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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6054197 | Structural elements Compressive and tensile structural elements are disclosed having an enclosure with walls surrounding a cavity. A non-compressible material is disposed in the cavity. The walls are shaped such that a force tending to compress or elongate the element by a f... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5170170 | Radiation imaging utilizing data reconstruction to provide transforms which accurately reflect wave propagation characteristics A system for radiation imaging of an object in response to echo signals from a target area of the object, such as a region of the anatomy of a body. Data is obtained by time domain measurements at monostatic transducers which can be disposed in different ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5134071 | Polymerization and copolymerization of proteins A method for producing a polyprotein having at least 10 units, and often as many as 50 to 100 and more units held together by sulfur to sulfur or sulfur to carbon bonds is disclosed. Each unit comprises a protein and one or more heterobifunctional reagent... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5122699 | Low temperature field producer A process for the formation of a force field comprising cooling at least one crystal selected from potassium tartrate, cesium nitrate, rubidium nitrate, tartaric acid, cadmium nitrate and thorium nitrate to a temperature below about 110K. The force field ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5112742 | Screening for anti-adhesin antibiotics by employing photoinduced cyanobacteria The present invention relates to the method of screening for antibiotics employing a cyanobacterium, Nostoc muscorum A. The cyanobacterium is photoinduced under specified growing conditions to enable the cyanobacterium to be employed for screening of chem... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5107161 | Low temperature force field producer A process for the formation of a force field comprising cooling at least one crystal selected from potassium tartrate, cesium nitrate, rubidium nitrate, tartaric acid, cadmium nitrate and thorium nitrate to a temperature below about 110K. The force field ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5061767 | Hydrophilic-hydrophobic polymer composites and membranes A polymer composite, a method of making a polymer composite and a polymer composite membrane. The polymer composite comprises a uniform dispersion of hydrophobic polymeric particles in a continuous phase of a hydrophilic polymer. The new method of forming... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5048532 | Method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure A method and appartus are provided for measuring left atrial pressure by inserting a sensing probe into the esophagus and positioning the probe so that pressure from the left atrium is sensed by the probe. More particularly, the invention provides a metho... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5039619 | Method for detecting characteristic markers of disease in biological fluids A method for detecting characteristic markers of disease in biological fluids including the steps of applying the biological fluid containing the marker onto a support matrix; differential staining with a staining mixture, selective for the marker and dir... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4965840 | Method and apparatus for determining the distances between surface-patches of a three-dimensional spatial scene and a camera system The present invention concerns a method of determining the distance between a surface patch of a 3-D spatial scene and a camera system. The distance of the surface patch is determined on the basis of at least a pair of images, each image formed using a ca... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4929510 | Biocompatible polymer articles A polymer article and a method for making the polymer article. The polymer article includes a hydrophobic polymer substrate and a block copolymer. The block copolymer has at least first and second blocks. The first block is more hydrophobic than the secon... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4920497 | Method for rendering usuable a defective raw programmable logic array and a defective programmable logic array rendered usable by this method A method of rendering defective raw programmable logic arrays usable by locating the manufacturing defects within the raw logic array, reconfiguring the columns of a mask logic array, and mapping the mask logic array onto the raw logic array so as to mask... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4863157 | Method and apparatus for exercising a paralyzed limb A method and apparatus are provided for inducing contraction of a paralyzed muscle in a limb. The invention includes a method for providing electrical stimualtion to a paralyzed limb in response to continuous motion of an uninvolved, or unparalyzed limb, ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860910 | Paper separation device for waste containers The present invention is a paper separation device for placement over the central opening of a standard or like waste container. The paper separation device comprises a housing having continuous walls forming an enclosure, and a means for maintaining a ho... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4855903 | Topologically-distributed-memory multiprocessor computer A modular, expandable, topologically-distributed-memory multiprocessor computer comprises a plurality of non-directly communicating slave processors under the control of a synchronizer and a master processor. Memory space is partitioned into a plurality o... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4711851 | Test apparatus for determining a metabolic characteristic of microorganisms A tester can determine a metabolic characteristic of a microorganism suspended in a medium. The tester has a reagent supply, a probe, a dispenser and a controller. The reagent supply contains a quantity of at least one test reagent. The probe is sized to ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4621147 | Novel trivalent organometallic compounds and methods of preparing same In the manufacture of semiconductors it is desirable to make controlled deposits of certain phosphides or arsenides of trivalent metals such as gallium, indium and aluminum. There are provided novel neopentyl derivatives of these metals whose stability ch... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4474746 | Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals for localization in target tissues exhibiting a regional pH shift relative to surrounding tissues A radiopharmaceutical chemical compound comprising a radioactive isotope, other than an isotope of iodine, in chemical combination with at least one amine group. The compound has a lipophilicity sufficiently high at a pH of 7.6 to permit passage of the co... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4430319 | Radioactive iodine labeled phenolic amines The invention is accomplished by the formation at the site of use of the radioactive amine of the invention which is then injected immediately into the mammal for diagnostic purposes. The compounds of the invention are as follows: ##STR1## In th... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4363793 | Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals for localization in target tissues exhibiting a regional pH shift relative to surrounding tissues A radiopharmaceutical chemical compound comprising a radioactive isotope, other than an isotope of iodine, in chemical combination with at least one amine group. The compound has a lipophilicity sufficiently high at a pH of 7.6 to permit passage of the co... | 12/14/1982 |
