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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D652573 | Security vest | 01/17/2012 |
| 7521434 | Cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid with hydrophobic polymers and processes for making them The present invention provides for compositions of hyaluronic acid cross-linked with at least one other hydrophobic polymer to form a copolymer gel. The preferred composition is a formulation containing hyaluronic acid or its derivatives and a silicone base polymer ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7497097 | Sweat blocking and ventilating sweatband for headwear A spacer-fabric sweatband, for, and incorporated into headwear which has an inner, skin-contact fabric layer, and an outer, headwear-facing fabric layer connected by a multiplicity of hydrophobic monofilament-pile spacing elements. The pile spacing elements function... | 03/03/2009 |
| D517321 | Book and personal item holder | 03/21/2006 |
| 6869412 | Method and device for intravascular plasma fluid removal Plasma fluid removal is needed in a variety of clinical conditions including congestive heart failure and moderate renal insufficiency. In order to avoid the problems inherent in extracorporeal ultrafiltration methods, the present invention removes fluid using an in... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6841644 | Biopolymers obtained by solid state irradiation in an unsaturated gaseous atmosphere Disclosed are modified naturally occurring biocompatible biopolymers of plant and animal origin made by subjecting same to ionizing radiation in the presence of a mediating gas, typically acetylene to enable one to selectively enhance and modify one or more of the p... | 01/11/2005 |
| D492161 | Bottle holder | 06/29/2004 |
| 5399351 | Biocompatible viscoelastic gel slurries, their preparation and use Disclosed are biocompatible viscoelastic gel slurries formed from a polymeric gel, preferably a hyaluronan or a derivative thereof such as hylan swollen in an aqueous medium and a fluid phase which is an aqueous solution of a polymer which may also but no... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5266563 | Hyakyribate-poly (ethylene oxide) mixtures Disclosed are water based, viscoelastic compositions comprising a mixture of high molecular weights hyaluronic acid salts and water soluble poly(ethylene oxides). Also disclosed are cosmetic formulations including said compositions.... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5246698 | Biocompatible viscoelastic gel slurries, their preparation and use Disclosed are biocompatible viscoelastic gel slurries formed from a polymeric gel, preferably a hyaluronan or a derivative thereof such as hylan swollen in an aqueous medium and a fluid phase which is an aqueous solution of a polymer which may also but no... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5143724 | Biocompatible viscoelastic gel slurries, their preparation and use Disclosed are biocompatible viscoelastic gel slurries formed from a polymeric gel, preferably a hyaluronan or a derivative thereof such as hylan swollen in an aqueous medium and a fluid phase which is an aqueous solution of a polymer which may also but no... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5128326 | Drug delivery systems based on hyaluronans derivatives thereof and their salts and methods of producing same Disclosed are drug delivery systems based on a polymeric component which is soluble or insoluble (cross-linked) hyaluronan or hyaluronan copolymerized with another hydrophilic polymer or hylan and one or more substances having biological or pharmacologica... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5099013 | Hylan preparation and method of recovery thereof from animal tissues Disclosed is hylan, a chemically modified hyaluronan preparation characterized by the presence of small amounts (0.0002-0.05% by weight) of aldehyde cross-linking groups covalently bonded to the hyaluronan molecular chains. Also disclosed is an improved m... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5049580 | Treatment of inflamed skin conditions including poison ivy and poison sumac, insect bites and acne Inflamed skin conditions caused by plants belonging to the same genus, namely, Toxicodendron and in particular, poison ivy or poison oak (T. radicans), poison sumac (T. vernix), insect bites and acne, all of which are characterized by the presence of an o... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4925690 | Method of preparing vegetable or fruit juices A process for preparing vegetable or fruit juices which utilizes mcrofiltration followed by ultrafiltration and/or reverse osmosis, which can be practiced e.g., without entailing a reduction in filtration rate due to the contamination of the membrane, so ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4861870 | Process for purifying anthracyclinone glycosides by selective adsorption on resins Disclosed is a process for purifying an impure anthracyclinone glycoside by selective adsorption of a slightly acidic aqueous solution of an impure glycoside on at least one resin and subsequent de-absorption of the purified glycoside by elution with acid... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4845301 | Process for the preparation of -hdroxyketones A process for the preparation of -hydroxyketones ##STR1## having a high purity in a good yield from a compound ##STR2## by rearrangement reaction in aqueous alkaline solution, where R1 and R3 each represent an alkyl,... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4833089 | Pressure incubator A pressure incubator comprising a control system for supplying oxygen to the culture vessel in the space above the medium therein to hold the interior of the vessel pressurized with oxygen and give an increased oxygen partial pressure, which incubator is ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4795741 | Compositions for therapeutic percutaneous embolization and the use thereof Percutaneous emboli are formed for therapeutic and/or corrective reasons by using a composition which includes crosslinked gells of hyaluronic acid (HA), hylan (HY) or mixed crosslinked gels of HA or HY with other materials, thrombin and cationic substanc... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4750663 | Apparatus and method for fabricating plate web girders An apparatus and method for fabricating plate web girders of the ind comprising two flanges spaced apart by a web. The apparatus comprises a plurality of welding devices each mounted on respective spaced apart guides to follow a respective portion of a we... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4751185 | Analysis method for hop bittering components An analysis method for hop bittering components which comprises a step of separating and analysing hop bittering components by liquid chromatography, characterized by trapping hop bittering components contained in a sample to be measured in a precolumn co... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4713448 | Chemically modified hyaluronic acid preparation and method of recovery thereof from animal tissues Disclosed is hylan, a chemically modified hyaluronic acid preparation characterized by the presence of small amounts (0.005-0.05% by weight) of aldehyde cross-linking groups covalently bonded to the hyaluronic acid molecular chains. Also disclosed is a me... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4683297 | Process for the preparation of glycosides A process for the preparation of glycosides such as methyl glucoside, butyl glucoside or the like in which a mono- or poly-saccharide is reacted with a mono- or polyhydric alcohol in the presence of a perfluorosulfonic acid resin as the catalyst.... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4636524 | Cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid and products containing such gels Disclosed are cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid, alone or mixed with other hydrophilic polymers and containing various substances or covalently bonded low molecular weight substances and processes for preparing them. These products are useful in numero... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4629623 | Hyaluronate-poly (ethylene oxide) compositions and cosmetic formulations thereof Disclosed are water based, viscoelastic compositions comprising a mixture of high molecular weights hyaluronic salts and water soluble poly(ethylene oxides). Also disclosed are cosmetic formulations including said compositions.... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4618491 | Stable gel composition containing a carboxymethyl cellulose salt and a process for the preparation of them Stable gel compositions comprising a water-soluble salt of carboxymethyl cellulose wetted by or dispersed in a hydrophilic organic liquid such as glycerol, methanol acetone or the like and an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt such ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4614655 | Process for the preparation of salt-free pickled vegetables A process for the preparation of pickles which are salt free and taste nice, comprising adding to a vegetable such as radish, cucumber or the like, a pickling agent consisting of strained lees obtained by the brewing of natural rice vinegar, a suitable am... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4606145 | Shutter-type window panel A shutter-type window gate device has a hinged shutter panel defining a vertical guide at its unhinged side for guiding a vertical slidable bolt. The vertical slidable bolt is adapted to engage latch elements on the frame of the device in a locked upper p... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605691 | Cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid and products containing such gels Disclosed are cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid, alone or mixed with other hydrophilic polymers and containing various substances or covalently bonded low molecular weight substances and processes for preparing them. These products are useful in numero... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4604381 | 4-demethoxy-13-dihydrodaunorubicin and use thereof A new antitumor anthracycline glycoside, 4-demethoxy-13-dihydrodaunorubicin, is disclosed. The new compound is prepared by reduction of the side-chain ketone function of the known 4-demethoxydaunorubicin, with sodium borohydride in aqueous solution at roo... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4592748 | Yoghurt based douche kit and assembly therefor A dry, active, acidic yoghurt based douching product is prepared by lyophilizing yoghurt made from bovine milk and pure cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus helveticus and Streptococcus lactis. Also disclosed is a disposable douche kit inc... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4582865 | Cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid and products containing such gels Disclosed are cross-linked gels of hyaluronic acid, alone or mixed with other hydrophilic polymers and containing various substances or covalently bonded low molecular weight substances and processes for preparing them. These products are useful in numero... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4563444 | Anthracycline glycosides, use and compositions containing same Anthracycline glycosides of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein one of R1 and R2 is hydrogen and the other of R1 and R2 is hydroxy, each of R3, R4 and R5 is independently selec... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4522815 | Anthracycline glycosides Disclosed is a process for preparing the glycoside antitumor anthracyclines 7-0-(2,6-dideoxy--L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-daunomycinone (Ia); 4-demethoxy-7-0-(2,6-dideoxy--L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-daunomycinon e (Ib); 7-0-(2,6-dideoxy--L-... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4500676 | Hyaluronate modified polymeric articles Polymeric materials (and articles made therefrom) including polyurethanes, polyesters, polyolefins, polyamides, polysiloxanes, vinylic and acrylic polymers are rendered biocompatible by including with the polymeric material hyaluronic acid or a salt there... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4487865 | Polymeric articles modified with hyaluronate Polymeric materials (and articles made therefrom) including polyurethanes, polyesters, polyolefins, polyamides, polysiloxanes, vinylic and acrylic polymers are rendered biocompatible by including with the polymeric material hyaluronic acid or a salt there... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4465671 | Anthracycline glycosides use and compositions containing same Anthracycline glycosides of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein one of R1 and R2 is hydrogen and the other of R1 and R2 is hydroxy, each of R3, R4 and R5 is independently selec... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4262732 | Apparatus and process relating to manufacturing of a filament directly from a molten material The invention relates to an improvement of a manufacturing process for making a filament directly from a molten material. The process consists of the ejection of a liquid filament which solidifies in air by making a rotating disc touch the surface of a li... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4189491 | Tetrahydrocannabinol in a method of treating glaucoma Significant success in alleviating the symptoms of glaucoma is achieved by orally administering to a glaucoma sufferer a therapeutically effective, but sub-psychotropic dose of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the most active ingredient in marijuana. ... | 02/19/1980 |
