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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161924 | Orbital, non-reciprocating, internal combustion engine A combustible fluid operated orbital engine has plural sets of cooperating cylinder and piston members with respective parallel axes of rotation, respective cylinder and piston carrier wheels with respective axes of rotation parallel to the members' axes of rotation... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158930 | Method for simultaneous calibration of mass spectra and identification of peptides in proteomic analysis The invention relates to a mass spectrometry calibration system that may be performed in real-time using the information contained within a sample without the addition of specific calibrants. When applied to a sample, such as a proteomic sample, the calibration syst... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8095210 | Prosthetic devices and methods and systems related thereto The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling neural prosthetic devices and electrophysiological recording equipment, and for using the same in clinical operation. Various embodiments of the invention are directed to an algorithm for autonomou... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075904 | High aspect ratio template and method for producing same for central and peripheral nerve repair Millimeter to nano-scale structures manufactured using a multi-component polymer fiber matrix are disclosed. The use of dissimilar polymers allows the selective dissolution of the polymers at various stages of the manufacturing process. In one application, biocompat... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7995814 | Dynamic motion contrast and transverse flow estimation using optical coherence tomography The methods described herein are methods to ascertain motion contrast within optical coherence tomography data based upon phase variance. The phase variance contrast observes the nanometer scale motion of scatterers associated with Brownian motion and other non-flow... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7977556 | Music notation system The invention relates to a music notation system that obviates the need for one to have any knowledge of conventional music notation in order to play a keyboard, including those that are a component of a conventional musical instrument, those that are a component of... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7959918 | Methods for treating vascular disease Compositions and methods included herein describe the treatment of atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases such as thrombosis, restenosis after angioplasty and/or stenting, and vein-graft disease after bypass surgery, by inhibition of the expression or biologic ... | 06/14/2011 |
| D639672 | Bottle in male form | 06/14/2011 |
| D639671 | Bottle in female form | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955810 | Positive selection of serum proteins for proteomic analysis This invention relates to methods and kits for positive selection of species of interest based on peptide/protein sequence from a biological sample. The species of interest may be proteins and/or peptides of interest which may be placed through a mass spectrometer t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955478 | Solar distillation device A solar distillation apparatus utilizing a substantially vertical reactor assembly is disclosed. The reactor includes a tubular outer shell, a base, a cap, and a central tension member. The annular space between the outer tube and the central tension member forms th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947491 | Microfluidic gradient devices The present invention relates to devices and systems that may generate and maintain a chemical gradient. In one embodiment, the invention provides a source and a sink channel so that a gradient bridge is created. In another embodiment, the gradient bridge creates a ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939735 | Stringed musical instrument The present subject matter relates to novel soundboard apparatus for stringed musical instruments. Specifically, the present subject matter teaches an apparatus capable of enhanced phonetic quality, improving the phonetic consistency of a stringed musical instrument... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935799 | Methods of treating diarrhea caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Disclosed is a method of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, or Crohn's disease, which in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7892753 | Diagnostic and therapeutic applications of soluble LHCGR protein The invention relates to a soluble luteinising hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) protein and its use in diagnosing, treating and preventing conditions associated with over- and under-production of the said receptor, with over- and under-production of l... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890157 | Method for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and spectroscopy A method and system for analysis of fluorescence emission spectroscopy data and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy data are described. A unique Laguerre expansion can be found for fluorescence intensity decays of arbitrary form with convergence to a correct so... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7858590 | Treatment of parkinson's disease and related disorders Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and/or to protect dopaminergic nigrostriatal neuronal cell bodies from 6-OHDA-induced neurotoxicity in a mammal. In various embodiments of the invention, the dopaminergic neu... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7837913 | High aspect ratio template and method for producing same Millimeter to nano-scale structures manufactured using a multi-component polymer fiber matrix are disclosed. The use of dissimilar polymers allows the selective dissolution of the polymers at various stages of the manufacturing process. In one application, biocompat... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826894 | Cognitive control signals for neural prosthetics In an embodiment, the invention relates to neural prosthetic devices in which control signals are based on the cognitive activity of the prosthetic user. The control signals may be used to control an array of external devices, such as prosthetics, computer systems, ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822474 | Methods for the prediction of arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death Methods and kits are provided for determining an increased likelihood of the occurrence of a cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure and other diseased conditions of the heart. The methods and kits comprise measuring serum NGF levels in a s... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816647 | Bi-directional system for mass spectrometry The present invention relates to a system and method for mass spectrometry (100) that allows for bi-directional introduction of collections of charged particles into the magnetic field of a mass spectrometer. More particularly, the present invention includes ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7803546 | Method of screening for sensitivity to kinase inhibitor therapy Described herein are methods for treating cancer and other disease conditions in individuals who have either developed a resistance to conventional tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy or who are non-responsive ab initio to conventional TKI therapy. In various em... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797040 | Prosthetic devices and methods and systems related thereto Prosthetic devices, methods and systems are disclosed. Eye position and/or neural activity of a primate are recorded and combined. The combination signal is compared with a predetermined signal. The result of the comparison step is used to actuate the prosthetic dev... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780641 | Transcecal ileostomy set Described herein is a transcecal ileostomy set including a balloon catheter equipped with a blocking balloon, which serves for obstruction of a small intestine, and a fixation balloon, which serves for fixation of the balloon catheter inside the large intestine when... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7750225 | Music notation system The invention relates to a music notation system that obviates the need for one to have any knowledge of conventional music notation in order to play a keyboard, including those that are a component of a conventional musical instrument, those that are a component of... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7736853 | Methods of diagnosis of androgen-dependent prostate cancer, prostate cancer undergoing androgen withdrawal, and androgen-independent prostate cancer Described herein are genes whose expression are up-regulated or down-regulated in prostate cancer. Also described are such genes whose expression is further up-regulated or down-regulated in drug-resistant prostate cancer cells. Related methods and compositions that... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736622 | Methods of diagnosing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and SIBO-related conditions Disclosed is a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. SIBO-caused conditions include irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, i... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728218 | High efficiency thermoelectric power generation using Zintl-type materials The invention disclosed herein relates to thermoelectrically-active p-type Zintl phase materials as well as devices utilizing such compounds. Such thermoelectric materials and devices may be used to convert thermal energy into electrical energy, or use electrical en... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725178 | Method and system for the prediction of cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, and other diseased condition of the heart associated with elevated sympathetic neural discharges Methods and systems are provided for determining an increased likelihood of the occurrence of a cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure and other diseased conditions of the heart associated with elevated sympathetic neural discharges in a p... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7705010 | Use of minoxidil sulfate as an anti-tumor drug The invention relates to compositions, methods and kits for the treatment of cancer. ATP-dependent potassium channel agonists, salts thereof, or chemical analogs thereof, for example, minoxidil sulfate, have been found to possess anti-neoplastic properties. Administ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7691382 | Antiviral polypeptides comprising tandem repeats of APOE 141-149 and variants thereof The present invention concerns polypeptides derived from a tandem repeat of apoE141-149 and their uses as medicaments. The peptides may comprise the tandem repeat, and truncations thereof, for which at least one Leucine (L) is replaced by an amino acid wi... | 04/06/2010 |
| D612237 | Beverage cup lid | 03/23/2010 |
| D611993 | Edge punch | 03/16/2010 |
| 7615644 | Use of ionic liquids as coordination ligands for organometallic catalysts Aspects of the present invention relate to compositions and methods for the use of ionic liquids with dissolved metal compounds as catalysts for a variety of chemical reactions. Ionic liquids are salts that generally are liquids at room temperature, and are capable ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7615207 | Methods for treating irritable bowel syndrome Disclosed is a method of manipulating the rate of upper gastrointestinal transit of a substance in a mammal. Also disclosed are methods of manipulating satiety and post-prandial visceral blood flow. A method of treating visceral pain or visceral hypersensitivity in ... | 11/10/2009 |
| D603839 | Racecar docking station for media player | 11/10/2009 |
| D603838 | Racecar docking station for media player | 11/10/2009 |
| 7608245 | Methods for manipulating satiety Disclosed is a method of manipulating the rate of upper gastrointestinal transit of a substance in a mammal. Also disclosed are methods of manipulating satiety and post-prandial visceral blood flow. A method of treating visceral pain or visceral hypersensitivity in ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605240 | Methods of treating diarrhea and bloating caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Disclosed is a method of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, or Crohn's disease, which in... | 10/20/2009 |
| D601128 | Racecar docking station for media player | 09/29/2009 |
