invention

Telesso Technologies wins Popular Science Invention Award for its novel peripheral IV catheter

Telesso Technologies Limited (ASX: TEO), a global healthcare company, announced today the FDA-approved guide wire-assisted peripheral IV catheter it is developing with Vascular Pathways, Inc., has been honored with the Popular Science Invention Award. "Telesso is pleased to receive another exci...

Inventor Sues Therative, Inc. Over Inventorship of Patent on ThermaClear Device; Separate Invention Theft Case Continues

WILMINGTON, Del., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Patent litigation firm Teuton, Loewy & Parker LLP filed a lawsuit yesterday against Therative, Inc. on behalf of inventor Joseph Neev, PhD. In the lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court, District of Delaware, Dr. Neev claims sole inventor...

Blue Highway Selects Invention Machine Goldfire to Fuel Product Pipeline and Sustain Breakthrough Innovation

BOSTON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Invention Machine , a leading provider of innovation software, today announced that it has been selected by Blue Highway LLC to help transform ideas into commercial products that will drive radical innovation in medical diagnostics. A Welch Allyn company, Blue...

TIME Magazine Names 23andMe's Personal Genome Service 2008 Invention of the Year

Personal Genetics Company Singled Out for Pioneering Retail Genomics Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2008 -- TIME Magazine announced today that the Personal Genome Service™ from 23andMe , Inc. has been named 2008's Invention of the Year. 23andMe was chosen ...

Endu Receives Gold Medal for Outstanding Chinese Patented Invention Award

NANJING, CHINA, March 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR ), a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic pharmaceuticals and manufacturer of the patented anti-cancer biotech product Endu in China, announced today that the company is a gold medal winner ...

Time Magazine Names Agendia Test a Best Invention of 2007

Important Recognition for Dutch Prognostic Breast Cancer Test MammaPrint(R) AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- TIME Magazine has named a new Dutch breast cancer test as one of the best inventions of 2007. This so called "Cancer's Crystal Ball" (MammaPrint(R)) invented and dev...

New Invention to Detect Blood Clots

At the Sion Hospital in India a new device was being tested on a patient involved in a motor bike accident. He needs immediate attention // as the doctor suspects head injury. There could be a blood clot which can lead the patient to disability or death. The device the Dr. Alok Sharma is usi...

New Collagen Meniscus Implant Opens New Vista for Knee Repair

...s Cabaud Award in 1990, never imagined the process would take 22 years from invention to FDA-approval in the U.S. The implant, now marketed by ReGen Bio...rrier." Stone's medical odyssey demonstrates how long the process of invention can be, but the outcome is worth it for those willing to persevere. ...

A 'super sensor' for cancer and CSIs

...ing earthquakes long before they strike, a similar invention from Tel Aviv University researchers may change th...r blood. About the size of a stick of gum, the new invention may be applied to a wide range of environments and...ortable and precise What makes this particular invention particularly appealing is its small size and the f...

Bally Total Fitness Flexes Fundraising Muscle to Fight ALS

...g cause." Augie's Quest was founded by Augie Nieto, who is credited with starting the cardio-equipment revolution beginning with the Life Cycle invention sold to health clubs across the country in 1977. Augie was diagnosed with ALS in 2005 and has dedicated the remaining days of his life to helping find...

invention in Medical Technology

FAU Receives Patent for Invention Which Induces and Restores Cardiac Muscle Function

Regenerating Damaged Cardiac Tissue Is Significant for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Florida Atlantic University received U.S. patent no. 10/822,496, "Promoting Cardiac Cell Differentiation," based on an invention which induces ...

Diabetes Research Institute Invention Promotes Growth of Stem Cells into Insulin-Producing Cells

New "Oxygen Sandwich" Device is First to Mimic Natural Physical Environment MIAMI, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the major challenges to islet cell transplantation as the treatment of choice for type 1 diabetes is the shortage of donor tissue supply. Patients often need a re-infusion of islet c...

Novel Vaccine Approach Offers Hope in Fight Against HIV

... to an HIV Vaccine-- PHILADELPHIA, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A research team may have broken the stubborn impasse that has frustrated the invention of an effective HIV vaccine, by using an approach that bypasses the usual path followed by vaccine developers. By using gene transfer technology that ...

German Innovation for HIV/AIDS Diagnostics has Been Used 2.5 Million Times in 2008

...idsday@partec.com " target="_new"> worldaidsday@partec.com oder by telefax to +49-3581-874670. Technologically, the "CyFlow" is based on the invention of fluorescence-based "flow cytometry" by Professor Wolfgang Gohde from German University of Munster. The worldwide first patent application in flow c...

Battelle Scientists Named on Patent for Making Oxygen From Light and Water

... Early Stage invention is Advancement toward Artificial Lungs COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Astronauts, submariners, miners, and those suffering from lung ailme...

Dr. Roger Kenneth Hershline PhD MD, CEO of Global Humanceuticals, Inc. Donates New HIV Drug

...al, objective, mechanistic, developmental or clinical research. This unique new chemical entity is referred to as compound NIAID #11039. However, this invention has already received a patent called: Antiviral Composition, U.S. patent number: 6,821,958 on November 23, 2004. The World International Patent Organi...

Xenomics Announces Implementation of its First Diagnostic Test for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Into Clinical Practice

...ved in regulation of ribosome biogenesis, cell division, cell death, and other important processes. Xenomics has obtained an exclusive license for the invention and developed a test that detects all 45 known mutations of NPM1 in a single reaction. The results will help physicians with prognosis, therapy, and m...

World First Medical Treatment Announced by Researchers at Queen Mary University London and University of Leicester

...atched by just one other UK University. Leicester is world renowned for the invention of DNA Fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys and houses Europe's bi...atched by just one other UK University. Leicester is world renowned for the invention of DNA Fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys and houses Europe's bi...

invention in Medical Dictionary

X-Ray

...raight to your bones. ... Some of the energy from the X-ray photon works to separate the electron from the ... An history of the X-Ray and the invention of x-ray machine and CAT-Scans -sp xray . ... xray . medical. X-Ray . X-rays are electromagnetic waves of short ... Detailed information on...

Microorganism

... which digest ... Microorganism is the scientific word for 'germ' and is generally used for any ... Some microorganisms were known before the invention of the microscope because, ... Biology4Kids.com! The web site that teaches the basics of biology and life science to everyone! ... We'll give the ...

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

...oral head. ... Legg - Calve - Perthes Disease of the Hip ... Legg - Perthes disease was described early in the 20th century following the invention of x-ray. ... Legg - Calvé - Perthes disease is a temporary condition in children in which the ... Legg - Calvé - Perthes disease causes t...

Contraception

... Information on birth control pill, IUDs, and other forms of contraception . Oral hormonal contraception was the invention of Carl Djerassi together with ... Experiments in vas-occlusive contraception involve an implant placed in the vasa ... More about Contraceptio...

Cone

...facture Co., Ltd. is a joint venture, specializing in the production of a wide variety of Symons cone crushers ... Fascinating facts about the invention of the ice cream cone by Ernest A. Hamwi in 1904. ... 1807 a painting shows a women eating from what appears to be a cone ... Watch videos fro...

Bifocals

...ping on all items. Shop for Bifocals in the Health section of Shop.com. Thousands of Brands. Hundreds of Stores. Fascinating facts about the invention of Bifocals by Benjamin Franklin in 1760. ... Bifocals , the combination of both concave and convex lenses for both types of ... Don’t throw ...

invention in Biological News

UGA licenses invention that kills food-borne pathogens in minutes

Athens, Ga. A new technology that kills dangerous pathogens on food at home and in restaurants, grocery stores, beverage-manufacturing and food-processing facilities has been licensed to the maker of FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash. The licensing agreement between the University of Georgia Research ...

New UGA invention effectively kills foodborne pathogens in minutes

University of Georgia researchers have developed an effective technology for reducing contamination of dangerous bacteria on food. The new antimicrobial wash rapidly kills Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 on foods ranging from fragile lettuce to tomatoes, fruits, poultry products and meats. It is ma...

Undergrad has sweet success with invention of artificial Golgi

Troy, N.Y. An undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has learned very quickly that a spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine go down. In fact, with his invention, the sugar may actually be the medicine. Among the most important and complex molecules in the human body...

Prof. David Kisailus studies engineering and invention on the half-shell

RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu ) -- Marine snails, sea urchins, and other animals from the sea are teaching researchers in UC Riversides Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering how to make the world a better place. Consider, for example, the possibilities of designing a lightweigh...

Cancer-killing invention also harvests stem cells

Associate Professor Michael King of the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering Department has invented a device that filters the blood for cancer and stem cells. When he captures cancer cells, he kills them. When he captures stem cells, he harvests them for later use in tissue engineering...

delSECUR CORPORATION Announces Agreement to Purchase the Intellectual Property Assets of the Corporation

...and identification processes, plans to incorporate the del-ID technology with its proprietary technology. "Q Tech will be immediately focusing on the invention of Pierre de Lanauze's analog technology and believes it can make this combined technology commercially viable and bring it to the marketplace," said ...

University of Toronto helps to 'barcode' the world's plants

...anding biodiversity is crucial to long-term human existence on the planet." DNA barcoding has been widely used to identify animal species since its invention five years ago. But its use for plants was delayed because of the complex nature of plant genetics and disagreements over the appropriate DNA regions ...

Hurricane Katrina: Phone home

...uge the danger they face from an impending flood. Because hundreds of thousands of cell phone towers are already in place, the Tel Aviv University invention can be adopted quickly. And cell phone companies are already collecting the data anyway, as Americans continue to ramp up their minutes of call time e...

An easy way to find a needle in a haystack by removing the haystack

...ological samples, opening doors for targeted and high-throughput metabolomics. Because of its versatile applications, also in medical diagnostics, the invention is protected by patent. Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used to elucidate the molecular composition and structure of chemical compoun...

Work of Field Museum scientist addresses question of chance in evolution

...tep in diversification was calcified spines around the membrane, then fusion of the spines, then reduction of the fused spinal shield and membrane and invention of a water sac inside the box to provide enough volume to squeeze out the feeding organ. Lineages showing each of these stages are alive today. Then a...

invention in Biological Technology

Beaumont Doctor's Invention Improves Cataract Surgery Outcomes

ROYAL OAK, Mich., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Beaumont Commercialization Center, a medical technology development company within Beaumont Hospitals, is making an innovative ophthalmic lens support system available for licensing. Timothy Page, M.D., a Beaumont ophthalmologist, developed the a...

Who owns what invention in the workplace?

The model is that the ownership of a patent right initially goes to the inventor. But who owns the rights to inventions made in the workplace? The company? The inventing employee? It depends on the circumstances. A first question to be asked: Is there an employment agreement signed by the empl...

National Institutes of Health Chooses Web of Science(R) to Power electronic Scientific Portfolio Assistant (eSPA)

...ations." As the prime contractor on this award, Discovery Logic will link Web of Science data to NIH grants, clinical trials, publications, invention reports, patents and other scientific data sources by providing custom software development services, database services and data analytic services. M...

Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!

... A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered o...

NCIIA Honors Top Collegiate Biomedical Engineering Teams

... protein receptors. Lab-on-a-Stick, when used in conjunction with a portable handheld device, can help medical practitioners identify diseases. This invention will be especially useful in remote areas where access to labs is not always feasible. The $2,500 second-place prize was awarded to the SurgiSIL,...

Zeus to Present at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago

... Zeus Research & Development will be one of the presenters at Digestive Disease Week, addressing the topic of invention of new devices in interventional gastroenterology ORANGEBURG, S.C., May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus, Inc., a leader in polymer extrusions and materia...

Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!

... A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered o...

Pharmalink AB Completes Phase II Clinical Study With Renal Disease Drug Nefecon(R)

...d in January 2004 to bring the product candidate to proof-of-concept. The concept underlying the renal disease product candidate Nefecon is a patented invention by Professors Bengt Fellstrom and Roger Hallgren at Uppsala University , Sweden. It is delivered using Archimedes' proprietary TARGIT(R) drug deliver...

Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!

... A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered o...

US Patent Office Rejects 95% of Verathon Claims in Patent Case With Aircraft Medical

...ia. Matt McGrath, Aircraft Medical's CEO, was last year named "Young Scot of the Year" by the Institute of Contemporary Scotland in recognition of the invention of McGrath(R) Series 5 and its advancement of healthcare and subsequent international success. Contact: Financial Dynamics Jonathan Bi...

invention in Biological Definition

Chromatography

...rating at that time. In 1952 Archer John Porter Martin and Richard Laurence Millington Synge were awarded the Chemistry Nobel Prize "for their invention of partition chromatography". [1] The technology of chromatography advanced rapidly throughout the 20th century. Researchers found that the prici...

Cryptozoology

... study or search for such animals are called cryptozoologists , while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids". invention of the term is usually attributed to zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans , who coined the word to mean "the study of hidden animals". Huevelmans' monument...

Culture

...d change. Cultural change could be the result of invention and innovation , but it could also result from c...le, the end of the last ice age helped lead to the invention of agriculture. Some inventions that affected We... refers to an element of one culture leading to an invention in another. Diffusions of innovations theory pres...

Genetic fingerprinting

...inting , DNA testing and DNA profiling is a technique to distinguish between individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA. Its invention by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester was announced in 1985 . Two humans will have the vast majority of their DNA sequence in com...

Har Gobind Khorana

...for sequencing, cloning and engineering new plants and animals.Dr.khorana's invention of oligonucleotides has become indispensable tools in biotechnology. This invention of DrKhorana has become mechanized and commercialize that anyone now can or...

Human

...le to learn human sign language [9] [10] (pdf). Language can be central to the sense of identity that unites cultures and ethnicities . The invention of writing systems some 5000 years ago , allowing the preservation of speech, was a major step in cultural evolution. Language, especially written ...

invention in Biological Dictionary

Xanthophyll

...opedia article on xanthophyll (pigment), ...distributed in living things. There are two major types: the hydrocarbon class, or carotenes, ... The invention disclosed in this application relates to a process for the preparation of xanthophyll crystals containing at least 85% total xanthophylls with at ...

Southern blot

... DNA to a filter... Professor Sir Edwin Mellor Southern , FRS (born 1938) is a 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award is for the invention of the Southern blot , now a common laboratory procedure, when he was working at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Southern is... Southern...

Shuttle vector

...& Ride. Baby A's. Shady. Grove. Chuy's. Free Express Shuttle . Ster. zing S. t. Sunset. View. Toomy Rd. Virginia A. ve. Town Lake Park ... The invention discloses a Lac shuttle vector , comprising at least (a) a region ... Its use in Shuttle Vector Construction, 1989, Plasmid 22: 193-202. ... ...

Polypeptide

...r zoology dictionary has ecology, physiology, ... Peptide provider PolyPeptide Laboratories Group acquired NeoMPS from Isochem. ... The present invention provides a polypeptide inducing the production of an ... However, even the polypeptide disclosed in the above reference does not have ... Brita...

PCR

... (amplify) selected sections of DNA or RNA for analysis. ... Created by George Rice, Montana State University PCR is the supreme biotechnological invention - " PCR has transformed molecular biology through vastly extending the ... NEB offers restriction enzymes, endonucleases, recombinant enzyme...

Osteocyte

...-canalicular organization within the bone ... Osteocyte activation entails the processing of intracellular signaling molecules. ... The present invention demonstrates that glucocorticoid-induced bone disease is due to changes in the ... Dunstan et al. " Osteocyte Death and Hip Fracture. ... An autom...

Mutagenesis

...omoter and promoter mutagenesis . ... Site-directed mutagenesis is a molecular biology technique in which a mutation ... Nobel Lecture on invention of Site-Directed Mutagenesis ... Mutagenesis | Macmillan Genetics. Mutagenesis summary with 6 pages of encyclopedia entries, research ... the...

Lambda phage

...of lambda phage from A Dictionary of Biology at Encyclopedia.com ... A recombinant lambda phage library was constructed ... The present invention relates to a process of obtaining recombinant lambdoid ... Phage lambda assembles in host cytosol and can be used for both N- and ... The...

Isozymes

...s their apparent Na+ affinity, dependent on ... distinct regulation of Na,K-ATPase isozymes by phosphorylation of phospholemman ... The present invention provides fluorescence-based methods for sensitively detecting total ADH activity in human sera and selectively measuring the activity of ... Prot...

Hydrolytic enzyme

... hydrolytic enzymes (HE) could reduce ... murine EAE by oral hydrolytic enzyme treatment. J Autoim- mun 1999; 12: 191 Á. 98. ... The present invention provides compounds that function as hydrolytic enzyme inhibitors (inactivators) and substrates. These compounds are useful in assays to detect ......