baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2002512689-A (JP)
Title: ドップラーレーダー警告システム
IPC: G01S15/931
Filed: 1998-04-14
Abstract: (57)【要約】
ドップラーレーダートランシーバーとディジタル信号プロセッサを含んでいる、自動車安全システムとして使用されるために調整されたドップラーレーダー警告システムであって、該ディジタル信号プロセッサは、ドップラーレーダー信号を受信し、信号を位相差に変換し、標的の相対速度と同様に標的と受信アンテナ間の距離を決定し、かつ映像および／または音声ディスプレイに距離および速さの情報を表示するようになっており、該システムは、カメラとドップラーレーダーユニットとを含んでいる一体化された乗り物および／または建物安全警告システムに応用され、３次元の監視ゾーンにおいて、該ゾーン内に配置された物体の形状、該監視ゾーンに配置された物体の距離と、該監視ゾーン内の物体の移動速度とを検出するようになっている。
Patent JP-2001526842-A (JP)
Title: 半導体素子及び金属化層を有する基板を接着剤により取付られているガラス支持体を有する半導体装置
IPC: H01L21/762
Filed: 1999-02-15
Abstract: (57)【要約】
半導体装置がガラス支持体（１）を有し、このガラス支持体上には、絶縁基板（３）が接着剤層（２）により取付られている。ガラス支持体に面する第１の側（４）でのこの絶縁基板（３）の表面（５）上には、半導体材料の層（６）中で半導体素子（７）が形成されているとともに導体細条のパターン（９、１０）を有する金属化層（８）が設けられている。前記絶縁基板上に形成された前記金属化層（８）と前記接着剤層（２）との間には、誘電率ε r が３よりも小さい絶縁層（１４）が設けられている。この追加の絶縁層（１４）によって、前記金属化層（８）と、半導体装置が収容されているエンベロープ内の金属化層、又は半導体装置が装着されているプリント回路板上の金属化層との間の寄生キャパシタンスが著しく減少する。
Patent JP-2002538757-A (JP)
Title: 食欲制御活性を有するポリペプチド
IPC: C12R1/91
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: (57)【要約】
本発明は、コカイン及びアンフェタミン制御転写物ポリペプチド又は食欲制御機能／活性を有するその断片若しくは変異型、本ポリペプチドをコードする核酸構築物、及び本ポリペプチドを産生する方法に関する。さらに、本発明は、本ポリペプチドをコードする核酸構築物を具備する組換えベクター、該核酸構築物又は組換えベクターを具備する宿主細胞に関する
Patent JP-2001524026-A (JP)
Title: 流体力学的キャビテーションを利用して音響化学反応及びプロセスを行う方法及び装置
IPC: B01J19/10
Filed: 1998-05-06
Abstract: (57)【要約】
流体力学的な液体の流れに局所的狭窄部を形成するための少なくとも１つの要素（１０７）を内部に含む流通路（１０１）内に、所定の速度で流体力学的な液体の流れを通過させて、大規模液体媒質容積において音響化学反応及びプロセスを行う方法及び装置が開示される。局所的狭窄部における液体流れの速度は、少なくとも16m/secである。局所的狭窄部の下流には、流体力学的キャビテーション空洞（１２０）が形成され、これによりキャビテーション気泡が発生する。キャビテーション気泡は、液体流れと共に流通路からの出口へ移動するものであり、液体流れの静圧は、少なくとも0.85kg/cm 2 まで上昇する。次いで、静圧上昇領域においてキャビテーション気泡が収縮することにより、音響化学反応及びプロセスが開始する。少なくとも１つの要素は、流体力学的な液体流れに局所的狭窄部を形成する壁体であってもよく、あるいは、液体流れに局所的狭窄部を形成するための少なくとも１つの移送路を含むバッフル（１０５）であってもよい。
Patent JP-2001522523-A (JP)
Title: フレキシブルコネクタシート上に集積回路を配置するソケット
IPC: G01R31/26
Filed: 1998-05-15
Abstract: (57)【要約】
一方の面に端子を備えた集積回路チップを導電性エラストマー上に配置実装するためのソケットで、チップをエラストマーに配置させるためのベースを備えている。チップからは離れ、またチップをソケットに取り付けられるようにする開放位置と、作動部材がチップの一方の面に当接してチップに力を加えてエラストマーに端子を埋め込む閉鎖位置との間で、カム部材をベースに対して移動可能にし、これにより端子とエラストマーとを電気的に接続する。
Patent MX-155103-A (MX)
Inventor: BOGDANOY LUDWIG VON
IPC: C21C5/56
Filed: 1980-12-10
Abstract: A method of heating solid, iron-containing materials in a steel-making converter which includes one or more injection nozzles in a lower nozzle plane and one or more injection nozzles in an upper nozzle plane, the nozzles in each plane being capable of supplying carbonaceous fuels and/or oxygen gas into the converter; the method including supplying fluid carbonaceous fuels (oil and/or gas) and oxygen gas through all the injection nozzles to the interior of the converter so that the fuels will burn and preheat the solid, iron-containing materials, these materials eventually forming a melt at the bottom of the converter; stopping the supply of fluid carbonaceous fuels and instead supplying pulverized carbonaceous fuels through the injection nozzles in the lower nozzle plane once the formed melt has a sufficient depth that it contacts the injection nozzles in the lower nozzle plane, stopping the supply of fluid carbonaceous fuels through the injection nozzles in the upper nozzle zone and the supply of pulverized carbonaceous fuels through the injection nozzles in the lower nozzle zone once the formed melt has a sufficient depth that it contacts the injection nozzles in the upper nozzle zone, and supplying oxygen gas (with from time to time, carbonaceous fuels) to the melt from all the nozzles.
Patent NZ-202348-A (NZ)
Title: Preparation of imidazolecarboxylic acids and pharmaceutical compositions
Inventor: SCHNETTLER R A
IPC: C07D233/90
Filed: 1982-11-01
Abstract: The use of novel imidazolecarboxylic acid derivatives of the following general structure which are useful as antihypertensives, cardiotonics and antithrombotics  <IMAGE>  wherein Q and T are an oxygen or sulfur atom; R is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkylcarbonyl or benzoyl; R1 is hydrogen or -CH(R3)R4; R2 is lower alkoxy, phenoxy or phenoxy substituted at the ortho, meta, or para position with lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkylthio, lower alkylsulfone, or lower alkylsulfoxide; R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower alkylcarbonyl, -ONO2 or halogen; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
Patent NZ-203062-A (NZ)
Title: Display panel frame
Inventor: ROHRER H H
IPC: G09F7/06
Filed: 1983-01-20
Abstract: A mimic panel is formed by a series of like aluminum strip members. The strip members B are slid through the strip members A and rotated 90 DEG  into the position shown in the drawing. Some of the intersections of the members A and B are spot welded together. Mimic tiles 18 are then placed in the structure and held in position by spring clips 20. There are 1600 mimic tiles per square meter.
Patent NZ-216768-A (NZ)
Title: Liposome compositions containing a hydrating agent
Inventor: PARK J Y
IPC: A61K9/52
Filed: 1986-07-07
Abstract: Mixtures of a hydrating agent such as arginine or glutamic acid and liposome-forming materials provide a preliposome gel which spontaneously forms highly stable liposomes in aqueous solution having very high capture efficiency.
Patent NZ-218693-A (NZ)
Title: Manufacturing cooked, pressed cheese using an acidogen selected from gluconolactones and glucoheptonolactones
Inventor: BUSSIERE GUY
IPC: A23C19/05
Filed: 1986-12-17
Abstract: The process according to the invention, which comprises essentially the successive stages of preparation of the milk, renneting, coagulation, cutting of the coagulant, cooking, mixing, moulding, pressing, demoulding and ripening, is characterised in that during the stage of preparation of the milk, the latter is acidified in a controlled manner to a pH value of between 6.70 and 6.40 with the aid of an acid-generating agent. 
<??>The acid-generating agent is preferably a gluconolactone or a glucoheptonolactone, especially gluconodeltalactone. 
<??>Application to the manufacture of cooked pressed cheeses with a controlled stage of milk acidification.
Patent NZ-220182-A (NZ)
Title: Shaped ceramic composites and method of making them utilising a barrier
Inventor: NEWKIRK MARC S
IPC: C04B35/65
Filed: 1987-05-04
Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a method for producing a self-supporting ceramic body by the oxidation of a parent metal to form a polycrystalline ceramic material consisting essentially of the oxidation reaction product of said parent metal with an oxidant, including a vapor-phase oxidant, and optionally one or more metallic constituents. The method comprises the steps of providing at least a portion of said parent metal with a barrier means at least partially spaced from said parent metal for establishing at least one surface of the ceramic body, and heating said parent metal to a temperature above its melting point but below the melting point of the oxidation reaction product to form a body of molten metal. At that temperature, the molten metal is reacted with the oxidant, thus forming the oxidation reaction product. At least a portion of the oxidation reaction product is maintained in contact with and between the molten metal and oxidant to transport the molten metal through the oxidation reaction product toward the barrier means and into contact with the oxidant so that the oxidation reaction product continues to form at the interface between the oxidant and previously formed oxidation reaction product optionally leaving metal dispersed through the polycrystalline material. The reaction is continued to the barrier means to produce a ceramic body having the surface established by the barrier means. A composite is formed by superimposing a barrier onto a filler material, such as a preform, and infiltrating the filler with the polycrystalline ceramic matrix grown to the barrier means.
Patent NZ-231640-A (NZ)
Title: Compositions comprising an acrylic polymer and a glycoside; use in dispersing solids in aqueous media
Inventor: ROGIERS LODEWIJK MARIA
IPC: C04B35/632
Filed: 1989-12-06
Abstract: A composition of a glycoside and an acrylic copolymer. The blend may be used to prepare aqueous dispersions of a ceramic materials, for example zirconium silicate. Alternatively, aqueous dispersions of fluorine containing polymers, for example polyvinylidene fluoride, may be prepared using the blend. The proportion of glycoside to acrylic copolymer may be 10:1 to 1:10, for example 1:1, by weight.
Patent NZ-231769-A (NZ)
Title: Production of tif 4 from ore containing tio 2
Inventor: O'DONNELL THOMAS ALOYSIUS
IPC: C01G23/02
Filed: 1989-12-14
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/AU89/00540 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 15, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 15, 1991 PCT Filed Dec. 18, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/06898 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 28, 1990.Titaniferous solid containing titanium (IV) oxide, for example ilmenite, is reacted with silicon tetrafluoride gas at 800 DEG  C. or more and at a pressure of at least 1 atmosphere to produce titanium tetrafluoride vapor and silica. The vapor is rapidly removed from the reaction zone, preferably by rapid cooling to solid titanium tetrafluoride, at a sufficient distance from the reaction zone so as not to quench the reaction. The titanium tetrafluoride may be hydrolysed to produce titanium dioxide and hydrogen fluoride which is combined with silica to regenerate silicon tetrafluoride. It is preferred to pretreat the titaniferous solid by grinding and then roasting at 700 DEG  C. to 750 DEG  C. in air. Products of the reaction may be separated and purified by condensation and resublimation.
Patent NZ-233152-A (NZ)
Title: Transdermal therapeutic system
Inventor: HORSTMANN MICHAEL
IPC: A61K45/06
Filed: 1990-03-30
Abstract: A transdermal therapeutic system exhibiting layered structure consists of a backing layer which is impermeable to active substances, a matrix having water-insoluble basic material and islands (inclusions) divided therein, and a layer controlling the access of cutaneous liquid by means of which the matrix is activatable. Process for the production are described.
Patent NZ-243255-A (NZ)
Title: 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-4-spiro-3'-pyrrolidine-1,2',3 ,5'-tetrone derivatives; medicaments and preparation
Inventor: TOSHIYUKI NEGORO
IPC: A61P3/08
Filed: 1992-06-22
Abstract: Tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-4-spiro-3'-pyrrolidine derivatives of the formula: <CHEM> wherein R<1> and R<2> are independently hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or nitro, and R<3> is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical composition containing the same. Said compounds and their salts show excellent aldose reductase inhibitory activity and are useful for the prevention and treatment of diabetic complications.
Patent NZ-244555-A (NZ)
Title: Pyridine derivative as inhibitor of atherosclerotic intimal thickening
Inventor: MASAKI KITAHARA
IPC: A61K31/437
Filed: 1992-09-30
Abstract: The use in the manufacture of a medicament for inhibiting atherosclerotic intimal thickening of a compound of the formula 1 where X is phenyl, which can be substituted or a 5 or 6 membered heterocycle; R1 and R2 are H, C1-8 alkyl, C3-7alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, n-butoxy, I-butoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, R20 R21N- where R20 and R21 are defined in the specification R3 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, and substituted benzene Y is an alkane or alkene chain Z is Q-CH2-W-CH2-CO2R12 or a pyrone ring; W is -C(O), -C(OR13)2 or -CH(OH) R12 is H or R14 where R14 is alkyl of an ester and other groups.
Patent NZ-245181-A (NZ)
Title: Press plate and press for producing decorative laminate: plate having planar surface and plasma ion nitrided case hardening
Inventor: LAURENCE KENNETH J
IPC: B32B15/08
Filed: 1992-11-19
Abstract: A process and apparatus is disclosed for the fabrication of press plates hardened by the use of plasma ion nitriding techniques to produce wear resistant decorative laminate containing alumina grit while improving associated press plate useful life. The application of this process to press plates having exacting final microfinish requirements is possible due to the determination of interdependancies between parameter settings and expected results. These interdependancies include the work piece geometry, surface and subsurface structure and desired results, process temperatures, pressures, and duration of heat-up time, thermal loading, reflective radiation and heat effects, cooling systems, and gas mixture composition.
Patent NZ-248928-A (NZ)
Title: Reclosable lid for container opening; includes prop near hinge to hold lid open
Inventor: ARNOULD DOMINIQUE
IPC: B65D47/36
Filed: 1993-10-12
Abstract: The opening device comprises a closure flap (7) which is pivotable about a hinge (2) and with which a pouring aperture (4) can be opened and closed again. The edge (5) of the pouring aperture (4) is elastically deformable. As a device for holding the closure flap (7) open in the opening position, a projection (12) is attached so that it projects from the lower edge (6) of the closure flap (7) downwards in such a way that said projection (12) is pulled beyond the edge (5) of the pouring aperture (4) during opening and is subsequently supported on said edge and holds the closure flap (7) open. For reclosure, the projection can be pressed by slight pressure beyond the edge of the pouring aperture. The novel design of the holding-open device proposed advantageously prevents damage to said device in the closed state, for example when stacking packages provided with the opening device. Additionally, this holding-open device is very simple to produce. <IMAGE>
Patent NZ-294762-A (NZ)
Title: Diaminocyclobutene-3,4-dione derivatives, preparation and pharmaceutical compositions thereof
Inventor: ANTANE MADELENE MIYOKO
IPC: C07C255/60
Filed: 1995-10-03
Abstract: The compound of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are, independent from each other, hydrogen, C1-10 straight chain alkyl, C1-10 branched alkyl, or C3-10 cyclic or bicyclic alkyl; R3 is an acyl substituent selected from the group consisting of formyl, alkanoyl of 2 to 7 carbon atoms, alkenoyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, alkylsulfonyl of 1 to 7 carbon atoms, aroyl of 7 to 12 carbon atoms, arylalkenoyl of 9 to 20 carbon atoms, arylsulfonyl of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, arylalkanoyl of 8 to 12 carbon atoms or arylalkylsulfonyl of 7 to 12 carbon atoms; A is selected from the group consisting of (a), wherein R4 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 perfluoroalkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C1-6 perfluoroalkoxy, amino, C1-6 alkylamino, C2-12 dialkylamino, C1-6 alkylsulfonamido, alkylcarboxamido containing 2 to 7 carbon atoms, nitro, cyano, carboxyl; or, A is a phenyl group of formula (b), wherein R5 and R6, independent from each other, are selected from the following: cyano, nitro, amino, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 perfluoroalkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C1-6 perfluoroalkoxy, C1-6 alkylamino, C2-12 dialkylamino, sulfamyl, C1-6 alkylsulfonamido, C6-12 arylsulfonamido, alkylcarboxamido containing 2 to 7 carbon atoms, arylcarboxamido containing 7 to 13 carbon atoms, C2 to C6 alkanoyl, C1-6 alkylsulfonyl, C1-6 perfluoroalkylsulfonyl, C6-12 arylsulfonyl, chloro, bromo, fluoro, iodo, 1-imidazolyl, carboxyl or hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are smooth muscle relaxants.
Patent NZ-306051-A (NZ)
Title: Testing using electrochemiluminescence
Inventor: WOHLSTADTER JACOB
IPC: G01N37/00
Filed: 1996-03-06
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in the detection of an analyte by electrochemiluminescence comprising a light detector and an electrode having immobilized on a surface thereof a  plurality of binding domains comprising binding reagents capable of binding the analyte or capable of binding a binding partner of the analyte. Also claimed is a system for conducting a plurality of electrochemiluminescence assays, a kit for use in preformance of a plurality of electrochemilumin-escence assays, a cassette for use in detection of an analyte in a sample, and a method for detecting or measuring an analyte in an electrochemiluminescence binding assay.
Patent NZ-308410-A (NZ)
Title: 2-(1H-4(5)-imidazoyl) cyclopropyl derivatives and pharmaceutical use as H3 histamine receptor antagonists
Inventor: PHILLIPS JAMES G
IPC: C07D233/64
Filed: 1996-05-29
Abstract: Compounds of formula (1.0) have H3 histamine receptor antagonist activity and may be used to treat conditions such as allergy, inflammation, cardiovascular disease (i.e. hyper or hypotension), gastrointestinal disorders (acid secretion, motility) and CNS disorders involving attention or cognitive disorders, (i.e., Alzheimer's, Attention Deficit Disorder, age-related memory dysfunction, stroke, etc), psychiatric disorders (i.e., depression, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorders, tourette's syndrome, etc.), sleep disorders (i.e., narcolepsy, sleep apnea, insomnia, disturbed biological and circadian rhythms, hyper and hyposomnolence, and related sleep disorders), epilepsy or hypothalamic dysfunction (i.e., eating disorders such as obesity, anorexia/bulimia, thermoregulation, hormone release). In formula (1.0): R2 is a hydrogen or a methyl or ethyl group; R3 is a hydrogen or a methyl or ethyl group; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and R1 is selected from the group consisting of (a) C3 to C8 cycloalkyl; (b) phenyl or substituted phenyl; (c) alkyl; (d) heterocyclic; (e) decahydronapthalene; and (f) octahydroindene; when X is H, A can be -CH2CH2-, -COCH2-, -CONH-, -CON(CH3)-, -CH=CH-, -CºC-, -CH2-NH-, -CH2-N(CH3)-, -CH(OH)CH2-, -NH-CH2-, -N(CH3)-CH2-, -NHSO2-, -CH2O-, -CH2S- or -NHCOO-; and when X is NH2, NH(CH3), N(CH3)2, OH, OCH3, CH3, SH or SCH3, A can be -NHCO-, -N(CH3)-CO-, -NHCH2-, -N(CH3)-CH2-,  -CH=CH-,  -COCH2-, -CH2CH2-, -CH(OH)CH2-, or -CºC-; and when R1 and X taken together denote a 5,6 or 6,6 saturated bicyclic ring structure, X can be NH, O or S.
Patent NZ-314155-A (NZ)
Title: Dishwasher detergent dispenser located in door recess, having open top and being flushed out by overhead nozzle
Inventor: SARGEANT ADRIAN
IPC: A47L15/42
Filed: 1997-01-30
Abstract: A washing appliance comprising a cabinet, a wash system slidably mounted within said cabinet in such a manner that it may be withdrawn horizontally out of said cabinet for access thereto, said wash system including an open top wash chamber adapted to accommodate items to be washed and within which wash liquid is circulated, said wash chamber having a top peripheral rim, means for introducing and circulating wash liquid within said chamber, means for evacuating wash liquid from said chamber, a wash chamber closure mounted in the top of said cabinet, which closure covers the open top of said wash chamber on retraction of the wash chamber into said cabinet, said closure having peripheral means which co-operate with the top of said chamber in the vicinity of said rim to prevent egress of wash liquid from the wash chamber when it is retracted into said cabinet, and said closure being retained in a substantially fixed vertical position in the top of said cabinet.
Patent NZ-315997-A (NZ)
Title: Method of diagnosing alzheimers' disease by quantitating p97 in a sample from a patient
Inventor: JEFFERIES WILFRED A
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 1996-08-30
Abstract: The invention related to a GPI-anchored p97 and a soluble form of p97 and derivatives thereof and methods for preparing the same. Methods of using p97 in modulating iron transport, in the delivery of therapeutic agents, and in the treatment of conditions involving disturbances in iron metabolism are described. The treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease in view of the finding that p97 and transferrin receptor are markers for microglial cells associated with senile plaques are also described.
Patent NZ-331636-A (NZ)
Title: AMPA receptor antagonist to treat dyskinesias associated with dopamine agonist therapy
Inventor: CHENARD BERTRAND LEO
IPC: A61P43/00
Filed: 1998-08-31
Abstract: AMPA receptor antagonists such as 3-(2-chloro-phenyl)-2-[2-(6-diethylaminomethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-vinyl]-6-fluoro-3H-quinazolin-4-one, can be used for treating dyskinesias associated with dopamine agonist therapy in mammals.  Specifically, AMPA can be used when the dopamine agonist therapy involves the administration of L-dopa, or L-dopa in combination  with an inhibitor of peripheral dopadecarboxylase, such as carbidopa or benserazide.
Patent NZ-332161-A (NZ)
Title: Fungicidal mixtures consisting of carbamate, and/or oxime ether and dinitroaniline of predetermined formulae
Inventor: AMMERMANN EBERHARD
IPC: A01N43/40
Filed: 1997-04-23
Abstract: A fungicidal mixture is disclosed containing in a synergistically active quantity for the control of harmful fungi: a) a carbamate of the formula (I) in which T is CH or N, n is 0, 1 or 2 and R is halogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4 alkylhalide, where the radicals R may be different if n is 2; and/or b) an oxime ether of the formula (II)  in which X is oxygen or amino (NH), Y is CH or N, Z is oxygen, sulphur, amino (NH) or C1-C4 alkylamino (N-C1-C4-alkyl), R' is C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkylhalide, C3-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 halogen alkenyl, C3-C6 alkinyl, C3-C6 halogen alkinyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl methyl or benzyl which may be partially of fully halogenated and/or may contain one to three of the radicals cyano, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkylhalide, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkoxyhalide and C1-C4 alkylthio; and c) a dinitroaniline of the formula (III).
Patent NZ-332557-A (NZ)
Title: Joint brace having angular compensation device
Inventor: TILLINGHAST THEODORE V
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 1997-04-09
Abstract: A human joint brace having an angular compensation hinge is disclosed. The hinge's hinge pin and leaves co-operate with an arch bar through guide pins and a bi-threaded screw to provide angular compensation adjustment of the brace. The hinge can be easily operated by the user without assistance and by rotation of a single screw, either with a simple tool or through a knob, and provides for infinite angular adjustment over the entire adjustment range. Adjustments can be easily made while the user is wearing the brace. There is positive locking of the hinge at any angle within the range of adjustment. A few standard sizes of the brace will be sufficient to provide essentially customized fitting braces for virtually any person because of the "fine tuning" capability provided. The hinge may be used with many different types of braces, including those intended for knee, wrist, elbow, ankle, hip and shoulder joints. It is of particular utility with braces intended to relieve osteoarthritis pain, especially for those braces in which an adjustable condyle pad is used to provide the pain- and pressure-relieving force against the joint.
Patent NZ-337283-A (NZ)
Title: Use of a tumor suppressing nucleic acid which encodes wild type p53 or retinoblastoma proteins and paclitaxel derivative or a polyprenyl-protein transferase inhibitor for the treatment of neoplasms
Inventor: NIELSEN LORETTA
IPC: A61K31/711
Filed: 1998-02-17
Abstract: In one embodiment, this invention provides methods of treating mammalian cancer or hyperproliferative cells, said method comprising contacting said cells with a tumor suppressor protein or tumor suppressor nucleic acid and also contacting said cell with at least one adjunctive anti-cancer agent. The invention also provides for a pharmacological composition comprising a tumor suppressor protein or a tumor suppressor nucleic acid and at least one adjunctive anti-cancer agent, and a kit for the treatment of mammalian cancer or hyperproliferative cells.
Patent NZ-337582-A (NZ)
Title: Lidded package having a tab to facilitate peeling
Inventor: KOCHER PATRICK N
IPC: B65B7/28
Filed: 1998-03-10
Abstract: A package is disclosed having a lid (24) bonded to a support member with a heat-seal (30) to enclose a product between the support member and lid. The lid is at least partially heat-shrinkable and has a first peripheral portion (26) and a second peripheral portion (28), the first peripheral portion being heat-contracted toward the heat-seal to a greater degree relative to the second peripheral portion so that the second peripheral portion provides a tab (28) which can be manually grasped for peeling the lid.