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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6390785 | High efficiency booster for automotive and other applications An air booster system (10) for use with a gas turbine to deliver compressed air to a combustion chamber (14) includes a first cylinder (24) with a first piston (52) reciprocal therein and a second cylinder (26) having a second piston (54) reciprocal there... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6284899 | Chemiluminescent dialkyl-substituted 1,2-dioxetane compounds, methods of synthesis and use A chemiluminescent assay method and compositions are described which use a dialkyl-substituted dioxetane which is deprotected to trigger a chemiluminescent reaction. Chemiluminescent 1,2-dioxetane compounds substituted on the dioxetane ring with two nonsp... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6106868 | Method for the treatment of hepatitis A method for the treatment of viral induced hepatitis B in mammals, particularly humans, by injecting a thymosin is described. The method is particularly effective in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B using bovine calf thymosin fraction 5 which contain... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6001799 | Method of treating hepatitis C in non-responders to interferon treatment A method of treating Hepatitis C by administering an immune system-potentiating dose of at least one Thymosin or system-potentiating Thymosin fragment to a mammal infected with Hepatitis C virus, which Hepatitis C infection in the mammal is non-responsive... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5965493 | Therapeutic Quassinoid preparations with antineoplastic, antiviral, and herbistatic activity The present invention includes purified and isolated quassinoids and synthetically derived quassinoid analogs based on a picrasane carbon skeleton. Novel sidechains at C-15 incorporating water solubilizing agents such as glycine are discussed. Therapeutic... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5886238 | Alkene precursors for preparing chemiluminescent dialkyl-substituted 1,2-dioxetane compounds Alkene precursors for preparing dialkyl-substituted dioxetanes. The dioxetanes are useful for the detection of triggering agents including enzymes.... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5849696 | Composition and method of treating hepatitis C Compositions and methods of use for treating hepatitis C virus-infected mammals are disclosed. The compositions include one or more thymosins alone or in combination with one or more interferons. Methods of treatment include use of thymosins alone, or tog... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5750501 | Method and composition for treatment of patients having decompensated liver disease A method and composition for treating a Hepatitis B patient having hepatic decompensation utilizes Hepatitis B virus-reducing amounts of T댑, administered to a patient having decompensated liver disease so as to render the patient seroneg... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5595391 | Relating to tapered connections An improved connection between a conical shank and conical receptacle is provided. A plurality of uniform resilient elements are mounted in a circumferential band arrangement adjacent the surface of the end of one of the shank or receptacle opposite to th... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5468729 | Method for treatment of autoimmune hepatitis A method and composition for treating autoimmune hepatitis in a patient utilizes an immunomodulatory amount of T댑 and an anti-inflammatory amount of a corticosteroid.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5437197 | Magnetostrictive sensor structures A magnetostrictive force sensor in which magnetically conductive support members are interposed between magnetically conductive end plates. The support members have magnetic properties which vary in accordance with the compressive or tensile load applied ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5351152 | Direct-view stereoscopic confocal microscope A direct-view stereoscopic confocal microscope including a light source, an aperture plate, image collector, and first and second vibrators. The light source is used for illuminating a portion of a specimen and the aperture plate is used for passing a por... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5283684 | Method of constructing confocal microscope components A method for constructing a Nipkow disk using a zone plate disk, comprises the steps of constructing a zone plate disk, including the substep of disposing a plurality of focusing means a long a disk, wherein the plurality of focusing means have a common f... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5215922 | Method and compositions for the determination of serum calcium using aersenazo III A colorimetric, particularly spectrophotometric, method and compositions for determining calcium levels in blood serum in the presence of magnesium and other serum ions is described. The method uses an aqueous composition with a pH between about 7.5 and 1... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5185267 | Method for detecting maternally transferred drug metabolites in newborn infants An improved method for detecting the presence of durg metabolites in the meconium of newborn infants is described. The method involves a single step extraction of the drug metabolites from meconium using a buffered aqueous solution containing methanol in ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5162941 | Confocal microscope A confocal microscope comprises a focusing lens for focusing a light source onto a pin hole. The use of the lens for this purpose, when used within a confocal microscope apparatus, greatly reduces image artifacts and creates an increased transfer efficien... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5004565 | Method and compositions providing enhanced chemiluminescence from 1,2-dioxetanes A method and compositions including a 1,2-dioxetane and a fluorescent compound is described. In particular, enzymatic triggering of a triggerable 1,2-dioxetane admixed with a surfactant and the fluorescent compound attached to a hydrocarbon to provide a c... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4983779 | Process for the preparation of vinyl ethers An improved process for the preparation of vinyl ethers by the coupling reaction of an ester of the formula ##STR1## with a carbonyl containing compound of the formula ##STR2## wherein A and R are passive organic groups and OY is a hydroxyl grou... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4965579 | N-bit A/D converter utilizing N comparators A parallel analog-to-digital ("A/D") converter utilizing only N comparators and at least N-1 summing networks made of the simple resistance elements. The A/D conversion process operates asynchronously without need for registers, a clock circuit or latches... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4944196 | Conjugate gear system A conjugate gear system including a pair of meshingly engageable toothed gears, at least one member of the gear pair having at least one three-component tooth. Each three-component tooth is comprised of a central core, at least one face disposed thereon, ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4880053 | Two-phase cooling apparatus for electronic equipment and the like A two-phase cooling device includes a sealed enclosure defined by at least first and second, spaced thermally conductive walls interconnected by side walls. One of the thermally conductive walls is adapted for interconnection in a thermally conductive rel... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4708808 | Synergistic antimicrobial or biocidal mixtures Synergistic anti-microbial compositions containing a mixture of a metal complex of a polyfunctional organic ligand and a biocidal composition which contains or releases a lower aldehyde containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms are described. The compositions are pa... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4707282 | Synergistic antimicrobial or biocidal mixtures Synergistic anti-microbial compositions containing a mixture of a metal complex of a polyfunctional organic ligand and a biocidal composition which contains or releases a lower aldehyde containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms are described. The compositions are pa... | 11/17/1987 |
