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Patent CA-2564535-A1 (CA)
Title: Near infrared microbial elimination laser system
Inventor: BORNSTEIN ERIC
IPC: C02F1/30
Filed: 2004-02-11
Abstract: Dual wavelength laser energy in the low infrared electromagnetic spectrum destroys bacteria via photo-~damage optical interactions through direct selective absorption of the optical energy by intracellular bacterial chromophores. The dual wavelength laser system (22) includes an optical assembly including two distinct diode laser ranges (870 nm diode array and 930 nm diode array) that can be emitted to achieve maximal bacterial elimination.
Patent CA-2567300-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MORITA SHUJI
IPC: C12Q1/37
Filed: 2005-05-19
Abstract: By finding that a high Azur granule content and its activity are observed in the feces and urine of IC patients, a method of examining IC is established.  Namely, a method of examining interstitial cystitis by using the dynamic state of Azur granules in the urine as a marker; a kit for method of examining interstitial cystitis to be used in the above examination method; use of Azur granules as a marker for examining interstitial cystitis or evaluating a drug effect; and a method of examining a therapeutic effect on patients with interstitial cystitis by using Azur granules as a marker.
Patent CA-2567367-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MOODY DON
IPC: G09B19/06
Filed: 2005-05-18
Abstract: Published without an Abstract
Patent CA-2569137-A1 (CA)
Title: Intranasal formulations of interferon beta free of stabilizers that are proteins or polypeptides
Inventor: QUAY STEVEN C
IPC: A61P31/12
Filed: 2005-06-07
Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for intranasal delivery of interferon-.szlig. yielding improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results wherein the composition is free of a stabilizer that is a protein or a polypeptide. In certain aspects of the invention, the interferon-.szlig. is delivered to the intranasal mucosa along with one or more intranasal delivery-enhancing agent(s) to yield substantially increased absorption and/or bioavailability of the interferon-.szlig. and/or a substantially decreased time to maximal concentration of interferon-.szlig. in a tissue of a subject as compared to controls where the interferon-.szlig. is administered to the same intranasal site alone or formulated according to previously disclosed reports. The enhancement of intranasal delivery of interferon-.szlig. according to the methods and compositions of the present invention allows for the effective pharmaceutical use of these agents to treat a variety of diseases and conditions in mammalian subjects.
Patent CA-2571586-A1 (CA)
Inventor: AMORIN TERESA
IPC: A47G27/02
Filed: 2005-04-07
Abstract: The method and apparatus of the present invention provides a disposable toilet training device for a toddler, which comprises an absorbent matting placed in proximity to a base of the toilet. The absorbent matting comprises positioning indicis, where the indicis provides position guidance for positioning of the toddler relative to the toilet.
Patent CA-2571679-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FERNANDEZ-RUIZ JAVIER
IPC: A61K31/075
Filed: 2005-06-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to ligands of the peripheral cannabinoid receptor CB2 especially (+)-.alpha.-pinene derivatives, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use of such compounds for treatment and prevention of the onset of genetic neurodegenerative disorders, in particular Huntington~s disease.
Patent CA-2571937-A1 (CA)
Title: Pyrimidine derivatives useful as inhibitors of pkc-theta
Inventor: BRUNETTE STEVEN RICHARD
IPC: C07D239/48
Filed: 2005-07-06
Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of formula: (I); wherein X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, which are useful as inhibitors of PKC-theta and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of PKC-theta, including immunological disorders and type II diabetes. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
Patent CA-2572212-A1 (CA)
Title: Rebate card system
Inventor: GRAVES PHILLIP C
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2006-12-14
Abstract: A rebate card system wherein the purchaser of a rebate-eligible product may be provided a rebate card by the retailer. The rebate eligible product may be goods and/or services. The rebate may be from one or more of a manufacturer, a service provider, or the retailer. The rebate card may be associated with an account, and the account may be associated with a rebate value. Activation of the rebate card may be governed by the purchaser having fulfilled required commitments, such as not returning the product for a specified period or by purchasing a related product or service. The value associated to the rebate card may be fixed, or may vary based on criteria that the retailer or manufacturer may define. The rebate value may be decreased when the rebate card is used for additional purchases, and may be increased if additional rebates are earned. The initial purchase transaction information may be associated with the account, and shared with the manufacturer or service provider. Later purchase transaction information may be associated with the account, and shared with the manufacturer or service provider.
Patent CA-2572408-A1 (CA)
Title: Treadmill mechanism
Inventor: CRAY THOMAS B
IPC: A63B22/02
Filed: 2000-09-07
Abstract: An exercise treadmill is disclosed which includes various features to enhance user operation and to reduce maintenance costs. These features include handlebars with an upwardly curved center section and outwardly flared side portions along with pivoting rear legs for the treadmill frame. The control panel features include snap-in user trays and an overlay covering the numerical key pad along with an auxiliary control panel having a subset of user controls that are larger and more easy to use than the same controls on the main control panel. Maintenance enhancing features include the provision for access panels in the treadmill housing and a belt lubrication system that uses a priming pulse to clear the wax spraying nozzle. For injection molded parts such as the control panel, structural strength is enhanced by utilizing gas-assist injection molding to form structural ribs. Another feature includes pre-glazing the treadmill belt, Sound and vibration are reduced in a treadmill by mounting the treadmill belt drive motor on motor isolation mounts that include resilient members. A further feature is a double sided waxed deck where one side of the deck is covered by a protective tape.
Patent CA-2573428-A1 (CA)
Title: Low-maintenance coatings
Inventor: PFAFF GARY L
IPC: C03C17/34
Filed: 2005-07-12
Abstract: The invention provides a substrate bearing a low-maintenance coating. The coating includes at least two films: a base film optionally comprising silica (e.g., silicon dioxide) and a film comprising titania (e.g., titanium dioxide). The invention also provides methods of depositing such coatings.
Patent CA-2573827-A1 (CA)
Title: Socket wrench/adaptor combination
Inventor: HU BOBBY
IPC: B25B13/06
Filed: 2007-01-12
Abstract: A combination includes a socket wrench and an adaptor. The socket wrench includes a handle having a head portion. The head portion includes a drive column for driving a socket. The handle includes an open end in which a coupling member is securely mounted. The adaptor is removably engaged with one of the drive column of the head portion and the coupling member. The adaptor includes a coupling portion for releasable engagement with the drive column of the head portion. The adaptor further includes a drive portion having a specification different from that of the drive column. The drive portion can be used to engage with another socket having a size different from that of the socket driven by the drive column.
Patent CA-2575957-A1 (CA)
Title: Process for preparing a medicament
Inventor: XIAN-MING ZENG
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2004-09-01
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a particulate medicament that has greater homogeneity and a lower adhesion between the particles of the active ingredient and the carrier. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a pharmaceutically active ingredient in the form of an agglomerate of primary particles having an agglomerate particle size such that the agglomerate is capable of passing through a sieve having a mesh of 50-3000 ~m with a pharmaceutically acceptable particulate carrier, and (b) mixing the resultant material in a mixer to break up the agglomerate into primary particles dispersed in the pharmaceutically acceptable particulate carrier such that 90% or more of the pharmaceutically active ingredient exists as primary particles having a particle size of 50 ~m or less.
Patent CA-2576058-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HOLLEY JOHN M JR
IPC: B31B50/86
Filed: 2005-08-04
Abstract: A carton may include a tray (110) with a pair of tray end panels (170, 180) and a pair of tray side panels (190, 200) and a lid (120) with a pair of lid end panels (370, 380) and a pair of lid side panels (390, 400). The tray end panels (170, 180) may have an adhesive thereon such that the lid end panels (370, 380) are attached to the tray end panels while the lid side panels (390, 400) are adjacent to but not attached to the tray side panels.
Patent CA-2579122-A1 (CA)
Title: Methods and systems for cryogenic cooling
Inventor: BOLDAREV SERGEY
IPC: A61B18/18
Filed: 2005-09-26
Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for cooling an object with a cryogen having a critical point defined by a critical-point pressure and a critical-point temperature. A pressure of the cryogen is raised above a pressure value determined to provide the cryogen at a reduced molar volume that prevents vapor lock. Thereafter, the cryogen is placed in thermal communication with the object to increase a temperature of the cryogen along a thermodynamic path that maintains the pressure greater than the critical-point pressure for a duration that the cryogen and object are in thermal communication.
Patent CA-2579789-A1 (CA)
Title: Overexpressed and purified aspergillus ficuum oxidase and nucleic acid encoding the same
Inventor: GEORIS JACQUES CLAUDE ELOI
IPC: C12N15/53
Filed: 2005-09-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a new isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a gene that encodes a new fungal oxidase enzyme, and nucleic acid fragments thereof. It also relates to said new fungal oxidase isolated and purified from Aspergillus ficuum, its amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID  NO 40 or 41, and functional equivalents or derivatives thereof. The present invention also relates to constructs, vectors and hosts cells comprising a nucleic acid molecule of the invention, as well as methods for producing an oxidase of the invention. The present invention also relates to the use of an oxidase of the invention in industrial processes.
Patent CA-2579805-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CAMPBELL WILLIAM R
IPC: A61K31/00
Filed: 2005-09-02
Abstract: Methods for treating and preventing middle ear infections by transmembrane administration of medicament-containing transmembrane carrier compositions, such as liposomes and other lipid vesicles, to the tympanic membrane.  Medicaments useful for treating pain, inflammation or infection in the outer ear may be co-administered. If utilized for transmembrane administration, the liposomes or other lipid vesicles will usually not be sterically stabilized.  The medicaments delivered according to the methods of the invention include antibiotic, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory agents that are useful in treatment and/or prophylaxis of middle ear infections and their sequelae.
Patent CA-2580405-A1 (CA)
Title: Bearing materials and method for the production thereof
Inventor: PERRIN CARL
IPC: C23C4/12
Filed: 2005-09-28
Abstract: A plain bearing and a method for the production thereof is described, the method being for the deposition on a substrate of a layer of material having a metallic matrix, the method comprising the steps of: producing a powder of a desired aluminium-based alloy composition having a predetermined oxide content; depositing said aluminium alloy powder onto a bearing substrate by a metal spraying technique.
Patent CA-2581541-A1 (CA)
Title: Drawer glide assembly for a drawer-type dishwasher
Inventor: SIMMONS MICHAEL C
IPC: A47B88/04
Filed: 2007-03-12
Abstract: A drawer glide assembly for a drawer type dishwasher includes a mounting bracket having a top edge portion, a bottom edge portion and side portions that collectively define first and second opposing surfaces. The mounting bracket also includes a pad member that projects laterally outward from the first surface and a hook member that projects laterally outward from the second surface. The glide assembly further includes a drawer glide unit having a first rail member slidably interconnected with a second rail member through a third rail member. The mounting bracket serves as an interface between a tub of the dishwasher and an outer housing. That is, the mounting bracket is supported upon the outer housing by the hook member and the glide assembly is secured to both the tub and the first surface. In this fashion, the tub can be readily shifted into and out from the outer housing.
Patent CA-2581778-A1 (CA)
Title: Process tolerant starch composition with high total dietary fiber content
Inventor: BINDZUS WOLFGANG
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 2007-03-14
Abstract: The present invention relates to a starch composition with high total dietary fiber (TDF) that retains its TDF upon processing. In particular, over 50%  of such fiber is retained upon extrusion processing. Such starch is useful in the manufacture of high fiber food products, including extruded products such as breakfast cereals and snacks.
Patent CA-2582339-A1 (CA)
Title: Preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a storage disorder accompanying benign prostatic hyperplasia
Inventor: OKUBO YOSHIO
IPC: A61P13/02
Filed: 2005-10-04
Abstract: A preventive and/or therapeutic agent for urine collection disorders accompanying lower urinary tract obstruction, characterized by containing an indoline derivative represented by the following general formula (I):  [Chemical formula 1] (wherein R represents optionally substituted aliphatic acyl optionally having an unsaturated bond, hydroxyalkyl, aliphatic acyloxyalkyl, lower alkoxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, aryl(lower alkoxy)carbonyl, carbamoyl, (mono- or dialkyl)carbonyl or cyano(lower alkyl), optionally halogenated aromatic acyl, furoyl, or pyridylcarbonyl; R1 represents cyano or carbamoyl; and R2 represents lower alkyl optionally having a halogen atom, cyano group, or aryl group), or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the derivative. The derivative and salt are usable as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for urine collection disorders accompanying lower urinary tract obstruction.
Patent CA-2583330-A1 (CA)
Title: Adjustable vacuum chamber for a surgical suturing apparatus
Inventor: STOKES MICHAEL J
IPC: A61B17/062
Filed: 2007-03-30
Abstract: A surgical suturing apparatus includes a suture housing, a needle mounted within the suture housing for movement about an arcuate path, a drive assembly operably associated with the needle for controlling movement of the needle with a suture secured thereto about the arcuate path in a manner facilitating application of the suture to tissue, and a vacuum chamber surrounding the suture housing. The vacuum chamber is coupled to a vacuum line of the endoscope and includes a mechanism for adjusting the maximum amount of tissue that can be drawn into the vacuum chamber.
Patent CA-2585868-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KARPPINEN TEUVO
IPC: B60C19/00
Filed: 2005-11-02
Abstract: ABSTRACT The invention relates to a low-friction vehicle tyre for driving training and to a method of producing a tyre. The tyre is characterized in that the contact surface of the tyre is a low-friction contact surface comprising grip-weakening material for enabling winter driving training.
Patent CA-2585977-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WATANABE AKIHIKO
IPC: A61K45/00
Filed: 2005-10-28
Abstract: It is intended to provide a remedy for endometriosis which contains an interleukin-5 antagonist as the active ingredient.
Patent CA-2586146-A1 (CA)
Title: Fluorocarbon aerosol medicaments
Inventor: AKEHURST RACHEL ANN
IPC: A61P11/02
Filed: 1992-12-04
Abstract: A pharmaceutical aerosol formulation for use for the administration of medicaments by inhalation consists essentially of particulate salmeterol xinafoate as medicament and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane as propellant, the formulation is free of surfactant, and the medicament is present in an amount of 0.01 to 1% w/w relative to the total weight of the formulation. There is also provided a process for preparing a filled pharmaceutical aerosol canister which comprises preparing a formulation of the invention and filling the formulation into a can which is closed with a metering valve. The formulation may be used for the manufacture of a medicament for administration by inhalation for the treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma.
Patent CA-2586890-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TOMODA KAZUHIKO
IPC: B63H11/04
Filed: 2007-05-01
Abstract: To provide an internal combustion engine for a small planing boat that makes it possible to reduce the lateral width of an oil pan in conformity to the configuration of the bottom of the small planing boat while securing the filtering surface area of an oil strainer, and also keep the vertical width of the oil pan small to thereby lower the total height of the internal combustion engine. In an internal combustion engine for a small planing boat, an oil pan is provided at the bottom portion of the internal combustion engine, an oil passage that communicates with an oil pump is formed inside the oil pan, the vertical wall of the oil passage is partially cut away to form communication openings each communicating between the inside and outside of the oil passage, and oil strainers are interposed in the communication openings substantially vertically to divide the oil passage into inside and outside.
Patent CA-2587021-A1 (CA)
Inventor: IGUCHI MASANOBU
IPC: A61M25/01
Filed: 2005-10-04
Abstract: A catheter has an outer peripheral portion (15) in the form of a tube and an internal wall (16, 26) within the tube forming a plurality of lumens (11a, 11b, 21a, 21b). Axially extending linear contrastradiography sections (17a, 17b, 27a, 27b) of radiopaque material are formed at a plurality of intersection points between the outer peripheral section and the wall, the peripheral extent (a, b) of the respective contrastradiography sections being different.
Patent CA-2595798-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RUSS WERNER
IPC: C09D11/02
Filed: 2006-03-21
Abstract: The invention relates to dyestuffs of formula (1) wherein R and M have the designations cited in patent claim 1. The invention also relates to methods for the production of said dyestuffs, and to the use thereof for dyeing and printing materials containing hydroxy groups and carbonamide groups.
Patent CA-2596721-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RAKOW MATTHIAS
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2005-03-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for accepting and franking mailpieces. The device has measuring instruments for determining measured values for the weight (Wt), thickness (T), length (L) and width (W) of a mailpiece. The measured values are increased by the negative tolerances of the various measuring instruments, or else decreased by the positive tolerances.  The measured values thus adjusted are compared to value ranges of a reference list and a result list is generated with postage amounts, whereby the determined postage amounts are associated with the value ranges of the adjusted measured values. The lowest postage amount of the result list is specified as the postage amount of the mailpiece and printed as a postage indicium onto the mailpiece. Additional functions such as the acceptance of registered letters or the reading in of personalized advertising messages can be integrated into the device.
Patent CA-2597927-A1 (CA)
Title: Garniture formant cone evase
Inventor: KNIGHT COLIN
IPC: B21D39/04
Filed: 2006-02-16
Abstract: L'invention concerne une garniture améliorée formant un cône évasé (300) présentant une partie mâle et une partie femelle comportant un tube (101), un anneau conique inversé (315), un écrou (302) et une partie de jonction (310) comprenant une face annulaire arrière (327) pouvant définir un vide (326). La partie de jonction (310) peut également comprendre une butée (329) conçue pour être en contact avec un épaulement (323) de l'écrou de garniture (302) et pour diriger correctement les forces exercées sur l'écrou (302).
Patent CA-2598564-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHWALLER DAVID NICHOLAS
IPC: B01F23/10
Filed: 2007-08-24
Abstract: A steam dispersion apparatus configured to humidify a flow of air passing by the steam dispersion apparatus includes a steam dispersion tube configured to emit water in a vapor phase. The steam dispersion tube includes a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the direction of the air flow passing by the steam dispersion apparatus. The steam dispersion tube includes a steam exit. A  turbulence inducing structure is located upstream of the steam dispersion tube with respect to the air flow, the turbulence inducing structure being configured to increase a velocity of the air that passes through the turbulence inducing structure.
Patent CA-2599211-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OSSMER UWE
IPC: E21B43/27
Filed: 2006-03-03
Abstract: Methods of increasing permeability in a carbonatic rock formation, the methods comprising: providing an alkanesulfonic acid; and introducing the alkanesulfonic acid into the carbonatic rock formation.
Patent CA-2600627-A1 (CA)
Title: True-time-delay feed network for cts array
Inventor: COPPEDGE STUART B
IPC: H01Q21/00
Filed: 2006-02-15
Abstract: A true-time-delay feed network for a continuous transverse stub antenna array (10) includes a plurality of feed levels (30, 40, 50), each comprising one or more rails (32A-32E; 42A-42C; 52A-52B), the feed levels arranged in a spaced configuration. An open parallel plate region (38, 48) is defined between adjacent ones of the feed levels. The rails of the plurality of feed levels are arranged to form a power divider network unencumbered with septums or wall portions protruding into the open region.
Patent CA-2601923-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FRANZEN DAVID L
IPC: G01J3/40
Filed: 2006-03-02
Abstract: A spectral filtering apparatus and method is presented, which enables the functions of hyperspectral imaging to be performed with increased speed, simplicity, and performance that are required for commercial products. The apparatus includes a photosensitive array having a plurality of photosensitive elements such that different subsections of photosensitive elements of the array receive light of a different wavelength range of a characteristic spectrum of a target, and output electronics combines signals of at least two photosensitive elements in a subsection of the array and outputs the combined signal as a measure of the optical energy within a bandwidth of interest of the characteristic spectrum.
Patent CA-2603478-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DORSCH DIETER
IPC: C07D231/56
Filed: 2006-03-21
Abstract: The invention relates to novel squaric acid compounds of formula (I), wherein R, R1, R2, R2', R2'', R3, B, B' and X have the meanings cited in claim 1. Said compounds are inhibitors of the CHK1- CHK2- and SGK kinases and can be used to treat diseases and illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonal hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, and generally all types of fibroses and inflammatory processes.