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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066918 | Apparatus for producing particles, emulsifier holding member, method for producing particles, and method for producing molecular membrane The invention provides an apparatus for producing molecular membranes or particles, having a) a fluid supplying member configured to store a fluid, b) a plunger unit configured to extrude the fluid from the fluid supplying member, and c) an emulsifier holding member... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8029709 | Liquid core capsules and methods of synthesis thereof through interfacial polymerization A process for the encapsulation of liquid particles within nanometer thick polymer shells utilizes an interfacial free radical alternating copolymerization process. Encapsulating a liquid material includes providing a mixture comprising the liquid material to be enc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017046 | Skin cosmetic composition A skin cosmetic composition comprising: a hydrogel particle comprising a non-crosslinked hydrogel containing an oil component therein dispersed in an aqueous medium; a hydrogel particle comprising a non-crosslinked hydrogel containing an oil component therein; and a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012387 | Silicone vesicles A process for preparing a vesicle composition based upon mixing an organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrophilic substituent group, a water miscible solvent, and water is disclosed. The vesicle compositions produced by the method are useful in various personal,... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003025 | Microcapsule composition for electrophoretic displays The present invention provides: a microcapsule composition for electrophoretic displays; a production process for the microcapsule composition for the electrophoretic displays; a production process for a sheet for the electrophoretic displays; and a handling method ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7976743 | Gas-containing liposomes The present invention provides gas-containing liposomes. In particular, the present invention provide methods of generating gas-containing liposomes where the gas is introduced under pressure, as well as gas-containing liposomes which contain a large volume of gas (... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955532 | High performance capsules for electrophoretic displays The present invention is directed to novel non-aqueous capsules suitable as display cells for an electrophoretic display and the encapsulation process for their manufacture. The present invention is also directed to an encapsulation process for the preparation of no... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7943067 | Nanogels and their production using liposomes as reactors The present invention includes a method for preparing polymer hydrogel spherical particles on a nanometer scale (nanogels). The method includes encapsulating hydrogel-forming components into liposomes, diluting the large unilamellar liposomes suspension to prevent p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7914714 | Methods and apparatus using electrostatic atomization to form liquid vesicles The methods of the invention employ electrostatic atomization to form a compound droplet of at least two miscible fluids. The compound droplet comprises a core of a first fluid and a layer of a second fluid completely surrounding the core. The first fluid contains t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7883648 | Lipobeads and their production Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anch... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7780882 | Simplified and improved method for preparing an antibody or an antibody fragment targeted immunoliposome for systemic administration of a therapeutic or diagnostic agent A method of preparing an antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex comprises the steps of (a) preparing an antibody or antibody fragment; (b) mixing said antibody or antibody fragment with a cationic liposome to form a cation... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776240 | Injectable hydrogel microspheres from aqueous two-phase system Injectable hydrogel microspheres are prepared by forming an emulsion where hydrogel precursors are in a disperse aqueous phase and polymerizing the hydrogel precursors. In a preferred case, the hydrogel precursors are poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate and N-isopropyl... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7678301 | Vesicles of high molecular weight silicone polyethers Vesicle compositions from high molecular weight silicone polyether copolymers, methods for preparing the vesicle compositions, and personal, household, and healthcare formulations containing the vesicle compositions are disclosed. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7618565 | Lipobeads and their production Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anch... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7588703 | Microencapsulation system and method A microencapsulation apparatus is provided which is configured to form co-axial multi-lamellar microcapsules from materials discharged from first and second microsphere dispensers of the apparatus. A method of fabricating and processing microcapsules is also provide... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7578951 | Method of making microcapsules utilizing a fluid ejector A method of making microcapsules including activating a fluid ejector at a frequency greater than 10 kilohertz where each activation of the fluid ejector generates essentially a drop, and the fluid ejector is fluidically coupled to a first fluid including a core com... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7393478 | Therapy for human cancers using cisplatin and other drugs or genes encapsulated into liposomes A method for encapsulating cisplatin and other positively-charged drugs into liposomes having a different lipid composition between their inner and outer membrane bilayers is disclosed. The liposomes are able to reach primary tumors and their metastases after intrav... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390502 | SN-38 lipid complexes and their methods of use The present invention is for novel compositions and methods for treating diseases caused by cellular proliferation, particularly, for treating cancer in mammals and more particularly in humans. The therapeutic compositions of the present invention include SN-38 lipi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381423 | Use of nanodispersions in cosmetic end formulations A description is given of the use of a nanodispersion, which comprises (a) a membrane-forming molecule, (b) a coemulsifier and (c) a lipophilic component, in cosmetic end formulation, which nanodispersion is obtainabl... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375140 | Process and apparatus for producing emulsion and microcapsules A process and apparatus for rapidly producing an emulsion and microcapsules in a simple manner is provided wherein a dispersion phase is ejected from a dispersion phase-feeding port toward a continuous phase flowing in a microchannel in such a manner that flows of t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368129 | Amphiphilic materials and liposome formulations thereof Disclosed is a new structural class of amphiphilic molecules which incorporate a hydrophilic material or polymer attached, at spatially distinct sites, to at least two hydrophobic residues. Certain of the amphiphilic molecules comprise a plurality of hydrophobic moi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7348031 | Method for preparing colloidal particles in the form of nanocapsules The invention relates to a process for the preparation of dispersible colloidal systems in the form of nanocapsules whose wall consists of a polymer obtained by the polycondensation of two monomers, α and β, and whose core consists of a substance B, characterized ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344752 | Core-shell particles synthesized through controlled free radical polymerization The present invention discloses a process for producing a core-shell polymer that comprises: (1) preparing a monomer solution which is comprised of (a) at least one monomer, optional one crosslinking monomer (b) a conjugate acid of a surfactant with a pKa of less th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7329415 | Materials containing multiple layers of vesicles The present invention provides a composite material, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a vesicle-containing coating including at least one layer of a vesicle and one layer of a polyionic material having charges opposite... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329402 | Methods of imaging and treatment Novel ultrasound methods comprising administering to a patient a targeted vesicle composition which comprises vesicles comprising a lipid, protein or polymer, encapsulating a gas, in combination with a targeting ligand, and scanning the patient using ultrasound. The... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309395 | System for forming composite polymer dielectric film A system for depositing a composite polymer dielectric film on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the composite polymer dielectric film includes a low dielectric constant polymer layer disposed between a first silane-containing layer and a second silane-containing la... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297404 | Microencapsulated particles and process for manufacturing same Microencapsulated particles having improved resistance to moisture and extended release capabilities are produced by microencapsulating the particles in a film-forming, cross-linked, hydrolyzed polymer. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7288266 | Liposome complexes for increased systemic delivery Highly efficient cationic liposomes have been developed as an improved delivery system for biologically-active reagents. A novel structure, the sandwich liposome, is formed and comprises one or more biologically active agents internalized between two bilomellar lipo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282215 | Supports for photosensitizer formulations The invention is generally related to the field of formulating medicaments in association with a solid support. Such formulations comprising photosensitizers, and their use in photodynamic therapy, are also provided. Methods for the production of the medicament form... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282219 | Powdery preparation for transmucosal administration containing a polymeric form of drug and exhibiting improved storage stability A powdery preparation for transmucosal administration comprising a medicine of high molecular weight, a cationic polymer and, as needed, a viscous polymer, further comprising an effective amount of a basic amino acid. The powdery preparation for transmucosal adminis... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279121 | Process for producing electrophoretic microcapsules A microcapsule is produced by dispersing a liquid organic dispersion in an aqueous medium to form a capsule particle in the aqueous medium, the liquid organic dispersion containing an acid group-containing resin, a colored particle and an organic solvent, and the ca... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276184 | Surfactant assisted nanomaterial generation process A process for the preparation of nanoscale particulate material is described comprising: (i) combining one or more functional material to be precipitated as nanoscale particles and one or more surface active material in a compressed CO2 phase with a densi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271200 | Emulsions A novel emulsion comprising a material which is stabilised by a polymer resin precursor having interface active molecules incorporated therein by reaction from poorly or non-surface active materials is disclosed. The process for producing such emulsions is likewise ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264875 | Microcapsules and processes for producing the same A microcapsule encapsulating a disperse system is produced by preparing a liquid organic dispersion containing a resin whose acid group has been neutralized, a colored particle, and an organic solvent; dispersing the liquid organic dispersion in an aqueous medium to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261529 | Apparatus for preparing biodegradable microparticle formulations containing pharmaceutically active agents This invention is directed to an apparatus and method for producing microparticles comprising pharmacologically active agents and biodegradable polymers. The apparatus includes a spinning disk containing a reservoir in the center thereof and a flat inclined surface.... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252839 | Delivery system and a manufacturing process of a delivery system A delivery system including a body construction (7) and at least one capsule (8) containing a pharmaceutical composition, the capsule having at least a first end and a second end. The body construction (7, 12, 34) has at least two locking parts ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244377 | Acoustic enhancement of particle fabrication by spinning A method and apparatus for the improved formation of beads or particles. The apparatus comprises a spinning disk including a vibration inducing material. Said vibration inducing material excites the liquid material as it proceeds towards the outer perimeter of said ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238367 | Liposome loading with metal ions This invention relates to encapsulation of drugs and other agents into liposomes. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238366 | Submicron liposome suspensions obtained from preliposome lyophilizates This invention provides an aqueous/t-butanol solvent-system, facile reconstitute, submicron-reconsitiute preliposome-lyophilaye and method of its preparation and use. In one embodiment this entails a modified method for the preparation of a submicron and stab... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238678 | Adhesive N,O-carboxymethylchitosan coatings which inhibit attachment of substrate-dependent cells and proteins The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting cellular and protein attachment to substrates by applying a composition containing an effective amount of adherent N,O-carboxymethylchitosan to a substrate with such that cellular and protein attachment are pre... | 07/03/2007 |
