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20080206857 | Device and method for reducing bubble formation in cell culture - A device for minimizing the formation of bubbles or foam in cell culture is disclosed. The device has a manifold which directs the inflow of cells and cell culture media into a cell culture vessel so as to allow for displaced air or gas to vent from the cell culture vessel without mixing with the incoming cell culture media, thereby preventing the mixing of air and cell culture media and minimizing the formation of bubbles or foam inside the cell culture vessel. | 08-28-2008 |
20090298163 | MULTILAYER CELL CULTURE VESSELS - A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus includes a unitary flask body including a rigid upper and lower surface, connected by side walls. The cell growth apparatus comprises multiple cell growth chambers stacked in vertical alignment and orientation within the unitary flask body. The stacked chambers are held in position by unitary connecting columns that run through each cell growth chamber and terminate at the rigid upper and lower surfaces of the apparatus. The cell growth chambers are separated by tracheal spaces that allow air from the external environment to contact the cell growth surface of each individual cell growth chamber. | 12-03-2009 |
20100112698 | Device for Trapping Extraneous Gas - A device for trapping extraneous gas or bubbles is disclosed. The device is defined as having a gas collection area in a tapered neck portion such that when used as a cell culturing apparatus, extraneous gas or bubbles are trapped and isolated from the cell growth areas where cells or media reside. | 05-06-2010 |
20100216229 | CELL CULTURE SYSTEM WITH MANIFOLD - A cell culture apparatus includes cell culture units having cell culture chambers, each with at least one manifold. The manifold connects the cell culture unit to a fluid flow channel. The manifold has a dam which allows liquid to pool in the manifold and allows for the creation of an airspace in the manifold, which reduces hydrostatic pressure inside the apparatus and enables the stacking of multiple cell culture units. Embodiments include cascading manifolds, manifolds having reservoirs, and manifolds having valves. | 08-26-2010 |
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20100117070 | TEXTURED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES - A light-emitting device, such as a light-emitting diode (LED), includes a substrate including a ZnO-based material, and a structure disposed on a first side of the substrate. The structure includes a plurality of semiconductor layers and an active layer disposed between the plurality of semiconductor layers. The device further includes at least one textured light emission surface arranged to extract at least some light generated within the device. | 05-13-2010 |
20120203200 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDICINE INTO THE TYMPANIC CAVITY - A device for substance delivery to and/or extraction from the tympanic cavity, comprising: a housing, having a distal surface, a proximal surface that is opposite to the distal surface, and a circumscribed surface that connects the distal surface and the proximal surface; at least one piercing element having at least one proximal piercing end and at least one distal piercing end, disposed within the housing in such manner that the at least one distal piercing end is/are generally facing the distal surface of the housing; and a means for flexing the tympanic membrane toward the distal end of the at least one piercing element. | 08-09-2012 |
20140034246 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING ON-DEMAND REDUCTION IN COUPLING STRENGTH OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES - The systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to safely coupling and decoupling various solid objects with the use of pressure-sensitive adhesive. In particular, the disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering vibrational energy to a pressure-sensitive coupled structure, sufficient to decrease coupling strength of the pressure-sensitive adhesive as well as to de couple or reposition the coupled objects. | 02-06-2014 |
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20130052060 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWERED UTILITY PUMP WITH SERIES CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONFIGURATION - A utility pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a series configuration of integral pumps, and also configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power for providing to the series configuration of the integral pumps, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the series configuration of the integral pumps when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an “ON” position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the “ON” position. | 02-28-2013 |
20130145975 | Battery Operated Small Craft Bilge Pump - A small lightweight battery operated remote switched bilge pump is provided weighing less than one pound for installing in a small watercraft, including a kayak, canoe, sailboat, row boat, dingy, featuring a bilge pump comprising a low voltage inline pump, a housing having a compartment with an integrated strainer base and configured to receive the low voltage inline pump, and having a watertight compartment to receive lightweight batteries to power the bilge pump for about 1.5 hours, and a switch assembly to selectively operate on/off functionality of the bilge pump remotely; and a Velcro® arrangement to couple the bilge pump to a surface of the small watercraft to allow easy installation of the bilge pump in about 15 seconds to perform bilge pump functionality without drilling or making holes in the small watercraft, and to allow easy removal of the bilge pump for cleaning and battery replacement. | 06-13-2013 |
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20090000221 | Photovoltaic Devices Including Cover Elements, and Photovoltaic Systems, Arrays, Roofs and Methods Using Them - The present invention provides a photovoltaic device having an active face, an active area on the active face and an operating wavelength range; and a cover element attached to the photovoltaic device and disposed over the active area of the active face of the photovoltaic element, the cover element having an opacity of at least about 25%. The present invention also provides photovoltaic systems, arrays, roofs and methods using such photovoltaic devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the photovoltaic device is a photovoltaic roofing element in which a photovoltaic element is integrated with a roofing substrate. | 01-01-2009 |
20090053529 | ROOFING SHEET MATERIAL - A roofing material includes a bitumen sheet material and a multilayer capping film. The multilayer capping film includes a first layer comprising a first fluoropolymer and a second layer underlying the first layer. The second layer includes at least 40 wt % of a second fluoropolymer and not greater than 60 wt % of an acrylic polymer. The second layer of the multilayer capping film overlies the bitumen sheet material and the first layer of the multilayer capping film forms an outer surface of the roofing material. | 02-26-2009 |
20100055472 | FLUOROPOLYMER LAMINATE - The invention describes a fluoropolymer laminate that includes a first substrate that can be a modified fluoropolymer having polar functionality and a second substrate. The substrates are laminated at an elevated temperature suitable for lamination to occur and then are subsequently treated with radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation, gamma radiation and/or electron beam. | 03-04-2010 |
20110129676 | MULTI-LAYERED FRONT SHEET ENCAPSULANT FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - The invention describes a multi-layered film comprising a modified fluoropolymer and a silicone material. The laminate is useful to protect a photovoltaic cell, for example, as an encapsulant. | 06-02-2011 |
20110247686 | MULTILAYER FILM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS - A multilayer film includes a functional portion including one or more layers, an adhesive layer overlying a major surface of the functional portion, and a fluoropolymer layer overlying a major surface of the adhesive layer opposite the functional portion. The fluoropolymer layer includes a fluoropolymer. The adhesive layer includes an adhesive and an ultraviolet radiation absorber. | 10-13-2011 |