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Patent CA-2354604-A1 (CA)
Title: Rotary electrostatic microactuator
Inventor: JERMAN JOHN H
IPC: G11B11/105
Filed: 1999-12-15
Abstract: A rotary electrostatic microactuator (101) that includes a substantially planar substrate (102) and a rotatable member (103) overlying the substrate for rotation about an axis of rotation (108) extending perpendicular to the planar substrate. First and second spaced-apart springs (113, 114) and a plurality of comb drive assemblies (106, 107) are included. Each of the comb  drive assemblies has a first comb drive member (111) mounted on the substrat e and a second comb drive member (112). Each of the first and second comb driv e members are provided with arcuate comb drive fingers (123, 127). Each of the  first and second springs has a first end portion (131a) secured to the substrate and a second end portion (132b) secured to at least one of the second comb drive members for suspending the second comb drive members and t he rotatable member over the substrate. The second comb drive members are movab le in a direction of travel about the axis of rotation between a first position  in which the comb drive fingers of the first and second comb drive members a re not substantially fully interdigitated and a second position in which the co mb drive fingers of the first and second comb drive members are substantially fully interdigitated.
Patent CA-2355255-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JOB DOMINIQUE
IPC: C12N9/10
Filed: 1999-12-17
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for increasing the production of cysteine, methionine, glutathione and their derivatives in plant cells and plants. Said method consists in over-expression of a serine acetyltransferase (SAT) in the plant cells. The invention also concerns plants containing said plant cells.
Patent CA-2356009-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GORDON ROBERT DOUGLAS
IPC: C12N15/12
Filed: 1999-12-21
Abstract: There is provided a novel vascular endothelial growth factor, herein designated VEGF-X, in addition to the nucleic acid molecule encoding it, a host cell transformed with said vector and compounds which inhibit or enhance angiogenesis. Also provided is the sequence of a CUB domain present in the sequence of VEGF-X which domain itself prevents angiogenesis and which is used to treat diseases associated with inappropriate vascularisation or angiogenesis.
Patent CA-2358381-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for modifying raw material milk and dairy product prepared by using the modified raw material milk
Inventor: MIWA NORIKO
IPC: A23C9/18
Filed: 2001-10-04
Abstract: Herein is disclosed a method for modifying raw material milk, wherein a reducing agent such as a thiol compound is added when transglutaminase is caused to act upon raw material milk for a dairy product, whereby the reactivity of the transglutaminase to the raw material milk such as raw cow milk, can be improved and the milk protein can, in turn, be modified effectively. From the thus-modified raw material milk can be produced dairy products such as yogurt, cheese and powdered milk improved in physical properties, mouthfeel or texture.
Patent CA-2363592-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LAFFERTY IAN
IPC: A61K31/167
Filed: 2000-02-24
Abstract: An oral drug delivery composition that dissolves rapidly in the mouth, which  comprises on a solid foam formed from a protein.
Patent CA-2366740-A1 (CA)
Title: Agrochemical composition
Inventor: SEVILLE ANTONY GEORGE
IPC: A01N25/30
Filed: 2000-03-21
Abstract: An aqueous agrochemical composition comprises an agrochemical active ingredient such as glyphosate, paraquat or fomesafen and an adjuvant of formula (I): X-(R3O)a-R4-N R2R1 and salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or a lower alkyl group or a group X-(R3O)a-R4- wherein X is -OH or a lower alkoxy group; R3O is an ethoxy, propoxy or butoxy group or a random or block mixture thereof; R4 is a linear or branched chain alkylene bridging group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; X is (IA) -OH or a lower alkyloxy group; or (IB) a group R5R6N- or R5R6N-R7-; or (IC) a group (1) wherein a, is from 1 to 400 or if X is of formula IC, the sum of a, b and c is from 3 to 400 and d is 0 or 1.
Patent CA-2374646-A1 (CA)
Title: Inhibitors of factor xa
Inventor: ZHU BING-YAN
IPC: A61P9/00
Filed: 2000-05-24
Abstract: Novel compounds, their salts and compositions related thereto having activit y against mammalian factor Xa are disclosed. The compounds are useful in vitro  or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.
Patent CA-2375537-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WIELAND EBERHARD
IPC: A61K8/46
Filed: 2000-05-19
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 6-(10-hydroxydecyl)-2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzochinol or its reduced form and/or the derivative thereof in regenerative and protective topical preparations.
Patent CA-2376156-A1 (CA)
Title: Balloon expandable stent
Inventor: TAYLOR ALISTAIR STEWART
IPC: A61F2/91
Filed: 2000-06-26
Abstract: The present invention relates to a balloon expandable stent mounted on a balloon catheter, the entire assembly being overcoated with a coherent polym er coating, which is preferably substantially continuous over the circumference  and, more preferably, axial length of the stent on the balloon. The polymer coating improves retention of the stent on the balloon during delivery and does not adversely effect the deployment characteristics, nor the balloon failure characteristics. The product is made by mounting the stent on the balloon and coating the assembly with a liquid coating composition containin g a suitable polymer followed by curing of the coating. The polymer is biocompatible and preferably crosslinkable in the coating composition, and crosslinked in the final product. A suitable polymer is formed from monomers  including a zwitterionic, preferably a phosphoryl choline, group, and monome rs including a trialkoxysilyl group. Preferably the coated product is contacted  with ethylene oxide to provide simultaneous sterilization and additional curing.
Patent CA-2376658-A1 (CA)
Title: In-vehicle promotions system
Inventor: WILLIAMS ERIC N
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 1999-10-25
Abstract: An in-vehicle (10) promotions system and a method for distributing promotion s information. A system is installed in a vehicle (1) able to display promotio ns information from stores (2) or other businesses subscribing to the system. When the vehicle is driven within a certain proximity (3) of the store, the promotions information, which may include coupons, is automatically displaye d. The system may also include a printer for printing the promotions or other information either on demand or automatically. The position of the vehicle m ay be monitored with a GPS or Loran receiver and the promotions information displayed when the system finds the position of the vehicle to be within a defined range of a store with which the promotions information is associated . The store may also transmit the coupon information which is received by the in- vehicle system when the vehicule comes within a defined transmitting range o f the store.
Patent CA-2376963-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HEIJNEN WILHELMUS HUBERTUS PAU
IPC: B23K9/028
Filed: 2000-07-25
Abstract: A method of creating a weld to connect a first element to a second element, said elements being arranged in a wellbore (1) containing a wellbore fluid, is provided. The method comprises selecting a welding path along which the weld is to be created, selecting a volume portion of the wellbore, in which selected volume portion said path is located and sealing said selected volume portion from the remainder of the wellbore volume, and providing pressure control means (12, 16) for controlling the fluid pressure in said selected volume portion. The pressure control means is then operated so as to reduce the fluid pressure in said selected volume portion to a selected pressure at which the weld can be created, and the weld is created along the selected welding path.
Patent CA-2378070-A1 (CA)
Inventor: COX PETER
IPC: C12Q1/6853
Filed: 2000-07-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods as well as to nucleic acid primers and kits containing the same for performing efficiently an amplification of nucleic acid sequences from a sample, particularly of nucleic acid sequences  that are initially poorly represented in said sample.
Patent CA-2378971-A1 (CA)
Title: Wire fasteners for use in minimally invasive surgery and methods
Inventor: WARD THOMAS J
IPC: A61B17/00
Filed: 1999-10-14
Abstract: Wire fasteners having legs with lengths that can be one hundred times the width of the fastener are used to secure items, such as prosthesis valves to a patient during minimally invasive surgery. The fasteners are manipulated into position and then are immobilized by means of the legs thereof for tensioning, cutting and forming in situ. The fasteners are manipulated, tensioned and formed from the leg end of the fasteners. Tools for initially placing the fasteners and for immobilizing, tensioning, cutting and bending the fastener legs are disclosed. Once the fasteners are initially placed, the prosthesis is placed on the long legs of the placed fasteners and is guided into position on the legs. once the prosthesis is in position, the legs of the fasteners are immobilized, tensioned, cut and bent into staple-like shapes to secure the prosthesis to the patient. A method for carrying out the procedure using the long fastener is also disclosed. Using the teaching of the present disclosure, a surgeon can customize a fastener to the particular surgery or even to the particular portion of surgery being performed during the surgery.
Patent CA-2381291-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GOKAN YOSHITSUGU
IPC: F28F9/00
Filed: 2002-04-09
Abstract: In order to suppress any backfire with a high degree of reliability and reduce the required mounting space and the weight of an intercooler by achieving a flame arrester function in the intercooler mounted to cool supercharging air without having to provide a separate arrester device, the intercooler having a case through which the supercharging air passes through and a heat exchanger 4 that is mounted inside the case and engages in heat exchange between the supercharging air and a cooling fluid includes a frame body 15 provided at the circumferential edges of air passage portions of the heat exchanger 4 on a supercharging air intake side and a supercharging air outlet side to reduce the gap between the heat exchanger and the inner wall of the case. The heat exchanger 4 is constituted of a pair of tanks 43 and 44, tubes communicating between the tanks and a plurality of fins 46 set along the tubes, and assumes a structure that allows the supercharging air to pass through the heat exchanger a plurality of times by sequentially passing through blocks formed by dividing a heat exchanging unit 4A into a plurality of blocks with partitioning plates 15d for reducing the gap between the heat exchanger 4 and the inner wall of the case provided at positions corresponding to the points between the blocks.
Patent CA-2385379-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHWAIKERT WILLIAM E
IPC: B65D41/48
Filed: 2002-05-08
Abstract: The present invention is a generally parallelepiped shaped container including generally parallel opposite lateral side panels, generally parallel opposite longitudinal side panels and a generally flat bottom panel. A first generally flat top panel is provided near the first lateral side panel and a second generally flat top panel is provided near the second lateral side panel, the first and second top panels being interconnected to form a generally continuous top portion of the container. A dispensing neck extends upwardly from the first top panel and a cover member is removably positioned over the open end of the dispensing neck. The shape of the container and the cover member are such that the height of the cover member, when on the dispensing neck is less than the height of the second top panel so that the containers may be stacked one above the other without applying pressure to either the cover member or the dispensing neck.
Patent CA-2385700-A1 (CA)
Title: Wavelength-tunable lasers
Inventor: ZHANG JIN
IPC: H04B10/43
Filed: 2002-05-09
Abstract: A semiconductor laser includes first and second laser cavities. The first and second cavities share a common optical gain medium and lase at different wavelengths.
Patent CA-2387878-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and kit for the detection of the response of an organism to a chemical substance by detecting responsive genes
Inventor: CRYER JENNIFER
IPC: C12Q1/6897
Filed: 2000-10-27
Abstract: This invention provides methods or another transcription product and kits fo r the chemiluminescent detection of mRNA transcribed from genetic material in response to exposure of an organism, cell or genetic assembly to a chemical or physical change in its environment. These exposures result in an alteration in the level of activity of genes or transcription pathways responsive to such changes in such a way that the amount of mRNA associated with this activity changes.
Patent CA-2389130-A1 (CA)
Title: Film for applying to escalator handrails
Inventor: BUGG RONALD L
IPC: B66B23/24
Filed: 2000-02-18
Abstract: A film and a method of applying the film to a handrail of en escalator or moving walkway are provided. The film can be a single or double layered film. Printed matter, e.g. advertising, can be applied to or between the films. An apparatus and related method for applying the film are also included and rely on the motion of the handrail to unroll a supply of the film, with one or more rollers pressing the film onto the handrail.
Patent CA-2389671-A1 (CA)
Title: Device for manipulating a tool in a well tubular
Inventor: HEIJNEN WILHELMUS HUBERTUS PAU
IPC: E21B31/00
Filed: 2000-11-24
Abstract: Device (1) for manipulating a tool in a well tubular comprising a cylindrical housing (5) having a front end (6) and a rear end (7), radially extendible dogs (10) for securing the device in the well tubular arranged at the rear end (7) of the housing (5), an axially displaceable and rotatable shaft (15) extending from the front end (6), and an axially displaceable sleeve (17) extending from the front end (7) surrounding the shaft (15), wherein the outwardly extending end parts of the shaft (15) and of the sleeve (17) are provided with means for holding a tool.
Patent CA-2389902-A1 (CA)
Title: Switch device for high or medium voltage with mixed cut-off by vacuum and gas
Inventor: DUFOURNET DENIS
IPC: H01H33/14
Filed: 2002-06-21
Abstract: The hybrid circuit breaker has an outer envelope (12) with a vacuum switch (10) and a gas filled (11) circuit breaker both with contacts (1,2), (3,4). A connection mechanism (13) moves longitudinally activating the first contact set. There is a movement mechanism connected to the connection mechanism displacing also the third and fourth contacts. Movement is by contact following a dead course region (D) which holds the circuit breaker under vacuum.
Patent CA-2390166-A1 (CA)
Inventor: STRAUCH KATHY
IPC: C07K19/00
Filed: 2000-11-02
Abstract: L'invention concerne un polypeptide de fusion comprenant une séquence d'acide aminé X-Y-Z, ou une partie de cette séquence, comprenant la séquence d'acide aminé d'une protéine hérisson (X); Y est une fraction de liaison facultative; et Z est un polypeptide comprenant au moins une partie d'un polypeptide autre que hérisson. Il est préférable que X soit une protéine hérisson humaine. L'invention concerne également des mutants de protéines hérisson.
Patent CA-2396400-A1 (CA)
Title: Dispersed-air footpad
Inventor: LEGATZKE DAVID K
IPC: A43B17/10
Filed: 2000-04-12
Abstract: For use in a sole, insole, or heel portion of a footwear article, a footpad (10) is described, having an upper surface on which are disposed a plurality of resilient lugs (30). The top surfaces (32) of the lugs (30) define a foot supporting surface wherein mutually parallel, spaced-apart edges of the adjacent lugs define a complementary arrangement of top surfaces. The side surfaces (34) of adjacent lugs (30) expand into the void, and retreat therefrom, cyclically expelling and ingesting air beneath the foot. With heavy compression, the top surfaces (32) of adjacent lugs (30) are approximated to one another to provide a substantially continuous and substantially uniformly supportive foot-supporting surface. Structures selectively providing for preferred combination of ventilation, cushioning, and stable and comfortable support for bearing heavy loads are described. The selective provision of enhanced support for heavy load bearing parts of the foot is described.
Patent CA-2398437-A1 (CA)
Title: Fountain pen with leak proof piston converter
Inventor: EDDINGTON RYAN S
IPC: B43K5/06
Filed: 2001-01-25
Abstract: A piston converter (4) for a fountain pen (2) that permits a user to selectively engage the drive mechanism to the converter is disclosed. The converter has a hollow body (6) fluidly connected to a nib of the pen at one end and a plunger assembly (8) slidably disposed therein. The plunger assembly is engaged to a hollow drive rod (14). An engagement rod (16) with a first end and an engagement end extends into the drive rod. The drive rod has an internal cavity configured to engage the engagement end of the engagement rod. The engagement end of the engagement rod can be selectively moved into or out of the engagement cavity, thereby permitting selective engagement of the drive mechanism for the piston converter.
Patent CA-2400020-A1 (CA)
Title: Ergonomic tractor seat armrest and control panel
Inventor: ARTHUR JOHN RAYMOND
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 2002-08-28
Abstract: An armrest having an elbow-supporting portion and an associated control panel for a utility vehicle is arranged such that the operator's forearm can be supported on a fulcrum position on the elbow-supporting portion and can be pivoted in a swinging direction to reach plural controls. A hand rest is also provided on the control panel and located such that an operator can span his forearm from the elbow at the fulcrum position of the elbow-supporting portion, to the hand rest located on the control panel.
Patent CA-2406389-A1 (CA)
Title: Belt-type particleboard press
Inventor: SCHURMANN KLAUS
IPC: B27N3/24
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: A continuous belt press has upper and lower platens defining a horizontal gap. Upper and lower upstream drums and downstream drums are rotatable on the frame about respective horizontal drum axes at the upstream and downstream ends of the gap. Upper and lower endless steel belts spanned over the respective upper and lower drums each have a working stretch supported by respective upper and lower sets of rollers on the respective platens. Each belt has a pair of edges projecting transversely past the respective rollers and at least one of the drums of each of the belts has a substantially cylindrical central region of a predetermined central diameter bearing through the respective rollers on the working stretch of the respective belt and a pair of edge formations of smaller diameter than the central-region diameter lying outside the central region and in engagement with the edges of the respective belt. The reduced diameter of the drums prevents uneven tensioning of the belts in transverse direction.
Patent CA-2410663-A1 (CA)
Title: A cytochrome p450 enzyme associated with the synthesis of .delta. 12-epoxy groups in fatty acids of plants
Inventor: CAHOON EDGAR B
IPC: C12N5/10
Filed: 2001-07-19
Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cytochrome P450 enzyme associated with the synthesis of plant D12-epoxy fatty acids is disclosed. The invention also relates to making a chimeric construct encoding all or a portion of the cytochrome P450 enzymes associated with the synthesis of plant D12-epoxy fatty acids, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric construct results in production of altered levels of the cytochrome P450 enzymes associated with the synthesis of plant D12-epoxy fatty acids in a transformed host cell.
Patent CA-2417556-A1 (CA)
Title: Simple quantitative fluorescent assay method for determining the activity of transport proteins of interest
Inventor: EVERS RAYMOND
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2001-07-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a simple quantitative fluorescent assay method for determining the activity of transport proteins, more specifically multi-drug resistance associated proteins (MRPs). The method of the invention is performed on a well sealed culture of polarized cells expressing a transport protein of interest grown to confluency on a permeable support, said confluent cell culture forming well separated apical and basolateral compartments. The cells are contacted with a cell permeable non-fluorescent derivative of a fluorescent compound (e.g. calcein AM) in one compartment and, after a certain period of incubation, the fluorescence intensity detected in a sample taken from the opposite compartment is indicative of the activity of the transport protein of interest expressed in the cells. The invention also concerns methods for the qualitative and quantitative determination of inhibitors and activators of transport proteins of interest and methods for assessing basolateral and/or apical localization of plasma membrane bound transport proteins of interest in polarized cells.
Patent CA-2421273-A1 (CA)
Title: Plate locator for precision liquid handler
Inventor: FAWCETT KEVIN R
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 2001-12-31
Abstract: A locator bed (28) has nests (30) where sample well containing plates (32) are held and positioned for accessing by probes (34) moved by an X-Y-Z positioning system (24). Each nest (30) includes stop posts (82) at two sides of a rectangular base (74) of a plate (30), and biasing posts (92) at the opposed two sides. The stop posts (82) and the biasing posts (92) have tapered upper guide portions (106, 108) for guiding a descending plate (30) into position and cylindrical lower portions (110, 112) receiving the base (74) of a plate (30) in seated position. The stop posts (82) are located on the surface of the locator bed (28) by conical seat portions (90). The biasing posts (92) are placed over studs (96) fastened to the end surfac, and hoop springs (104) are captured between the studs (96) and the biasing posts (92).
Patent CA-2421950-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CUMMINS CHRISTY
IPC: A61B17/064
Filed: 2001-09-07
Abstract: A surgical stapler comprises a hollow shaft (10) and a tube (92) slidable axially within the shaft between a forward position wherein one end (96) of the tube projects beyond a free end of the shaft to enter a puncture site in a blood vessel and a rearward position wherein the end of the locator tube is retracted within the shaft. A surgical staple (40) straddles the tube (92) and is slidable thereon forwardly towards an anvil (92) against which the staple may be deformed to staple together the opposite edges of the puncture site. A  cam mechanism drives the staple forwardly alona the tube (92) into deforming engagement with the anvil and at the same time retracts the tube into the shaft in time to allow the legs of the staple to close onto the puncture site.
Patent CA-2422995-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BINOIST MANUEL
IPC: B01D53/86
Filed: 2001-10-17
Abstract: A method for partially oxidizing, in a Claus furnace, at least one gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia with at least one gas rich in oxygen. The residual ammonia content at the outlet of the furnace is measured with a laser diode. Based upon this measurement, the flow rates of the ammonia containing gases and the oxygen rich gases may be modified to obtain the desired residual ammonia content.
Patent CA-2425460-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BACKMAN ERIC
IPC: E05F15/12
Filed: 2001-10-19
Abstract: A device for opening and closing a pivotally mounted door leaf (2) or the like comprises an actuator, which is displaceably and/or rotatingly arranged in a housing (10) and connected to the door leaf and which, during displacement/rotation, actuates said door leaf, and a drive motor (27) which is connected to the actuator for providing displacement/rotation thereof.