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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097284 | Polarized scorpion venom solution and a method for making polarized scorpion venom solution Various embodiments of this invention disclose a polarized dilute blue scorpion venom solution, a method for making a polarized dilute scorpion venom solution, and a method for administering dilute scorpion venom solution. The polarized dilute scorpion venom solutio... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8012510 | Nutraceutical for the prevention and treatment of cancers and diseases affecting the liver A composition comprising vegetable/herbal-based dietary ingredients, or extracts, which contains vitamins and nutrients that provide a novel nontoxic treatment for liver cancers, hepatitis, and liver cirrhosis. The composition can be taken as a daily dietary supplem... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7927630 | Use of autologous sediment from fluid aspirates as vehicles for drug delivery A method of using fluid aspirates as vehicles for drug delivery by collecting a fluid aspirate such as synovial joint effusion, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites from a patient and centrifuging the fluid aspirate to provide a supernatant and a sedim... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7658950 | Material for treating mammalian joint maladies by biological fluid transplantation Disclosed is a product and method for transplanting biological fluids into a host animal (including humans) that have been collected from donor animals. These biological fluids have been purified and processed so that they are acellular, sterile, pathogen free, and ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7547453 | Method of production of material for treating mammalian joint maladies by biological fluid transplantation Disclosed is a product and method for transplanting biological fluids into a host animal (including humans) that have been collected from donor animals. These biological fluids have been purified and processed so that they are acellular, sterile, pathogen free, and ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7402322 | Methods of treatment for septic shock with urine extract The invention relates to the field of immunology. Specifically, the invention relates to the field of immune-mediated disorders such as allergies, auto-immune disease, transplantation-related disease or inflammatory disease. The invention provides for an immunoregul... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399492 | Composition and method for issue repair and regeneration The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for protecting and promoting cell growth and restoring physiological structure and function to tissue or organ of the body, especially mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract. The composition can be used as ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7303769 | Method for purifying pluri-differentiated mesenchymal progenitor cells There is provided an isolated pluri-differentiated human mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs), a method for isolating and purifying human mesenchymal progenitor cells from Dexter-type cultures, and characterization of and uses, particularly therapeutic uses for such ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297659 | Synergistic fermented plant growth promoting, bio-control composition The present invention relates to a synergistic composition useful as plant and soil health enhancer, comprising urine, neem and garlic, individually or in all possible combinations, with the treatment showing it has the ability to stimulate accumulation of nutrients... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294351 | Composition containing fractionated bee propolis A composition containing fractioned propolis wax isolated without the use of solvents. The composition contains about 24-50 mg/g of total polyphenols, about 11-18% resins, about 77-87% wax, about 2.4-5.0% polyphenols and about 0-5% other materials. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7223422 | Method of treating mammalian joint maladies by biological fluid transplantation Disclosed is a product and method for transplanting biological fluids into a host animal (including humans) that have been collected from donor animals. These biological fluids have been purified and processed so that they are a cellular, sterile, pathogen free, and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211276 | Method for preventing ulceration or irritation of mucosa The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for protecting and promoting cell growth and restoring physiological structure and function to mucosal tissue of the body, especially mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract. The composition can be used as a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204978 | Treatment and diagnosis of infertility using TGFβ or activin A method of treating an infertility condition in humans or mammals, by exposure of a prospective mother to TGF beta or derivative or analog of TGF beta. The exposure is advantageously in conjunction with one more antigens of a prospective father so that a hyporespon... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195781 | Method for treatment of skin disorders This invention relates to a method for the natural topical treatment of portions of skin of a person afflicted with a skin disorder such as dry skin, eczema, itchy skin, red skin, itchy eczema, inflamed skin, and/or cracked skin for the removal of itch and the resto... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163702 | Process for isolating sea cucumber saponin Frondoside A, and immunomodulatory methods of use This present invention discloses use of a chloroform/solvent mixture extraction at different solvent-to-feed ratios, followed by evaporation and extraction with ethyl acetate/water; followed by chromatography of the water phase in Teflon or other non-polar resin and... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160689 | Pretreatment instrument of saliva and pretreatment method of saliva In a pretreatment instrument and a pretreatment method of saliva, used for identification and quantitation of Streptococcus mutans in saliva by the immunochromatographic method utilizing an antigen-antibody reaction, the instrument includes a swab and a mixin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147874 | Pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of premature ejaculation and/or hypersensitivity of sexual stimulation A pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of premature ejaculation and/or hypersensitivity of sexual stimulation is provided. The composition contains purified sumsoo extract and purified ginseng extract containing saponin as the main component, ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128897 | Aerosolized anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories, and decongestants for the treatment of sinusitis Pharmaceutical compositions are described that contain one agent for treatment of sinusitis and a surfactant. The compositions are prepared to have a surface tension that renders the composition effective for treatment of sinusitis. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7074438 | Compositions for oral delivery of nutrients and pharmaceuticals The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for protecting and promoting cell growth and restoring physiological structure and function to mucosal tissue of the body, especially mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract. The composition can be used as a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067155 | Anti-inflammatory humate compositions and methods of use thereof The invention relates to an anti-inflammatory composition containing humate, such as insoluble, granular, other insoluble, or soluble humate, particularly Menefee Humate®. The invention also includes other anti-inflammatory compositions containing humate and at lea... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063980 | Pretreatment kit for saliva and pretreatment method for saliva A pretreatment kit and a pretreatment kit for saliva in identification and quantitative determination of mutans streptococci by immunochromatography utilizing an antigen-antibody reaction, which can remove aggregation caused by mucin and chain formation of mutans st... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060790 | Peptides and nucleic acids derived from and the use thereof The invention concerns Eisenia foetida polypeptides and peptides, particularly recombinant polypeptides, which are useful in tumour therapy, microbial infection, inflammation or immunology. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the above-menti... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7021931 | Apparatus for the treatment of dental caries Apparatus for the treatment of dental caries includes a source of oxidizing gas and a handpiece for delivering the gas to a tooth. A cup attached to the handpiece is provided for receiving the gas and exposing a selected area of the tooth to the gas. The cup include... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001881 | Tribonectins The invention features a tribonectin and a method of tribosupplementation carried out by administering tribonectins directly to an injured or arthritic joint. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6960562 | Tribonectin polypeptides and uses thereof The invention features a lubricating polyeptide and methods of lubricating joints or other tissues by administering the polypeptide systemically or directly to tissues. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953775 | Composition for synthetic cervical mucus formulation The present invention is a composition for a synthetic mucus formulation with viscosity, spinnbarkeit, and pH comparable to that reported for human cervical mucus. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939565 | Protease inhibitors of the coagulation cascade isolated from Dysidea sponges The present invention is directed toward a composition comprising a compound isolated from Dysidea species sponges that is capable of inhibiting serine proteases of the coagulation cascade. In particular, this composition inhibits the TF/VIIa complex of the c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6919309 | Methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis The present invention provides a method of inhibiting angiogenesis within a tissue by providing exogenous PEDF to cells associated with the tissue. The presence of exogenous PEDF inhibits angiogenesis within the tissue, in part by interfering with the ability of vas... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899696 | Method of noninvasively obtaining intraductal fluid A method is disclosed for noninvasively obtaining intraductal fluid. The method includes the use of an intraductal fluid sampling device to contact the patient, provide compression, and deliver heat thereto according to predetermined cycle characteristics. The cycle... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6896907 | Use of bioactive fraction from cow urine distillate (‘go-mutra’) as a bio-enhancer of anti-infective, anti-cancer agents and nutrients The invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of bio-active fraction from cow urine distillate as a bioavailability facilitator and pharmaceutically acceptable additives selected from anticancer compounds, antibiotics, dr... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6866994 | Noninvasive intraductal fluid diagnostic screen Disclosed is a method and apparatus for accomplishing a noninvasive screen for breast disease markers, including breast cancer markers and cytologically abnormal cells. Intraductal fluid is noninvasively aspirated using compression, heating and suction cycles. The r... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6835715 | Mammalian dihydroouabain-like factor and therapeutic compositions A novel mammalian dihydroouabain-like factor is disclosed which substantially fails to cross-react with mammalian ouabain-like factor (OLF) for binding to anti-OLF antibody, but cross-reacts with plant-related dihydroouabain (dho) for binding to anti-dho antibody, h... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6726935 | Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating erectile impotence using purified sumsoo extract A pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of premature ejaculation and/or hypersensitivity of sexual stimulation is provided, which contains a therapeutically effective amount of a purified essence of Bufonis venenum for prevention or treatment of dys... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6712785 | Method of noninvasively obtaining intraductal fluid A method is disclosed for noninvasively obtaining intraductal fluid. The method includes the use of an intraductal fluid sampling device to contact the patient, provide compression, and deliver heat thereto according to predetermined cycle characteristics. The cycle... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6685971 | Method and composition for repairing and promoting regeneration of mucosal tissue in the gastrointestinal tract The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for protecting and promoting cell growth and restoring physiological structure and function to mucosal tissue of the body, especially mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract. The composition can b... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6562621 | Method of using fish ovarian fluid for culture and preservation of mammalian cells A method of using fish ovarian fluid for culture and preservation of mammalian cells includes obtaining ovarian fluid from a fish, and culturing mammalian cells in media including a commercially defined medium and a nutrient medium, wherein the nutrient m... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6541519 | Methods and compositions for treating lipoxygenase-mediated disease states Methods and compositions are disclosed for prevention and/or treatment of diseases in which 5- and 12-lipoxygenase activity contributes to the pathological condition, by administration of 12-methyletradecanoic acids alone and in conjunction with other the... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6514937 | Method of treating psychological and metabolic disorders using IGF or IGF/IGFBP-3 Methods are provided for treating or alleviating the symptoms of subjects with psychological disorders, metabolic disorders, chronic stress-related disorders, sleep disorders, conditions associated with sexual senescence, aging, or premature aging by trea... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6482442 | Substance mixture for topical application comprising olive oil and honey The use of a substance mixture comprising honey and olive oil for preparing a medicament for topical application is suggested.... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6440740 | Material for activating epidermal cell multiplication The present invention provides a novel material for activating epidermal cell multiplication on which not only effective adhesion and multiplication of human and mammalian epidermal cells is accomplished also intercellular adhesion is promoted to form a p... | 08/27/2002 |
