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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7186459 | Liposome coated with polyhydroxyalkanoate and production method thereof A structure, which has both a drug holding capability and a sustained release ability utilizing a liposome and mechanical strength of a polyhydroxyalkanoate. This structure is excellent in holding capability for hydrophilic drugs and other water-soluble substances, ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7029758 | Melanin polyvinyl alcohol plastic laminates for optical applications The present invention relates to the use of water soluble melanin in solid plastic films of polyvinyl alcohol to be used in conjunction with other plastics to make laminated sheets or lenses. Such laminates will be used as filters to protect against photochemical da... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997960 | Textile treatments and fibers and textile goods treated therewith A first fiber treatment comprising a functional protein prepared by treating proteins such as collagen with a cross-linking agent and a solvent-base resin; a second one comprising the above functional protein and a water-base resin; a third one comprising a water-so... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6291582 | Polymer-protein composites and methods for their preparation and use A method of preparing a polymer-protein composite based upon placing a protein in solution in an organic phase via the ion-pairing of the protein with a surfactant. The polymer-protein composites are useful, for example, as highly active and stable cataly... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6121341 | Redox and photoinitiator systems for priming and improved adherence of gels to substrates An impoved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making the barrier. In the preferred embodiment, tissue is stained with a photoinitiator, then the polymer solut... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5977250 | Latex of polyhydroxyalkanoate A chiral (R) stereospecific polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in aqueous latex form having virgin disperse phase particles of very low or undetectable crystallinity is useful in making a water-sensitive structure water-resistant. It may be used as a mixture with... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5914367 | Polymer protein composites and methods for their preparation and use A method of preparing a polymer-protein composite including polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a protein dissolved in an organic phase via the ion-pairing of the protein with a surfactant. The polymer-protein composites are useful, for example, as ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5844016 | Redox and photoinitiator priming for improved adherence of gels to substrates An improved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making the barrier. The barrier can be prepared by staining tissue with a photoinitiator, applying a solution c... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5837747 | Crosslinkable polysaccharides, polycations and lipids useful for encapsulation and drug release The present invention relates to a new form of biocompatible materials (e.g., lipids, polycations, polysaccharides) which are capable of undergoing free radical polymerization, e.g., by using certain sources of light; methods of modifying certain syntheti... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5714560 | Water-soluble or water-dispersible graft polymers of proteins as leather tanning agents Water-soluble or water-dispersible graft polymers which are obtainable by free-radical-initiated polymerization of (A) a monomer or monomer mixture comprising (a) from 20 to 100% by weight of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof or alkali meta... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5599891 | Polymer composition A polymer composition comprising a crystallisable polymer stabilised in an amorphous or incompletely crystalline state by forming particles at least partly coated with a surfactant or phospholipid and to processes for preparing a such a polymer compositio... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5418284 | Surface-modified polyacrylonitrile beads A bead composition is disclosed herein which comprises a core of a polyacrylonitrile homopolymer or copolymer and a surface of pendant N-haloamide groups. Also disclosed is a process for the production of said composition.... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5286829 | Biocompatible polymer material and a process for producing same A biocompatible material which is the product of graft-copolymerization of a water-soluble vinyl and/or an acrylate monomer with a sorption complex of polysilicic acid and collagen that has been rid of pigments, glycoproteins and proteoglycans, or a produ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5284910 | Surface-modified polyacrylonitrile fibrous substrates A surface-modified fibrillated fiber composition is disclosed herein which comprises polyacrylonitrile homopolymer or copolymer and a surface of pendant N-haloamide groups. Also disclosed is a process for the production of said composition.... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5284911 | Surface-modified polyacrylonitrile substrates A composition is disclosed herein which comprises a core of a polyacrylonitrile homopolymer or copolymer and a surface of N-haloamides. Also disclosed is a process for the production of said composition.... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5219895 | Collagen-based adhesives and sealants and methods of preparation and use thereof Collagen-based compositions as adhesives and sealants for medical use and preparation thereof are described. Prior to polymerization, soluble or partially fibrillar collagen monomers in solution are chemically modified with an acylating agent, sulfonating... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5204097 | Shiga toxin B chain polypeptides and vaccine thereto The invention relates to a number of synthetic polypeptides which correspond to a part of the sequences of the Shiga B peptide chain. More specifically, the invention relates to polypeptides corresponding to the residues 5 to 18, 7 to 26, 13 to 26, and 19... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5187207 | Melanin hydrophilic contact lenses A hydrophilic contact lens is disclsoed incorporating melanin that protects the eye from harmful radiation and superoxide.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5116884 | Melanin hydrophilic contact lenses A hydrophilic contact lens is disclosed incorporating melanin that protects the eye from harmful radiation and superoxide.... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5112883 | Medium incorporating melanin as an absorbing pigment against electromagnetic radiation The present invention is directed to a medium incorporating melanin for radiation protection.... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5075401 | Method of making graft copolymers A graft copolymer is made by grafting, by a free radical reaction mechanism in aqueous solution, water soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomeric material on to a water soluble substrate having hydroxyl groups, and the free radicals are formed on the sub... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5047447 | Medium incorporating melanin as an absorbing pigment for protection against electromagnetic radiation The present invention is directed to a medium incorporating melanin for radiation protection.... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5036115 | Optical lens system incorporating melanin as an absorbing pigment for protection against electromagnetic radiation Melanin is used as the absorbing pigment for radiation protective eyeware. Thus, a melanin-plastic copolymer was formed by adding a catalyst (benzoyl peroxide) to the liquid monomer, diethylene glycol bis allyl carbonate (CR-39), which contained dissolved... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4997682 | Paper coating composition An improved process of cast coating and the coating composition used therein produces a paper coating which has exceptional brightness, gloss, smoothness, flexibility, resistance to drum adhesions and pick resistance. The paper coating is especially effec... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4843010 | Polymerization-induced separation immunoassays Immunoassay methods and compositions are disclosed for the detection of analytes in fluid samples. The disclosure provides conjugates of analytes or reactants with polymerizable organic monomers. Specific binding reactions between reactants are detected b... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4749647 | Polymerization-induced separation assay using recognition pairs Methods and compounds are disclosed for determining the presence, amount of, or association between substances of interest in samples suspected of containing same. The methods are based on the polymerization-induced separation of specifically-bound, repor... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4711840 | Polymerization-induced separation immunoassays Immunoassay methods and compositions are disclosed for the detection of one or more analytes in fluid samples. The disclosure provides conjugates of analytes or reactants with polymerizable organic monomers. Specific binding reactions between reactants ar... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4698374 | Optical lens system incorporating melanin as an absorbing pigment for protection against electromagnetic radiation The present invention is directed to optical lens systems for radiation protection of the human eye utilizing melanin as an absorbing pigment.... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4689381 | Modified protein adhesive binder and process for producing using cationic monomers A modified vegetable protein adhesive binder and a process for producing the same is disclosed wherein an alkaline protein dispersion is formed of a vegetable protein material and said dispersion is treated with a cationic monomer, preferably a cationic m... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4687826 | Modified protein adhesive binder and process for producing A modified vegetable protein adhesive binder and a process for producing the same is disclosed wherein an alkaline protein dispersion is treated with hydroxy alkyl acrylate in an amount sufficient to modify the protein material. The modified vegetable pro... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4622362 | Polyacrolein microspheres Microspheres of acrolein homopolymers and copolymer with hydrophillic comonomers such as methacrylic acid and/or hydroxyethylmethacrylate are prepared by cobalt gamma irradiation of dilute aqueous solutions of the monomers in presence of suspending agents... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4607089 | Grafted soy protein latex A conjugated diene such as butadiene-1,3 and a vinyl aryl monomer such as styrene are graft or over copolymerized on a dissolved or finely divided anionic fully caustic treated soy protein in aqueous alkaline media using minor effective amounts of an oil ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4504644 | Protein derivative containing grafted ultraviolet-absorbing radicals, the process for its preparation and composition in which it is present The invention describes a protein derivative which has a molecular weight of 500 to 50,000 and has been chemically modified by grafting onto the protein chain radicals which absorb ultraviolet radiation. Also described are a process for the preparation of... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4443365 | Method for determination of the valproic acid and reagents therein δ-substituted derivatives of valproic acid are provided for conjugation to antigenic compositions, particularly proteins and enzymes. The antigenic conjugates are employed for the production of antibodies, which find particular use in immunoassays for the det... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4349470 | Protein polymer hydrogels Protein hydrogel structures formed from natural proteins having an average molecular weight of about 100,000 or less by dissolving the protein in an aqueous acidic solution, crosslinking the protein, and air drying to a moisture content not exceeding 10 p... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4278749 | Receiving elements containing graft gelatin polymers as dye mordants A photographic material which comprises a receiving element for transferred dyes is provided. The receiving element comprises a support having coated thereon a mordant layer which is made from a graft polymer prepared from gelatin, a monomer which when ho... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4267235 | Polyglutaraldehyde microspheres Suspension polymerization of aqueous glutaraldehyde in basic conditions in presence of surfactants such as isobutoxy acrylamide copolymers and/or cross-linking agents yield cross-linked, water insoluble glutaraldehyde polymer microspheres ranging in size ... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4264155 | Collagen contact lens Improved soft contact lenses are made from collagen gels to which water-soluble organic polyhydroxy polymers are added, e.g. mucopolysaccharides, polyvinyl alcohols, etc.... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4260228 | Collagen gel contact lens and method of preparation An improved collagen gel soft contact lens is prepared from an aldehyde-crosslinked, lens-shaped collagen gel containing a water-soluble, aliphatic, monomeric, polyhydroxy compound, e.g., glucose.... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4229326 | Method for producing graft copolymers of cellulose or protein fiber with vinyl monomers A method for obtaining graft copolymers of cellulose or protein fiber with vinyl monomers, comprising the steps of impregnating cellulose or protein fiber with an aqueous solution of ferrous salt, removing excessive ions of ferrous iron, and grafting viny... | 10/21/1980 |
