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| 4795242 | Conducting substituted polyisothianaphthenes Polyisothianaphthene substituted in the 5 and/or 6 positions so as to have an oxygen atom adjacent to C5 or C6. Substituents include alkoxys, hydroxys and dioxyalkylenes. The polymers are conducting and useful in electrochromic displ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4772678 | Liquid crystalline polymer compositions, process, and products Novel liquid crystalline extended chain polymer compositions comprising a high concentration of one or more extended chain homopolymer(s), copolymer(s), or block polymer(s) and certain strong acids are prepared by admixing a high concentration of one or m... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4748600 | Interactive drug dispenser An interactive drug dispenser which actively controls the pattern in which doses of one or more pharmaceutical preparations are administered to a patient. The dispenser is programmed with information concerning an initial dosing regimen, and monitors devi... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4689399 | Collagen membranes for medical use A process for preparing collagen membranes useful in tissue repair, and wound healing and related membranous implant materials useful in both hard and soft tissue applications is disclosed. The resulting membranes and materials have properties which can b... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4686100 | Method for the treatment of adult respiratory distress syndrome A method for treating adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sepsis in a patient in need thereof which comprises administering to said patient an antibody to complement component C5a or the des Arg derivative thereof in an amount effective to trea... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4681760 | Method of conferring immunotolerance to a specific antigen A method of selectively suppressing the immune system and conferring immunotolerance against a specific antigen by interferring with the L3T4 differentiation antigens on helper T cells is described. Simultaneous administration of a binding moiety specific... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680708 | Method and apparatus for analyzing electrocardiographic signals ECG signals are digitized and a template representative of an arrhythmia free interval for a particular patient is formed. Subsequent ECG signals which match the template are averaged to form averaged ECG signals to reduce noise. A fast Fourier transform ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4675297 | Genes encoding bovine prolactin A DNA sequence encoding bovine prolactin and optionally including condons for the preceding 10 amino acids is used to construct expression systems to obtain recombinant production of these proteins.... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4675300 | Laser-excitation fluorescence detection electrokinetic separation An electrokinetic process and apparatus employing coherent radiation-excited fluorescence for detection is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the support liquid is a chiral liquid and the process is employed to separate and detect the separation of opt... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4673407 | Joint-replacement prosthetic device A prosthetic device for use in joint replacement in a bone. The device includes an implant adapted to seat on a receiving surface of the bone, defining a bone/implant interface, and an attachment element adapted to be secured to a portion of the bone whic... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4671794 | Laryngeal injector An injector is disclosed for administering fluids such as medications and tissue-augmenting suspensions of collagen to laryngeal tissues. The injector includes a needle, a hollow connector tube, and a syringe receiver into which syringes of collagen or a ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4666719 | Admixture of a lactobacillus brevis and a saccharomyces dairensis for preparing leavening barm A culture contained in a whole grain barm for effecting natural leavening of breads, baked goods and the like is disclosed. The culture contains a newly identified Lactobacillus sp. bacteria named Lactobacillus brevis, atypical and a nonmaltose-digesting ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665018 | Methods and test kit for diagnosing/monitoring cancer in humans Human cancer is diagnosed/monitored by measuring the levels of certain modified nucleosides, such as N-[(ଲ-D-ribofuranosyl)purin-6-ylcarbamoyl]-L-threonine, in the urine of a subject by a quantitative immunoassay that preferably employs a monoc... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4661586 | Monoclonal anti-idiotype antibodies Monoclonal anti-idiotype antibodies against cell surface Ig of human B-cell tumors, labeled conjugates of such antibodies, immunotherapeutic compositions containing such antibodies, and a process for making such antibodies. The nodular lymphoma of a patie... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4659805 | Recombinant alveolar surfactant protein The complete coding sequences and amino acid sequences for both canine and human alveolar surfactant protein (ASP) are disclosed. Methods and vectors for obtaining these proteins in recombinant form are described. The availability of large amounts of thes... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4658287 | MOS imaging device with monochrome-color compatibility and signal readout versatility A monochrome or color imager having interlaced, non-interlaced or pseudo-interlaced readout utilizing pixels arranged in groups forming equilateral triangles which are interleaved. Separate vertical shift registers driven by different clock signals to imp... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4657852 | Method for B cell typing of total human lymphocyte sample An HLA-DR typing test based on lymphocytotoxicity in which a vital dye-labeled total human lymphocyte sample, such as a sample of peripheral blood lymphocytes, is incubated with HLA-DR antisera, a monoclonal antibody against T cells, and complement and th... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656253 | Monoclonal antibodies against alveolar surfactant protein Monoclonal antibodies specific for a protein associated with a lung surfactant complex, decreased levels of which are related to respiratory distress syndrome, are disclosed. The antibodies are useful for prediction and diagnosis of respiratory problems i... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655980 | Process of making collagen membranes for medical use A process for preparing collagen membranes useful in tissue repair, and wound healing and related membranous implant materials useful in both hard and soft tissue applications is disclosed. The resulting membranes and materials have properties which can b... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655746 | Catheter device A catheter device for transferring fluid material to or from one or more selected-length segment of a vessel. The device includes first and second catheters, each having a tube with distal and proximal ends, an inflatable balloon carried on the tube, adja... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4654229 | Method for the production of substrates with a uniform dispersion of extremely fine granules A method for the production of substrates with a uniform dispersion of extremely fine granules comprising: forming extremely fine granules in a granule-formation chamber under a reduced pressure by a gas-evaporation technique, introducing said extremely f... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4654030 | Trocar A trocar assembly consisting of a trocar tube subassembly and a separable, interfitting trocar subassembly is described. The trocar tube assembly includes a hollow body having a first front opening in which a trocar tube is mounted, a second rear opening ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4654310 | Instrumentless quantitative analysis system A method for generating a series of digital responses to the presence of a given concentration of analyte in a test sample is described. The responses are obtained by providing varying levels of components of a competing reaction with constant levels of c... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4652525 | Recombinant bacterial plasmids containing the coding sequences of insulin genes A recombinant procaryotic microorganism containing the gene coding for insulin.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4651448 | Golf spike assembly An improved receptacle and spike assembly for athletic shoes is described. The spike assembly contains four fastening holes, and supports a spike and a connector. The improved receptacle is secured to a plate by embedding injectable material into cavities... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4649365 | Platinum resistor for the measurement of temperatures A platinum resistor for the measurement of temperatures having a silicon substrate, an aluminum oxide film formed on said silicon substrate, and a platinum film formed on said aluminum oxide film.... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4645503 | Moldable bone-implant material A moldable bone-implant material containing between about 65%-95% hard filler particles and a binder composed of between about 35%-5% of a biocompatible, biodegradable, thermoplastic polymer which has fluidic flow properties at or below about 60° C. One ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4642117 | Mechanically sheared collagen implant material and method An injectable collagen material composed of reconstituted, mechanically sheared atelopeptide collagen fibers. The material is prepared by passing reconstituted collagen fibers repeatedly through a rigid mesh screen, until a substantial reduction in fiber ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4640748 | Polyisothianaphtene, a new conducting polymer A polymer having an isothianaphthene structure represented by the formula (Ia) and/or Ib): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 5 carbon atoms such as methyl, methoxy an... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4636479 | Enhanced agglutination method and kit An enhanced agglutination assay method for determination of a multivalent analyte is disclosed. Analyte is added to agglutinatable particles coated with anti-analyte molecules to produce particle agglutination. The extent of agglutination is enhanced by m... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4634666 | Human-murine hybridoma fusion partner By careful screening and mutation, a human-murine hybridoma suitable as a fusion partner for immortalizing an antibody-secreting B cell has been generated. The trioma fusion products of this immortalizing partner are stable producers of human monoclonal a... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4634586 | Reagent and method for radioimaging leukocytes Leukocytes are radioimmunoimaged by injecting patients with an immunoreactive nonleukocidal conjugate of an anti-leukocyte antibody and a gamma-emitting radioactive metal chelate, waiting for the conjugate to localize on the leukocytes, injecting the pati... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4631191 | Methods and compositions useful in preventing equine influenza Recombinant vaccines for immunizing horses against equine influenza virus (EIV) are disclosed. The DNA sequences encoding the hemagluttinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) glycoproteins from the two strains of EIV currently infective in horses are used to con... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4629912 | Schottky shunt integrated injection An improved integrated injection logic structure utilizes a current mirror in conjunction with each switching transistor (M1, M2) of the integrated injection logic circuit of this invention by connecting one of a plurality of collect... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4627982 | Partially purified bone-inducing factor A partially purified proteinaceous bone-inducing factor of 10,000 to 30,000 daltons is described. It is derived from demineralized bovine bone by extraction with a chaotropic agent, gel filtration, cation exchange chromatography using carboxymethyl cellul... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4627034 | Memory cell power scavenging apparatus and method The present invention utilizes the power available for application to a static RAM cell in a manner which provides efficient use of the power so that greater standby power may be applied to the static RAM to increase the memory speed. The current required... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4627073 | Binary data transmission method A process for transmitting a stream of digital data over a high impedance metallic pair transmission line under high loss conditions is disclosed. This process involves first converting the digital data into a stream of binary code. The first element of t... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4624850 | Live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine This invention provides a live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine and a method for the preparation of such a vaccine. The method overcomes problems experienced hitherto in the growth of human rotaviruses, by the use of larger quantities of inocula at the ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4622223 | Broad spectrum vaccine against gonorrhea Vaccines comprising peptide sequences corresponding to immunorecessive determinants in gonorrhea pilus protein are disclosed. The vaccines are effective in protecting human subjects against infection by a wide range of gonorrhea strains by raising antibod... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4622294 | Liposome immunoassay reagent and method A liposome assay reagent for determination of an analyte in a homogeneous immunoassay. The reagent includes a suspension of oligolamellar lipid vesicles containing encapsulated glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), at a specific activity of between ab... | 11/11/1986 |
