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Methods and apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece

InactiveUS6309520B1reduce risk
A reactor for plating a metal onto a surface of a workpiece is set forth. The reactor comprises a reactor bowl including an electroplating solution disposed therein and an anode disposed in the reactor bowl in contact with the electroplating solution. A contact assembly is spaced from the anode within the reactor bowl. The contact assembly includes a plurality of contacts disposed to contact a peripheral edge of the surface of the workpiece to provide electroplating power to the surface of the workpiece. The contacts execute a wiping action against the surface of the workpiece as the workpiece is brought into engagement therewith The contact assembly also including a barrier disposed interior of the plurality of contacts. The barrier includes a member disposed to engage the surface of the workpiece to assist in isolating the plurality of contacts from the electroplating solution. In one embodiment, the plurality of contacts are in the form of discrete flexures while in another embodiment the plurality of contacts are in the form of a Belleville ring contact. A flow path may be provided in the contact assembly for providing a purging gas to the plurality of contacts and the peripheral edge of the workpiece. The purging gas may be used to assist in the formation of the barrier of the contact assembly. A combined electroplating/electroless plating tool and method are also set forth.
Owner:SEMITOOL INC

Antibodies to il-6 and use thereof

ActiveUS20130034554A1reduce riskincrease apoptosis
The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as an Ab1 antibody or antibody fragment having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat disease or to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level, reduced serum albumin level, elevated D-dimer or other coagulation cascade related protein(s), cachexia, fever, weakness and/or fatigue prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, and others. Additional preferred embodiments of the subject invention relate to therapeutic compositions and methods treating or preventing rheumatoid arthritis, especially subcutaneous and intravenous formulations and dosage regimens using IL-6 antagonists according to the invention, as well as methods for preventing or treating GVHD or leukemia relapse in subjects receiving transplanted cells, tissue or organs, use thereof in the treatment or prevention of mucositis, and use thereof to potentiate the cytotoxic, apoptotic, and anti-metastatic or anti-invasive effects of chemotherapeutics and radiation on cancers, especially cancers that have developed a resistance to radiation or chemotherapy, such as an EGFR inhibitor.
Owner:VITAERIS INC +1

Lazy Convenient clothes matching advice system based on electronic commerce

InactiveCN102968555Areduce riskEnhance interest
The invention provides a lazyconvenient clothes matching advice system based on the electronic commerce. The lazyconvenient clothes matching advice system based on the electronic commerce comprises a human body model generation module, a human face identification and human body identification module, a clothes database search module, a matching charting module and an API (application program interface) interface, wherein the human body model generation module generates a human body model picture according to a whole-body picture uploaded by a user as well as data, such as the gender and the height input by the user; the human face identification and human body identification module obtains a human face identification and human body identification analysis result according to the whole-body picture uploaded by the user; the clothes database search module searches to obtain one or a plurality of matched clothes according to the human face identification and human body identification analysis result as well as the data, such as the gender, the height and the temperature input by the user; and the matching charting module adds the one or a plurality of matched clothes obtained by searching onto the generated human body model picture to generate one or a plurality of matching effect pictures. According to the lazyconvenient clothes matching advice system based on the electronic commerce, which is disclosed by the invention, the clothes matching effect can be obtained before a the user purchases the clothes on the internetInternet.
Owner:JIANGSU CAS JUNSHINE TECH
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