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Device and method for preparing tissue, particularly adipose tissue

Application Number: 20130123747
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Tremolada, Carlo

A device and a method for preparing adipose tissue for transplantation from lobular fat extracted, for instance by liposuction, the fat including a fluid component that have an oily component, a blood component and/or sterile solutions, and a solid component including cell fragments, cells and one or more cell macroagglomerates of heterogeneous size, wherein the device includes at least one washing and separating container having a washing chamber, the container has an inlet and an outlet for ...

Indwelling catheter probe incorporating proanthocyanidines

Application Number: 20130123715
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: HAESAERTS, Gunter; BOTTO, Henri

An indwelling catheter probe, wherein it incorporates, at its external and/or internal surface, an extract of Vaccinium macrocarpon containing proanthocyanidines applied either by adsorption, by absorption, by coating or by any other application process, namely any physico-chemical process, said catheter probe thus treated ensuring the prevention or inhibition of the formation of a bacterial biofilm at its ...

AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS FOR COATING MICRONEEDLE ARRAYS

Application Number: 20130123707
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Determan, Amy S.; Johnson, Peter R.; Woldt, Ryan T.; Moseman, Joan T.; Hansen, Kristen J.

Aqueous formulations that include at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient; and at least one excipient, wherein the aqueous formulation has a viscosity of from 500 to 30,000 centipoise when measured at a shear rate of 100 s⁻¹and a temperature of 25° C.; a surface tension that is not greater than 60 dynes/cm when measured under ambient conditions; or a contact angle on a medical grade polymeric material of 50° or greater when measured under ambient conditions. Methods of ...

BALLOON CATHETER COATED WITH AN ANTI-RESTENOTIC ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND A MOLECULAR DISPERSION AGENT THAT PROMOTES TRANSPORT

Application Number: 20130123695
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Hoffmann, Erika; Horres, Roland; Hoffmann, Michael

The present invention relates to balloon catheters with or without crimped stent, whose surface is coated with at least one antirestenotic agent and at least one transport promoting molecular dispersant, as well as a method for the preparation of these medical ...

MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A LUBRICIOUS COATING WITH A HYDROPHILIC COMPOUND IN AN INTERLOCKING NETWORK

Application Number: 20130123664
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.,

A medical device having a lubricious coating on at least a section of the medical device, and a method of coating a medical device, the lubricious coating being a network of short chain and long chain hydrophilic compounds cross-linked to one another and interlocked with a network of a cross-linked polymerized multifunctional monomer or polymer. The coating can include one or more agents which provide enhanced adhesion of the coating on the device, or which provide faster hydration of the ...

MICRO PROBE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

Application Number: 20130123599
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Korea Institute of Science and Technology,

The micro probe according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a probe portion made of a rigid material and serving as a portion inserted into the brain; a flexible portion connected to a distal end of the probe portion and made of a flexible material; a soluble portion coated on at least one surface of the flexible portion and made of a material which is dissolved by a solution in the cranium; and a body portion connected to the other end of the flexible portion whose one end ...

System and Method for Disposal of Mutagen Waste

Application Number: 20130123562
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: O'Keefe, Theresa L.; Mullowney, James T.

An assembly and method for processing human waste includes providing a supporting base having an opening within which a waste reservoir is affixed. The assembly may be installed on or below a rim of a toilet bowl. Solidification and pathogen killing materials are provided. The materials are deposited in the reservoir either prior to or upon accumulation of waste in the reservoir. The reservoir with the solidified waste is then sealed and transported to a collection ...

POROUS SOLIDS, SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS, REMOVAL OF SULFUR COMPOUNDS, ADSORPTION

Application Number: 20130123560
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Wang, Xiqu; Liu, Lumei; Jacobson, Allan J.

Crystals of [VOBDC](H₂BDC)_0.71were synthesized hydrothemally. The guest acid molecules were removed by heating in air to give high quality single crystals of VOBDC. VOBDC was observed to show crystal-to-crystal transformations on absorption of the guest molecules aniline, thiophene and acetone from the liquid phase. Accurate structural data of the guest molecules and framework deformations were obtained from single crystal X-ray data. VOBDC was also shown to absorb ...

PRODUCTION OF ALDEHYDES BY OXIDATION IN AQUEOUS MEDIUM WITH SELECTIVE RECOVERY OF THE PRODUCT BY MEANS OF PERVAPORATION

Application Number: 20130123546
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Camer Roda, Giovanni; Augugliaro, Vincenzo; Loddo, Vittorio; Palmisano, Giovanni; Palmisano, Leonardo

A process for the preparation of an aromatic aldehyde by means of the oxidation of the corresponding starting compound in aqueous medium, and separation of said aldehyde from said medium by pervaporation is disclosed together a plant for its carrying out. Advantageously, the process of the present invention allows control of oxidation reaction and recovery of the product with high selectivity and purity. Among others, benzaldehyde, anisaldehyde and vanillin can advantageously be prepared by ...

PUMP FOR LOOP REACTOR

Application Number: 20130123442
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Timmermans, Frank; Ooms, Wouter; Dewachter, Daan; Fouarge, Louis

The present invention relates the use of a pump in a loop reactor for the production of polyethylene, as well as a reactor comprising such pump and methods for producing polyolefin by means of such reactor. The pump according to the invention is characterized in that it is an axial flow impeller circulation pump, wherein the impeller comprises 6 blades and wherein the pump is fixed on a spring supported frame. Use of the pump according to the present invention allows for preparation of ...

METHOD FOR PREPARING POLY(ALLYLAMINE) HYDROCHLORIDE AND DERIVATIVES THEREFROM

Application Number: 20130123433
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: LIU, YU-LIANG; WEI, CHING-PENG

The present invention provides a method for preparing poly(allylamine) hydrochloride, sevelamer hydrochloride, sevelamer carbonate and colesevelam hydrochloride. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing oly(allylamine) hydrochloride, sevelamer hydrochloride, sevelamer carbonate and colesevelam hydrochloride with low allylamine content and high specific ...

PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS EMULSION POLYMERIZATION

Application Number: 20130123427
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Luettgen, Karsten

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polymers and to an apparatus for performing this process. The apparatus comprises devices and reactors that are combined in the sequence of first a mixing device, second a flow microwave and optionally third one or more additional ...

MANGANESE COMPLEX AS DRIER FOR COATING COMPOSITIONS

Application Number: 20130123410
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Kleuskens, Engelina Catharina; Jansen, Johan Franz Gradus; Bergman, Franciscus Adrianus Cornelis

An air drying auto-oxidisable resin composition comprising components: a) a drier comprising a manganese carboxylate complex, and b) a polymer comprising unsaturated fatty acid residues, wherein the manganese carboxylate complex a) has the following structure I: wherein R₁═H, C1-C20 alkyl optionally substituted with heteroatoms, or C6-C20 aryl optionally substituted with heteroatoms; X and Y are independently selected from O and OC(R₃)O, in which a=4 when X═O, and a=3 ...

Powder Coated Carrier

Application Number: 20130123403
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Gerroir, Paul Joseph; Enright, Thomas E.; Hawkins, Michael Steven; Moffat, Karen A.; Vanbesien, Daryl W.; Veregin, Richard P.N; Farrugia, Valerie; Tracy, Corey

The instant disclosure describes methods for preparing latex resins for coated carriers using surfactant partitioning, which resins exhibit both lower ζ potential and greater latex stability, while not adversely affecting particle size, toner charge or other ...

COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING DURABLE HYDROPHOBIC AND/OR OLEPHOBIC SURFACES

Application Number: 20130123389
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: ZHU, Jingxu; ZHANG, Hui

A method for forming a coating composition for application to a surface. The method includes forming conglomerates by providing a plurality of nano-sized particles having a mean diameter in a range from about 1 to about 500 nanometers, the nano-sized particles having hydrophobic, super-hydrophobic, olephobic, or super-olephobic properties; mixing the plurality of nano-sized particles with a binding material to form a mixture and heating the mixture to induce curing to bind the nano-sized ...

Metal Nanoparticle Structures For Enhancing Fluorescence-Based Arrays

Application Number: 20130123118
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Li, Ji; Mandecki, Wlodek; Wang, Zhuying

Provided, among other things, is a multiplex assay comprising: conducting a fluorescence-developing assay on microtabs having at least one surface that shows plasmonic enhancement, wherein a plurality of the microtabs have unique probes affixed to their plasmonically enhanced surfaces; and measuring the fluorescence associated with the substrates and identifying the correlated probe by for the microtab. The microtabs can be, for example, MTPs that send a unique identifier, and the correlated ...

METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTING LAYERS ON SUBSTRATES

Application Number: 20130123112
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Arndt, Tabea

A continuous process produces superconducting layers on substrates, such as a superconducting layer of MgB₂produced by aerosol deposition on the ...

ZERO VALENT METAL COMPOSITE, MANUFACTURING, SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THEREOF, FOR CATALYTICALLY TREATING CONTAMINATED WATER

Application Number: 20130123098
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.,

Zero valent metal composite, manufacturing thereof, using thereof, and system including thereof, for (in-situ or ex-situ) catalytically treating contaminated water, such as sub-surface water, surface water, above-surface water, water vapor, or/and gaseous water. Composite includes powdered diatomite matrix incorporated with nanometer (1-1000 nm) sized particles of a zero valent (transition) metal (iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, platinum, or/and gold) and at least one electron ...

Centrifugal separator having a particle guide trough

Application Number: 20130123090
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Hornung, Dirk

A centrifugal separator for separating non-gaseous particles from a gas flow having a separator housing enclosing a rotor with a raw gas inlet, a clean gas outlet, and a particle outlet. A circumferential wall encloses the rotor. A raw gas flow is guided axially into the rotor. A clean gas flow is guided out of the rotor and then between the rotor and the circumferential wall to the clean gas outlet. The rotor comprises particle separation elements so that particles separated from the gas flow ...

CENTRIFUGE SYSTEM AND WORKFLOW

Application Number: 20130123089
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Beckman Coulter, Inc.,

Systems, methods and apparatus are described for a centrifuge module of a laboratory analysis system. Specimen containers may be weighed, loaded into a centrifuge adapter, and transported to a centrifuge module by an adapter shuttle. A centrifuge adapter gripper may transport the centrifuge adapter into a centrifuge for centrifugation. The centrifuge adapter may be transported by the centrifuge adapter gripper to an adapter shuttle for unloading of the specimen containers, which may be ...

DEVICE FOR DAMPING VIBRATIONS IN A DRIVE TRAIN

Application Number: 20130123029
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Eichinger, Roman

A device for damping vibrations in a drive train, in particular for plug screws in the pulp and paper industries. The device is principally characterized in that a cylindrical shaft, preferably designed as a hollow shaft, is provided, wherein the cylindrical shaft is arranged between the halves of a coupling and at least one ring having friction surfaces is arranged around the cylindrical shaft. Stick-slip vibrations that occur can thereby be favorably eliminated, and thus the gearbox and the ...

ROBOT ARM ASSEMBLY

Application Number: 20130123028
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: LONG, BO

A robot arm assembly includes a plurality of driving members, a first transmission mechanism, a second transmission mechanism, and a third transmission mechanism. The first transmission mechanism includes a first rotating shaft, and a second rotating shaft. One end of the first rotating shaft is connected to the first driving member by the connecting member, the other end of the first rotating shaft is movably connected to the second rotating shaft, and the first driving member drives the first ...

Ball type constant velocity joint for vehicle

Application Number: 20130123027
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Kim, Pil Ki

Provided is a ball type constant velocity joint for a vehicle. The ball type constant velocity joint includes an inner race installed at an end of a shaft, an outer race installed outside the inner race, a plurality of hails for transmitting rotational power of the inner race to the outer race, and a cage having windows for supporting the balls, wherein a ball track of the outer race is divided into two sections consisting of an outer race radial track and an outer race linear track contiguous ...

MAGNETIC DRIVE POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM

Application Number: 20130123026
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: PURDY, NORMAN LANE

The modular magnetic rotary drive system includes a first module and a second module. The first module includes a rotating cylindrical body with a plurality of blanks for receiving permanent magnets. The second module includes a plurality of rotating fingers, the number and angular spacing of the fingers matching those of the blanks. The fingers may be made of a ferrous material or configured to receive permanent magnets. The first and second modules can be mated together such that the ...

NON-WOVEN FIBER FABRIC, AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION DEVICE THEREFOR

Application Number: 20130122771
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Nakamura, Kenichi; Matsubara, Akio

The present invention provides a method for producing a non-woven fiber fabric by spinning a molten polymer. Thus, a non-woven fiber fabric which is substantially free from a solvent, different from the case of spinning a polymer solution, but yet has an extremely small fiber size (diameter of 0.5 μm or less) is provided. The non-woven fiber fabric comprises an olefin-based thermoplastic resin fiber, said fiber having an average fiber size of 0.01-0.5 μm, and said non-woven fiber fabric ...

COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Application Number: 20130122763
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Fish, Christopher N.; Ghiono, Frank L.

Fiber reinforced thermoset plastic composites with a glass transition temperature of greater than 500° C. are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the disclosed fiber reinforced thermoset plastic composites are produced using pre-ceramic resin and fibers that are stable under thermal stress. Also disclosed are methods of making these fiber reinforced thermoset plastic composites. These methods include infiltrating thermally stable fibrous material with a pre-ceramic resin and introducing ...

FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, FILM DEPOSITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Application Number: 20130122718
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Tokyo Electron Limited,

A disclosed film deposition apparatus includes a turntable including a substrate receiving area; a first reaction gas supplier for supplying a first reaction gas to a surface of the turntable having the substrate receiving area; a second reaction gas supplier, arranged away from the first reaction gas supplier along a circumferential direction of the turntable, for supplying a second reaction gas to the surface; a separation area located along the circumferential direction between a first ...

METHOD OF FABRICATING STRUCTURED PARTICLES COMPOSED OF SILICON OR SILICON-BASED MATERIAL AND THEIR USE IN LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Application Number: 20130122717
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Jiang, Yuxiong; Stevens, Valerie Elizabeth Dawn; Mills-Lamptey, Benjamin Odarkwei; Green, Mino; Liu, Feng-Ming

A method for treating silicon to form pillars, especially for use as the active anode material in Li-ion batteries, is disclosed. The process is simple to operate on a commercial scale since it uses a solution containing only a small number of ingredients whose concentration needs to be controlled and it can be cheaper to operate than previous processes. The solution includes: 0.01 to 5M HF 0.002 to 0.2M of metal ions capable of nucleating on and forming a porous layer comprising regions of ...

ELECTROLESS PLATING APPARATUS AND ELECTROLESS PLATING METHOD

Application Number: 20130122704
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., ; EBARA CORPORATION,

There is provided an electroless plating apparatus which, despite using a high-productivity batch processing method, can reduce the amount of a liquid chemical brought out of a processing tank, thereby reducing the cleaning time in a cleaning step, and can perform flushing easily and quickly. The electroless plating apparatus includes a pre-plating treatment module including a pre-plating treatment tank, a plating module, and an inter-module substrate transport device. The pre-plating treatment ...

PANEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PANEL, SOLAR CELL MODULE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD

Application Number: 20130122645
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: TAKANOHA TRADING CO., LTD.,

A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a printing section configured to print ink on a surface of a substrate. The printing section prints conductive ink containing a conductive material by offset printing and prints conductive ink containing a conductive material different from the conductive material on the conductive ink by offset printing. Preferably, the printing apparatus further includes a conveyor configured to convey the substrate. Further, the printing ...

THIN FILM SOLAR CELL PROCESSING AND TESTING METHOD AND EQUIPMENT

Application Number: 20130122616
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Marinella, Stephen J.; Marinella, Zachary J.; Wilkinson, Jeffrey P.; Perkon, David J.; Degroot, Marty W.; Ramesh, Narayan

A method of providing a plurality of classified photovoltaic articles, including the steps of providing a first photo-voltaic element that includes a plurality of photovoltaic articles on a continuous flexible substrate, forming a electrically insulating material on the first photovoltaic element at one or more predetermined locations, separating adjacent photovoltaic articles from each other, determining an efficiency of each photovoltaic article by measuring its current-voltage ...

DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD FOR INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION

Application Number: 20130122607
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Kashiwazaki, Osamu

In order to improve the detection accuracy of a reflection spectrum, a detection device for intermolecular interaction is provided with a detector (10) which has a ligand (16), a white light source (20) which emits white light, a spectroscope (30) which detects the spectral intensity of received light, a light transmission unit (40) which has a first light transmission path (41) for transmitting the white light from the white light source to the ...

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL AND/OR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Application Number: 20130122606
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Cerrato, Elisabeth; Cheucle, Sylvie; Helleux, Virginie; Colin, Bruno; Paris, Cecile

A method of chemical and/or biological analysis including: providing a container delimited by a wall including an inner surface on which there is deposited an active component intended to make possible a chemical and/or biological reaction with a solution disposed in the container; filling the container with a liquid solution containing an analyte which is to be detected; and in applying to the liquid a succession of movements of aspirating/discharging a volume in the container at a suitable ...

PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

Application Number: 20130122604
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: IANNONE, Eugenio

A preliminary diagnostic system comprising a reading station and at least one card comprising an integrated circuit and adapted to be read by the reading station, the integrated circuit of the card comprising a hydraulic circuit and a detection circuit, the card containing a reagent which is adapted to react to the presence of a marker of a disease, the hydraulic circuit being adapted to receive a sample of a biological liquid and to introduce the reagent in the sample, the detection circuit ...

AUTOMATIC ANALYZER, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSOR

Application Number: 20130122596
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Manri, Chihiro; Mitsuyama, Satoshi; Mimura, Tomonori; Kamihara, Kumiko

An automatic analyzer includes sample vessels containing samples to be measured and reaction vessels in which to mix a sample and a reagent. A sample dispenser 5 dispenses a sample from any of the sample vessels to any of the reaction vessels. A reagent dispenser dispenses a reagent from a reagent vessel to a reaction vessel, and a stirrer stirs the sample-reagent mix contained in the reaction vessel. A photometric measurement unit is provided for obtaining multiple measurement data ...

DETERMINING FORMATION FLUID COMPOSITION

Application Number: 20130122595
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.,

Apparatus and systems, as well as methods, may operate to draw a formation fluid sample into a sampling port included in a down hole tool or tool body, to vaporize some part of the fluid sample to substantially fill an injection port with a gas phase, to differentiate gas components in the gas phase to provide differentiated gas components along a concentration gradient in a receiving section, to detect the differentiated gas components with a detector, and to determine a fingerprint of the ...

DETERMINATION OF COMPONENT TEMPERATURE

Application Number: 20130122594
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Rolls-Royce PLC,

Determining a temperature experienced by a region of a component comprising the steps of: providing a component with a temperature sensitive detection material in a first state and exhibiting a first chemical characteristic prior to its exposure to a thermal environment; exposing the component to a thermal environment such that the detection material is converted to a different state in which at least one region of the detection material exhibits at least one chemical characteristic different ...

STERILIZATION PROCESS

Application Number: 20130122583
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Neethling, William Morris Leonard

The present invention relates to a process for sterilizing implantable biomaterials. In particular, the invention relates to a process for sterilizing collagen-containing implantable biomaterials and storage ...

KIT INCLUDING SEQUENCE SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEIN AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID

Application Number: 20130122577
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Kim, Su-hyeon; Rhee, Joo-won; Song, Mi-jeong; Lee, Jeong-gun

Provided are kits for determining a nucleotide sequence of a target nucleic acid, the kit including at least one sequence specific binding protein and a detectable tag. In accordance with a kit for determining a nucleotide sequence of a target nucleic acid according to one exemplary embodiment and a method and device for determining a nucleotide sequence of a target nucleic acid, the nucleotide sequence of the target nucleic acid may be more efficiently ...

RECOVERY OF HIGHER ALCOHOLS FROM DILUTE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Application Number: 20130122561
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Brothers, Mark; Drobish, Ken; Lucas, Scott; Evanko, William A.; Aristidou, Aristos A.; Hawkins, Andrew C.; Evans, Kent

This invention is directed to methods for recovery of C3-C6 alcohols from dilute aqueous solutions, such as fermentation broths. Such methods provide improved volumetric productivity for the fermentation and allow recovery of the alcohol. Such methods also allow for reduced energy use in the production and drying of spent fermentation broth due to increased effective concentration of the alcohol product by the simultaneous fermentation and recovery process which increases the quantity of ...

INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSOR

Application Number: 20130122537
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Margalit, Mordehai; Lipson, Ariel

Optical sensors for use in examining and analyzing a fluid material are described. The optical sensors include a channel configured to transport a fluid material to be examined and analyzed, a first waveguide positioned adjacent to the channel and configured to guide radiation through the channel and a first tunable grating defined on the first waveguide and configured to variably define a cavity for selecting a first wavelength of the ...

METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND CELLULOSE NANOCOMPOSITES

Application Number: 20130122533
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Pitchai-Mydeen, Syed Abthagir; Yan, Ning

A method is provided for preparing electrically conductive polymer and cellulose nanocomposite particles and nanocomposite materials. Cellulose microparticles coated with a conductive polymer are added to an acid solution for initiating an acid hydrolysis reaction for a prescribed time interval to form conductive polymer coated cellulose nanoparticles. After quenching the acid hydrolysis reaction, the nanoparticles are separated to obtain a colloidal solution of conductive nanoparticles. The ...

Methods of Improving Auto-Coding Capabilities for Biosensors and Devices for Same

Application Number: 20130122532
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Hsiao, Tsung-Sung; Chen, Wen-Huang; Tsai, Han-Ching; Chang, Keng-Hao

The present invention discloses a biological measuring device with auto coding capabilities. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the biological measuring device with auto coding capabilities may include a test strip associated with a code pattern; and a code reader electrically coupled to the test strip to read the code pattern, wherein the code reader is configured to read an output from the code pattern consisted of a first logical value, a second logical value, and a ...

Method for Detection of Ischemic Strokes

Application Number: 20130122519
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Curdt, Ingo; Blincko, Stuart; Dhein, Jens; Villalonga, Joan Montaner; Devanarayan, Viswanath

The present invention relates to the identification and use of diagnostic markers for ischemic stroke of the lacunar subtype. The invention relates to devices and kits for performing these ...

WELLNESS PANEL

Application Number: 20130122518
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Callewaert, Denis M.; Dahl, Andrew A.

A panel for monitoring levels of biomarkers, including an assay having at least one inflammation monitoring test, at least one oxidative stress monitoring test, and at least one antioxidant activity monitoring test. A method of monitoring an individual's health, by collecting a sample from the individual, applying the sample to an assay panel, performing at least one inflammation monitoring test, at least one oxidative stress monitoring test, and at least one antioxidant activity monitoring ...

NANOPROBES FOR DETECTION OR MODIFICATION OF MOLECULES

Application Number: 20130122502
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: of Health and Human Services, The USA, as represented by the Secretary, Dept.

The disclosure provides probes for one or more target molecules. In particular examples, the probes include a molecular linker and first and second functional groups linked and spaced by the molecular linker, wherein the functional groups are capable of interacting with one another or with the target biomolecule in a predetermined reaction, and wherein the molecular linker maintains the first and second functional groups sufficiently spaced from one another such that the functional groups do ...

THROUGH-PORT OXY-FUEL BURNER

Application Number: 20130122442
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: D'AGOSTINI, Mark Daniel; HABEL, Michael Edward; WATSON, Matthew James

A fluid-cooled through-port oxy-fuel burner for converting an air-fuel regenerator port from air-fuel combustion to oxy-fuel combustion and an associated furnace and method. The oxy-fuel burner is suitable for installing through a regenerator port neck. The burner has an elbow-like bend to accommodate the geometry of the regenerator port neck. The burner has a cooling fluid jacket, a fuel conduit, a first oxidant conduit, and optionally an oxidant staging ...

LOW NOX BURNER APPARATUS AND METHOD

Application Number: 20130122440
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Zeeco, Inc.,

A burner apparatus for a furnace system and a method of burner operation. The burner has a series of fuel ejection structures which at least partially surround the burner wall for ejecting fuel into a combustion region projecting from the forward end of the burner wall. The ejection structures preferably eject fuel outside of the burner wall at alternating angles. Further, the burner apparatus preferably includes at least one additional series of fuel ejection structures which is spaced ...

FUEL SELECTION VALVE ASSEMBLIES

Application Number: 20130122439
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventor: Deng, David

A valve assembly can include a housing, which can define a first fuel input for receiving a first fuel from a first fuel source and a second fuel input for receiving a second fuel from a second fuel source. The housing can define a first fuel output for directing fuel toward a control valve, and can define a third fuel input for receiving a portion of either the first fuel or the second fuel from the control valve. The housing can define a first egress flow path and a second egress flow path, ...

COMBUSTOR

Application Number: 20130122438
Publication Date: 2013-05-16
Inventors: Melton, Patrick Benedict; Stoia, Lucas John; Westmoreland, III, James Harold

A combustor includes a casing that surrounds at least a portion of the combustor and includes an end cover at one end of the combustor. An end cap axially separated from the end cover is configured to extend radially across at least a portion of the combustor and includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A plurality of tubes extends from the upstream surface through the downstream surface to provide fluid communication through the end cap. A cap shield extends ...