which comprises rare earth constituents in salt form. Rare earth constituents are separated from the solution in step (d). | 2011-08-25 |
20110206581 | RADIAL FLOW REACTOR WITH MOVABLE SUPPORTS - A radial flow reactor vessel is disclosed for use in gas purification, separation or reaction processes and most suitably used in prepurification processes. The reactor has internal baskets for confining a bed of active material. The baskets are rigidly supported at both the top and bottom ends of the reactor and have walls that are axially flexible and radially rigid. The vessel has multiple movable support columns designed to facilitate pre-stressing of the baskets to offset axial compressive loads induced from thermal cycling. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206582 | GAS SCRUBBING APPARATUS AND GAS SCRUBBING METHOD - Provided are an apparatus for gas scrubbing and a method for gas scrubbing. The apparatus for gas scrubbing includes: a reaction tube through which a reaction gas is flown in; a reactor which is connected to the reaction tube and activates the reaction gas with plasma; and a water injection port which injects water to the plasma in the reactor. It allows a very economical gas scrubbing because water is vaporized using the plasma as heat source, without using an additional heater. In addition, the efficiency of gas scrubbing is also improved because water is directly vaporized at an optimized region where the reaction gas in plasma state is discharged. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206583 | CATALYST COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ZIRCONIUM, CERIUM AND YTTRIUM OXIDES HAVING A HIGH REDUCIBILITY - Catalyst compositions useful for the conversion of vehicular exhaust gases contain zirconium, cerium and yttrium oxides with a cerium oxide proportion of from 3% to 15%, and yttrium oxide proportions corresponding to the following conditions: 6% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is from 12% excluded and 15% included; 10% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is from 7% excluded and 12% included; 30% at most if the cerium oxide proportion is from 3% to 7% included, the balance being zirconium oxide; such compositions may optionally include an oxide of a rare earth selected from among lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206584 | PALLADIUM-CONTANING OXIDATION CATALYST - According to one aspect of the present invention, a palladium-containing oxidation catalyst is provided. In one embodiment, the palladium-containing oxidation catalyst includes a first zone having a first PGM catalyst loading with a platinum (Pt) to palladium (Pd) weight ratio of no greater than 10.0; and a second zone disposed next to the first zone. In another embodiment, the second PGM catalyst loading has a palladium (Pd) to platinum (Pt) weight ratio of no greater than 4.0. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206585 | METAL RECOVERY METHOD, METAL RECOVERY APPARATUS, GAS EXHAUST SYSTEM AND FILM FORMING DEVICE USING SAME - A metal recovery apparatus recovers metal components from an exhaust gas exhausted from a processing chamber in which a thin film is formed on the surface of a target substrate by using a source gas formed of an organic metal compound serving as a source, and scrubs the exhaust gas. The metal recovery apparatus | 2011-08-25 |
20110206586 | Fluidized Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber For Pneumatic Conveying System - A pneumatic conveying system for conveying hydrated lime is provided with ambient air for the pneumatic conveying system from a scrubber that removes carbon dioxide from the ambient air used in the conveying system. The scrubber includes a bed of hydrated lime through which ambient air is passed, to react carbon dioxide in the air with the hydrated lime in a reaction that forms limestone and water. The air that has passed through the fluidized bed, which is essentially carbon dioxide free, is also passed through a filter to remove particles suspended in the carbon dioxide free air. The carbon dioxide free air from the filter is provided to the pneumatic conveying system. The use of carbon dioxide free air ensures that the hydrated lime being transported in the conveying system will not react in the various conduits and ducts of the pneumatic conveying system to cause problems. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206587 | Method for the Separation of NOx from a Gas Stream Containing Epoxy - A method is provided for separation of nitrogen oxides (NO | 2011-08-25 |
20110206588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AMMONIA FROM A GAS STREAM - The present disclosure provides a method for removing ammonia from a gas stream, comprising contacting the gas stream with a substrate having anions carried on a surface thereof, whereupon ammonia in the gas stream attaches to the substrate by reacting with the anions. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206589 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CERIUM CARBONATE - Disclosed is a method for preparing cerium carbonate that can prepare cerium carbonate having uniform crystal structure, shape and size with high productivity. The method for preparing cerium carbonate comprises: continuously introducing a reaction solution comprising cerium precursor and urea in a tubular reactor including an inlet, an outlet, and one or more reaction tubes through the inlet; reacting the cerium precursor with urea at an elevated temperature in the reaction tube; and, continuously discharging cerium carbonate formed by the reaction of the cerium precursor and urea to the outlet. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206590 | SILICON OXIDE FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON OXIDE FILM, AND PLASMA CVD APPARATUS - To form a dense high-quality silicon oxide film (SiO | 2011-08-25 |
20110206591 | Plasma Processes for Producing Silanes and Derivatives Thereof - The invention is generally related to process for generating one or more molecules having the formula Si | 2011-08-25 |
20110206592 | LOW COST ROUTES TO HIGH PURITY SILICON AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a method for providing an agricultural waste product having amorphous silica, carbon, and impurities; extracting from the agricultural waste product an amount of the impurities; changing the ratio of carbon to silica; and reducing the silica to a high purity silicon (e.g., to photovoltaic silicon). | 2011-08-25 |
20110206593 | PROCESSES AND USES OF DISSOCIATING MOLECULES - A process has been developed to selectively dissociate target molecules into component products compositionally distinct from the target molecule, wherein the bonds of the target molecule do not reform because the components are no longer reactive with each other. Dissociation is affected by treating the target molecule with light at a frequency and intensity, alone or in combination with a catalyst in an amount effective to selectively break bonds within the target molecule. Dissociation does not result in re-association into the target molecule by the reverse process, and does not produce component products which have a change in oxidation number or state incorporated oxygen or other additives because the process does not proceed via a typical reduction-oxidation mechanism. Target molecules include ammonia for waste reclamation and treatment, PCB remediation, and targeted drug delivery. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206594 | Systems and Methods for Producing Syngas and Products Therefrom - Systems and methods for producing syngas and ammonia are provided. The method can include reforming a hydrocarbon in a first reaction zone in the presence of one or more first catalysts and steam at conditions sufficient to produce an effluent comprising a portion of the hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. The effluent can be reformed in a second reaction zone in the presence of one or more second catalysts and nitrogen at conditions sufficient to produce a syngas comprising methane, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, or any combination thereof. At least a portion of the nitrogen and hydrogen in the syngas can be converted to ammonia to produce an ammonia effluent. The ammonia effluent can be separated to produce an ammonia product and a purge gas comprising nitrogen. At least a portion of the purge gas can be recycled to the hydrocarbon, the effluent, or a combination thereof. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206595 | PURIFICATION OF BARIUM ION SOURCE - A method of preparing purified barium nitrate includes precipitating barium nitrate crystals from a solution, and washing the barium nitrate crystals with an aqueous solution including at least 10 wt % nitric acid. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206596 | INORGANIC MULTILAYERED NANOSTRUCTURES - Provided is a multilayered nanostructure including at least one first layered nanotube including at least one first inorganic material and having an inner void holding at least one second layered nanotube including at least one second inorganic material; where the at least on first nanotube and at least one second nanotube differ in at least one of structure and material. Further provided are processes for the manufacture of multilayered nanostructures and uses thereof. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206597 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABLE OXY-CHLORO ACID - The current invention relates to an apparatus for the production of stable oxy-chloro acid while monitoring the efficacy of the resin bed. The invention allows for simple ion exchange while modifying the pH to allow the chlorous acid to be in a stable form so that it does not rapidly degrading into chlorine dioxide and can be used as an effective biocide and cleaning composition. The apparatus also provides for an uninterrupted production of chlorous acid, which allows for the use of chlorous acid to be used in batch or continuous cleaning treatments. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206598 | Preparation of hydrogen fluoride from fluorspar or calcium fluoride containing waste material - A process for the preparation of HF and anhydrite from reaction of calcium fluoride in the form of fines and sulfuric acid. The content of sulfuric acid is kept in a range where no agglomeration occurs. In such process, dust originating from natural fluorspar can be reacted, as well as synthetic calcium fluoride, e.g., from calcium fluoride and optionally calcium carbonate containing solids from treating a waste gas or waste water with basic calcium compounds to remove contained HF. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206599 | METAL CHALCOGENIDE AQUEOUS PRECURSORS AND PROCESSES TO FORM METAL CHALCOGENIDE FILMS - Metal chalocogenide precursor solutions are described that comprise an aqueous solvent, dissolved metal formate salts and a chalcogenide source composition. The chalcogenide source compositions can be organic compounds lacking a carbon-carbon bond. The precursors are designed to form a desired metal chalcogenide upon thermal processing into films with very low levels of contamination. Potentially contaminating elements in the precursors form gaseous or vapor by-products that escape from the vicinity of the product metal chalcogenide films. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206600 | PREPARATION OF LITHIUM SULFIDE - The present invention provides a convenient process for making lithium sulfide involving heating one or more lithium-containing compounds and sulphur, wherein the heating step is performed at a temperature of 600 to 1500° C. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206601 | System and Method for Sulfur Recovery - A sulfur recovery system for recovering sulfur from a sulfur plant feed stream including a first sulfur removal system and a second sulfur removal system. The system includes a sulfur plant feed inlet to the first sulfur removal system, the sulfur plant feed inlet being capable of providing a sulfur plant feed stream at a first pressure. One or more oxidizing gas inlets are arranged and disposed to combine at least one oxidizing gas stream with the sulfur plant feed stream to form a combustion gas for combustion in the first sulfur removal system at a second pressure. A flow restriction device is operably configured to control an operating pressure in one or both of the first sulfur removal system and the second sulfur removal system. A gas processing plant and method for recovering sulfur from a sulfur plant feed stream are also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206602 | PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM HEAVY HYDROCARBONS - Methods and devices for producing hydrogen from heavy hydrocarbons (>C8) by catalytic partial dehydrogenation by means of a catalyst that contains at least one noble metal are described. The catalyst additionally contains one or more of the substances: Ni, Ce, Sn, Zr, Ti, which protect the catalyst from being poisoned by the sulfur contained in the hydrocarbons. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206603 | PARTICULATE MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RADIO THERAPY - Timed-bioresorbable particulates, particularly microspheres or fibers, may be used as a vehicle for delivery of radioisotopes, such as Y-90 and Pd-103 for localized radiotherapy, or as an embolic device. These particulates may also be embedded in polymers, or dispersed in injectable gels or other injectable media for the treatment of various cancers. The benefit of bioresorption, the ability to control the ratio of radioisotopes in the particulate, especially the gamma and beta ratios such as In-111/Y-90 ratio in a particulate, and the benefit of non-conductive implants are disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206604 | NITROIMIDAZOLE-AMINO ACID HYPOXIA CONTRAST MEDIUM, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF - A hypoxia contrast medium including nitroimidazole-amino acid chelate with a positively charged radioactive nuclide, a preparation method and use thereof. The contrast medium can be used in imaging cerebral thrombosis, tumors or other diseases such as ulceration, thrombosis, and so on. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206605 | Molecular Probe for Imaging of Pancreatic Islets and Use of the Same - A molecular probe for use in imaging of pancreatic islets is provided. The molecular probe comprises a polypeptide represented by the following formula (1), (2), or (3), or a polypeptide having homology with the foregoing polypeptide, | 2011-08-25 |
20110206606 | STABLE RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION - Stabilized radiopharmaceutical formulations are disclosed. Methods of making and using stabilized radiopharmaceutical formulations are also disclosed. The invention relates to stabilizers that improve the radiostability of radiotherapeutic and radiodiagnostic compounds, and formulations containing them. In particular, it relates to stabilizers useful in the preparation and stabilization of targeted radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutic compounds, and, in a preferred embodiment, to the preparation and stabilization of radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutic compounds that are targeted to the Gastrin Releasing Peptide Receptor (GRP-Receptor). | 2011-08-25 |
20110206607 | IMIDAZOL (1,2-A)PYRIDINES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS WITH ACTIVITY AT CANNABINOID CB2 RECEPTORS - Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, thereof; and methods of modulating the activity of a cannabinoid CB2 receptor comprising contacting a compound of Formula I with the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. Also disclosed are methods of imaging of a tissue by positron emission tomography, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound of Formula I, wherein the compound comprises a radioisotope. Also disclosed are methods of measuring the relative concentration of cannabinoid CB2 receptors in tissue of a subject, by using a compound of Formula I which comprises a radioisotope. In addition, method of diagnosing a disorder in a subject are disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206608 | Pharmaceutical Composition Of A Radioiodinated Benzamide Derivative And Methods Of Making Same - Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising radioiodinated N-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl)-4-(4-fluorobenzamido)-5-iodo-2-methoxybenzamide of Formula I. The pharmaceutical composition provides a stable formulation for both storing and administering to patients having melanoma. Also provided is a novel method of iodinating the precursor compound. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206609 | FLUOROALKYL TETRABENAZINE CARBINOL COMPOUNDS AS IMAGING AGENTS AND PROBES - The present invention provides novel fluoroalkyl tetrabenazine carbinol compounds having structure I | 2011-08-25 |
20110206610 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING DRUG DELIVERY ACROSS AND INTO EPITHELIAL TISSUES - This invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing delivery of drugs and other agents across epithelial tissues, including the skin, gastrointestinal tract, pulmonary epithelium, ocular tissues and the like. The compositions and methods are also useful for delivery across endothelial tissues, including the blood brain barrier. The compositions and methods employ a delivery enhancing transporter that has sufficient guanidino or amidino sidechain moieties to enhance delivery of a compound conjugated to the reagent across one or more layers of the tissue, compared to the non-conjugated compound. The delivery-enhancing polymers include, for example, poly-arginine molecules that are preferably between about 6 and 25 residues in length. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206611 | DNA Dendrimers as Thermal Ablation Devices - DNA dendrimers for targeted delivery of radiation absorbing nanoparticles and thermal ablation of cells and tissues are provided. Also provided are methods of making and methods of using the DNA dendrimers. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206612 | NOVEL SCREENS TO IDENTIFY AGENTS THAT MODULATE RETINAL BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION AND PERICYTE FUNCTION AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION THEREFOR - The present invention provides methods for determining or identifying compounds that modulate the function of an isolated retinal pericyte or blood vessel, wherein a change in the contractile state of said pericyte or blood vessel is determined in the presence of a test compound, said change indicating that the test compound modulates the function of pericytes and/or blood vessels. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206613 | METHOD AND APPLICATION OF UNSYMMETRICALLY meso-SUBSTITUTED PORPHYRINS AND CHLORINS FOR PDT - Biologically active compounds are provided that can be used as photosensitizers for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, particularly for PDT of cancer, infections and other hyperproliferative diseases, fluorescence diagnosis and PDT treatment of a non-tumorous indication such as arthritis, inflammatory diseases, viral or bacterial infections, dermatological, ophthalmological or urological disorders as well as providing methods to obtain them in pharmaceutical quality. One embodiment consists of a method to synthesize a porphyrin with a defined arrangement of meso-substituents and then converting this porphyrin system to a chlorin system by dihydroxylation or reduction, and if more than one isomer is formed separate them by chromatography either on normal or reversed phase silica. In another embodiment the substituents on the porphyrin are selected to direct the reduction or dihydroxylation to the chlorin so that a certain isomer is selectively formed. Another embodiment is to provide amphiphilic compounds with a higher membrane affinity and increased PDT-efficacy. In another embodiment a method to reductively cleave the osmate(VI)ester avoiding the use of gaseous H | 2011-08-25 |
20110206614 | SYSTEMIC INSTIGATION SYSTEMS TO STUDY TUMOR GROWTH OR METASTASIS - The present invention provides tumor instigation systems that can be used to characterize tumor growth and/or metastasis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for studying tumor outgrowth or metastasis including the steps of: (a) providing an animal host; (b) introducing into the animal host one or more cells that instigate the growth of an otherwise indolent tumor; (c) introducing into the animal host a tumor; wherein the presence of the one or more cells or a progeny thereof in the animal host enhances the growth and/or metastasis of the tumor. Among other things, the inventive methods and systems in accordance with the present invention can be used to identify modulators and/or contributors of tumor growth or metastasis, as well as diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents for use in monitoring and/or modulating tumor growth and/or metastasis. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206615 | PROBE REAGENT FOR MEASURING OXIDATIVE STRESS - The present invention relates to fluorescent or luminescent probe reagents for measuring oxidative stress in a cell or an organism. Examples of the probe reagents include: a fluorescent or luminescent protein and a marker protein; a fluorescent or luminescent protein, a marker protein, and a regulatory factor; or a fluorescent or luminescent protein, a marker protein, a cleavage sequence, and a regulatory factor. In the probe reagents, the marker protein makes it possible to detect the oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species and comprises a regulatory factor-binding site and a ubiquitin-binding site; and the regulatory factor is a protein making it possible to regulate degradation of the marker protein in response to the reactive oxygen species. The present invention also relates to a method of measuring oxidative stress in a cell or an organism, or a method of screening a substance which suppresses or promotes the oxidative stress in a cell or an organism by using the probe reagent. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206616 | RECOMBINANT DERIVATIVES OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS ENGINEERED FOR TRAFFICKING STUDIES AND NEURONAL DELIVERY - This invention relates to isolated | 2011-08-25 |
20110206617 | MODIFIED POLYSACCHARIDES FOR DRUG AND CONTRAST AGENT DELIVERY - According to one embodiment, the disclosure provides a delivery formulation including a chitosan in which the primary amines are partially modified with 4-imidazole acetic acid monohydrochloride and a therapeutic or imaging material. According to another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method for delivering a material to an epithelial or mucosal tissue comprising increasing the permeability of an epithelial or mucosal tissue by applying to said tissue a delivery formulation including a chitosan in which the primary amines are partially modified with 4-imidazole acetic acid monochlorohydride and a therapeutic or imaging material. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206618 | Fluorescent labeling material and flourescent labeling agent - Provided is a fluorescent labeling material, including zinc oxide nanoparticles each surface-modified with an organic compound having an amino group placed at an outer end thereof. Also provided is a fluorescent labeling agent to be used in vivo or in vitro, including the fluorescent labeling material, in which: EDC or the like is bound thereto through the amino group; and a substance capable of selectively binding to a target to be fluorescently labeled, such as an antibody, is linked thereto. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206619 | GOLD COATED SUPER PARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANO-PARTICLES (SPIONS) AND A METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING THE SAME - The various embodiments herein provide a gold coated SPIONs with jagged surface. The gold coated SPIONs have a core and a shell. The core is a SPION molecule and the shell is a jagged gold layer. A non-uniform polymeric gap exists between the core and the shell. The embodiments also provide a method of producing the jagged gold coated SPIONs by mixing a colloidal dispersion of SPIONs with pH sensitive polymers. Adding a gold salt to the above mixture and reducing the gold salt to form jagged gold coated SPIONs. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206620 | Therapeutic Compositions for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease - Described herein are materials and methods for treating dry eye disease in a subject. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206621 | ORAL TRANSMUCOSAL NICOTINE DOSAGE FORM - The invention described herein relates to an oral transmucosal solid dosage form useful in treating nicotine addiction or as a nicotine substitute or replacement. By virtue of the formulation in combination with nicotine, the invention transmucosally delivers an effective amount of nicotine to the recipient while permitting the accomplishing of such, and manufacture of such, using a relatively small, convenient and orally comfortable dosage form (e.g., tablet) size. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206622 | Effervescent Compositions Comprising Phosphonates and Methods Related Thereto - The invention provides effervescent composition comprising a bisphosphonate, an acidic compound, an alkaline effervescing component, and optionally an anti-ulcer agent and methods of treating osteoporosis in a mammal using the effervescent compositions. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206623 | NOVEL DIPOLAR IONIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING FORMULATIONS AND THE USE THEREOF - A subject-matter of the invention is formulations comprising novel zwitterionic compounds and the use of these formulations as cosmetics. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206624 | Method for Stabilizing Sunscreens - Photostable cosmetic compositions comprising sunscreens, more particularly to cosmetic compositions comprising dibenzoylmethane sunscreens are provided. It is known that dibenzoylmethane and its derivatives are relatively sensitive to ultraviolet radiation and they decompose rapidly under the effect of sunlight. This decomposition is accelerated in the presence of UV-B sunscreens, especially p-methoxycinnamic acid and its derivatives. The present inventors have surprisingly found that cosmetic compositions comprising dibenzoylmethane or its derivative and p-methoxycinnamic acid or its derivative, can be stabilized by incorporating a combination of fatty alcohol ethoxylates and polyalkyleneglycol. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206625 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING SKIN PIGMENTATION - The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful in studying or modulating melanin pigmentation in the skin. Particularly, the invention relates to compositions comprising a substance capable of modulating the activity or expression of ALK6 (SEQ ID 2) or Cdc42 which in turn are capable of modulation of the transfer of melanin from melanocytes to keratinocytes and potentially from keratinocytes to keratinocytes. The invention also relates to assays for identifying such compositions, and methods of modulating skin pigmentation. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206626 | Method for Treating Skin with Booster Compositions - A skin care product comprising from about 0.001% to about 10% of a retinoid, in combination with 0.0001% to about 50% of a combination of retinoid boosters. | 2011-08-25 |
20110206627 | O/W Emulsified Composition - The present invention provides an O/W emulsified composition excellent in formulation stability, feeling in use, and UV protection ability. The emulsified composition according to the present invention is an O/W emulsified composition, wherein (i) a first oil phase and (ii) a second oil phase are dispersed separately in an aqueous phase,
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20110206628 | O/W Emulsified Composition - The present invention provides an O/W emulsified composition which contains an organic UV absorber in an oil state such as octocrylene and a solid organic UV absorber, and is excellent in UV protection ability, formulation stability, and feeling in use. The composition according to the present invention is an O/W emulsified composition, comprising: (a) an organic UV absorber in an oil state at 20° C., comprising (a1) octocrylene; (b) an organic UV absorber in a solid state at 20° C., selected from (b1) bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine and (b2) methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol; and (c) a polyoxyethylene/polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether block polymer represented by formula (1) or (2): | 2011-08-25 |