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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7929378 | Container assembly for transport and handling of seismic source arrays including a basic structure and removable handles, and method of use An assembly for forming a container for transport and handling of at least two marine seismic source arrays, wherein said arrays each include at least one series of units formed by at least two marine seismic sources, characterized in that it includes a basic struct... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922946 | PTFE membrane A method for improving the dimensional stability of PTFE membranes by the application of elevated temperature and elevated pressure to a PTFE membrane. The process reduces and/or eliminates the relaxation stress normally associated with PTFE membranes made using pre... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7910794 | Disposable diaper construction and adhesive A novel spray-on adhesive composition is made from a high melt index polymer and a rosin ester tackifier that interact to produce a composition that can form a low VOC, non-tacky, hot melt adhesive material that can be used in disposable article manufacture. The adh... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910003 | Polysulfone and poly(N-vinyl lactam) polymer alloy and fiber and filter materials made of the alloy A polymer alloy has been developed comprising a polysulfone and a vinyl lactam polymer. The resulting alloy has excellent thermal characteristics and even in the presence of substantial quantities in vinyl lactam polymers, has solvent resistance to both organic and ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7897798 | Methods and apparatus for producing alkyl esters from lipid feed stocks and systems including same The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for producing alkyl esters from lipid feed stocks, such as plant oils and/or animal fats, and systems including the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a process for producing alkyl esters including m... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884709 | System and method for providing a synergistic alert condition processing in an automated patient management system A system and method for providing synergistic alert condition processing in an automated patient management system is presented. An alert condition is classified along a continuum that includes adverse outcome potential versus medical intervention impact potential. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883749 | Method for coating an object with a graft polymer layer A method for coating a device, such as an industrially or medically applicable device, with a polymer layer is provided. The method includes contacting the device with a grafting initiator comprising at least one photoinitiator group, exposing the device to radiatio... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883564 | Systems and methods for disposing of brine solutions The invention relates to systems and methods for making fertilizer compositions out of potassium phosphate brine solutions recovered from meat processing operations. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for making a fertilizer composition including filt... | 02/08/2011 |
| D632118 | Overlapping roller blind system | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874993 | System and method for diagnosing and monitoring congestive heart failure A system for diagnosing and monitoring congestive heart failure for automated remote patient care is presented. A database stores a plurality of monitoring sets relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis. A server retrieving and pro... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873412 | Induced current measurement systems and methods In an embodiment, the invention includes a measurement system for measuring induced currents within an implantable medical device undergoing magnetic resonance imaging. The measurement system can include a resistor connected in series with a conductive loop and elec... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853318 | Cardiac sensing by implantable medical devices during magnetic resonance imaging Embodiments of the invention can include a method for reducing MRI interference from a physiological electrical signal received in an implantable medical device. The method can include the steps of amplifying the physiological electrical signal with a high bandwidth... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850432 | Ion pump having emission containment An ion pump having emissions containment. The ion pump includes an anode constructed from a plurality of tubes and a cathode constructed from plates positioned on opposite sides of the anode and positioned apart from the anode. The anode and cathode are positioned w... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837988 | Sustained release microbial insect control composition and means Effective sustained release of microbial pesticides in aquatic environments can be achieved by the combination of buoyant particles with a particulate microbial active ingredient. The resulting materials in the form of a particulate have combined density of less tha... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837629 | System and method for generating baseline data for automated management of edema A system and method for generating baseline data for automated management of edema is disclosed. Collected device measures are accumulated to record raw physiometry for a patient, wherein the patient is regularly monitored by an implantable medical device, beginning... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833548 | Bioactive agent release coating and controlled humidity method A coating composition in the form of a one or multi-part system, and method of applying such a composition under conditions of controlled humidity, for use in coating device surfaces to control and/or improve their ability to release bioactive agents in aqueous syst... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829317 | Attachment of molecules to surfaces The present invention relates to methods, reagents, and substrates that can be used for, for example, immobilizing biomolecules, such as nucleic acids and proteins. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to surfaces coated with a polymer according to the pr... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815876 | Reactor pump for catalyzed hydrolytic splitting of cellulose The reactor pump for hydrolytic splitting of cellulose is configured to pump cellulose, under high pressure, with low availability of sugar into a reactor. The reactor has an upstream transition segment connected to a downstream reaction chamber. The transition segm... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815741 | Reactor pump for catalyzed hydrolytic splitting of cellulose A reactor for hydrolytic splitting of cellulose under high pressure and heat has an inlet and outlet each with a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the reactor. The pressure and heat in the reactor forms a cellulose plug within the inlet a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809441 | Implantable medical device with chemical sensor and related methods In an embodiment, the invention includes an implantable medical device with a pulse generator and a chemical sensor in communication with the pulse generator, the chemical sensor configured to detect an ion concentration in a bodily fluid. In an embodiment, the inve... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805174 | Implantable electro-optical sensor Embodiments of the invention are related to electro-optical implantable sensors, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes an implantable medical device including a housing defining an interior volume, the housing comprising a housing wall and d... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802694 | Pressure vessel door seal mechanism The invention relates to a pressure apparatus that can be used to process solid waste materials into useful, fuel and recyclable streams. The pressure vessel utilizes, conditions of heat and pressure to process the solid waste into the fuel and recyclable streams re... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801611 | System and method for providing communications between a physically secure programmer and an external device using a cellular network A system and method for providing communications between a physically secure programmer and an external device using a cellular network is described. A set of uniquely identifying credentials is securely maintained on a programmer configured to interface with an imp... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7795333 | Grafted cyclodextrin Thermoplastic polymer compositions, films, continues, closures, laminates can comprise a modified vinyl polymer said modified polymer having a moiety comprising a cyclodextrin compound. The cyclodextrin compound, locked into the polymer structure, can absorb impurit... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794751 | Medicament incorporation matrix A coating composition, in both its uncrosslinked and crosslinked forms, for use in delivering a medicament from the surface of a medical device positioned in vivo. Once crosslinked, the coating composition provides a gel matrix adapted to contain the medicament in a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793482 | Wall fastener A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed... | 09/14/2010 |
| D621692 | Top plate component for overlapping blind system | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770867 | Plug valve with flow area equal to or greater than the flow area of the connected piping A plug valve having an entry region, a chamber, and an outlet region, each with a flow area that is equal to or greater than the flow area of, for example, a standard wall ANSI B 36.10 (M) pipe connected to the inlet and outlet flanges of the valve. The valve's plug... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765920 | Air-lift dryer for processing high-lactose aqueous fluids An air-lift dryer for processing a high-lactose aqueous fluid (HLAF), such as permeate from ultrafiltration of whey fluid, is provided. The air-lift dryer has an enclosed drying chamber with diverging interior sidewalls that define an intermediate interior space hav... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758674 | Air filter assembly for low temperature catalytic processes An air filter assembly for removing particulate contaminants, chemical contaminants, or both, from an incoming dirty air stream. The resulting filtered or clean air is supplied to catalytic equipment, such as a fuel cell. The filter assembly can include a physical f... | 07/20/2010 |
| D618364 | Surface-covering element | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736689 | Reagent and method for providing coatings on surfaces A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and met... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734349 | Osmometric heart monitoring device and methods Embodiments of the invention are related to monitoring devices and methods with osmometric sensors, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes an implantable heart failure monitoring system including an osmometric sensor, the osmometric sensor co... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7709049 | Methods, devices, and coatings for controlled active agent release The present invention relates to methods, devices, and coatings, wherein active agent release is determined by deposition rate of a coating or material. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for coating a medical device, including identifying active agen... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7691787 | Target molecule attachment to surfaces Method and reagent composition for covalent attachment of target molecules, such as nucleic acids, onto the surface of a substrate. The reagent composition includes groups capable of covalently binding to the target molecule. Optionally, the composition can contain ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7669548 | Method and apparatus for coating of substrates The invention relates to methods and apparatuses that reduce problems encountered during coating of a device, such as a medical device having a cylindrical shape. In an embodiment, the invention includes an apparatus including a bi-directional rotation member. In an... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7655070 | Web comprising fine fiber and reactive, adsorptive or absorptive particulate The assemblies of the invention can comprise a fine fiber layer having dispersed within the fine fiber layer an active particulate material. Fluid that flows through the assemblies of the invention can have any material dispersed or dissolved in the fluid react with... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651714 | Process for drying high-lactose aqueous fluids A method for processing a high-lactose aqueous fluid (HLAF), such as permeate from ultrafiltration of whey fluid, is provided. The method includes a step of drying the partially crystallized HLAF in an air-lift dryer which has diverging sidewalls to form a product r... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651713 | Process for drying high-lactose aqueous fluids A method for processing a high-lactose aqueous fluid (HLAF), such as permeate from ultrafiltration of whey fluid, is described. The process includes spraying a partially crystallized high-lactose aqueous fluid upward into an air-lift dryer having diverging sidewalls... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651712 | Process for drying high-lactose aqueous fluids A method for processing a high-lactose aqueous fluid (HLAF), such as permeate from ultrafiltration of whey fluid, is provided. The process includes introducing a highly concentrated high-lactose aqueous fluid into a cooling, concentrating, crystallizing apparatus in... | 01/26/2010 |
