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...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8241609 | Method for embolization using liquid embolic materials A method for embolization using liquid embolic materials is described. The method comprises the use of two liquid components. The first liquid component is an aqueous solution or dispersion comprising at least one oxidized polysaccharide. The second liquid component... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8038987 | Process for the preparation of coated polymer particles A process for the preparation of coated polymer particles containing superparamagnetic crystals, said process comprising reacting porous, surface-functionalized, superparamagnetic crystal-containing polymer particles of diameter 0.5 to 1.8 μm with at least one poly... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7414038 | Embolic materials The object of the present invention is to provide an embolizing material which is easily handleable and stable in quality and is solved by providing an embolizing material comprising an ester derivative of a polysaccharide having a weight-average molecular weight of... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411042 | Tumor associated nucleic acids and uses therefor The invention describes SAGE (sdph3.10) and sdp3.5 tumor associated nucleic acids, including fragments and biologically functional variants thereof. Also included are polypeptides and fragments thereof encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, and antibodies relating ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407646 | Hydrophilic polymer biomaterial having a specific magnetic resonance imaging signal and process for the preparation of said biomaterial A charged biomaterial including at least one first hydrophilic polymer, and superparamagnetic iron oxide particles complexed with a second hydrophilic polymer substantially identical to or different from the first hydrophilic polymer, wherein the superparamagnetic i... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7371738 | Method of transdermal drug delivery using hyaluronic acid nanoparticles The present invention relates to the development of a hyaluronic acid and hyaluronic acid hybrid nanoparticle systems for the administration of active molecules, peptides, DNA and/or other hydrophilic or hydrophobic molecules, the composition of hyaluronic acid and ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364859 | Methods of using bioelastomers Bioelastomers are disclosed for use in methods of binding compounds including immunoassay methods, in biosensors and methods or regenerating biosensors, and in methods for targeting the delivery of a compound to a particular location within an animal subjects. In ge... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364919 | Nanoparticles Materials and methods for studying and modulating the interaction of carbohydrate-containing moieties with other species are described, in particular, small particles, e.g. clusters of metal or semiconductor atoms, which can be employed as a substrate for immobilizi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358099 | Process for (A) separating biological/ligands from dilute solutions and (B) conducting an immunochromatographic assay thereof employing superparamagnetic particles throughout Superparamagnetic (“SPM”) subunits of 1–30 nm average mean diameter (e.g. ferro fluid) subparticles are treated with a magnetically noninterfering substance capable of coating and covering them (e.g, BSA) and they spontaneously form agglomerates of about 100 n... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355822 | Superparamagnetic field sensing device A ferromagnetic thin-film based magnetic field sensor having an electrically insulative intermediate layer with two major surfaces on opposite sides thereof with an initial film of an anisotropic ferromagnetic material on one of those intermediate layer major surfac... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7285289 | Nanoparticle vaccines The present invention relates to nanoparticle vaccines comprised of a carrier, particularly polymerized lipids, having multiple copies of an antigen or combinations of different antigens displayed on the carrier. Such antigen-displaying nanoparticles may also displa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7249604 | Medical devices for occlusion of blood flow The present invention discloses a method for the occlusion of blood vessels or fluid vessels to stop the flow of blood or fluid during elective or emergency surgical procedures or following traumatic injury. This invention also encompasses a medical device or tool f... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7235227 | Paramagnetic particles that provide improved relaxivity An improved contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging comprises particles to each of which is coupled a multiplicity of chelating agents containing paramagnetic ions. In the improved agent, the position of the ion is offset from the surface of the particle so as... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223388 | Modified reoviral therapy The present invention relates to hyperproliferative diseases. Specifically, the present invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising a modified Reoviridae virus, wherein the Reoviridae virus is conjugated to a hydroxylated hydrocarbon or a polycation... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7205385 | Polymerization method for the synthesis of polypeptide imaging agents A method for synthesizing extended poly(amino acids) conjugated to imaging agents, such as DTPA, is disclosed. The amino acid is initially conjugated to the imaging agent at the monomer stage, followed by formation of the corresponding N-carboxyanhydride. The method... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7179660 | Carriers coated with polysaccharides, their preparation and use A polysaccharide coated carrier having a coating of at least two successive layers of polysaccharide. The first polysaccharide layer spontaneously associates with a second polysaccharide layer and, optionally, the carrier. Each successive layer of polysaccharide spo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181266 | Materials and methods for near-infrared and infrared lymph node mapping A lymphatic system can be imaged with emissive semiconductor nanocrystals, for example, in the near infrared. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175909 | Hydrophilic magnetic metal oxide nanoparticles and preparing method thereof A water-soluble polymer is used to change surfaces of the magnetic metal oxide nanoparticles to hydrophilic surfaces. The hydrophilic magnetic metal s oxide nanoparticles can be stably dispersed in a water matrix. Then, the hydrophilic magnetic metal oxide nanoparti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175912 | Super-paramagnetic composite particle with core/shell structure, preparation method and use thereof The invention relates to a super-paramagnetic composite particle with core/shell structure, preparation method and use thereof. The composite particle is consisted of a core portion and a shell portion coated on the surface of the core portion, wherein said core por... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169618 | Magnetic particles and methods of producing coated magnetic particles An improved method for separating materials is provided, using colloidal, magnetizable aggregates, optionally silanized, and coated with a one or more layers of novel polysaccharide derivatives. Materials separated by the aggregates of the invention include inorgani... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165839 | Method for producing tinted contact lenses The invention provides a method of producing a full-body tinted contact lens. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: preconditioning particles of a pigments; dispersing the preconditioned pigment particles in a polymerizable fluid composition to obtain ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7105151 | Oxygen delivery agents and uses for the same The present invention describes, inter alia, oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes comprising a fluorinated gas and a stabilizing material, uses for the oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes, and apparatus for making and delivering the oxygen delivery ag... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087372 | Compositions and methods for detection of and antibodies The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection of Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia chaffeensis antibodies and antibody fragments. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083572 | Therapeutic delivery systems Targeted therapeutic delivery systems comprising gas- or gaseous precursor-filled lipid microspheres comprising a therapeutic are described. Methods for employing such microspheres in therapeutic delivery applications are also provided. Targeted therapeutic d... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083777 | Immunomodulating polymers A pharmaceutical composition consisting of identical repeating units, each unit having a charge motif composed of a positively charged free amino moiety and a negatively charged moiety, wherein the positively charged free amino moiety and the negatively charged moie... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081489 | Polymeric encapsulation of nanoparticles Polymeric nanoencapsulation methods, which combine sonication and nonsolvent temperature induced crystallization, are provided. The steps include (a) providing active agent nanoparticles having an average diameter between about 5 and about 100 nm; (b) treating said ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078015 | Ultrasound imaging and treatment Methods of and apparatus for preparing temperature activated gaseous precursor-filled liposomes are described. Gaseous precursor-filled liposomes prepared by these methods are particularly usefull for example, in ultrasonic imaging applications and in therapeutic dr... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060248 | Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors Thus the present invention describes diagnostic agents comprising a diagnostic metal and a compound, wherein the compound comprises: 1-10 targeting moieties; a chelator; and 0-1 linking groups between the targeting moiety and chelator; wherein the targeting moiety i... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054118 | Superparamagnetic field sensing devices A ferromagnetic thin-film based magnetic field sensor having an electrically insulative intermediate layer with two major surfaces on opposite sides thereof with an initial film of an anisotropic ferromagnetic material on one of those intermediate layer major surfac... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7026285 | Immunomodulating polymers Methods and products for inducing IL-2 secretion, inducing IL-10 secretion, activating T cells, suppressing IgG antibody response to specific antigen, promoting allograft survival, reducing postoperative surgical adhesion formation, and protecting against abscess fo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018849 | Process for (A) separating biological/ligands from dilute solutions and (B) conducting an immunochromatographic assay thereof employing superparamagnetic particles throughtout Superparamagnetic (“SPM”) subunits of 1–30 nm average mean diameter (e.g. ferro fluid) subparticles are treated with a magnetically noninterfering substance capable of coating and covering them (e.g, BSA) and they spontaneously form agglomerates of about 100 n... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6998107 | Composition comprising low density microspheres Low density microspheres, methods for preparing same, and use of same as contrast agents are described. The microspheres have a void having a volume that comprises at least about 75% of the total volume of the microspheres, and which contains a gas or the vapor of a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6984373 | Fibrin binding moieties useful as imaging agents The present invention provides binding moieties for fibrin which have a variety of uses wherever detecting, isolating or localizing fibrin, and particularly fibrin as opposed to fibrinogen, is advantageous. Particularly disclosed are synthetic, isolated polypeptides... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6975896 | Fiducial markers for MRI Fiducials (50) are disposed in an imaging region (14) along with a subject. The fiducials are mounted either to the subject itself, a surgical tool (52), an imaging probe or receive coil (80), or the like. The fiducials are filled with a ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965235 | Apparatus to simulate MR properties of human brain for MR applications evaluation A system and method for mimicking a human brain for MR imaging at various magnetic field strengths is disclosed. A phantom is constructed of a structure having a number of sections. A first section contains a mixture of nickel chloride, agarose gel powder, potassium... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6936278 | Microparticles A process for producing microparticles, in which an aqueous solution of purified amylopectin-based starch of reduced molecular weight is prepared, the solution is combined with biologically active substance, an emulsion of starch droplets is formed in an outer phase... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924150 | Magnetic resonance imaging contrast system A method for improving the magnetic resonance imaging contrast of a selected portion of a sample. A selected ferrimagnetic constituent is associated with the sample portion, by molecular or biological attachment or by some other means, so that the sample portion is ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916461 | Metal complexes that contain perfluoroalkyl, process for their production and their use in NMR diagnosis The invention relates to new, monomeric, perfluoroalkyl-substituted metal complexes, processes for their production, and their use in diagnosis and therapy. The compounds according to the invention are suitable especially as in vivo contrast media in nuclear ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908955 | Oligomeric dispersant A composition that is a reaction product of two or three moieties. The first moiety (A) is a nonpolymeric, multi-functional moiety or combination of mono- or multifunctional moieties that adsorbs onto a cementitious particle. The second required moiety (C) is a line... | 06/21/2005 |
