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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129118 | Magnetic glass particles, method for their preparation and uses thereof This invention relates to magnetic particles having a glass surface which are substantially spherical. This invention also relates to methods for making them, as well as to suspensions thereof and their uses for the purification of DNA or RNA in particular in automa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8119069 | Test element analysis system A test element analysis system for the analytical investigation of a liquid sample, comprising a test element including a carrier film having at least one flat side and a test field secured to the flat side and an evaluation instrument including a test element holde... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7799578 | Capillary active test element having an intermediate layer situated between the support and the covering The invention concerns a device and method for withdrawing samples of liquid samples for analytical elements. The device includes a carrier and a cover with a surface that cooperates with a surface of the carrier to form a channel. The channel has an opening defined... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7759107 | Thermostable nucleic acid polymerase from A purified thermostable enzyme is derived form the thermophilic archaebacterium Thermococcus gorgonarius. The enzyme can be native or recombinant, retains approximately 90% of its activity after incubation for two hours at 95° C. in the presence of stabilizi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7659373 | Erythropoietin with high specific activity The invention concerns new EPO compositions with high specific activity which are characterized by a high proportion of N-acetyl-lactosamine units or/and tetraantennary branches in the carbohydrate structure. In addition the invention concerns a process for producin... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7629295 | Determination of a specific immunoglobulin using multiple antigens The invention concerns a method for the immunological determination of a specific antibody in a sample liquid in which the sample liquid is incubated in the presence of a solid phase with two antigens directed against the antibody to be determined of which the first... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7569187 | Device for removing consumable analytic products from a storage container A method and a device for removing an analytic consumable product, in particular a test element, from a storage container having chambers which are sealed by foils from which the consumable product is pushed out by means of a plunger (7) can be optimized in t... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7547417 | Storage container for analytical devices A storage container for holding analytical devices, the storage container being made of a rigid material and containing separate chambers in each of which at most one analytical device can be accommodated, wherein the chambers are in a regular geometric arrangement ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7479253 | Method of assembling a diagnostic test strip having a functional overlay A flat-shaped functional overlay for at least one region of a flat-shaped flexible object which does not form a fold when the sandwich composed of the flexible object and overlay is bent towards the side on which the overlay is located is described. The overlay is c... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7429468 | Mutant B-type DNA polymerases exhibiting improved performance in PCR The present invention relates to thermostable mutants of B-type DNA polymerases comprising a Y-GG/A amino acid motif between the N-terminal 3′-5′-exonuclease domain and the C-terminal polymerase domain whereas the tyrosine of the Y-GG/A amino acid motif is mutat... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425423 | Thermostable nucleic acid polymerase from A purified thermostable enzyme is derived from the thermophilic archaebacterium Thermococcus gorgonarius. The enzyme can be native or recombinant, retains approximately 90% of its activity after incubation for two hours at 95° C. in the presence of stabilizi... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7410782 | Thermostable enzyme promoting the fidelity of thermostable DNA polymerases—for improvement of nucleic acid synthesis and amplification in vitro A purified thermostable enzyme is derived form the thermophilic archaebacterium Archaeoglobus fulgidus. The enzyme can be native or recombinant, is stable under PCR conditions and exhibits double strand specific exonuclease activity. It is a 3′-5′ exonucl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390624 | Metal chelate-labelled peptides The invention concerns a process for the production of metal chelate-labelled peptide antigens, peptides obtainable by this process and their use in an immunological method of detection. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371830 | Method for separating biological material from a fluid using magnetic particles Magnetic particles are prepared containing a magnetic core coated with a glass layer having a substantially pore-free glass surface or having pores with a diameter of less than 10 nm. The particles are used for separating biological material such as nucleic acids. A... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347971 | Spreading layers and their use in test strips A spreading material is described which comprises a porous flat-shaped structure impregnated with a wetting agent, wherein the wetting agent is N-oleoyl-sarcosinate. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344717 | Use of erythropoietin in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis A novel use of the known protein Erythropoietin (EPO) and/or a derivative and/or a fragment thereof is disclosed. EPO is used as a pharmaceutical for the treatment of chronic inflammations. A particularly beneficial result is seen in patients suffering from rheumato... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7322998 | Device for withdrawing blood for diagnostic applications A device for withdrawing blood for diagnostic purposes including a lancet and a lancet drive having a loadable elastic drive spring provided within an elongated housing. A relaxing motion of the drive spring is converted into a puncturing motion to move the lancet a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315752 | Method and device for determining a light transport parameter in a biological matrix A method for the selective determination of the scattering index μs of a scattering biological matrix, in particular for the purpose of non-invasive determination of the concentration of glucose in the skin, by means of detection measurements, in each of... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300525 | Device for cleaning pipette probes or stirrers The invention concerns a device for cleaning pipette needles or stirrers, the device comprising a trough which holds cleaning fluid and whose lower region has a fluid duct for filling and/or emptying purposes and whose upper region has at least one feed pipe which l... | 11/27/2007 |
| RE39915 | Method for the determination of HDL cholesterol by means of a rapid diagnostic agent with an integrated fractionating step An apparatus comprising a first porous carrier and a second porous carrier for evaluating biological fluid samples is disclosed. The apparatus is used for separating non high density lipoprotein (non-HDL) from a lipoprotein in a body sample and for determining high ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267992 | Method for the determination of an analyte in a liquid A method is provided to determine the presence of an analyte in a sample. The method provides an element with a sample application zone, a detection zone, a zone containing immobilized analyte or analyte analogue, a conjugate that has a first bioaffine binding partn... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262061 | Test element analysis system Test element analysis system for the analytical investigation of a sample, in particular of a body liquid of human beings or animals, comprising test elements (2) with a carrier film (5) and a test field (7) fixed to the flat side (6) of ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255859 | Monoclonal antibodies against the epitope YPYDVPDYA, a process for their production and their use The invention concerns monoclonal antibodies against the epitope YPYDVPDYA (SEQ ID NO: 1) which is derived from the haemagglutinin of the human influenza virus and are suitable for the detection and isolation of native haemagglutinin of the human influenza virus, of... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244602 | Polymerase chimeras The invention concerns polymerase chimeras which are composed of amino acid fragments representing domains and which combine properties of naturally occurring polymerases that are advantageous with regard to a particular application. It has surprisingly turned out t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238534 | Capillary active test element having an intermediate layer situated between the support and the covering The invention concerns a device for withdrawing samples of liquid samples for analytical elements. The capillary-device channel is essentially formed by a carrier, a cover and optionally an intermediate layer between the cover and carrier. A notch is located in one ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229771 | Polyethylene glycol-derivatized biomolecules and their use in heterogeneous detection methods The use of polyalkylene oxide modified reagents is disclosed in a method for the detection of an analyte or in suitable reagent kits for such methods. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214514 | Identification of human cell lines for the production of human proteins by endogenous gene activation A process for selecting human cells for the production of human proteins by endogenous gene activation allows human proteins to be produced in economically feasible quantities and in a form suitable for producing a pharmaceutical composition. Also disclosed is a pro... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214532 | Methods for identifying human cell lines useful for endogenous gene activation, isolated human cell lines identified thereby, and uses thereof The invention concerns human cells which, due to an activation of the endogenous human EPO gene, are able to produce EPO in an adequate quantity and purity to enable a cost-effective production of human EPO as a pharmaceutical preparation. Furthermore the invention ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211437 | Method for removing consumable analytic products from a storage container A method and a device for removing an analytic consumable product, in particular a test element, from a storage container having chambers which are sealed by foils from which the consumable product is pushed out by means of a plunger (7) can be optimized in t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211096 | Lancet dispenser A system suitable for collecting a body fluid, in particular blood from a body region of a person to be examined which comprises a lancing device which is suitable for holding a lancet, a lancet magazine for storing two or several lancets which has a transport devic... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172999 | Method and preparations for stabilizing biological materials by drying methods without freezing The present invention concerns processes for the production of dry, partially amorphous products containing biologically active and in particular therapeutically active material which are macroscopically homogeneous substance mixtures, the substance mixtures being s... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172890 | Inactivated enzyme variants and associated process and reagent system The present invention relates to oxidoreductase apoenzyme variants which are enzymatically inactive but have coenzyme-binding properties. Further, the present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding these oxidoreductase apoenzyme variants, expression vectors con... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169553 | 2-Azapurine compounds and their use Within oligonucleotides 2-azapurine and especially 2-azaadenine bases form specifically base pairs with guanine. This base pair is of analogous stability as an adenine-thymine but less stable than a guanine-cytosine base pair. Therefore, the incorporation of 2-azaad... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169600 | Device for determining a glucose concentration in a tissue fluid The invention concerns an arrangement for determining the concentration of glucose in a tissue fluid. In the microdialysis technology used for this purpose, perfusate-containing glucose is transported in intermittent delivery pulses through a microdialysis probe ins... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160510 | Operation checking device and checking method for dispenser An object is to provide a dispenser operation verification apparatus and verification method that enables operation with high reliability and high accuracy. The construction is such that with a dispenser comprising: one or a plurality of transparent or semi-t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7132270 | Forms of soluble pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent glucose dehydrogenase The present invention relates to improved variants of soluble pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent glucose dehydrogenases (s-GDH), to genes encoding mutated s-GDH, to mutant proteins of s-GDH with improved substrate specificity for glucose, and to different appl... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122302 | Method for determining early HCV seroconversion The present invention concerns a polypeptide which is composed of the amino acids 1207±10 to 1488±10 of a hepatitis C virus and of less than 20 foreign amino acids and the use of this polypeptide as an antigen in an immunological test. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7077828 | Device for withdrawing blood for diagnostic applications A device for withdrawing blood for diagnostic purposes including a lancet and a lancet drive having a loadable elastic drive spring provided within an elongated housing. A relaxing motion of the drive spring is converted into a puncturing motion to move the lancet a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064190 | Antigen-specific, activated T lymphocytes, detection and use The invention concerns autoreactive peptides, peptide-MHC complexes, T cell subpopulations that react thereto as well as diagnostic and therapeutic applications of these compounds. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7030220 | Thermostable enzyme promoting the fidelity of thermostable DNA polymerases-for improvement of nucleic acid synthesis and amplification in vitro A purified thermostable enzyme is derived from the thermophilic archaebacterium Archaeoglobus fulgidus. The enzyme can be native or recombinant, is stable under PCR conditions and exhibits double strand specific exonuclease activity. It is a 3′–5′ exonu... | 04/18/2006 |
