1372 patents
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Container with a Lid-collar Assembly
18 Jan 24
A container (100) having a main body (104) including one or more sidewalls (106) having an interior surface (120) and an exterior surface (122) and defining an interior compartment (108), the one or more sidewalls having an upper portion (114) defining a circular opening (110) to the interior compartment and an annular flange (128) extending from the exterior surface and a lid-collar assembly (112, 116) comprising a lid (116) attached to a collar (112) affixed to the main body, the collar having an inner side surface (162) positioned radially outward of the annular flange and a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs (210) spaced apart on the inner side surface, wherein the plurality of ribs engage the annular flange to resist rotation of the lid-collar assembly relative to the main body.
Spencer BEAUFORE, Kyle DEMMINK
Filed: 22 Nov 21
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Nutritional Compositions Comprising Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Nucleotides and Uses Thereof for Treating And/or Preventing Enteric Viral Infection
11 Jan 24
Disclosed are nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides and nucleotides that can be administered to preterm infants, term infants, toddlers, and children for reducing inflammation and the incidence of inflammatory diseases.
Rachael Buck, Debra Thomas, Joseph Schaller
Filed: 5 Jun 23
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Methods of Increasing Height and Promoting Linear Bone Growth
11 Jan 24
A method of increasing height in a pediatric subject comprises enterally administering an exosome-enriched product comprising intact bovine milk-derived exosomes to the pediatric subject in need thereof.
José María LÓPEZ PEDROSA, Ricardo RUEDA CABRERA, Jorge GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ
Filed: 17 Nov 21
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Magnetic Point-of-care Systems and Assays for Determining Gfap In Biological Samples
4 Jan 24
Disclosed herein are systems and assays that employ magnetically susceptible beads and point-of-care devices comprising magnetic immunosensors to determine the amount of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in a biological sample obtained from a subject.
Antti Virtanen, Cary James MILLER
Filed: 17 Jul 23
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Reaction Vessel Moving Member for Moving Reaction Vessels from a Processing Track to a Rotating Device In a Diagnostic Analzyer
21 Dec 23
A diagnostic analyzer includes a rotating device, a first optical reader, and a second optical reader.
Robert Luoma
Filed: 2 Aug 23
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Reclosable Plastic Bottle with Waist and Strengthening Rib(s)
7 Dec 23
The present disclosure is directed to a bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and having a circular cross-section.
Kyle W. Demmink, Timothy J. Boyd, Jay Z. Yuan, Xinzhong Zhang, James P. Perry, Jameel Ahmed
Filed: 3 Jun 22
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Ready-to-drink Carbonated Electrolyte Beverage
16 Nov 23
A carbonated, oral rehydration beverage that includes about 25-75 mEq/L of sodium, about 15-40 mEq/L of potassium, about 20-55 mEq/L of chloride, dextrose, and at least about 2.0 volumes of CO2.
Gregory BRICKER, Timothy LAPLANTE, Kelley LOWE, Normanella DEWILLE, Daniel ZEVCHIK
Filed: 23 Sep 21
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Liquid Nutritional Compositions Containing Oxidizable Fish Oil, Rosmarinic Acid and Ferric Iron
2 Nov 23
Liquid nutritional compositions have an off-white color with a Hunter L value not less than 68, and comprise (a) a protein; (b) a carbohydrate; (c) an oxidizable fish oil containing an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid; (d) rosmarinic acid; and (e) ferric iron comprising ferric orthophosphate and/or ferric pyrophosphate.
Normanella DEWILLE, Megan TERP, Allison ATNIP, Tapas DAS
Filed: 12 Jul 23
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Methods for Decreasing the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis In Infants, Toddlers, or Children Using Human Milk Oligosaccharides
26 Oct 23
Disclosed are methods of reducing the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in an infant, toddler, or child using nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides.
JoMay Chow, Steven R. Davis, Rachael Buck, Geralyn O. Duska-McEwen, Hawley K. Linke
Filed: 30 Jun 23
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System and Method for Inventory Sharing In a Laboratory Management System
19 Oct 23
A system for sharing consumable inventory in a laboratory management system includes a middleware software component controlled by a processor, a plurality of instruments operatively coupled to the middleware software component, and a consumable item to be removably installed in a first selected instrument.
Kevin M. Barnes, Luca Birolini, William B. Williams, Deepak Khanal
Filed: 24 Apr 23
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Devices and Methods for Sample Analysis
28 Sep 23
Integrated devices that include a sample preparation component integrated with a detection component are disclosed.
Jeffrey B. Huff, Mark A. Hayden, Peter J. Karabatsos, Andrew Fischer, John M. Robinson, Shelley R. Holets-McCormack, Sophie Laurenson
Filed: 24 Apr 23
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Method of Preventing, Reducing or Delaying Fatty Liver Disease
21 Sep 23
A method of reducing or delaying the onset of fatty liver disease in a subject comprises enterally administering at least one human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) to a subject in need thereof in an amount effective to reduce hepatic lipid accumulation.
Manuel MANZANO, Enrique HERNANDEZ, José María LÓPEZ PEDROSA, Ricardo RUEDA CABRERA, Rachael BUCK
Filed: 26 Jul 21
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Methods of Diagnosing Brain Injury
21 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are methods and systems of determining whether a subject’s levels of GFAP, UCH-L1, or GFAP and UCH-L1 are elevated in a sample collected from the subject.
Beth McQuiston, Saul Datwyler, Raj Chandran
Filed: 28 Dec 22
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Digital Pass Verification Systems and Methods
21 Sep 23
Digital pass verification systems and methods are disclosed herein.
Nitesh Luthra, Lev F. Frayman, Terry Finch, John Schullian, Douglas Wager, Nicholas Alexander Robertson Wood
Filed: 22 Mar 21
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System and Method for Automated Laboratory Inventory Management Using Rfid Technology
21 Sep 23
In one aspect, a computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically developing a connectivity driver is provided.
John Curtis Jones, Patrick P. Fritchie, Steve Kotlinski, Jay Brian Sailer, Pathik H. Soni, Erich Iwen, Ronald R. Hohs, William B. Williams
Filed: 23 May 23
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Expandable Introducer Sheath to Preserve Guidewire Access
7 Sep 23
An introducer sheath is described.
Laveille Kao Voss, Kelly J. McCrystle, Arkady Kokish
Filed: 11 May 23
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Nutritional Composition Having Lipophilic Compounds with Improved Solubility and Bioavailability
31 Aug 23
Disclosed herein is a nutritional composition having at least one protein, at least one fat, and at least one lipophilic compound, the composition comprising at least one assembly comprising at least one hydrophobic protein, monoglycerides and diglycerides (“MDG”) and at least one lipophilic compound, wherein at least 1% of the total MDG in the nutritional composition remains in the aqueous phase after centrifugation at 100,000×g for 1 hour at 20° C.
Paul Johns, Mustafa Vurma, Daniel Albrecht, Stephen DeMichele, Gary Katz, Todime Reddy
Filed: 18 Nov 22
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Nutritional Formulations Including Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Antioxidants and Uses Thereof
17 Aug 23
Disclosed are nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides in combination with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and/or carotenoids that can be administered to preterm infants, term infants, toddlers, and children for reducing inflammation and the incidence of inflammatory diseases.
RACHAEL BUCK, GERALYN O. DUSKA-MCEWEN, JOSEPH P. SCHALLER
Filed: 25 Apr 23
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Methods and Kits for Detecting or Determining an Amount of an Anti-b-coronavirus Antibody In a Sample
17 Aug 23
Disclosed herein are methods, kits, systems, algorithms and improvements for detecting the presence of or determining an amount, quantity, concentration and/or level of an antibody against at least one type of β-coronavirus, such as, for example, an antibody against SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2, in one or more samples obtained from a subject.
A. Scott Muerhoff, John C. Prostko, James L. Stewart, Mary A. RODGERS, Gavin A. CLOHERTY, James Hartnett, Jeff Moore, Kathy Otis, Alak Kar, Bailin Tu, Bryan Tieman, Carolyn Strobel, David Hawksworth, Robert Ziemann, Zhihong Lin, Chris Marohnic, Peter Wiebe, Todd Meyer, Weijie Jiao, Gangamani S. Beligere, Saminathan X. Muthusamy, Jessica L. Grieshaber, Sandra K. Pearce, Edwin C. Frias, Russell E. Taylor, Kelly Coller, Yangrong E. Zhang, Thomas T. Biegalski, David J. Daghfal, Claudio Galli, Sergey Y. Tetin, Qiaoqiao Ruan, Patrick MacDonald, Michael S. Cassidy, Mary E. Gardiner, Mary Ann P. Palafox, Matthew S. Matias, Melissa B. Brennan, Philip W. Schultz, Beth C. Trudeau
Filed: 12 Oct 22
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Methods and Systems of Diagnosing Brain Injury
17 Aug 23
Disclosed herein are methods and systems of determining whether a subject's levels of GFAP, UCH-L1, or GFAP and UCH-L1 are elevated in a sample collected from the subject.
Beth McQuiston, Saul Datwyler, Raj Chandran, Hongwei Zhang
Filed: 28 Dec 22