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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057499 | Ergonomic hand instrument An ergonomic hand instrument with a finger grip loop and a thumb grip loop also has a forefinger control surface on at least one of the instrument arms. The control surface may include a proximally facing curved wall surface to receive the distal end of the tip of t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7883537 | Methods for configuring expandable devices A balloon having one or more stiffeners is used to configure an expandable device. Methods of configuring and reconfiguring an expandable device with a balloon having a stiffener attached at its perimeter by orienting the stiffener with the expandable device and exp... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7666201 | Spreading instrument A spreading instrument includes instrument fingers which can be spread to partially define a cylindrical passage between the instrument fingers. A rounded groove on the interior surface of each instrument finger is tapered lengthwise, becoming shallower towards the ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662163 | Stiffened balloon apparatus with increased flexibility A stiffened balloon apparatus with increased flexibility is provided for use in the human body. The stiffened balloon apparatus incorporates one or more stiffeners having at least one thinned area to facilitate bending or flexing of the stiffener as the apparatus is... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7585199 | Field emission devices using ion bombarded carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to a field emission device comprising an anode and a cathode, wherein said cathode includes carbon nanotubes which have been treated with an ion beam. The ion beam may be any ions, including gallium, hydrogen, helium, argon, carbon, oxy... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7578989 | Method of using carbide and/or oxycarbide containing compositions Compositions including carbide-containing nanorods and/or oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are provided. Rigid porous structures including oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or car... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576027 | Methods of making carbide and oxycarbide containing catalysts Methods for forming compositions including carbide-containing nanorods and/or oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides. Rigid porous structures including oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or carbide containing nanorods... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575733 | Plasma-treated carbon fibrils and method of making same A method of treating carbon fibrils and carbon fibril structures such as assemblages, aggregates and hard porous structures with a plasma to effect an alteration of the surface or structure of the carbon fibril or fibrils. The method can be utilized to functionalize... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7566749 | Conductive thermosets by extrusion Methods of preparing conductive thermoset precursors containing carbon nanotubes is provided. Also provided is a method of preparing conductive thermosets containing carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes may in individual form or in the form of aggregates having a ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7498013 | Plasma-treated carbon fibrils and method of making same A method of treating carbon fibrils and carbon fibril structures such as assemblages, aggregates and hard porous structures with a plasma to effect an alteration of the surface or structure of the carbon fibril or fibrils. The method can be utilized to functionalize... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7413723 | Methods of oxidizing multiwalled carbon nanotubes Methods of oxidizing multiwalled carbon nanotubes are provided. The multiwalled carbon nanotubes are oxidized by contacting the carbon nanotubes with gas-phase oxidizing agents such as CO2, O2, steam, N2O, NO, NO2, O3... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415359 | Methods and systems for the identification of components of mammalian biochemical networks as targets for therapeutic agents Systems and methods are presented for cell simulation and cell state prediction. For example, a cellular biochemical network intrinsic to a phenotype of a cell can be simulated by specifying its components and their interrelationships. The various interrelationships... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410628 | Surface treatment of carbon microfibers A method of oxidizing the surface of carbon microfibers that includes contacting the microfibers with an oxidizing agent that includes sulfuric acid and potassiaum chlorate under reaction conditions sufficient to oxidize the surface. The invention also features a me... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396798 | Method for preparing catalyst supports and supported catalysts from single walled carbon nanotubes A new method for preparing a supported catalyst is herein provided. A carbon nanotube structure such as a rigid porous structure is formed from single walled carbon nanotubes. A metal catalyst is then loaded or deposited onto the carbon nanotube structure. The loade... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393475 | Polyvinylidene fluoride composites and methods for preparing same An electrically conductive composite comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer or copolymer and carbon nanotubes is provided. Preferably, carbon nanotubes may be present in the range of about 0.5-20% by weight of the composite. The composites are prepared by diss... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7341498 | Method of irradiating field emission cathode having nanotubes Field emission devices comprising carbon nanotube mats which have been treated with laser or plasma are provided. Mats are formed from carbon nanotubes, also known as carbon fibrils, which are vermicular carbon deposits having diameters of less than about one micron... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7288410 | Assay buffer, compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same Compositions, reagents, kits, systems, system components, and methods for performing assays. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of novel combinations of reagents to provide improved assay performance. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7230149 | Method of using carbide and/or oxycarbide containing compositions Compositions including carbide-containing nanorods and/or oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are provided. Rigid porous structures including oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or car... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7205136 | Catalytic antibodies A method for increasing the rate of chemical reactions involving the conversion of at least one reactant to at least one product involves contacting the reactant with an appropriate monoclonal antibody under conditions permitting the formation of a complex between t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198772 | Methods and catalysts for the manufacture of carbon fibrils An improved catalyst for producing carbon fibrils is made by incorporating an effective yield-enhancing amount of a carboxylate into a fibril-forming catalyst. Alternatively, such a catalyst is made by coprecipitating a compound of a metal having fibril-forming cata... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7169730 | Modified carbide and oxycarbide containing catalysts and methods of making and using thereof Compositions including modified carbide-containing nanorods and/or modified oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or modified carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are provided. Rigid porous structures including modified oxyca... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167313 | Three dimensional imaging system Recent advances in surface techniques have lead to the development of extremely small (sub-micron) scale features. These techniques allow the formation of polymer micro-lenses as well as variable focus liquid lenses. The present invention primarily concerns the use ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144564 | Process for producing single wall nanotubes using unsupported metal catalysts and single wall nanotubes produced according to this method A process for producing hollow, single-walled carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of one or more gaseous carbon compounds by first forming a gas phase mixture carbon feed stock gas comprising one or more gaseous carbon compounds, each having one to six carbo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138046 | Process for production of hydrogen from anaerobically decomposed organic materials A process for the production of hydrogen from anaerobically decomposed organic materials by applying an electric potential to the anaerobically decomposed organic materials, including landfill materials and sewage, to form hydrogen, and for decreasing the time requi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122344 | Methods for the production of purified recombinant human uteroglobin for the treatment of inflammatory and fibrotic conditions The present invention relates generally to the production of recombinant human uteroglobin (rhUG) for use as a therapeutic in the treatment of inflammation and fibrotic diseases. More particularly, the invention provides processes, including broadly the steps of bac... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097821 | Process for producing single wall nanotubes using unsupported metal catalysts and single wall nanotubes produced according to this method A process for producing hollow, single-walled carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of one or more gaseous carbon compounds by first forming a gas phase mixture carbon feed stock gas comprising one or more gaseous carbon compounds, each having one to six carbo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074379 | Process for producing single wall nanotubes using unsupported metal catalysts and single wall nanotubes produced according to this method A process for producing hollow, single-walled carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of one or more gaseous carbon compounds by first forming a gas phase mixture carbon feed stock gas comprising one or more gaseous carbon compounds, each having one to six carbo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070753 | Modification of nanotubes oxidation with peroxygen compounds A method of chemically modifying carbon nanotubes having a diameter less than one micron comprising: contacting the nanotubes with a peroxygen compound selected from the group consisting of organic peroxyacids, inorganic peroxoacids and organic hydroperoxides, or a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067245 | Selection methods A rational method for obtaining a novel molecule capable of a desired interaction with a substrate of interest comprising selecting hosts or replicators which encode said novel molecules based upon cell or replicator growth caused by the desired interaction of the n... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063946 | Methods, reagents, kits and apparatus for protein function analysis Apparatus, systems, system components, methods, compositions, and reagents for determining the function and activity of peptides and proteins and for identifying and characterizing molecules that affect these functions and activities. More specifically, methods and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056452 | Polyvinylidene fluoride composites and methods for preparing same An electrically conductive composite comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer or copolymer and carbon nanotubes is provided. Preferably, carbon nanotubes may be present in the range of about 0.5–20% by weight of the composite. The composites are prepare... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052861 | Graphitic nanotubes in luminescence assays Graphitic nanotubes, which include tubular fullerenes (commonly called “buckytubes”) and fibrils, which are functionalized by chemical substitution, are used as solid supports in electrogenerated chemiluminescence assays. The graphitic nanotubes are chemically m... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7015046 | Multi-array, multi-specific electrochemiluminescence testing Materials and methods are provided for producing patterned multi-array, multi-specific surfaces for use in diagnostics. The invention provides for electrochemiluminescence methods for detecting or measuring an analyte of interest. It also provides for novel electrod... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008796 | Assay sonication apparatus and methodology An assay apparatus includes a cell with a working electrode and a sonicating device structurally coupled to the cell for sonication the contents of the cell. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| D516221 | Diagnostic instrument | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991848 | Foam composite A foam composite made up of a scaffold of an open cell hydrophobic material having plurality of surfaces defining a plurality of pores, and a coating of a substantially hydrophilic foam material disposed upon the surfaces of the hydrophobic foam. The resulting foam ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977722 | Assay plates, reader systems and methods for luminescence test measurements Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modul... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6960389 | Rigid porous carbon structures, methods of making, methods of using and products containing same This invention relates to rigid porous carbon structures and to methods of making same. The rigid porous structures have a high surface area which are substantially free of micropores. Methods for improving the rigidity of the carbon structures include causing the n... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949159 | Multilayered polymeric structure A multilayered polymeric structure having at least two polymeric layers is provided, each layer being a mixture of a polymeric composition with carbon fibrils. The multilayer polymeric structure may include an electrically conductive material between the first and s... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946272 | Transition state analogs Antigens capable of eliciting antibodies which can catalyze chemical reactions, in particular, the cleavage or formation of a peptide linkage, comprising a hapten or a hapten and a suitable carrier molecule are disclosed. Haptens include, among others, silicon and b... | 09/20/2005 |
