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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7011939 | Apparatus and method for electrophysiological testing A method and apparatus for running a plurality of tests concurrently to obtain data relating to the electrophysiological properties of receptors and channels in biological membranes of test subjects, such as, for example, Xenopus oocytes. The invention furthe... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6662031 | Method and device for the noninvasive determination of hemoglobin and hematocrit A method for the determination of hemoglobin and hematocrit by means of an apparatus that is capable of controlling the temperature of a defined subcutaneous volume of human skin. The method involves a calculation of hemoglobin concentration and hematocri... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6547997 | Method for producing solvent-free noncrystalline biologically active substances Solvent-free noncrystalline bioactive substances are prepared from the corresponding crystalline bioactive substances in an extruder by melting the substances in the extruder under reduced pressure and in the absence of auxiliaries, cooling and comminutin... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6367961 | Apparatus for making an emulsion An apparatus for making a sterile emulsion, comprising a fluid pathway, a pumping bore, a reciprocable (reciprocal) member, and a valve body. The pumping bore being in fluid communication with the fluid pathway and having a reciprocable member reciprocabl... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6045854 | Nutritional formulations containing oligosaccharides A nutritional formulation containing at least one of the following oligosaccharides: from about 400 to about 3500 mg/L of 3-fucosyllactose; from about 200 to about 2200 mg/L of lacto-N-fucopentaose III; from about 100 to about 1500 mg/L of lacto-N-fucopen... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6014577 | Device for the detection of analyte and administration of a therapeutic substance The present invention relates to a device for the sampling of blood or other body fluids which includes means for the direct measurement of the analyte of interest within the fluid. Also disclosed is a `closed-loop` device and method wherein the analyte i... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5968809 | Methods and compositions for synthesis of long chain poly-unsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to fatty acid desaturases able to catalyze the conversion of oleic acid to linoleic acid, linoleic acid to gamma-linolenic acid, or of alpha-linolenic acid to stearidonic acid. Nucleic acid sequences encoding desaturases, nuc... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5915583 | Container Embodiments of a container for holding an item are disclosed. In one embodiment, the container comprises an open end, a closed end and a shank connecting the open end with the closed end. A flange extends from the open end. The flange has a configuration ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908862 | Water-miscible esters of mono--and diglycerides having antibacterial activity and their use in inhibiting infection A process of treating a bacterial infection in a subject in need of such treatment including the step of administering to the subject an effective bactericidal amount of diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides is provided. Pharmaceutical co... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5648497 | Retroviral protease inhibiting compounds A retroviral protease inhibiting compound of the formula A--X--B is disclosed. Also disclosed are a composition and method for inhibiting a retroviral protease and for treating an HIV infection. Also disclosed are processes and intermediates useful for th... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5541320 | Process for the preparation of a substituted diaminoalcohol A process is disclosed for the preparation of a substituted diaminoalcohol of the formula: ##STR1##... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5478754 | Determination of glycated hemoglobin by fluorescence quenching The present invention relates to the measurement of glycated hemoglobin by fluorescence quenching. The present invention uniquely involves performing two sequential fluorescent quenching measurements: one measurement of the fluorescent quenching due to to... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5444054 | Method of treating ulcerative colitis A method of improving the nutritional status and reversing the characteristic diarrhea and inflammatory condition in a mammalian creature having ulcerative colitis or inflammation of the colon which contains in combination (a) an oil blend which contains ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5310650 | Method and device for improved reaction kinetics in nucleic acid hybridizations The present invention relates to methods and test strips for performing nucleic acid hybridizations on a porous chromatographic material having the capacity for rapid chromatographic solvent transport of non-immobilized reagents and reactive solution comp... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5284139 | Hemometrix temperature compensation A method for converting a value for the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in blood at a measurement temperature to a corresponding value at a reference temperature (37° C.). A value for pO2 is determined by measurements made in a pat... | 02/08/1994 |
