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Patrick D. Cowger, Paonia, CO US
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20120060762 | Hummingbird Liquid Feeder - The hummingbird liquid feeder includes a base, a liquid tray attached to the base, a flange that fits inside the liquid tray, and a liquid container that rotatingly engages the liquid tray in a fill mode to permit filling without removing or inverting the liquid container while preventing spillage and alternately in a feed mode to permit the flow of the nectar into a moat for access thereto through feeding ports in the base and featuring a vertically-oriented stabilization member centrally disposed on the liquid tray that receives a support post pole disposed on a plate to stabilize and support the device during windy and inclement weather conditions. | 03-15-2012 |
Patrick D. Daugherity, Niantic, CT US
Patrick D. Farver, Adrian, MI US
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20120060820 | FILTER UNIT, FILTRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes. | 03-15-2012 |
20140345461 | FILTER UNITS, FILTRATION METHODS, AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS - A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air. The filter unit includes a housing having upstream and downstream walls and a cavity therebetween. The upstream wall has an entrance opening aligned with a downstream wall portion, and the downstream wall has first and second exit openings aligned with first and second upstream wall portions. A heat exchanger is disposed within the cavity and includes first and second upstream conduits within the entrance opening and first and second downstream conduits within the first and second exit opening. The entrance and exit openings are arranged to define S-shaped air flow paths through the housing between the entrance and exit openings, each of which flows around a downstream side of one of the upstream conduits then around an upstream side of one of the downstream conduits before exiting through one of the exit openings. | 11-27-2014 |
20160025354 | FILTER UNITS, FILTRATION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING - Filter units and filtration systems, as well as methods of using such units and systems to remove particulates from air, for example, within a kitchen environment. Such a filter unit includes a heat exchanger within a housing, an access opening at a lateral end of the filter unit that defines a lateral narrowed section of the filter unit. The access opening provides access to headers of the heat exchanger through openings in enclosures that partially enclose ends of the headers. If one or more filter units are combined end-to-end to form a filtration system, a closure can be provided to removably close a through-passage formed by the access openings of two adjacent units. | 01-28-2016 |
Patrick D. Fourney, Walnut Creek, CA US
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20100168152 | Fat regulation - The present invention provides methods and compounds for regulating fat metabolism and achieving fat homeostasis in a subject. Methods and compound for regulating body weight, reducing body fat, and inducing weight loss are also provided, as are methods and compounds for treating or preventing obesity and for preventing or treating conditions associated with altered fat metabolism including, e.g., obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, etc. | 07-01-2010 |
Patrick D. Gavit, Covina, CA US
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20090246831 | Methods for Recombinant Peptide Production - The present invention provides improved methods for the production of recombinant peptides from bacterial cells. | 10-01-2009 |
Patrick D. Grandelli, Kailua, HI US
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20090308582 | Heat Exchanger - A heat exchanger and a method for fabricating the heat exchanger are disclosed. The heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core that is formed from a plurality of stacked aluminum panels that are joined together via friction stir welding. Each panel in the core is formed from at least two aluminum extrusions that are joined to one another via friction stir welding. | 12-17-2009 |
20100180924 | Floating Platform with Detachable Support Modules - A floating support that can be joined with a floating platform while the floating platform is at a deployment location is disclosed. The support provides functionality to the floating platform in order to change, augment, upgrade, or diversify the platform's overall capability. In some embodiments, the present invention eases the serviceability of the platform by enabling a first support that has diminished capability to be readily replaced by a second support having superior capability—without removing the floating platform from its deployment location. In some embodiments, the present invention enables platform operation that is analogous to “plug and play” electronics systems. Further, in some embodiments, hydrodynamic performance of the floating platform can be changed with the addition or removal of one or more floating supports. | 07-22-2010 |
Patrick D. Gredys, Omaha, NE US
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20080229692 | Insulated Foam Panel Forms - A corner bracket for modular foam forms for poured concrete walls includes an outer, horizontal strap with generally vertical strips attached thereto or molded therewith for encapsulation in the outside and optionally the inside foam panels of such a form. | 09-25-2008 |
20130125490 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES UTILIZING INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS - An insulated concrete form including of first and second spaced sidewalls forming a cavity therebetween, said sidewalls having an inside surface and interconnected by a plurality of form ties, and a form insert made of an insulative material positioned adjacent the inside surface of at least one sidewall which thereby increases the R-value of the resulting structure. | 05-23-2013 |
20130180192 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES UTILIZING INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS - An insulated concrete form having spaced sidewalls joined by form ties to define a first interior cavity therebetween for receiving poured concrete, the form ties including interior fastening plates positioned in between the spaced sidewalls. The interior fastening plates provide a backing surface to which forming structures can be easily and efficiently secured to define a second interior cavity in between the forming structure and one of the sidewalls, the second interior cavity having thickness less than the first interior cavity so as to define a form for making a recess in the resulting concrete portion of the wall. | 07-18-2013 |
Patrick D. Herta, Ortonville, MI US
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20090255913 | Rotatable Welding Frame Assembly and Method For Welding a Number of Workpiece Components Into a Single Workpiece - A rotatable welding frame assembly for aligning and welding a number of workpiece components into a single workpiece may include a first frame for supporting one of the workpiece components. The assembly may further include a second frame for supporting another workpiece component. The assembly may further include a pivot interconnecting the first and second frames whereby the second frame can pivot between an open position in which one of the workpiece components can be loaded onto the first frame and another workpiece component can be loaded onto the second frame, and a closed position in which the components are aligned in a predetermined configuration to be welded. The assembly may further include an attachment mechanism associated with the second frame to secure the workpiece component as the second frame pivots from the open to the closed positions. | 10-15-2009 |
Patrick D. Koskan, Lake Worth, FL US
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20090010274 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR PRESERVING POWER IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method, information processing system, and wireless communication system for dynamically assigning a communication channel to a wireless device. A request for a communication channel from a wireless device ( | 01-08-2009 |
20120004782 | METHODS FOR MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A SENSOR NETWORK - Methods for reducing sensor support power in a sensor network include a primary node locating a secondary node. The primary node has a primary node sensor profile, and the secondary node has a secondary node sensor profile. The secondary node sensor profile is compared to the primary node sensor profile. A virtual sensor profile is constructed based on the comparison between the primary and secondary sensor profiles. The virtual sensor profile reduces redundant sensor data gathering between the primary and secondary sensor nodes. A power consumption optimization hardware configuration for the secondary node is determined to provide sensor data for the virtual sensor profile, and the determined hardware configuration is assigned to the secondary node. | 01-05-2012 |
20150095251 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS - A communication system ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150310725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ALERTS FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS - A method and system for providing alerts for radio communications are provided. One or more keywords are generated based on one or more contextual parameters associated with a radio device. An audio stream is received at the radio device from a radio transmitter. One or more of the one or more keywords are detected in the audio stream, and an alert for the audio stream is provided to a user of the radio device. | 10-29-2015 |
Patrick D. Kranking, Marana, AZ US
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20150284080 | SPECIAL FORCES REPLENISHMENT VEHICLE - A replenishment vehicle, such as a special forces replenishment vehicle is configured for being carried by and released from an aircraft. The replenishment vehicle, also referred to as a payload container, includes a storage cavity for storing a payload for being delivered to a target area. The payload may include any suitable provisions, and preferably provisions that are non-explosive during landing of the payload container, such as supplies for troops/operatives in the field, self-deploying radar or other detection devices, etc. The payload container is lobbed from the aircraft, such that the payload container is released while the aircraft is proceeding at an upwards trajectory. The payload container may be guided towards the target area by a guide portion such as a fin, wing, sail, chute, etc. The payload container is configured to enable the payload to survive release of the payload container from the aircraft and a subsequent landing. | 10-08-2015 |
Patrick D. Lopath, Stamford, CT US
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20120255548 | DRY POWDER INHALERS - Dry powder inhalers include electronic displays, readers and/or counters that can decrement dose amounts, inhibit misuse, read data on drug containment devices and/or communicate with remote devices. The dry powder containers can include at least a pair of cooperating generally tubular members, including an inner member and a generally tubular outer member sized and configured to slidably receive the inner member. | 10-11-2012 |
20130152926 | DRY POWDER INHALERS THAT INHIBIT AGGLOMERATION, RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - Inhalers with fins that deagglomerate dry powder using inspiratory effort of a user of an inhaler. The inhaler fins, at least in steady state conditions, are configured to generate dry powder and airflow patterns having turbulence with flow vortices, some of which may have a vortex having an axis of rotation that extends in an inspiratory flow direction while others may have a vortex that is substantially orthogonal to the inspiratory flow direction in an inspiratory airflow path, as an amount of dry powder travels through the inhaler to thereby deagglomerate the dry powder without trapping undue amounts of the dry powder during inhalation. | 06-20-2013 |
Patrick D. Mcanany, Lake Quivira, KS US
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20130280445 | SYNTHETIC TURF RECYCLING AND RECLAMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for recycling and repurposing a synthetic turf field cover including a pre-existing mixture of rubber and sand particles embedded in the turf material. The system utilizes an aspirating machine for removing and separating the existing rubber and sand particles. The removed rubber particles are reused, and can be cleaned and sterilized prior to reinstallation. A method of recycling a synthetic turf field cover includes the steps of removing the existing synthetic turf field cover, aspirating pre-existing rubber and sand particles, sterilizing the rubber particles, reapplying the sterilized, reused rubber particles and applying additional rubber particles and sand to a replaced or reinstalled field turf cover. | 10-24-2013 |
Patrick D. Mckivergan, Londonderry, NH US
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20080278388 | Broadband Blade Antenna Assembly - A lightweight broadband blade antenna assembly is incorporated into the surface of an airfoil, such as a structure component of an aircraft, or a separate airfoil (blade antenna) attached thereto. A first metallized area is formed on the airfoil adjacent a leading edge of the airfoil. A second metallized area is formed on trailing edge of the airfoil and is spaced from the first metallized area by a first gap which is configured to provide a capacitive coupling between the first and second metallized areas. A third metallized area is formed on the cap portion of the airfoil and is spaced from the first metallized area by a second gap and is electrically connected in series with the first and second metallized areas. RLC circuits are electrically connected across tuning gaps formed in the third metallized area to provide a broadband response. | 11-13-2008 |
20090160724 | Polarization agile antenna - A compact polarization agile antenna includes a dual-orthogonal loop structure which is excited by a single RF feed ( | 06-25-2009 |
Patrick D. Mozdzierz, Glastonbury, CT US
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20130327807 | CENTER CINCH AND RELEASE OF BUTTRESS MATERIAL - A buttressed anvil assembly is provided for use with a surgical stapling instrument. The buttressed anvil assembly generally includes an anvil member having a strip of buttress material attached thereto by a pair of sutures. A tensioning mechanism is provided to secure or tension the buttress material to the anvil member prior to use and allow for release of the buttress material after stapling of tissue. The tensioning mechanism includes a cinch track engageable with one of the pair of sutures. | 12-12-2013 |
20150129635 | ANVIL ASSEMBLY WITH FRANGIBLE RETAINING MEMBER - An anvil assembly includes a retaining member having a body portion and a frangible portion connected to the body portion, where the frangible portion is positioned to engage a backup member and separates from the body portion during movement of the backup member from a first, proximal position to a second, distal position. The retaining member keeps the backup plate in the proximal position prior to firing of the stapling assembly, and upon separation of the frangible portion allows the backup plate to move to the distal position during firing of the stapling assembly. Proximal force on the backup plate after firing of the stapling assembly is avoided, thereby helping to ensure titling of the anvil assembly. | 05-14-2015 |
Patrick D. Mozdzierz, Rocky Hill, CT US
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20090318869 | ACCESS SEAL WITH INTERSTITIAL CHANNELS - The present disclosure relates to a valve or seal of the type adapted to allow the introduction of an instrument or object therethrough. In particular, the valve disclosed herein is adapted to maintain a substantially fluid-tight seal with a surgical instrument and is used during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The valve disclosed herein incorporates one or more bladder members adapted to retain a fluid therein that are associated by one or more interstitial members. | 12-24-2009 |
Patrick D. Rezin, Tomah, WI US
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20100105128 | PORTABLE HIGH RATE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - An apparatus for digesting waste includes a digester tank, a drainage trough located near a top of the digester tank, an auger located inside the drainage trough, and a skimmer that pushes waste into the drainage trough. | 04-29-2010 |
20150299010 | PORTABLE HIGH RATE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - An apparatus for digesting waste comprises a tank, a tube, a propeller, and a trough. The tube is disposed within the tank. The propeller is disposed within the tube and configured to propel a waste material upward through the tube from a lower portion of the tank towards an upper portion of the tank. The waste material comprises heavy solids that fall to the lower portion of the tank and light solids that rise to a waste material top level located near a top of the tank. The trough is configured to collect the light solids that rise to the waste material top level. A top portion of the tube is disposed far enough below the waste material top level such that the heavy solids fall to the lower portion of the tank after being propelled up the tube rather than being propelled to at or above the waste material top level and collected by the trough. | 10-22-2015 |
Patrick D. Riley, Ridgefield, CT US
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20160088092 | VIRTUAL HOSTING DEVICE AND SERVICE TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - A hosting system to facilitate a customer of an operator of the system to connect to a cloud provider, the system including: a first cloud exchange co-located with and connected to first cloud provider equipment; a second cloud exchange co-located with and connected to second cloud provider equipment, wherein the first cloud provider equipment and the second cloud provider equipment are of a same cloud provider but at different geographically spaced locations or the first cloud provider equipment is of a different cloud provider than that of the second cloud provider equipment, and wherein the first cloud exchange is connected to the second cloud exchange; and a non-transitory computer readable medium including computer program instructions, the instructions configured to facilitate the configuration of a software-defined network including the first cloud exchange and/or second cloud exchange, wherein the network connects the customer to the first cloud provider equipment and/or the second cloud provider equipment. | 03-24-2016 |
Patrick D. Smith, Deerfield, IL US
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20140172975 | Method and System to Create Social Capital - The present invention enables an objective deterministic calculation of social capital as it relates to a member of a social network being granted the ability to create a group of members, bind the grouped members to a software application's task comprised of a predetermined and measurable beginning, end, and goal, and measure the ability of the grouped members to complete the task. | 06-19-2014 |
Patrick D. Smith, Fairview, PA US
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20150144208 | SPHERICAL AUTOMATIC FLOW EMERGENCY RESTRICTOR VALVE - A ball check valve controls the flow of fluid with a sphere. A body has a fluid path and a recess for receiving the sphere in alignment with the fluid path. The sphere has a retainer which secures a ball check within it. When the valve is in a “Run” position and the rate of fluid flow increases, the ball check seats in a narrow opening of the sphere, thus blocking the flow of fluid. | 05-28-2015 |
Patrick D. Surry, Newtonville, MA US
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20130268553 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING QUERY RESULTS TO A USER IN AN INTUITIVE GRAPHICAL FORMAT - Systems and methods for providing database query results to a user in an intuitive graphical format are provided. The system utilizes an intuitive graphical user interface dashboard that displays top-level query statistics data and selected record cards to the user in the dashboard. The user may iteratively update the query and the displayed top-level query statistics and selected records cards are updated in real time. Each customer card include customizable fields and supports intelligent zoom to provide additional fields and data as the user zooms into each successive smaller group of cards and eventually down to opening a single customer card. | 10-10-2013 |
Patrick D. Sutphin, Boston, MA US
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20110105436 | HETEROARYL COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE IN CANCER TREATMENT - Provided herein are novel heteroaryl compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treatment or prevention comprising administration of the compounds. The compounds are effective in the targeting of cells defective in the von Hippel-Lindau gene and in inducing autophagic cell death. The methods are directed to treating or preventing diseases such as cancer, and in particular cancers resulting from von Hippel-Lindau disease. The compounds of the invention may be administered in combination with another therapeutic agent. | 05-05-2011 |
20120225862 | HETEROARYL BENZAMIDES, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Provided are certain heteroaryl benzamides, compositions, and methods of their manufacture and use. | 09-06-2012 |
Patrick D. Tepesch, Corning, NY US
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20100252497 | COMPOSITIONS FOR APPLYING TO HONEYCOMB BODIES - Disclosed are compositions for applying to honeycomb substrates. The compositions comprise an inorganic powder batch composition; a binder; and a liquid vehicle. The inorganic powder batch composition comprises a ceramic forming glass powder. The compositions are well suited for use as plugging compositions for forming ceramic diesel particulate wall flow filters. Also disclosed herein are end plugged wall flow filters comprising the disclosed plugging compositions and methods for the manufacture thereof. The glass powder forms crystalline cordierite. | 10-07-2010 |
20120301664 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN OUTER CEMENT SKIN AND A CEMENT THEREFOR - Disclosed is a honeycomb catalyst support structure comprising a honeycomb body and an outer layer or skin formed of a cement comprising an amorphous glass powder with a multimodal particle size distribution applied to an exterior surface of the honeycomb body. The multimodal particle size distribution is achieved through the use of a first glass powder having a first median particle size and at least a second glass powder having a second median particle size. In some embodiments, the first and second glass powders are the same amorphous glass consisting of fused silica. The cement may further include a fine-grained, sub-micron sized silica in the form of colloidal silica. The cement exhibits a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 15×10 | 11-29-2012 |
Patrick D. Todkill, Cambridge CA
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20130000085 | TOUCH FASTENING PRODUCT FACE CONFIGURATION - A fastening product, in the form of a flexible, sheet-form substrate ( | 01-03-2013 |
Patrick D. Wells, Minneapolis, MN US
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20100174240 | ANCHOR HAVING FILL PORT FOR USE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE THERAPY DELIVERY ELEMENT - An anchor for securing a therapy delivery element in a desired location within a living body is disclosed. The anchor includes an anchor body having a space, which may be a main channel, to receive the therapy delivery element. A fill port is provided in the anchor body to introduce an adhesive into the space when the therapy delivery element is positioned within the space. In one embodiment, the fill port is coupled to a fill port extension that transfers the adhesive from a dispenser located a distance from the fill port into the space. Multiple fill ports, any of which may be coupled to a respective fill port extension, may be provided to introduce the adhesive at various locations of the space. One or more of the fill ports may extend into multiple side channels to introduce the adhesive at various locations of the space. | 07-08-2010 |
20110257500 | TEMPORARY IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEADS - A temporary implantable medical electrical lead includes a conductor extending along a proximal, extracorporeal length and a distal, subcutaneous length of the lead. Electrically isolated first and second wire filars of the conductor are wound to form an elongate lumen of the lead. First and second electrodes are mounted directly onto the conductor, along the subcutaneous length, and each is directly coupled to the corresponding filar. A fixation member is attached to a tubular member, which is conformed to an outer surface of the conductor so as to only cover the conductor along the subcutaneous length, leaving the outer surface exposed along a portion thereof, adjacent to the extracorporeal length. When the lead is implanted, the fixation member holds the subcutaneous length in a relatively fixed location, and fluid communication exists between the outer surface of the conductor and the lumen of the lead. | 10-20-2011 |
20150133955 | MEDICAL LEADS HAVING A DISTAL BODY AND AN OPENLY COILED FILAR - Medical leads have one or more openly coiled filars and a distal body coupled to the openly coiled filars. The openly coiled filars provide a lead with compliance and elasticity while the distal body provides the firmness needed for placement and support of the electrodes. The openly coiled filars may transition to a linear distal portion that extends to the distal body, and the distal body may have proximal tines that fold proximally to become adjacent to the linear distal portion of the filars. The openly coiled filars may instead extend to the distal body and the proximal tines may be laterally arced to then fold against the lateral surface of the coiled filars. The tines may fold distally during explantation to allow the distal body to release and exit the body. | 05-14-2015 |
Patrick D. Youso, Huntsville, AL US
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20110213013 | Complexes of Small-Interfering Nucleic Acids - The present invention relates to complexes of small-interfering nucleic acids (siNA). Compositions of siNA suited for administration to a patient are described. Methods for delivering the compositions are also described. | 09-01-2011 |
20120238735 | Monoconjugated Chitosans as Delivery Agents for Small Interfering Nucleic Acids - Conjugates are provided, an exemplary conjugating having a single water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer, such as a poly(ethylene oxide), attached to a chitosan. Complexes of small interfering nucleic acids formed with such conjugates as well as small interfering nucleic acids attached to such conjugates are also provided. Related methods, intermediates, and compositions are also provided. | 09-20-2012 |
Patrick D. Youso, Brookings, SD US
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20080207561 | NOVEL BIOMATERIALS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A novel biomaterial is disclosed having unique properties that make it useful in ocular drug delivery applications, where the drugs selected from the group consisting of a prostaglandin, a prostamide, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and a corticosteroid, and mixtures, derivatives, salts and esters thereof. | 08-28-2008 |