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7618646 Matrix, cell implant and method for their production and use  
The invention relates to porous matrices based on a biologically compatible polymer or polymer mixture, to a cell implantation that is established on said matrices and to additional cell...
7611878 Biocatalytic material comprising multilayer enzyme coated fiber  
The present invention relates generally to high stability, high activity biocatalytic materials and processes for using the same. The materials comprise enzyme aggregate coatings having high...
7611835 Process for preparing multilayer enzyme coating on a fiber  
A process for preparing high stability, high activity biocatalytic materials is disclosed and processes for using the same. The process involves coating of a material or fiber with enzymes and...
7604817 Method for promoting growth of tissue  
A device and method for tissue engineering is disclosed. More particularly this invention relates to a bioabsorbable device and a method of its use which promotes controlled new tissue in-growth...
7604746 Pervaporation composite membranes  
The present application discloses a composite membrane comprising (a) a support member that has a plurality of pores extending through the support member and (b) a cross-linked copolymer comprising...
7579179 Cell growth surface on a polymeric substrate  
A product exhibiting an improved cell growth surface and cell attachment. According to the present invention, a stream of plasma is comprised of activated gaseous species generated by a microwave...
7575935 Retentate chromatography and protein chip arrays with applications in biology and medicine  
This invention provides methods of retentate chromatography for resolving analytes in a sample. The methods involve adsorbing the analytes to a substrate under a plurality of different selectivity...
7547449 Method for treating a bone defect with an organic/inorganic composite  
The subject invention concerns a composite comprising an organic fluid-swellable, fibrous matrix, such as collagen, and a mineral phase, such as calcium carbonate or phosphate mineral phase, for...
7544438 Electron mediator, electron mediator immobilized electrode, and biofuel cell using the electrode  
An object of the present invention is to provide a highly functional mediator capable of smoothly proceeding electron transfer between an electrode and a biocatalyst based on the premise that the...
7537780 Method for preparing and implanting a cartilage construct to treat cartilage lesions  
Neo-cartilage constructs for growth and surface coating for the de novo formation of a superficial cartilage layer. A method for generation of the neo-cartilage and the neo-cartilage construct. A...
7534609 Method of expanding undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells  
A method of expanding undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells to increase the number of the hemopoietic stem cells is provided. The method comprising: (a) obtaining the undifferentiated hemopoietic...
7531334 Polymeric microcarriers for cell culture functions  
Polymeric microcarriers suitable for use in cell culture processes and the methods of making such polymeric microcarriers by emulsion/aggregation polymerization processes.
7521214 Method of immobilizing malate dehydrogenase on a substrate  
Immobilization of malate dehydrogenase on a substrate using a glycerol solution containing malate dehydrogenase is achieved through dropping a mixed solution obtained by adding at least one...
7520970 Immobilization support, process for producing the same, electrode, process for producing the same, electrode reaction utilizing apparatus and process for producing the same  
An immobilization carrier containing an electron acceptor compound is used in addition to glutaraldehyde and poly-L-lysine to immobilize an enzyme and an electron acceptor compound simultaneously...
7517674 Process of hydrolyzing oil or fat using a packed layer of immobilized enzyme  
A process is disclosed for hydrolyzing an oil or fat by mixing and feeding an oil-phase substrate and a water-phase substrate to a packed layer with an immobilized enzyme packed therein. The oil or...
7514249 Biomimetic organic/inorganic composites  
The subject invention concerns a composite comprising an organic fluid-swellable, fibrous matrix, such as collagen, and a mineral phase, such as calcium carbonate or phosphate mineral phase, for...
7514248 Process for making organic/inorganic composites  
The subject invention concerns a composite comprising an organic fluid-swellable matrix, such as collagen, and mineral phase, such as calcium carbonate or phosphate mineral phase, for use as a...
7507564 Tiacumicin production  
Methods, processes and materials for the production and recovery of Tiacumicins produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the species Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies ...
7494824 Interactive system for presenting and eliminating substances  
An interactive system is provided with at least one active surface of plastic from monomers containing at least one structural element derived from a carbon dioxide (A), and at least one substance...
7476523 Method of patterning a surface using a deformable stamp  
A deformable stamp for patterning a surface. The stamp can be placed in contact with an entire 3-dimensional object, such as a rod, in a single step. The stamp can also be used to pattern the...
7468192 Method for repair of cartilage lesions  
A method for treatment of injured, damaged, diseased or aged articular cartilage using neo-cartilage constructs implanted into a joint cartilage lesion in situ. The implantation of the construct...
7462471 Porous biodegradable polymeric materials for cell transplantation  
Polymeric materials are used to make a pliable, non-toxic, injectable porous template for vascular ingrowth. The pore size, usually between approximately 100 and 300 microns, allows vascular and...
7456025 Sintered polymer membrane for analyte detection device  
The present invention relates to a sintered porous polymeric material useful as membrane in an analyte detection device, such as a lateral flow device, flow through device, or a dipstick device....
7452920 Electronically and ionically conductive porous material and method for manufacture of resin wafers therefrom  
An electrically and ionically conductive porous material including a thermoplastic binder and one or more of anion exchange moieties or cation exchange moieties or mixtures thereof and/or one or...
7452533 Antimicrobial polymer conjugate containing lysostaphin and polyethylene glycol  
Water-soluble polymer conjugates of antimicrobial agents retaining at least a portion of the antimicrobial activity of the agent, pharmaceutical compositions containing the polymer conjugates, and...
7439062 Beads for capturing target cells from bodily fluid  
Spheroidal beads present an exterior surface of a hydrophilic hydrogel, which is an isocyanate-functional polymer that is polymerized by urethane bonds and cross-linked by urethane and urea bonds....
7435594 Scaffold for culturing cells  
A cell culture scaffold containing a gel having a network structure comprised of a synthetic polymer such that cultured cells spread in a shorter time and the number of adsorbed cultured cells per...
7429377 Therapeutic composition containing a plurality of immobilized proteases  
A pharmaceutical composition having thrombolytic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective properties is described. The composition contains active proteases attached to a gel or to a mixture of a gel...
7427410 Coating hydrophobic surfaces with amphiphilic thioethers to reduce protein adsorption and cell adhesion  
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for coating surfaces with specially designed thioethers and amphiphilic thioethers that reduce protein adsorption and/or cell adhesion. This...
7423010 Nonporous microparticle-prodrug conjugates for treatment of infection  
This invention provides novel methods and reagents for specifically delivering biologically active compounds to phagocytic mammalian cells. The invention also relates to specific uptake of such...
7422879 Process for producing porous polymer films  
Porous films are provided which include a blend of a film forming polymer and a non-film forming material, the film having a network of pores or channels throughout the film. The porous polymer...
7422737 Porous freeze-dried hydrocolloid beads containing viable microorganisms for biological control  
The present invention provides cellular solid carriers comprising viable microorganisms capable of controlling plant pathogens. The cellular solid carriers are formed from water-soluble...
7419600 Method for purifying a branched water-soluble polymer  
Multi-armed, monofunctional, and hydrolytically stable polymers are described having the structure wherein Z is a moiety that can be activated for attachment to biologically active molecules...
7417021 Biologically active conjugate of a biopolymer and therapeutic agent  
A biologically active conjugate is disclosed comprising a biopolymer and a therapeutic agent joined by a disulfide bond. The conjugate, when formulated in a pharmaceutical composition with a...
7413883 Enantioselective immobilized lipase  
Immobilization of Candida rugosa lipase on a carrier selected from the group consisting of macroporous adsorbent resin of the acrylic type, synthetic epoxy activated resin and...
7410791 Device containing cytophilic islands that adhere cells separated by cytophobic regions  
The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic...
7402381 Method of immobilizing molecules onto a solid phase substrate and method of fabricating a biosensor using the method  
Aspects of the invention can provide a method capable of easily realizing immobilization with the optimum density derived from a concentration control and without phase separation in coadsorption...
7381552 Macroporous material in the form of plastic pearls  
The invention relates to a macroporous plastics bead material with an average particle diameter from 10 to 1000 μm, containing a copolymer of a) 5-60 wt. % vinylically polymerizable monomers with...
7378088 Base material for regenerating an air sinus and regeneration method thereof  
The instant invention provides a base material characterized by having a continuous three-dimensional honeycomb structure for regenerating an air sinus. The invention further provides methods for...
7371400 Multilayer device for tissue engineering  
The invention provides for translating two-dimensional microfabrication technology into the third dimension. Two-dimensional templates are fabricated using high-resolution molding processes. These...
7361946 Semiconductor device-based sensors  
Semiconductor device-based chemical sensors and methods associated with the same are provided. The sensors include regions that can interact with chemical species being detected. The chemical...
7361369 Implant with structure allowing injection of polymer for attaching implant to tissue  
Methods and apparatus for bone implants that allow for the directed application of an osteogenic compound. The implant is preferably constructed of a biodegradable polymer formed into a structure...
7354750 Methods for separating molecules  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the separation of metals or molecules such as polypeptides, nucleic acids, or endotoxins using a metal-modified solid support. The metals...
7335383 Generation of nitric oxide in vivo from nitrite, nitrate or nitrosothiols endogenous in blood  
A material includes a surface and a reactive agent that is located at the surface of the material, covalently attached to a backbone of the material, and/or located within the material. The...
7332297 Enzymatic polymerization  
The invention relates to a novel method for enzymatic polymerization which includes (1) obtaining a reaction mixture including a monomer, a template, and an enzyme; and (2) incubating the reaction...
7332160 Medical device and method for tissue removal and repair  
The present invention relates to medical devices that are to be implanted or inserted into the body of a patient for the purpose of removing undesired body tissues. In one embodiment of the...
7323323 Preparation and xenotransplantation of porcine islets  
The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals. Particularly it relates to a method of preparing a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation capable upon...
7323190 Cell delivery system comprising a fibrous matrix and cells  
Cell storage and delivery systems and methods for storing and delivering viable cells to a mammal are disclosed. The cell storage and delivery systems include a biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable...
7323167 Method of treatment with modified arginine deiminase  
The present invention is directed to arginine deiminase modified with polyethylene glycol, to methods of treating cancer, and to methods of treating and/or inhibiting metastasis.
7316919 Composite materials comprising supported porous gels  
This invention relates to a composite material that comprises a support member that has a plurality of pores extending through the support member and, located in the pores of the support member,...