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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183938 | Tuning methods and apparatus for inductively coupled power transfer (ICPT) systems A method is provided for controlling a resonant circuit (1) of an ICPT system. The resonant circuit has a controlled variable reactance (2), and a predetermined perturbation is introduced in the magnitude of variable reactance. The change in a property... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174152 | Assembly for supplying a consumer with electric power An arrangement for supplying a load with electrical energy from a power source comprises a textile, woven floor covering (101) with longitudinally running warp threads and transversely running weft threads, three or more current conductors (106) that a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8106003 | Peptides and methods for the treatment of inflammatory disease The invention relates to isolated peptides comprising at least the amino acid sequence YDRREY (SEQ ID NO:1) or a derivative thereof, nucleic acid encoding the peptides, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for modulating β 7 integrin function, including methods ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8093758 | Method and apparatus for control of inductively coupled power transfer systems A power pick-up for an Inductively Coupled Power Transfer (ICPT) system is provided having a resonant pick up circuit. The natural frequency of the pick-up circuit may be varied by controlling the conductance or capacitance of a variable reactive in the resonant cir... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8050068 | Variable reactive element in a resonant converter circuit A resonant converter is provided which may be used for supplying power to the primary conductive path of an inductively coupled power transfer (ICPT) system. The converter includes a variable reactive element in the resonant circuit which may be controlled to vary t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7997725 | Contact lens and method for prevention of myopia progression A method of slowing the progression of myopia in a person, comprises applying to the eye of the person contact lens or lenses each including a vision correction area for correcting in use the myopic vision of a wearer, and a myopic defocus area having a less negativ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7989451 | Tricyclic 1,2,4-triazine oxides and compositions for therapeutic use in cancer treatments The invention relates to novel tricyclic 1,2,4-triazine-1-oxides and novel tricyclic 1,2,4-triazine-1,4-dioxides of formula I and to related analogues, to their preparation, and to their use as hypoxia-selective drugs and r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7901617 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger 10 includes a conduit 12 for conveying cooling fluid relative to a body to be cooled. A heat transfer arrangement 62 is arranged in communication with an interior of the conduit 12, the heat transfer arrangement 62... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7838244 | SET1 proteins and uses thereof The invention relates to methods of use of SET1 proteins or functional equivalents thereof. More particularly the invention relates to the use of SET1 proteins or functional equivalents thereof in procedure, for identification and/or isolation of IgA and the scrum c... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832859 | Contact lens and method Contact lenses and methods for preventing or slowing progression of myopia are described. The contact lenses include a vision correction area and a myopic defocus area. Various examples of the contact lenses are described. Methods include providing the present conta... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7816521 | 1,2,4-benzotriazine-1,4-dioxides The compound 3-ethyl-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy]-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. A method of treating cancer in a subject is also described in which 3-ethyl-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy]-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7781916 | Parallel-tuned pick-up system with multiple voltage outputs A pick-up is provided for an Inductively Coupled Power Transfer (ICPT) system having a parallel tuned resonant pick-up circuit. The pick-up has a plurality of independently controllable power supply outputs. This allows a first output to supply a high voltage load (... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776924 | Nitroaniline-based alkylating agents and their use as prodrugs Nitroaniline-based unsymmetrical mustards of the general formula (I) are provided, together with methods of preparation and methods for their use as prodrugs for gene-dependent enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) and cell ablation therapy in conjunction with nitroreducta... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766478 | Contact lens and method for prevention of myopia progression A method of slowing the progression of myopia in a person, comprises applying to the eye of the person contact lens or lenses each including a vision correction area for correcting in use the myopic vision of a wearer, and a myopic defocus area having a less negativ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7718688 | Nitrobenzindoles and their use in cancer therapy The present invention relates generally to nitro-1,2-dihydro-3H-benzo[e]indoles and related analogues, to their preparation, and to their use as hypoxia-selective drugs and radiosensitizers for cancer therapy, both alone or in combination with radiation and/or other... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7675197 | Apparatus and method for inductive power transfer Apparatus is disclosed for allowing an inductive power distribution system pick-up to be located at an extended distance from the system primary conductive path. The apparatus has an elongate housing (40) which has a first coil (14) at one end to recei... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7633235 | Inductively-powered power transfer system with one or more independently controllable loads The present invention provides a system for controlling one or more operating unites in an inductive power transfer (IPT) system. Each operating unit includes a pick-up coil that takes power from a primary conductor or track over an air gap. The operating unit is co... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7629332 | Nitrophenyl mustard and nitrophenylaziridine alcohols and their corresponding phosphates and their use as targeted cytotoxic agents The present invention relates to a novel nitrophenyl mustard and nitrophenylaziridine alcohols, to their corresponding phosphates, to their use as targeted cytotoxic agents; as bioreductive drugs in hypoxic tumors, and to their use in cell ablation, including gene-d... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7547769 | Immunomodulatory constructs and their uses The invention relates to immunomodulators. In particular the invention relates to specific immunomodulators based on the superantigen SMEZ-2 and more particularly based on mutants of the superantigen SMEZ-2, which are adapted to target antigen-presenting-cells for t... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7504507 | Anti-tumour polycyclic carboxamides This invention relates to polycyclic carboxamide compounds of the formula (I) with cytotoxicity, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly I the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cellular prolif... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7491402 | Superantigens SMEZ-2, SPE-G, SPE-H and SPE-J and uses thereof The invention provides superantigens SMEZ-2, SPE-G, SPE-H and SPE-J, as well as polynucleotides which encode them. Such superantigens have, inter alia, diagnostic and therapeutic application. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7469065 | Method, apparatus and software for lossy data compression and function estimation There is provided a method of producing compressed data including the steps of receiving input data to be compressed (step 10), transforming said input data into a sum of basis functions multiplied by a corresponding set of coefficients, which may be a transf... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7414019 | FGF-8 methods of use This invention features a method for treating a bone condition in a patient, e.g., a mammal, a human, a horse, a dog, or a cat. The method includes administering an effective amount of FGF-8, FGF-8 analog, or a FGF-8 agonist to the patient. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7353127 | Apparatus and method for detection and quantification of oscillatory signals A method of determining the location in time of maxima and/or minima of an oscillatory signal. The method may have application to measurement of biological signals, in particular measurement of heart rate from a pulsatile blood signal. The method includes a first st... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314856 | Adrenomedullin agonists A method for promoting bone growth in a patient (e.g., a mammal such as a human) said method including the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of adrenomedullin or an adrenomedullin agonist to said patient. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7235578 | Processes for preparing 3-substituted 1-(chloromethyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-[ring fused indol-5-yl-(amine-derived)] compounds and analogues thereof, and to products obtained therefrom The invention provides processes of preparing 3-substituted 1-(chloromethyl)- 1,2-dihydro-3H-[ring fused indol-5-yl(amine-derived)] compounds of formula (I) and its analogues, or a physiologically functional derivative thereof, (I), wherein A and B together may repr... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7169559 | LDL receptor-related proteins 1 and 2 and treatment of bone or cartilage conditions LDL receptor-related proteins 1 and 2 (LRP-1 and LRP-2) and interaction between lactoferrin and LRP-1, LRP-2, or p42/44 MAP kinase in diagnosis and treatment of disorders such as bone or cartilage disorders. Also disclosed are methods of screening for related therap... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155042 | Method and system of measuring characteristics of an organ The invention provides a method of measuring characteristics of an organ or part thereof from multiple images of the organ or part thereof, the method comprising the steps of defining the spatial position of at least two of the images; defining a reference model of ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7100535 | System for rearing aquatic animals A container 10 for rearing aquatic animals includes a floor portion 12 which defines a plurality of openings. A wall portion 100 bounds the floor portion 12 to form, together with the floor portion 12, a chamber for receiving the a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098316 | Human proteins The present invention relates to novel human proteins and isolated nucleic acids containing the coding regions of the genes encoding such proteins. Also provided are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the proteins of the invention. The inventi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7064117 | Anti-cancer 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-f]quinoline complexes of cobalt and chromium This invention relates to a class of heterocycles and their metal complexes, and is particularly concerned with the use of these compounds in the preparation of prodrugs or as prodrugs that may be activated under hypoxic conditions by enzymes or by therapeutic ionis... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7033203 | Connector and components therefor The invention relates to a connector pair (1,2), for detachably connecting two cable ends (3,4), cords, optical fibers or hoses, which will not disconnect when a pulling force is applied to a cable. For that purpose the first connector (1) is pr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6986783 | System method for reducing brain injury particularly in newborn infants A method for preventing or reducing the development of delayed brain damage in a patient, comprises applying headwear (1) to the patient's head and circulating a fluid coolant through conduits (3) or passages in the headwear to cool the brain and therm... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6967658 | Non-linear morphing of faces and their dynamics A method and apparatus is disclosed in which one or more standard faces are transformed into a target face so as to allow expressions corresponding to the standard face(s) to be used as animation vectors by the target face. In particular, a non-linear morphing trans... | 11/22/2005 |
| D509803 | Electrical connector | 09/20/2005 |
| 6933278 | Treatment of hypertension using growth hormone in mammals subjected to fetal programming Embodiments of this invention include methods for decreasing hypertension in mammals subjected to adverse cardiovascular fetal programming or a long-term adverse postnatal environment. Fetal programming can result from adverse intrauterine conditions, including grow... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6903532 | Method and apparatus for starting an induction motor A starting circuit for an induction motor is provided whereby a stationary rotor flux is established then a stored charge supplied to a motor winding in order to provide a starting torque. Before applying a mains power supply to the motor after the starting torque h... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892586 | Measuring and controlling the flow of flowable materials A method of determining an inlet flow rate (Finlet) of a flowable material including passing an inlet stream of flowable material through a chamber (20) having an outlet aperture (100); measuring a first rate of change of quantity of materia... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6787311 | Diagnosis of premature ovarian failure Methods by which a predisposition to Premature Ovarian failure (POF) can be determined. In particular, methods are provided for detecting whether a female has a predisposition to POF with reference to an alteration (mutation) in the gene coding inhibin. ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6731883 | System and method for demultiplexing in optical communication systems A demultiplexer and method for a high speed time division multiplex optical communication system uses an opto-electronic device in which two photon absorption can occur configured in circuit. The received optical multi-channel signal and a control optical signal at ... | 05/04/2004 |
