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US20120130398 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DRY EYE  
A stimulation system stimulates anatomical targets in a patient for treatment of dry eye. The system may include a controller and a microstimulator. The controller may be implemented externally to...
US20120125430 Solar Cell Comprising a Plasmonic Back Reflector and Method Therefor  
A method for forming a solar cell having a plasmonic back reflector is disclosed. The method includes the formation of a nanoimprinted surface on which a metal electrode is conformally disposed....
8184932 Method of fabricating an optical switch  
A method fabricates an optical switch comprising a microsphere coated with silicon nanocrystals. The method includes providing a silica optical fiber. The method further includes melting at least a...
8184626 High-radix interprocessor communications system and method  
A high-radix interprocessor communications system and method having a plurality of processor nodes, a plurality of first routers and a plurality of second routers. Each first router is connected to...
8184033 High fidelity, radiation tolerant analog-to-digital converters  
Techniques for an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using pipeline architecture includes a linearization technique for a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) over 80 deciBels. In some embodiments,...
8183531 System and method for tomography combining single and paired photons  
Methods and systems for producing an image. Measurement data is obtained for a coincidence photon event, and a line projector function is generated based on the obtained measurement data....
8183428 Treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids  
Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a...
8183010 Cell-free synthesis of membrane bound polypeptides  
Methods are provided for the utilization of bacterial cell-free extracts in the synthesis of high yields of membrane-associated polypeptides.
8180714 Automatic generation of human models for motion capture, biomechanics and animation  
An automated method for the generation of (i) human models comprehensive of shape and joint centers information and/or (ii) subject specific models from multiple video streams is provided. To...
8178655 Method and composition for crystallizing G protein-coupled receptors  
Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising: a) a first portion of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), where the first portion...
8178654 Estrogen receptor intramolecular folding systems, estrogen receptor intramolecular folding sensors, methods of use thereof, methods of detecting ER ligands, and methods of detecting ER agonists and antagonists  
Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include estrogen receptor (ER) intramolecular folding systems, methods of detecting ER ligands and distinguishing between ER agonists and...
8178299 Method to determine the risk for side effects of an SSRI treatment in a person  
A new method is found to determine an increased risk for side effects of an SSRI treatment in a person by genotyping the person for the presence of the 102 C/C DNA sequence in the 5-HT2A receptor...
8178298 Patched polypeptides and uses related thereto  
Methods for isolating patched genes, including the mouse and human patched genes, as well as invertebrate patched genes and sequences, are provided. Decreased expression of patched is associated...
8177826 Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the body core of a mammal  
Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the core body of a mammal are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a portion of the mammal, e.g. a limb or portion thereof, is placed...
8173791 Luciferases and methods for making and using the same  
Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include polynucleotides that encode mutant Cnidarian luciferases that exhibit modulated properties as compared to the corresponding wild-type...
US20120108630 Hedgehog Pathway Antagonists and Methods of Use  
The present disclosure provides for compounds, pharmaceutical preparations, kits and methods for the inhibition of the Hh pathway and the alleviation of cancer and developmental disorders...
US20120108460 NON-INVASIVE FETAL GENETIC SCREENING BY SEQUENCING ANALYSIS  
The invention provides a non-invasive technique for the differential detection of multiple genotypes and/or mutations for a plurality of target genes in a biological sample containing genetic...
US20120107240 Probes and methods of melanoma imaging  
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for labeled probes such as a 3-18F-fluoropicolinamide probe, methods of making labeled probes, pharmaceutical compositions including labeled probes,...
US20120104589 Deposition-free sealing for Micro- and Nano-fabrication  
A method for sealing through-holes in a material via material diffusion, without the deposition of a sealant material, is disclosed. The method is well suited to the fabrication and packaging of...
US20120104328 Method of Selective Separation Of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes, Dispersion Of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes, And Electronic Device Including Carbon Nanotubes Separated By Using The Method  
According to example embodiments, a method includes dispersing carbon nanotubes in a mixed solution containing a solvent, the carbon nanotubes, and a dispersant, the carbon nanotubes including...
8168850 Methods for the treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids  
Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a...
8168251 Method for producing tapered metallic nanowire tips on atomic force microscope cantilevers  
A method of making nanowire probes is provided. The method includes providing a template having a nanoporous structure, providing a probe tip that is disposed on top of the template, and growing...
8167944 Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine  
Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer or member having an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration,...
US20120101283 Prostratin and Structural or Functional Analogs Thereof  
This invention concerns product and process to convert a hydroxyl group (bold in R3C—OH) in a tigliane-type compound to a hydrogen (bold in R3C—H) to obtain deoxytigliane-type compounds or str...
US20120099803 OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING USING MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM PHASE FUNCTIONS  
A method utilizes an optical image processing system. The method includes calculating a product of (i) a measured magnitude of a Fourier transform of a complex transmission function of an object or...
US20120099704 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME DMLC-BASED TARGET TRACKING WITH OPTIMAL MOTION COMPENSATING LEAF ADAPTATION  
A method of multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf positioning in tracking-based adaptive radiotherapy is provided. The method includes determining a radiotherapy beam pattern by transforming a treatment...
8166385 Spreadsheet system and method for managing photos  
A spreadsheet system stores objects and formulas in the cells of the spreadsheet, along with metadata tags. Each cell may contain multiple objects (such as a group of photos). Drag-and-drop user...
8166039 System and method for encoding document ranking vectors  
A method of processing information related to documents in a collection of linked documents. For each respective document in all or a portion of said collection, one or more auxiliary page ranking...
8163780 Nicotine receptor agonists in stem cell and progenitor cell recruitment  
The present invention features methods for recruitment of bone marrow-derived stem cells (e.g., endothelial cell precursors, hematopoietic stem cells) by administration of nicotine or other...
8163338 Precursor selection method for chemical vapor deposition techniques  
A method of precursor selection for thin film deposition is provided, that includes a group of precursors, using a rule-set for selecting one or more candidate precursors for thermal stability,...
8163305 Targeted cross-linked nanoparticles and their use in vivo gene delivery  
The in vivo delivery of nucleic acids is targeted by delivery of the nucleic acid in a complex with cross-linked nanoparticles; where the nanoparticles comprise cross-linked neutral amphipathic...
8162985 Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine  
Systems and devices for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The systems include a superior component for attachment to a superior vertebra of a spinal motion segment and an inferior...
US20120095287 IMAGING AND EVALUATING EMBRYOS, OOCYTES, AND STEM CELLS  
Methods, compositions and kits for determining the developmental potential of one or more embryos or pluripotent cells and/or the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in one or more embryos or...
US20120094326 IMAGING AND EVALUATING EMBRYOS, OOCYTES, AND STEM CELLS  
Methods, compositions and kits for determining the developmental potential of one or more embryos or pluripotent cells and/or the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in one or more embryos or...
US20120092009 AUTOCALIBRATING PARALLEL IMAGING RECONSTRUCTION METHOD FROM ARBITRARY K-SPACE SAMPLING WITH REDUCED NOISE  
A computer implemented method for magnetic resonance imaging is provided. A 3D Fourier Transform acquisition is performed with two phase encode directions, wherein phase code locations are chosen...
8160682 Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using continuously recorded cardiac data  
One embodiment of the invention is a cardiac monitor having a housing; a plurality of electrodes within and extending from the housing; a state machine within the housing configured to digitialize...
8160406 Acoustic sensor with at least one photonic crystal slab  
An acoustic sensor includes at least one structure including at least one photonic crystal slab and an optical fiber optically coupled to the at least one photonic crystal slab, and having at least...
US20120086934 SLOW-LIGHT FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR  
In certain embodiments, an optical device and a method of use is provided. The optical device can include a fiber Bragg grating and a narrowband optical source. The narrowband optical source can be...
8155492 Photonic crystal and method of fabrication  
A method is disclosed for forming a photonic crystal in a homogeneous layer of material. The method enables the fabrication of 1D, 2D, or 3D photonic crystals. Photonic crystals in accordance with...
8153593 Transglutaminase inhibitors and methods of use thereof  
Transglutaminase inhibitors and methods of use thereof are provided.
8153446 Fluorogenic compounds converted to fluorophores by photochemical or chemical means and their use in biological systems  
Fluorophores derived from photoactivatable azide-pi-acceptor fluorogens or from a thermal reaction of an azide-pi-acceptor fluorogen with an alkene or alkyne are disclosed. Fluorophores derived...
8153388 Methods for phenotyping of leukemias  
Isolated populations of leukemic stem cells are provided. The cells are useful for experimental evaluation, and as a source of lineage and cell specific products, and as targets for the discovery...
8152837 Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine  
Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer having an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein...
US20120084022 Enhanced Microfluidic Electromagnetic Measurements  
Techniques for enhanced microfluidic impedance spectroscopy include causing a core fluid to flow into a channel between two sheath flows of one or more sheath fluids different from the core fluid....
8150644 Femtosecond spectroscopy using minimum or maximum phase functions  
A method determines a transient response of a sample. The method includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence...
8150502 Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using continuously recorded cardiac data  
Embodiments of the invention provide methods of obtaining continuous cardiac information from a mammal. First, attach a self-contained, wearable, portable continuous cardiac monitor to the mammal...
8148330 Modulation of synaptic maintenance  
C1q is shown to be expressed in neurons, where it acts as a signal for synapse elimination. Methods are provided for protecting or treating an individual suffering from adverse effects of synapse...
8148110 Detection of molecular interactions by β-lactamase reporter fragment complementation  
Methods and compositions for detecting molecular interactions, particularly protein-protein interactions, using at least two inactive, weakly-complementing β-lactamase fragments are provided. The ...
8148105 Scaleable manufacturing process for cysteine endoprotease B, isoform 2  
Methods are provided for the production of gram to kilogram quantities of pro-EP-B2 (proenzyme form of EP-B2) in a lyophilized form. The methods include scalable fermentation, refolding and...
8148094 Methods and compositions for detecting the activation state of multiple proteins in single cells  
The invention provides methods and compositions for simultaneously detecting the activation state of a plurality of proteins in single cells using flow cytometry. The invention further provides...