Woolfson
Adrian Woolfson, Primrose Hill GB
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20080318836 | sCD Fingerprints - The present invention relates to the use of cluster of differentiation (CD) molecules in detecting the presence and progression of one or more disease states in an individual. In particular it relates to the use of profiles of shed CD (sCD) molecules in detecting an assessing the progress of one or more disease states in an individual. Further uses of sCD profiles according to the present invention are also described. | 12-25-2008 |
Adrian Woolfson, London GB
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20090181863 | SCD Fingerprints - This invention relates to methods of testing, diagnosing, monitoring, prognostically stratifying and classifying disease, disorders and other medical conditions and physiological states through the detection and analysis of soluble CD antigens in a body fluid sample. | 07-16-2009 |
20120237500 | SCD Fingerprints - This invention relates to methods of testing, diagnosing, monitoring, prognostically stratifying and classifying disease, disorders and other medical conditions and physiological states through the detection and analysis of soluble CD antigens in a body fluid sample. | 09-20-2012 |
20140087481 | SCD FINGERPRINTS - The present invention relates to the use of cluster of differentiation (CD) molecules in detecting the presence and progression of one or more disease states in an individual. In particular it relates to the use of profiles of shed CD (sCD) molecules in detecting and assessing the progression of one or more disease states in an individual. Further uses of sCD profiles according to the present invention are also described. | 03-27-2014 |
David Woolfson, Bray IE
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20090062693 | System for determining individual user anthropometric characteristics related to mattress preference - A measuring device to aid mattress selection has an upstanding frame with a plurality of vertically space-apart horizontal illuminated strips. A camera mounted in front of the frame takes front view and side view images of a person standing in front of the illuminated strips. These images are delivered to an associated computer having means to determine the body mass distribution and the spine curvature of the person based on the images of the strips taken by the camera and in particular based on those portions of the image of the illuminated strips blocked by the person standing in front of the illuminated strips. This information can then be used to aid in appropriate mattress selection for the person. | 03-05-2009 |
20110009776 | System for Determining Individual User Anthropometric Characteristics Related to Mattress Preference - A measuring device to aid mattress selection has an upstanding frame with a plurality of vertically space-apart horizontal illuminated strips. A camera mounted in front of the frame takes front view and side view images of a person standing in front of the illuminated strips. These images are delivered to an associated computer having means to determine the body mass distribution and the spine curvature of the person based on the images of the strips taken by the camera and in particular based on those portions of the image of the illuminated strips blocked by the person standing in front of the illuminated strips. This information can then be used to aid in appropriate mattress selection for the person. | 01-13-2011 |
David Woolfson, Wicklow IE
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20100306923 | INFECTION CONTROL BEDDING PRODUCT - A hermetically sealed infection control bedding product such as a pillow, duvet, mattress, cushion or such like having a sealed cover and having a resiliently deformable filling material, comprising a vent means in the cover, characterised in that the vent means comprises a filter medium including a filter membrane for the removal of particles of microbial size and wherein the filter medium also comprises a strengthening layer of material for providing mechanical strength to the filter medium whereby the filter medium allows air flow therethrough but is substantially impermeable to liquid while maintaining a barrier to particles of microbial size. | 12-09-2010 |
20140196215 | INFECTION CONTROL BEDDING PRODUCT - An infection control bedding product such as a pillow, duvet, mattress, cushion or such like having a sealed cover and having a deformable filling material, may comprise a liquid impermeable air permeable microbial barrier vent. The vent includes an oleophobic expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane extending past the perimeter of the aperture and a nonwoven layer extending past the perimeter of the aperture. A gasket may be bonded to the PTFE membrane, the nonwoven layer and the cover to form a liquid impermeable seal rendering the infection control bedding product liquid impermeable. | 07-17-2014 |
20150107026 | INFECTION CONTROL BEDDING PRODUCT - An infection control bedding product such as a pillow, duvet, mattress, cushion or such like having a sealed cover and having a deformable filling material, may comprise a liquid impermeable air permeable microbial barrier vent. The vent includes an oleophobic expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane extending past the perimeter of the aperture and a nonwoven layer extending past the perimeter of the aperture. A gasket may be bonded to the PTFE membrane, the nonwoven layer and the cover to form a liquid impermeable seal rendering the infection control bedding product liquid impermeable. | 04-23-2015 |
David Woolfson, Belfast, Northern Ireland IE
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20110288508 | BIOADHESIVE PATCH - The present invention relates to a moist, layered bioadhesive patch comprising one or more polymers. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of producing a monolayered film and a method of drying said film. Additionally, the invention relates to methods of producing bioadhesive, layered patches by combining layers of the monolayered film to obtain a desired thickness of the patch. Patches according to the invention may be used as such, or for delivering pharmaceutically active compounds, such as in a drug delivery system. | 11-24-2011 |
David Woolfson, Dublin IE
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20110314607 | Laminated Support - A mattress, cushion or the like has an outer cover enclosing a resilient core. The resilient core is formed by a viscoelastic foam layer with a vapour permeable reinforcing layer of stretchable material laminated onto a top surface of the viscoelastic foam layer. The reinforcing layer prevents cracking in the top surface of the viscoelastic foam layer and provides improved heat and moisture dissipation during use. The reinforcing layer is preferably formed by a spaced knitted fabric. | 12-29-2011 |
David Woolfson, Belfast IE
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20120093911 | PLATINUM-CATALYZED INTRAVAGINAL RINGS - The present invention provides improved intravaginal drug delivery devices, i.e., intravaginal rings, useful for the prophylactic administration of an antimicrobial compound, e.g., Dapivirine, to a human. The intravaginal rings of the invention address previous stability issues by utilizing a platinum catalyst (e.g., in the form of a platinum-siloxane complex) for the cross-linking reaction. The vaginal rings surprisingly achieve relatively high and steady release rates in vivo with a matrix ring containing a relatively small loading dose. While the matrix rings of the present invention have in vivo the steady release rates associated with reservoir rings, they are easier and less expensive to manufacture. The present invention also provides methods of blocking DNA polymerization by an HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, methods of preventing HIV infection in a female human, methods of treating HIV infection in a female human, and methods of preparing platinum-catalyzed intravaginal rings. | 04-19-2012 |
20140056961 | PLATINUM-CATALYZED INTRAVAGINAL RINGS - The present invention provides improved intravaginal drug delivery devices, i.e., intravaginal rings, useful for the prophylactic administration of an antimicrobial compound, e.g., Dapivirine, to a human. The intravaginal rings of the invention address previous stability issues by utilizing a platinum catalyst (e.g., in the form of a platinum-siloxane complex) for the cross-linking reaction. The vaginal rings surprisingly achieve relatively high and steady release rates in vivo with a matrix ring containing a relatively small loading dose. While the matrix rings of the present invention have in vivo the steady release rates associated with reservoir rings, they are easier and less expensive to manufacture. The present invention also provides methods of blocking DNA polymerization by an HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, methods of preventing HIV infection in a female human, methods of treating HIV infection in a female human, and methods of preparing platinum-catalyzed intravaginal rings. | 02-27-2014 |
David Woolfson, Sandycove IE
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20120266753 | HYGIENIC BEDDING INCLUDING MICROBIAL DETECTION VALVES AND INFECTION CONTROLS CUSHIONING AND/OR BEDDING DEVICES COMPRISING SAID MICROBIAL DETECTION VALVES - The present invention relates to microbial detection valves and particularly, unidirectional valves which include means for detecting the presence of microbes. The present invention also relates to infection control cushioning and/or bedding including said microbial detection valves. In another aspect, the present invention concerns improvements in and relating to hygienic bedding and particularly in and relating to hygienic bedding covers. The present invention has the advantage that it provides a one-way valve incorporated into the pillow cover as well as a microbial filter membrane, to allow air to exhaust quickly from the pillow through the valve, bypassing the membrane. Air re-entering the pillow may only pass through the microbial filter membrane. Thus, air re-entering the pillow does so at slower speed, but has the advantage that forcing the re-entering air to pass through the micorbial filter allows only sterile air to enter the pillow. The present invention also provides a means for sealing hygienic bedding such as a mattress in a waterproof covering while enabling visual inspection. | 10-25-2012 |
20150176047 | CUSHIONING DEVICE INSPECTION SYSTEM, A SAMPLING DEVICE FOR INSPECTION OF A CUSHIONING DEVICE AND A CUSHIONING DEVICE INSPECTION METHOD - The invention provides a system for checking the interior of hermetically sealed cushioning devices for contamination, comprising a hermetically sealed cushioning device ( | 06-25-2015 |
David Woolfson, Belfast GB
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20150250740 | BIOADHESIVE PATCH - A moist, layered bioadhesive patch includes one or more polymers. A method of producing a monolayered film and a method of drying said film is provided. Additionally, there is provided a method of producing bioadhesive, layered patches by combining layers of the monolayered film to obtain a desired thickness of the patch. Patches according to the invention may be used as such, or for delivering pharmaceutically active compounds, such as in a drug delivery system. | 09-10-2015 |
David Aaron Woolfson, Belfast IE
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20090004246 | INTRAVAGINAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES FOR THE DELIVERY OF MACROMOLECULES AND WATER-SOLUBLE DRUGS - An intravaginal drug delivery device comprises a device body comprising a hydrophobic carrier material having at least one channel defining at least one opening to the exterior of said device body, said at least one channel being adapted to receive at least one drug-containing insert; at least one drug-containing insert positioned in said at least one channel, said drug-containing insert capable of releasing a pharmaceutically effective amount of at least one drug suitable for intravaginal administration and containing about 1% to about 70% of at least one water-soluble release enhancer, both the drug and the water-soluble release enhancer dispersed in an insert carrier material; wherein said hydrophobic carrier material and said insert carrier material may be the same or different; and wherein said at least one drug-containing insert is exposed on said exterior of said device body when said intravaginal drug delivery device is in use. | 01-01-2009 |
Dek Woolfson, Bristol GB
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20160090401 | SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDE CAGES FROM COILED-COIL PEPTIDE MODULES - This invention relates to protein structures, to methods of producing those protein structures, and to peptides used in the formation of the protein structures. | 03-31-2016 |
Derek Woolfson, Bristol GB
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20110189284 | Peptide Fibres - This invention relates to protein fibrils, to methods and kits of producing those protein fibrils comprising a plurality of first peptide monomer units arranged in a first strand and a plurality of second peptide monomer units arranged in a second strand in which said first and second strands form an overlapping staggered heterodimer coiled coil structure, and wherein the amino acid residues on the exposed surface of said first and second strands enable said protein fibril to interact with another protein fibril in a plurality of non-parallel orientations. This invention also relates to bundles of protein fibrils and matrices, in particular, hydrogels produced using those protein fibrils. | 08-04-2011 |
Jonathan Scott Woolfson, Sunny Isles Beach, FL US
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20090106352 | Zugidome dating / social interaction system - A personal interaction and dating system that includes a plurality of individual portable hand-held transmitter and receiver units. The system further includes data storage and transfer mechanisms, personal computer software that is used to filter and prioritize data, and an easily accessible website for further uploading, downloading, and analyzing of acquired data, such that individuals can contact and send personal information to one another in an analytical, nonintrusive, and private method. | 04-23-2009 |
Luke Woolfson, London GB
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20120281288 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device is described that has a controller, an optical diffuser and a lens assembly. In use, the optical diffuser is positioned in front of an electronic display and the lens assembly projects an image displayed on the electronic display onto the optical diffuser. Also, a keyboard and/or control panel having one and/or more of the control devices is presented. | 11-08-2012 |
Malcolm Woolfson, Nottingham GB
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20100294917 | Apparatus and Methods for Imaging - For imaging, an electromagnetic radiation sensor is used to produce an output when illuminated by a modulated laser light. In use, the output is determined by a laser Doppler signal illuminating the sensor. Various examples are described for achieving integration of on-chip processing onto the substrate providing the sensor. In one example, the output of the sensor is a logarithmic function of the illuminating laser Doppler signal. In another example, the output of the sensor is normalized. In another example, an amplifier arrangement is provided to amplify the output of the sensor, the amplifier gain being lower at DC than at the frequency range of the laser Doppler signal. In another example, a filter is integrated into the semiconductor device. In another example, a bandpass filter and frequency weighted filter are provided, and their outputs are processed to average values over time. | 11-25-2010 |
Robert Woolfson, Middlesex GB
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20140290066 | RAZORS AND RAZOR HANDLES - A razor handle comprising a main body portion and a connector for connecting, in use, the main body portion to a razor cartridge, the main body portion comprising first and second spaced-apart fingertip engaging surfaces adapted, in use, to be engagable with opposite sides of a user's fingertips and a grip portion interposed between the fingertip engaging surfaces. The grip portion is substantially transverse to at least one of the finger engaging surfaces. A first one of the finger engaging surfaces preferably comprises first and second spaced apart fingertip engaging surface portions, one of which fingertip engaging surface portions is located proximally to the connector and most preferably substantially above and behind a trailing edge of the razor cartridge. | 10-02-2014 |