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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7919094 | Methods for treating conditions associated with MASP-2 dependent complement activation In one aspect, the invention provides methods of inhibiting the effects of MASP-2-dependent complement activation in a living subject. The methods comprise the step of administering, to a subject in need thereof, an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7657400 | Sliding mode method for predictive diagnostics A diagnostics subsystem for performing predictive diagnostics on a machine such as a vacuum pump. The subsystem has one or more parameter sensors providing measurable data, a process model for modelling machine operation and generating at least one estimated operati... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7429840 | Control of an electrical reluctance machine An electrical machine having stator (30) and rotor (31) is disclosed. The motor has field windings (F) and armature windings (A) energized by a suitable power electronic controller (401). A controller (400) sends signals to the power elec... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7265359 | Method and device for detecting fast neutrons A method of detecting fast neutrons of energy greater than 5 MeV is provided. The method includes providing a neutron detector including a plate having plurality of detection sites disposed thereon which produce an electron output. The neutron detector is directly c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7173251 | Devices for imaging radionuclide emissions There is disclosed a device for imaging radionuclide emissions comprising: a charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; and a scintillator layer in direct contact with the charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; in which the thicknes... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6649398 | Method for inducing bacterial growth using autoinducers A bacterial autoinducer and method for isolating and purifying a bacterial autoinducer form a sample comprising the steps of collecting a sample containing the autoinducer, fractionating the sample to isolate fractions corresponding to molecular weights o... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6492132 | Cytochrome P450 electrochemical system The present invention concerns class II cytochrome P450s, electrochemical systems for assaying cytochrome P450 catalytic activity, apparatus and methods for same.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6010887 | Regulation of gene expression Pseudo-operator sequences may be located in (or inserted into) plant genomes and utilized to drive expression of foreign genes. These pseudo-operator sequences are nucleotide sequences which are present at a suitable location in a gene at which repressor ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5843647 | Simple tandem repeats The present invention concerns a method for the identification from DNA of a fragment comprising a simple tandem repeat locus comprising the steps of: i) contacting a DNA library with at least one hybridisation probe so as to identify a population of DNA ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5727044 | Microchannel plates A tapered, spherically slumped, microchannel plate.... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5529913 | Method of removing protein from a water soluble gum and encapsulating cells with the gum Contaminating protein is removed from a water soluble gum such as alginate by dialyzing a solution of the gum against a solution of a disulphide bond reducing agent. Purifying the gum by removing antigenic protein improves biocompatability of the gum for ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5264344 | Method for culturing of cells on a membrane There is disclosed a method of culturing cells which produce products and identifying the thereby produced products, characterized in that the cells are cultured on the surface of a quantity of growth medium, which surface has been divided into a pluralit... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5259672 | Shaking table having direct electromagnet drive A shaking table for laboratory use for agitating liquid in flasks has at least one direct electromagnetic drive, for example, opposed pairs of electromagnets (14, 15) arranged orthogonally. A control device may control pulse frequency and amplitude to the... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5105000 | Abstracting electro-negative elements from hetero-molecules There is disclosed a process for abstracting electro-negative elements from hetero-molecules, comprising reacting said hetero-molecules under anhydrous conditions with reactive organo-silicon intermediates selected from the group consisting of silyl free ... | 04/14/1992 |
