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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173956 | Dynamic pixel scanning for use with MALDI-MS A method for dynamic pixel mass spectrometric imaging, or dynamic pixel imaging is disclosed. The method includes striking a sample to be scanned with a laser beam so that the laser beam releases analytes from the sample. The laser beam and the sample are then displ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8143686 | Laser-induced structuring of substrate surfaces In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of processing a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor substrate, by irradiating a surface of the substrate (or at least a portion of the surface) with a first set of polarized short laser pulses while exposing the su... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8118451 | Reflective variable spot size lighting devices and systems In one aspect, a lighting system is disclosed that includes an inner reflector extending from a proximal end to a distal end along an axis, where the proximal end is adapted to receive light from a light source and the distal end provides an exit opening (aperture) ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109924 | Heads for dermatology treatment Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, var... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8080467 | Silicon-based visible and near-infrared optoelectric devices In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent to about 1.5 atom percent. The surface layer forms a diode junction w... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8016451 | Variable spot size lenses and lighting systems Improved lighting devices and methods are provided. In many embodiments, the devices and methods provide the capability to change a spot of light projected onto a target surface. In other embodiments, the devices and methods are fixed-focus. In one embodiment a lens... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014959 | Population of background suppression lists from limited data in agent detection systems Methods and systems are disclosed for detection of agents such as pathogens or toxic substances and, in particular, to methods and systems for determining the most important background constituents to suppress in a sample, e.g., in a bulk aerosol sample, in order to... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003551 | Surface-activation of semiconductor nanostructures for biological applications The present invention provides means and methods for producing surface-activated semiconductor nanoparticles suitable for in vitro and in vivo applications that can fluoresce in response to light excitation. Semiconductor nanostructures can be produced by generating... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002768 | Light energy delivery head A light energy delivery head is provided which, in one aspect, mounts laser diode bars or other light energy emitters in a heat sink block which is adapted to cool both the emitters and a surface of a medium with which the head is in contact and to which it is apply... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7968613 | Compositions for compounding, extrusion and melt processing of foamable and cellular fluoropolymers The present invention relates generally to the use of talc as a chemical foaming agent in perfluoropolymers to form foamable and foamed compositions. For example, in one aspect, a foamable composition is disclosed, which comprises (i) one or more base perfluoropolym... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7955965 | Nanophotovoltaic devices The present invention provides nanophotovoltaic devices having sizes in a range of about 50 nm to about 5 microns, and method of their fabrication. In some embodiments, the nanophotovoltaic device includes a semiconductor core, e.g., formed of silicon, sandwiched be... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947670 | Ansamycin formulations and methods of use thereof Provided herein, inter alia, are solid forms of geldanamycin analogs, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a geldanamycin analog and a crystallization inhibitor, methods of making and using such compositions. Additionally, provided are methods for the treatment of... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942916 | Phototreatment device for use with coolants and topical substances Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can be, for example, a topical substance or a coolant. Systems are disclos... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942915 | Phototreatment device for use with coolants Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can be, for example, a topical substance or a coolant. Systems are disclos... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938559 | Multiple optical assembly for a LED lighting device, and red lighting device comprising such an optical assembly A LED lighting device has a number of LED's, and a multiple optical assembly defined by a number of modular units; each modular unit has a total-internal-reflection lens associated with a LED, and the modular units are connected to one another so as the lenses have ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935107 | Heads for dermatology treatment Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, var... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7899854 | Handheld computational device In one aspect, the invention provides computational device that comprises a processor for performing mathematical computations, and a user interface. The user interface comprises a display and a plurality of functional buttons each associated one of a plurality of v... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899853 | Handheld computational device having securing elements In another aspect, a handheld electronic device is disclosed that includes a body sized and shaped for holding by one hand of a user. The device further includes a user interface comprising a plurality of buttons for operating the device and at least one securing el... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884446 | Femtosecond laser-induced formation of submicrometer spikes on a semiconductor substrate The present invention generally provides semiconductor substrates having submicron-sized surface features generated by irradiating the surface with ultra short laser pulses. In one aspect, a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed that includes p... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7864312 | Substrates for Raman spectroscopy having discontinuous metal coatings In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for fabricating substrates for use in a variety of analytical and/or diagnostic applications. Such a substrate can be generated by exposing a semiconductor surface (e.g., silicon surface) to a plurality of short ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7816220 | Laser-induced structuring of substrate surfaces In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of processing a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor substrate, by irradiating a surface of the substrate (or at least a portion of the surface) with a first set of polarized short laser pulses while exposing the su... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7781856 | Silicon-based visible and near-infrared optoelectric devices In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent to about 1.5 atom percent. The surface layer forms a diode junction w... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7772612 | Nanophotovoltaic devices The present invention provides nanophotovoltaic devices having sizes in a range of about 50 nm to about 5 microns, and method of their fabrication. In some embodiments, the nanophotovoltaic device includes a semiconductor core, e.g., formed of silicon, sandwiched be... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771773 | Nano-crystalline, homo-metallic, protective coatings The present invention provides orthopedic prosthesis having at least one metallic component that includes a metallic substrate on which an integrally formed nano-crystalline coating is formed. The coating and the substrate have at least one metallic constituent in c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767098 | Method for harvesting fat cells from a fat-fluid mixture The present invention teaches a method for separating a fat component of a fluid-fat mixture extracted from a patient. More particularly, the method of invention places a sponge formed of a fluid-absorbing material, such as polyvinyl acetal, in contact with the mixt... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763230 | Process and apparatus utilizing mixed ligand organometallic catalysts for in situ growth of high purity, low defect density carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to a simple method for the synthesis of fullerenes using a mixture of liquid metallorganic precursors and liquid organic hydrocarbon solvents wherein the mixture is injected in the form of droplets into a multiple heated zone reactor tu... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7763016 | Light energy delivery head A light energy delivery head is provided which, in one aspect, mounts laser diode bars or other light energy emitters in a heat sink block which is adapted to cool both the emitters and a surface of a medium with which the head is in contact and to which it is apply... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7759257 | Precision synthesis of quantum dot nanostructures for fluorescent and optoelectronic devices Methods are disclosed generally directed to design and synthesis of quantum dot nanoparticles having improved uniformity and size. In a preferred embodiment, a release layer is deposited on a semiconductor wafer. A heterostructure is grown on the release layer using... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7720204 | Method of establishing a communications call A method system, interface and server for establishing a communications call by selecting a B party (6) using an interactive device (16) connected to a public network (10,12), sending called address data for the B party (6) and calling ad... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715003 | Metalized semiconductor substrates for raman spectroscopy In one aspect, the present invention generally provides methods for fabricating substrates for use in a variety of analytical and/or diagnostic applications. Such a substrate can be generated by exposing a semiconductor surface (e.g., silicon surface) to a plurality... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7692147 | Real-time, continuous-wave terahertz imaging using a microbolometer focal-plane array The present invention generally provides a terahertz (THz) imaging system that includes a source for generating radiation (e.g., a quantum cascade laser) having one or more frequencies in a range of about 0.1 THz to about 10 THz, and a two-dimensional detector array... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687256 | Surface activated biochip The present invention provides substrates having a plurality of micro-locations on its surface. Each micro-location has an effective dose of an ion beam treatment such that the plurality of the micro-locations exhibit an affinity to a compound that is different from... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7626400 | Electromagnetic scanning imager In one aspect, the present invention provides an imager, preferably portable, that includes a source of electromagnetic radiation capable of generating radiation with one or more frequencies in a range of about 1 GHz to about 2000 GHz. An optical system that is opti... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620281 | Subwavelength-diameter silica wires for low-loss optical waveguiding The present invention provides nanometer-sized diameter silica fibers that exhibit high diameter uniformity and surface smoothness. The silica fibers can have diameters in a range of a about 20 nm to about 1000 nm. An exemplary method according to one embodiment of ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7591913 | Thermoelectric properties by high temperature annealing The present invention generally provides methods of improving thermoelectric properties of alloys by subjecting them to one or more high temperature annealing steps, performed at temperatures at which the alloys exhibit a mixed solid/liquid phase, followed by coolin... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7586033 | Metal-doped semiconductor nanoparticles and methods of synthesis thereof The present invention generally relates to binary or higher order semiconductor nanoparticles doped with a metallic element, and thermoelectric compositions incorporating such nanoparticles. In one aspect, the present invention provides a thermoelectric composition ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573715 | High density storage system The present invention provides methods and systems for storage of data. In one aspect, the invention provides a data storage system that includes a plurality of storage devices, such as, disks, for storing data, and a controller that implements a policy for managing... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7568365 | Method and apparatus for micromachining bulk transparent materials using localized heating by nonlinearly absorbed laser radiation, and devices fabricated thereby Thermal 3-D microstructuring of photonic structures is provided by depositing laser energy by non-linear absorption into a focal volume about each point of a substrate to be micromachined at a rate greater than the rate that it diffuses thereout to produce a point s... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7548566 | Terahertz lasers and amplifiers based on resonant optical phonon scattering to achieve population inversion The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurali... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7531967 | Flashlamp drive circuit The invention provides a power supply or drive circuit for a pulsed flashlamp which utilizes a two-core component having common windings as both an inductor for arc mode drive and for breakdown triggering of the lamp. Discharge of a capacitor through the inductor an... | 05/12/2009 |
