15th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100092898 | Chemical Looping Combustion - The present invention comprises a method and reactor of chemical looping combustion involving at least two gases in a reactor in which: said at least two gases are conveyed to a reactor fluid inlet centre which is divided in at least two sectors; said at least two gases flow radially outward into an oxygen carrier bed that surrounds said fluid inlet center, said oxygen carrier bed comprising an active material, in which at least one reaction takes place between said active material and said at least two gases; effluents from said at least one reaction are conveyed to an outer compartment of the reactor, said compartment being divided in two sections by means of two radially extending partition walls, said fluid inlet centre, said oxygen carrier bed and said outer compartment are rotating relative to each other. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092899 | DISLOCATION-TYPE SAFETY LIGHTER - A dislocation-type safety lighter the invention is disclosed. The dislocation-type safety lighter includes a main body, a wheel racket, a file wheel, a metal cap, and a lever. The lever includes a pressing part, a base, and a slipping hole. Each side of the base furnishes a salient part used to be the pivot point C of the lever. The salient parts are fitted in the securing holes near the bottom of the file-wheel seats, and the securing holes) are used as pivot seat for bearing the salient parts. The metal cap is capped on the top of the wheel racket to cover the file wheel and the lever. The height H between the elevation of the “point A” of exerting force P and the elevation of the pivot point C is in the range (⅓)H′*H*(⅔)H′ where the height H′ is equal to the diameter of the file wheel ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092900 | GAS BURNER - A gas burner including a gas inlet opening, a gas chamber connected to the gas inlet opening, and a gas input chamber connecting the gas inlet opening and the gas chamber, wherein the gas input chamber leads out from the gas inlet opening into the gas chamber in an at least partially upward angled manner. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092901 | COMBUSTOR EQUIPPED WITH AIR FLOW RATE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL MECHANISM USING FLUIDIC ELEMENT - The object of the invention is to provide a lightweight mechanism that changes the distribution of a flow rate of air for combustion supplied into each burner, without providing a mechanical movable part in a passage for high-temperature and high-pressure air for combustion in a combustor having a plurality of burners such as a pilot burner and a main burner. The combustor equipped with an air flow rate distribution control mechanism based on a fluidic element in accordance with the present invention has a plurality of burners such as a main burner and a pilot burner, wherein with the fluidic element being disposed upstream of a passage of air for combustion that is supplied to each burner, and means for sucking out or blowing out air into a control air passage of the fluidic element being provided, the distribution of a flow rate of the air flowing into the burners is controlled by changing a flow direction of the air for combustion. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092902 | GAS BURNER FOR COOKING APPLIANCES - An improved gas burner for cooking appliances, with an inner central portion ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092903 | TOOTH BONDING PAD WITH WIRE RETAINING PORTIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A tooth bonding pad ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092904 | DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE ORTHODONTIC ELEMENT | 2010-04-15 |
20100092905 | ORTHODONTIC POWER ARM - An orthodontic power arm has a body with a bonding surface for attachment to a tooth. A blade-shaped arm extends gingivally from the body and has a width extending in a mesial-distal direction. The power arm is also equipped with a number of recesses in the mesial or distal edges of the arm for engaging a tractive device. For example, the power arm can be made of a clear polymeric material. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092906 | CORRECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A TELESCOPABLE PORTION, A CRIMPABLE PORTION, AND AN ENGAGING PORTION, AND A RELATED METHOD - A method, an orthodontic system, and orthodontic assembly ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092907 | Method And System For Deriving A Common Coordinate System For Virtual Orthodontic Brackets - Method and apparatus including obtaining digital representations of two or more dental appliances, determining a common base coordinate parameter for the two or more dental appliances, orientating the respective digital representations of the two or more dental appliances in accordance with the common base coordinate parameter, aligning the digital representations of the two or more dental appliances based on one or more characteristics associated with each of the two or more dental appliances, and storing the digital representations of the two or more dental appliances oriented to based on the common base coordinate parameter are disclosed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092908 | MEDICAL HANDPIECE WITH PULSED ILLUMINATION - Medical treatment devices, such as dental treatment devices, comprise a drive unit for driving a tool configured to act on a treatment site, a light-emitting device and a cooling media dispensing device for dispensing at least one cooling medium onto a tool and/or a treatment site. The device can be controlled, such as with a controller, to substantially alternatingly operate the light-emitting device and the dispensing device, thereby intermittently illuminating the tool and/or the treatment site and dispensing cooling medium toward the tool and/or the treatment site, respectively, which provides a user with an improved view of the tool, the treatment site, or both. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092909 | Dental articulator apparatus having visible coding of teeth and jaw positions with respect to post-treatment goals - A visible coding of components of an articulator apparatus that mount maxillary and mandible casts indicates the relative correspondence between post-treatment goals and the present locations of a person's teeth and jaws. From another aspect, the visible coding indicates at least a direction, and preferably, a direction and a distance, which a person's teeth and/or jaws must be moved to achieve the goals. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092910 | REFERENCE SUPPORT FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT, A RADIOGRAPHIC AND/OR TOMOGRAPHIC REFERENCE SUPPORT MOUNTING FRAME AND A PROSTHETIC CROWN SOUNDING GUIDE - A reference support for a dental implant, which includes a body defining a first main portion having two free ends, a respective prolonged orthogonal portion projecting from each end, the first main portion and the two prolonged orthogonal portions defining a space, the support further including members for association of another device such as a guide tube positioning apparatus or a prosthetic crown sounding guide or the like. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092911 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SUPRASTRUCTURE AND A CORRESPONDING DRILL JIG - The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a suprastructure ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092912 | GUIDE TUBE AND GUIDE TUBE POSITIONING DEVICE - A guide tube to enable the boring of orifices in the bone portion of the maxilla or jawbone of a patient, including at least a first outer tube segment having a first axial through aperture and at least a second inner tube segment having at least a free end and a second axial through aperture, the second tube segment being inserted inside the first axial through aperture of the first tube segment, and wherein an integrated axial prolongation projects from the free end of the inner tube segment. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092913 | DENTAL UNIT WITH PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS - Dental unit, which comprises at least one connection for at least one ancillary device, a drive-power and feed system for providing drive power or feed to said at least one ancillary device, and a control system for controlling the drive-power and feed system as well as the at least one ancillary device. For its part, the control system comprises at least one programmed function, which includes at least one predefined control operation directed to at least one ancillary device. In addition, at least one trigger is defined for each programmed function within the control system, in response to which said programmed function is performed. According to the invention, the dental unit comprises configuration means, which are arranged to receive control commands from the user in order to configure at least one programmed function and to configure said at least one programmed function according to control commands received from the user. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092914 | FOOT ACTUATED SWITCH - The present invention provides a foot control unit having a plurality of switches for use by a dentist, surgeon, or other professional that is ergonomically designed to minimize body movement during activation and to prevent interruptions of the procedure being performed that may be caused by the same. In one exemplary embodiment, the design provides for the operator's, e.g., the dentist's, foot to be continuously and comfortably supported in a neutral muscular-skeletal position by a portion of the foot control unit both at rest and during activation. By providing the foot with a neutral muscular-skeletal position at rest, the position of each of the switches may be kept at a substantially minimal and substantially equal distance from a corresponding activating part of the foot. This allows for the foot control unit of the present invention to minimize muscular activities and movement during activation. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092915 | Method of Preparing Nickel Titanium Alloy for Use in Manufacturing Instruments with Improved Fatigue Resistance - A method of treating Nitinol to train the structure thereof to remain in the martensite state, including the steps of subjecting the Nitinol to a strain and while subjected to the strain, thermally cycling the Nitinol between a cold bath of about 0° C. to 10° C. and a hot bath of about 100° C. to 180° C. for a minimum of about five cycles. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092916 | METHOD AND DEVICES TO INCREASE CRANIOFACIAL BONE DENSITY - The present invention relates to a method for increasing bone growth in teeth and/or other craniofacial regions of a subject. This method includes administering to the jaw and/or teeth of the subject a mechanical vibration having a frequency of 10 to 1000 Hz with an acceleration peak of 0.1 to 2.00 g and that can produce a low magnitude strain of 1 to 50 microstrain in the jaw and/or teeth. The present invention also relates to devices that deliver high frequency, low magnitude force to the teeth. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092917 | Dental Apparatus Having An Adjustable Articulated Arm - Disclosed herein is a dental apparatus having a flexible arm for a dental apparatus. A benefit of the inventive flexible arm is the ability to make fine adjustments in orientation of one end of the arm relative to the other. More specifically, the ability to adjust or optimize the horizontal attitude of a movable end of the arm quickly and easily without resorting to expensive and time consuming remanufacture of the arm components. Adjustment of the end of the arm is accomplished via an adjusting mechanism with a rotatable shaft having an offset pin, where rotation of the shaft caused the pin to translate as defined by the offset of the pin center relative to the shaft center. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092918 | FORCEPS FOR GRIPPING AND TRANSPORTING SMALL OBJECTS, USABLE IN PARTICULAR IN DENTAL SURGERY - Self-locking forceps for gripping and transporting small objects and usable in particular in dental surgery, said forceps comprising two branches that intersect freely and have a proximal manoeuvring part and a distal gripping part, the proximal parts being joined elastically at one of their ends, while the distal parts end in jaws, such that the closing together of the proximal parts or grips causes the distal parts to spread apart, while release of the pressure exerted on said proximal parts is translated into an automatic closing together of the distal parts and therefore of the jaws in a clamping position; at least one of said jaws is provided with a cushion of flexible material; said self-locking forceps being provided with a means for limiting the clamping force generated by the return force of the spring formed by the proximal parts of the forceps. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092919 | DENTAL GRINDING BAR AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a dental grinding bur with a coating material on an identification part that does not peel off easily and does not require formation of a groove in order to apply the coating material on the identification part. It includes a rod-shaped base | 2010-04-15 |
20100092920 | Artificial Root for Dental Implantation and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An artificial root for dental implantation and a method for manufacturing the artificial root are provided. The artificial root comprises a neck portion, an end portion opposite the neck portion, a body portion and a multiplex thread structure which is formed on the body portion. The multiplex thread structure comprises a first thread and a second thread in which the first thread forms a root portion with a specific first width for the second thread, which has a crest portion of a specific second width, to be accommodated into the root portion. The multiplex thread structure is partially configured in such a way that the second width of the crest portion is simultaneously increased when the first width of the root portion is gradually increased. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092921 | DENTAL PIN REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS - A pin removal system is configured to remove a dowel pin from a dental model base. The system includes first and second members. The first member is configured to releasably mount to the dental model base, and the second member is movable relative to the first member and into engagement with the pin to move the pin relative to the dental model base. The dowel pin can be secured to a model of at least one tooth that is mounted to the dental model base. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092922 | METHOD FOR CLEANING A ROOT CANAL SYSTEM - An endodontic activator is provided to facilitate the removal of pulp tissue, the smear layer, and, when present, bacteria and their related irritants from a root canal system during an endodontic procedure. The activator enhances disinfection and deep lateral cleaning of a root canal system. The activator is a sonically driven activator which is made from a strong, flexible, non-metallic, and non-cutting material. The activator can be smooth, flocked or brush-like. The activator comprises a snap-on coupler which is adapted to attach the tool to a driver via a snap on action and without the use of tools. The activator can be provided with fluid passages which allow for irrigating reagents to be delivered into or vacuumed from the root canal space during endodontic procedures. By inducing sonic vibrations in the activator, hydrodynamic phenomenon are induced in the solution in the root canal to enhance deep lateral cleaning of the root canal system of the tooth. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092923 | Methods for production of dental prosthetics - A method of producing a dental prosthetic includes preparing a coping, preparing a restoration, and attaching the coping to the restoration at a temperature less than about 850° C. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092924 | COMPOSITION FOR USE IN DENTISTRY - Compositions containing Montmorillonite and Portland cement for tooth filling are disclosed; such compositions have shown good biocompatibility, excellent marginal adaptation to dentinal walls, short setting time, and improved viscosity. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092925 | Training simulator for sharp shooting - The invention described her falls in the class of training simulators designed for practicing of sharpshooter skills form light firearms. This training simulator is designed for both individual and group training with sniper rifles as well as other types of light firearms without using ammunition as well as to sustain the acquired sniper skills on a required high level. The training simulator supports shooting practice against stationary, mobile, close proximity, remote and very remote targets. The shots are emulated by sending a laser pulse along the target line that is accompanied by the sound in n the shooter's headphones. The training simulator is equipped with a computer and a high resolution TV camera, which registers the hit point of the laser beams on the targets, the optical axis of the TV camera and the projector are aligned with high precision. The performance results of the shooters are displayed in symbolic and digital formats on the individual computer screens in real time. The training simulator includes a trigger emulator and an autonomous emitter device the simulator that allow training with real firearms that are free of ammunition. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092926 | FLIGHT CREW TRAINING SYSTEM - A method is present for flight crew training. Flight crew interactions are recorded during a lesson to form recorded flight crew interactions. Flight deck displays occurring during the lesson are recorded to form recorded flight deck displays. A flight training video is formed from the recorded flight crew interactions and the recorded flight deck displays. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092927 | Method and System for Creating True Perspective Drawings and Drawings Created by Same - A method and system for creating perspective drawings on a preferably curved drawing surface. An easel and a drawing surface are provided. The artist securely positions his head at a central point relative to the drawing surface and looks past an edge of the drawing surface at an object to be drawn, thereby creating an illusion of a transparent margin of the drawing surface overlapping the object. The object is then traced onto the transparent margin of the drawing surface. The traced-upon margin is cut off and removed from the drawing surface, thereby creating a new transparent margin. These steps are repeated on the new transparent margin until all of the drawing surface is used. The cut-up pieces of the drawing surface are reassembled to form a complete image. The easel includes structure that allows the artist to position an eye at the center point of the drawing surface. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING - A system and method of teaching proper letter and word writing is utilized by presenting a plurality of colored, measured rods, and clay with which letters are formed according to a prescribed plan. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092929 | Cognitive and Linguistic Assessment Using Eye Tracking - Methods for assessing cognitive and linguistic abilities by tracking and recording the eye movements of a patient in response to predetermined verbal and visual stimuli. The methods incorporate conventional eye-tracking technology to acquire eye-fixation location and duration measures for testing linguistic comprehension, working memory, attention allocation, and the effect of semantic associative priming. Visual stimuli presented in the methods are carefully designed to reduce visually distracting features. Verbal stimuli are carefully designed to control for numerous linguistic features. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING GAME - The interactive storytelling game of the present invention includes a contextual story that includes at least one key story concept, a blank story scene, and a scene palette that includes at least one story object that is associated with the key story concept. The story object is adapted to be applied to the blank story scene to form a user-generated scene. A validation engine compares the user-generated scene with the contextual description. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING READING DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS - Systems and methods are disclosed to provide educational diagnostic assessment of reading performance for a student by receiving a log-in from the student over a network; presenting a new concept to the student through a multimedia presentation; testing the student on the concept at a predetermined testing level; collecting test results for one or more concepts into a test result group; performing a diagnostic analysis of the test result group; and adaptively modifying the predetermined testing level based on the adaptive diagnostic analysis and repeating the process at the modified predetermined learning level for a plurality of sub-tests. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092932 | AWARDS MANAGEMENT METHOD - In a method for promoting literacy, a website is hosted wherein a literacy award competition is facilitated. Criteria are provided to applicants for the literacy award, the criteria being accessible via the website. Access is provided to a plurality of sponsors via the website. One or more requests are received from at least one of the applicants for access to one or more of the sponsors, the request being in a form specified by the criteria. The requests are evaluated and the applicant with whom the request is associated is credited with an acknowledgment, displayable on the website and indicating that the applicant has met the criteria for accessing information or indicia associated with the sponsor. The acknowledgments associated with the applicant are stored and an award is generated when a predetermined number of the acknowledgments from different sponsors are associated with the applicant. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERACTIVE PHONEME VIDEO GAME - The interactive phoneme video game of the present invention includes an action game section where a user can collect a phoneme item. At least one phoneme item is associated with a phoneme from a word. A word and phoneme pairing challenge encourages a user to make use of phoneme information gained during the action game. A phoneme sound is preferably played during interaction with the video game such as when a phoneme item is collected or during navigation of a phoneme keypad. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092934 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ENTERTAINMENT OR INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS - A method for determining the psychological impact of entertainment material having at least first and later episodes, the method including the steps of: (a) presenting a first episode to a target group of subjects, (b) after a predetermined period of time, presenting the later episode to the target group of subjects; (c) determining brain activities of the target group of subjects whilst the later episode is being presented to the target group of subjects; and (d) evaluating the psychological impact of the entertainment material by reference to the levels of brain activities determined in step (c). The method of presenting material and determining brain activities also being used for determining the suitability of an actor from a group of actors or selecting a person from a group of persons for a public role. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092935 | WEB-BASED PHYSICAL FITNESS MONITORING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for monitoring physical fitness. The method includes providing a website for access via a network by a teacher, an administrator, a student, and a parent, and enabling the teacher to enter student information, wherein the student information includes student identifying information, student grade information, and student physical information. The method further includes storing the student information in a data store, enabling the administrator to view the student information, enabling the student to view student information, and enabling the parent to view the student information. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092936 | Interactive Educational System and Method - A computerized educational method and system that provides educational content using a simulation situation. In one embodiment, one or more medical conditions and a question may be presented about a hypothetical patient using a video display system. The learner may select from a plurality of potential responses to the question. Typically, the plurality of potential responses are categorized into a correct category, a reasonable category, and a wrong category. Upon receiving a selection from the plurality of potential responses, the learner is provided with the category to which the selected response corresponds. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092937 | Interactive Patient Education and Informed Consent System - Interactive patient education system for use in operatory or office settings, provides interactive 3-D animations, graphics and other media, enabling real-time markup and customization to better illustrate and communicate not only generic information, but the individual patient's physiology, treatment options, and anticipated outcomes. Preferred embodiments are portable, computer-implemented, interactive multimedia educational tools. Import of patient-specific graphics, video and audio contributes to full-custom educational content to optimize patient understanding and to facilitate obtaining and recording a patient's informed consent. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092938 | Novel and Practical Serological Assay for the Clinical Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis - Methods for the diagnosis of visceral, cutaneous and canine leishmaniasis in a subject suspected of being infected with the parasitic protozoa | 2010-04-15 |
20100092939 | System and Method for Perfusing Biological Organs - A system for perfusing a biological organ for use as an experimental model includes a housing having sides that define a cavity for containing a biological organ model within a solution. The housing includes a plurality of apertures defined therethrough configured to mechanically interface with a filter, one or more heating elements and one or more sensors. A peristaltic pump is configured to withdraw and pressurize the solution from the housing and reintroduce the solution under pressure into the biological organ. A heat control module operatively connects to the heating elements and is configured to regulate the temperature of the solution within the housing. A data acquisition system operatively connects to the heat control module, the peristaltic pump and the sensor(s) and regulates and monitors the pressure, flow rate and temperature of the solution during electrical treatment of the biological organ. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092940 | Method and Device for Detecting Feline Immunodeficiency Virus - A method and device for determining a feline immunodeficiency virus infection or vaccination in an animal. The method includes contacting a biological sample from a felid with various FIV polypeptides and determining the binding of antibodies in the sample to the polypeptides. The determination of whether an animal is infected with FIV or has been vaccinated against FIV can be determined by measuring the animal's immune response to an FIV env polypeptide. A device for detecting FIV antibodies is provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092941 | 32142,21481,25964,21686, Novel dehydrogenase molecules and uses therefor - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated DHDR nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel DHDR-related dehydrogenase molecules. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing DHDR nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a DHDR gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated DHDR proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-DHDR antibodies. Diagnostic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092942 | Method and apparatus for detection of biological organisms using Raman scattering - A system for the detection of compounds, including a target biological organism or component from a sample, using one or more reactant that will bind to the biological organism or compound forming a Raman active product, concentrating the Raman active product, and detecting the Raman active product using Raman light scattering. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092943 | SCREENING METHOD WITH THE USE OF TBK1 KNOCKOUT MOUSE - The present invention provides a method for screening inductive promoting substances of anti-viral proteins such as IFN-β against LPS stimulation or viral infection by using TBK1 knockout mice, or the tissues or cells derived therefrom. The present invention also provides a method for screening substances promoting responses against LPS stimulation or viral infection which may comprise the steps of measuring/estimating the induction level of anti-viral proteins such as IFN-β against ligands recognized by TLR4 or substances containing thereof in mice wherein a part or a whole of TANK binding kinase-1 (TBK1) genes on its chromosome is deleted and is lacking the function to express TBK1 which is expressed in wild-type, or the tissues or cells derived therefrom; by using the mice, or the tissues or cells derived therefrom, a test substance, and the ligands recognized by TLR4 or substances containing thereof. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092944 | DETECTION OF INFLUENZA VIRUS - The present application describes methods for detecting influenza A and/or influenza B and/or distinguishing between pathogenic and seasonal influenza A subtypes. Many of these preferred formats employ pan-specific antibodies (i.e., that react with all or at least multiple strains within an influenza type) to detect presence of influenza A and/or influenza B and PDZ domains in combination with panspecific antibodies to influenza A to distinguish pathogenic and seasonal influenza A subtypes. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092945 | TEST STRIP FOR A LATERAL FLOW ASSAY FOR A SAMPLE CONTAINING WHOLE CELLS - A test strip for conducting a lateral flow assay for detection of an analyte in a sample that contains cells and fluid is provided, as well as methods for making and using the test strip. This test strip is commercially usable, for example, in a diagnostic device at a point of care for detection of analytes in whole blood. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092946 | Genetic methods for speciating Campylobacter - The phylogeny of twelve | 2010-04-15 |
20100092947 | Impdh2 snp associated with acute rejection - The present invention concerns a method for the prediction of acute renal transplant rejection by detecting a polymorphism in intron 7 of the IMPDH2 gene, optionally in combination with polymorphisms of the MDR1 and IL 10 genes which were found to be associated with this disease. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092948 | BIOLOGICAL BAR CODE - The invention provides compositions and methods useful for identifying, verifying or authenticating any type of sample, whether the sample, is biological or non-biological. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092949 | METHODS FOR DETECTING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS - Methods and oligonucleotides for detecting staphylococci, such as | 2010-04-15 |
20100092950 | Fuidi herd management schema - The invention is a herd management schema based upon the inventor's analysis of the natural history of bovine infection due to | 2010-04-15 |
20100092951 | METHOD FOR METHYLATION ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention relates to a method for methylation analysis. It comprises the providing of a double stranded nucleic acid; its conversion, whereby unmethylated bases become distinguishable in their base-pairing behavior from methylated bases, and the analysis of both of the converted nucleic acid strands. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092952 | FOUR-COLOR DNA SEQUENCING BY SYNTHESIS USING CLEAVABLE FLUORESCENT NUCLEOTIDE REVERSIBLE TERMINATORS - This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA by employing a nanopore and modified nucleotides. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092953 | METHODS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR ANALYSES FOR CELLULAR PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - The invention provides methods, nucleic acids and kits for detecting a cell proliferative disorder. The invention discloses genomic sequences of RASSF-2 the methylation patterns of which have utility for the improved detection of said disorder, thereby enabling the improved diagnosis and treatment of patients. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092954 | Method for Determining the Genetic Basis for Physiological Changes in Organisms - The present invention provides a method for discovering the basis of changes in the observable properties of organisms by subjecting an organism to selection. Individual organisms with observable differences will thus become more prevalent in a population during selection. The basis for the differences are then determined by identifying genetic differences among the individual organisms and the original organism, followed by evaluation of the effects of each genetic difference either alone or in combination by using site-directed mutagenesis followed by observation of the effects. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092955 | GEL MICRODROP COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A gel microdrop composition is provided. In certain embodiments, the gel microdrop composition contains a polymer matrix, an effector particle that releases an effector molecule into the polymer matrix, a first reporter particle that emits a first optically detectable signal and a second reporter particle that emits a second optically detectable signal that is distinguishable from the first optically detectable signal, where the effector particle and said first and second reporter particles are encapsulated by the polymer matrix. Methods of screening that employ the gel microdrop composition and methods of making the gel microdrop composition are also disclosed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092956 | Analytical Processing and Detection Device - An analytical processing and detection device is described which comprises a rack capable of holding at least one reaction receptacle, at least one magnetic unit for exerting a magnetic field on at least one reaction receptacle comprising magnetic particles in a fluid, wherein said at least one magnetic unit is reversibly or irreversibly connected to said rack, and wherein said magnetic field causes the magnetic particles to be sequestered to the side walls of said at least one reaction receptacle, and a detection unit for detecting a signal in the fluid in said reaction receptacle. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092957 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING - The invention provides nucleoside and nucleotide molecules containing cleavable linkers linking a label such as a dye. The invention also provides nucleosides and nucleotide molecules containing a blocking group, either removable or non-removable. The invention additionally provides methods of using the nucleoside and nucleotide molecules containing a cleavable linker and/or a blocking group. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092958 | Methods for Determining Collateral Artery Development in Coronary Artery Disease - The present invention relates to a method for determining collateral artery development in a human subject with coronary artery disease based upon the levels of expression of markers associated with collateral artery development in coronary artery disease. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092959 | Single nucleotide polymorphisms as genetic markers for childhood leukemia - The present invention is directed to a panel of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in specific genes that serve as biomarkers for sex-specific childhood leukemia risk. There is provided herein methods and reagents for assessing the specific SNPs in those genes. The method useful in applying these SNPs in predicting an increased risk or a decreased risk for childhood leukemia for males and females is also disclosed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092960 | Helicase-assisted sequencing with molecular beacons - Provided are compositions that include an at least partially single-stranded nucleic acid, at least one first molecular beacon, and an enzyme comprising a helicase activity, which enzyme is capable of removing the first molecular beacon from the single-stranded nucleic acid wherein the first molecular beacon is hybridized to a first complementary subsequence of the nucleic acid. Also provided are methods of determining the sequence of a template nucleic acid that include removing molecular beacons that are hybridized to the template from the template in a sequential manner using an enzyme that exhibits a helicase activity, detecting a sequence of fluorescent signals that is produced by the removal of a molecular beacons, and converting the sequence of fluorescent signals into nucleotide sequence information. Sequencing systems in which compositions and methods of the invention can be used are also provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092961 | Methods and compositions for detection of Cowden Syndrome (CS) and CS-like syndrome - In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method of detecting Cowden syndrome (CS) or CS-like syndrome in an individual comprising detecting the presence of a mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, wherein detection of a mutated SDHB, SDHD or a combination thereof indicates that the individual is positive for CS or CS-like syndrome. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a method of determining whether an individual is at risk for developing Cowden syndrome (CS) or CS-like syndrome comprising detecting the presence of a mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, wherein detection of a mutated SDHB, SDHD or a combination thereof indicates that the individual is at risk for developing for CS or CS-like syndrome. In yet another aspect, the invention is directed to an article of manufacture for detecting Cowden syndrome (CS) or Cowden-like syndrome in an individual, comprising one or more agents that detects mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, and instructions for use. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092962 | Method of Detecting Colorectal Cancer - A method for predicting the presence of colorectal cancer based on the concentration of DNA in a sample of exfoliated cells collected directly from the surface of the rectal mucosa of a subject. The method consists of quantifying the concentration of DNA in a lysate containing exfoliated cells and correlating the concentration with a range within a statistical model which indicated the likelihood of the presence of colorectal cancer as well as the likely location of the cancer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092963 | KITS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID TARGET - The application relates generally to kits and methods useful for the selective capture, amplification and/or detection of one or more nucleic acid targets, as well as compositions comprising said amplification reaction mixtures. More specifically, the application relates to a signal primer that comprises (i) a target-specific sequence which hybridizes specifically to a nucleic acid target, and (ii) a signal sequence upstream of the target-specific sequence, wherein the signal sequence is preferably not found in the nucleic acid target or its complementary sequence; and a detection means for detecting the presence of the complementary sequence of the signal sequence in amplified nucleic acid target products. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092964 | Genetic Diagnosis Using Multiple Sequence Variant Analysis - The present invention is in the field of nucleic acid-based genetic analysis. More particularly, it discloses novel insights into the overall structure of genetic variation in all living species. The structure can be revealed with the use of any data set of genetic variants from a particular locus. The invention is useful to define the subset of variations that are most suited as genetic markers to search for correlations with certain phenotypic traits. Additionally, the insights are useful for the development of algorithms and computer programs that convert genotype data into the constituent haplotypes that are laborious and costly to derive in an experimental way. The invention is useful in areas such as (i) genome-wide association studies, (ii) clinical in vitro diagnosis, (iii) plant and animal breeding, (iv) the identification of micro-organisms. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092965 | GENETIC VARIATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TUMORS - Nucleotide and amino acid variations associated with tumors are provided. Methods for detecting variations and for diagnosing and treating tumors are provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092966 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PYROPHOSPHATE BY MEANS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE DETECTION - The invention relates to methods for detecting pyrophosphate by means of bioluminescence detection. In addition, methods for measuring chemical, especially enzyme-catalyzed, reactions in which pyrophosphate is formed or consumed are described. Such reactions are catalyzed for example by guanylyl cyclases, adenylyl cyclases, DNA polymerases or RNA polymerases. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092967 | BIOLUMINESCENT ASSAYS UTILISING SECRETED LUCIFERASES - Disclosed herein are methods for determining the amount or activity of one or more luciferases and methods for measuring the luminescent signal generated by one or more luciferases in a sample, the methods comprising incubating the sample with a reactive substrate(s) of the luciferase(s) to be analysed and a reducing agent to inactivate a first luciferase, wherein the first luciferase, in its native form, is a secreted luciferase. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092968 | Method and Means for Enrichment, Removal and Detection of Gram-Positive Bacteria - The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a enzymatically non-active cell wall binding domain of an endolysin or another cell wall lysing enzyme, and a sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 or derivatives thereof, wherein the polypeptide besides the cell wall binding domain comprises no further domains of an endolysin, as well as means for their preparation. The present invention further relates to methods for binding, enriching, removing from a sample, capturing and/or detecting bacteria, particularly gram positive bacteria. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092969 | CELL ISOLATION METHOD, CELL TESTING METHOD AND REAGENT KIT THEREFOR - The present invention provides a cell isolation method, a cell screening process, and a reagent kit therefor. In the present invention, the recognition substance is a polynucleotide specifically bound to a particular antigen that exists on the surface of a specific cell. This recognition substance is made to bind with a magnet of paramagnetic material. The specific cell is obtained by mixing a sample and the magnet, recovering the magnet through the use of magnetic force, applying nuclease, digesting the polynucleotide bound to the particular antigen of a specific cell, and using magnetic force to remove the magnet. According to the present invention, loss of cell functionality during the classification process can be avoided when cell identification or isolation is necessary. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092970 | DETERMINING THE PHASE OF DUPLICATED CYP2D6 ALLELES - This document relates to methods and materials involved in detecting duplicated CYP2D6 alleles (e.g., CYP2D6/CYP2D7−CYP2D6 arrangements) in mammals (e.g., humans). | 2010-04-15 |
20100092971 | COMPOUND HAVING STRUCTURE DERIVED FROM MONONUCLEOSIDE OR MONONUCLEOTIDE, NUCLEIC ACID, LABELING SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention provides, for example, a labeling substance that allows the double helix structure of a nucleic acid to be detected effectively. The present invention provides a compound having a structure derived from mononucleoside or mononucleotide, with the structure being represented by the following formula (1), (1b), or (1c), a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092972 | ASSAY FOR GENE EXPRESSION - An assay for gene expression comprising treating RNA with an agent such as bisulphate that substantially removes secondary structure of the RNA; and measuring the presence or amount of treated RNA so as to obtain an indication of gene expression. The invention also includes use of oligonucleotide, PNA, LNA or INA probes in the assay. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092973 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DIGITAL PCR - The invention provides methods of conducting a nucleic acid reaction, including methods for performing digital PCR using a “droplet-in-oil” technology. In the methods, the starting sampled is segmented at least partially into a set of sample droplets each containing on average about one or fewer copies of a target nucleic acid. The droplets are passed in a continuous flow of immiscible carrier fluid through a channel that passes through a thermal cycler, whereby the target is amplified. In one implementation, the droplets are about 350 nl each and the number of positively amplified droplets is counted at the near-saturation point. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092974 | METHODS FOR SCREENING FOR MODULATORS OF CCRL2 - The invention provides methods and compositions for identifying a modulator of CCRL2 and chemerin. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for treating an inflammatory disease by administering a compound that modulates the interaction of CCRL2 with chemerin. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092975 | USE OF NOVEL CYTOKINE RECEPTORS AS BIOMARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN HUMAN CANCER - Nucleic acids encoding erythropoietin isoforms are described herein, as well as the encoded isoforms, methods of detecting the same, and methods of screening for and treating cancer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092976 | THERMOSTABLE DUPLEX-SPECIFIC NUCLEASE - The present invention provides a thermostable duplex-specific nuclease (DSN) and a method for digesting a nucleic acid using said DSN, namely, a protein having a Brachyura-derived duplex-specific nuclease activity, a gene encoding for said protein, a recombinant vector comprising said gene and a transformed cell or transduced cell comprising said vector and a method for producing a protein having a duplex-specific nuclease activity, which comprises culturing said transformed cell or transduced cell using a medium and collecting the protein having a duplex-specific nuclease activity from the cultured mixture, a method for digesting a nucleic acid using said protein having duplex-specific nuclease activity, a method for detecting RNA using said DSN and a reagent kit to be used in the aforementioned methods. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092977 | IRF-5 HAPLOTYPES IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS - Methods and materials involved in diagnosing SLE are provided herein. The methods and materials can be used to diagnose SLE and/or assess a mammal's susceptibility to develop SLE, based on the presence or absence of one or more IRF-5 variants. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092978 | CADHERIN-17 AS DIAGNOSTIC MARKER AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR LIVER CANCER - Compositions and methods for diagnosing, treating and/or preventing cancers characterized by CDH17 overexpression based on the detection of CDH17 or the use of CDH17 as a target for therapeutic intervention or prophylactic intervention are provided. Methods for diagnosing and/or monitoring liver cancers using the expressing of CDH17 involve detecting and/or quantitating the CDH17 protein or encoding nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) in a biological sample such as urine from the subject. Methods for treating liver cancers using CDH17 as a target and of sensitizing cells with aberrant expression of CDH17 have also been developed. The methods include suppression or knockdown of the expression of CDH17 by administering an effective amount of a CDH17 inhibitor. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092979 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ISOLATING NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for isolating and purifying nucleic acid. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of isolating nucleic acid from cells for use in further analysis. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092980 | REAGENT FOR ELIMINATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND HEMOGLOBIN IN A SAMPLE - The invention relates to a method for isolating nucleic acid from a blood sample, including individual blood samples or pooled samples, such as in blood banks. Furthermore, this invention relates to a reagent kit suitable for carrying out the method of the invention. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092981 | METHODS OF DETECTING HYPERMETHYLATION - Aspects of the invention relate to methods of detecting cancer, such as colon cancer. In aspects of the invention, methods for detecting the presence of hypermethylated genomic DNA in a biological sample are disclosed. Methods of the invention relate to detecting small amounts of hypermethylated nucleic acids in a biological sample. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092982 | Regulation of Gene Expression by Protein Methylation - The invention relates to the cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence of the Coactivator Associated arginine (R) Methyltransferase protein, CARM1. A method is described for the use CARM1 to regulate gene expression in vivo. CARM1 has also been used to methylate arginine residues of histones, synthetic peptides, and other proteins. A method to use CARM1 to screen for drugs that inhibit its methyltransferase activity is also described, as is a method to screen for drugs that modulate CARM1's interactions with other proteins. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092983 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTS IN BLOOD AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to detection and measurement of gene transcripts in blood. Specifically provided is a RT-PCR analysis performed on a drop of blood for detecting, diagnosing and monitoring diseases using tissue-specific primers. The present invention also describes methods by which delineation of the sequence and/or quantitation of the expression levels of disease-associated genes allows for an immediate and accurate diagnostic/prognostic test for disease or to assess the effect of a particular treatment regimen. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092984 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTS IN BLOOD AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to detection and measurement of gene transcripts in blood. Specifically provided is a RT-PCR analysis performed on a drop of blood for detecting, diagnosing and monitoring diseases using tissue-specific primers. The present invention also describes methods by which delineation of the sequence and/or quantitation of the expression levels of disease-associated genes allows for an immediate and accurate diagnostic/prognostic test for disease or to assess the effect of a particular treatment regimen. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092985 | SOLID SUPPORT WITH ENHANCED DENSITY OF SIGNAL MATERIAL, KIT CONTAINING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET MATERIAL USING THE SAME - A solid support on which a labeled nucleic acid including a high density of signal materials, a kit containing the same, and a method of detecting a target material are provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092986 | METHODS AND TOOLS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF COLORECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA CELLS - The present invention discloses methods and tools for reliably detecting the presence of adenocarcinoma cells in a patient, at the genetic level. The present invention fine-maps the regions of chromosomal aberrations linked to progression of adenomas into adenocarcinoma cells and provides methods and tools for detection based thereon. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092987 | MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A microfluidic analysis system ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092988 | Methods and Compounds For Chemical Ligation - Compositions and methods for chemical ligation are provided. Methods for nucleic acid sequencing, nucleic acid assembly and nucleic acid synthesis are also provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092989 | GENES USEFUL FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING INFLAMMATION RELATED DISORDERS - Described herein is a system for monitoring gene expression for diagnosing and monitoring inflammation disorders, and for monitoring gene expression in inflammation disorders in response to a particular drug treatment regimen. This system for detecting nucleic acid expression in a body fluid uses an isolated polynucleotide to detect expression of a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5; SEQ ID NO:11; SEQ ID NO:17; and SEQ ID NO: 23. These nucleic acids are differentially expressed in body fluid in an individual with a disease criterion for a disease as listed in Table 1 as compared to an individual without the disease criterion. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092990 | NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING SODIUM CHANNEL SCN1A ALPHA SUBUNIT PROTEINS AND MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EPILEPSY - The present invention relates to epilepsy. More particularly, the present invention relates to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and to the identification of three genes mapping to chromosome 2, which show mutations in patients with epilepsy. The invention further relates to nucleic acid sequences, and protein sequences of these loci (SCNA) and to the use thereof to assess, diagnose, prognose or treat epilepsy, to predict an epileptic individual's response to medication and to identify agents which modulate the function of the SCNA. The invention also provides screening assays using SCN1A, SCN2A and/or SCN3A which can identify compounds which have therapeutic benefit for epilepsy and related neurological disorders. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092991 | RAPID DETECTION PROCESSES AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS - An improved detection method is described for an antigen such as a chemical compound, a peptide, or a nucleic acid. The detection time for an antigen can be dramatically reduced relative to conventional technologies. The technology can particularly be used, for example, to modify and reduce the detection time significantly in traditional Western blot, Dot blot, ELISA and Immunohistology methods. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092992 | LYSINE ACETYLATION SITES - The invention discloses 322 novel acetylation sites identified in various cancers, peptides (including AQUA peptides) comprising a acetylation site of the invention, antibodies specifically bind to a novel acetylation site of the invention, and diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the above. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092993 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYZING METHOD - This invention discloses an analyzing method for detecting a specific analyte in a fluid sample. The method comprises the following steps. First, a substrate is provided. The substrate has a channel provided concavely on an upper surface thereof. The channel comprises a first area, a second area and a third area, and these three areas are connected sequentially. Each of the second and the third areas comprises a nitrocellulose layers containing a reaction material and formed at the bottom thereof. The nitrocellulose layer of the third area can absorb a fixed volume of the fluid sample. Second, the fluid sample is applied to the first area and delivered by the second area and then to the third area. Finally, the reaction material reacts with the specific analyte in the fluid sample to produce a signal for detection. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092994 | High specificity monoclonal antibody against a protein or a polypeptide having oxidative modification - The present invention provides an antibody, which reacts with a FGA or FGA partial peptide in which a part of prolines in the molecule thereof are hydroxylated, and which does not react with an unmodified FGA or FGA partial peptide. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092995 | FLUORESCENT RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS FOR DETECTING CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS - A fluorescent compound exhibiting a high affinity to calcium-binding proteins (CaBP) is provided. The compound, containing ruthenium, enables to detect, identify, and isolate CaBPs involved in cellular signaling and regulation. The compound is employed for diagnosing a disorder associated with CaBPs defects. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092996 | MICROELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING LABEL PARTICLES - The invention relates to a microelectronic sensor device for the detection of target components that comprise label particles, for example magnetic particles ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092997 | Method of Enhancing of Binding Activity of Antibody Composition to FcGamma Receptor IIIa - A method for enhancing a binding activity of an antibody composition to Fcγ receptor IIIa, which comprises modifying a complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain which is bound to the Fc region of an antibody molecule; a method for enhancing an antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity of an antibody composition; a process for producing an antibody composition having an enhanced binding activity to Fcγ receptor IIIa; a method for detecting the ratio of a sugar chain in which fucose is not bound to N-acetylglucosamine in the reducing end in the sugar chain among total complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chains bound to the Fc region in an antibody composition; an Fc fusion protein composition produced by using a cell resistant to a lectin which recognizes a sugar chain in which 1-position of fucose is bound to 6-position of N-acetylglucosamine in the reducing end through α-bond in a complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain; and a process for producing the same. | 2010-04-15 |