41 results about "Living matter" patented technology

A management tool for a professional services firm that is operable to use historical billing information for a plurality of like, but completed matters to provide useful management information. More specifically, the tool is operable to determine an estimate for a new matter using the historical billing information; calculate the number of professional hours and grade of fee earner for that new matter in order to meet an estimated fee, again, using the historical billing information and provide an indication of the cost as a function of time for both the historical matters and the new matter. The tool is also operable to provide a report that includes a plot of costs incurred as a function of time for the historical information and the new live matter, so that a direct comparison can be made, as well as information relating to historical costs and current costs, and a billing analysis.

The invention provides an optical tweezers type optical fiber Raman microprobe and a manufacturing method. The probe has two optical channels which are coaxial, wherein an annular optical fiber core provides a Raman exciting light channel and a channel in the coaxial center is used for receiving Raman probe light; and by performing fine taper angle grinding on the fiber ends of coaxial dual waveguide channel optical fibers, a rotary symmetrical plane (or chambered surface) structure is formed. The structure can converge Raman exciting light transmitted by the annular core in a micron order, and on the one hand, the converged exciting light has an ability of capturing micron-order and nanoscale particles and on the other hand, the converged exciting light interacts with the particles, so that a back scattering Raman optical signal generated by the exciting light converged by the Raman scattering light can be collected and transmitted to a Raman spectrometer through an intermediate large-core fire cores. The microprobe provided by the invention can capture micro living matters of cell living bodies to effectively excite the Raman spectrum of the matters in cells and to obtain the Raman spectrum so as to achieve Raman measurement of micro liquids, single cells in living bodies and inner substances thereof.

A system forms a cardiac conduction block at a location in a heart of a patient without substantially ablating cardiac tissue. The system includes a delivery system coupled to a source of material that is substantially non-ablative with respect to cardiac tissue. The delivery system delivers the material to the location, and the material at the location forms a conduction block without ablating the cardiac cells there. The material may include living cells, such as for example skeletal myocytes, and / or may include a non-living matter such as biopolymers such as a fibrin glue agent, or collagen agents. An expandable member with needle assembly is used to deliver the material so as to form a non-ablative circumferential conduction block at a location where a pulmonary vein extends from an atrium.

Systems and methods for generating results of observations of signals acquired from by groups, including humans, animals, living matter in vitro and machines as members of a group. In some embodiments, the signals are EEG, EMG, EOG or other signals from a biologically active source. The signals are categorized by various criteria, and can be quantified. The categorized signals are combined to produce a result. The result can be displayed to a user, recorded, fed back to one or more signal sources, or used in further information processing.

An implantable electrode and electrode system for contacting living biological material that includes an electrode assembly including at least a portion of the electrode, adapted to contact the living biological material at an electrode / tissue interface, exhibiting conduction that is substantially limited to electron or electron vacancy conduction. The implantable electrode is manufactured by coupling an electrode to a distal end of a conductor, and forming at least one surface of the electrode with a material that conducts electricity in a manner that is substantially limited to electron or electron vacancy conduction when the at least one surface is in contact with the living matter.

The invention provides a method for the sterilization of a biological preparation comprising desired viable biological entities. The method comprises irradiating a dried (e.g. freeze-dried) biological preparation with ionizing or UV radiation at an intensity and for a duration sufficient to reduce the amount or activity of living-matter contaminants in the biological preparation, the intensity and duration selected such that at least part of the desired biological entities in the sample remains viable. The method of the invention is particularly suitable for the reduction of the amount or activity of contaminants such as bacteria or viruses from biological preparations comprising red blood cells or platelets.

The user identification method using electronic identification system, which contains electronic identification facilities connected through telecommunication facilities. According to the method in question during database forming the following operations are executed: identification of living matter presence on the identification surface while the user's hand is placed on the surface and the hand scanning subject to presence of living matter; forming of the user's geometry parameters set corresponding to the hand characteristic parameters; converting of the above set into the identification code; entry of the identification code and the individual information on the user in the identification facility memory unit database; comparing of the user's individual code to latter extracted from the identification facility memory unit database. Displaying on the identification facility monitor of individual information stored together with the identification code in identification facility memory unit database subject to positive result of comparing and forming of permissive access signal transmitted to execution facility.

A product state display system operates so that a person who looks at a pseudo living matter can easily understand the state of an industrial product at first glance in the case where the state of the product is represented by displaying the pseudo living matter. The pseudo living matter displayed on a display device shows both the “aging state” corresponding to the “progress state of time-dependent deterioration” of the industrial product within an endurance period and the facial expression corresponding to a “temporary state” of the industrial product. Accordingly, it is possible for a person who looks at the pseudo living matter to quickly and easily understand two states (progress state and temporary state) of the industrial product with just one glance.

A product state display system operates so that a person who looks at a pseudo living matter can easily understand the state of an industrial product at first glance in the case where the state of the product is represented by displaying the pseudo living matter. The pseudo living matter displayed on a display device shows both the “aging state” corresponding to the “progress state of time-dependent deterioration” of the industrial product within an endurance period and the facial expression corresponding to a “temporary state” of the industrial product. Accordingly, it is possible for a person who looks at the pseudo living matter to quickly and easily understand two states (progress state and temporary state) of the industrial product with just one glance.

The invention relates to Chinese medicinal wine for treating infertility of men and women, which comprises the Chinese medicaments of white poria, red jujube meat, walnut meat, wreath goldenrod, rehmanniae vaporata, medlar and the like and has the efficacy of vitality strengthening and essence storage. Essences are basic substances of a human body. Generalized essences comprise living matters received from patients, namely congenital essences, and acquired foodstuff essences, namely acquired essences. The congenital essences and the acquired essences supplement each other, and are combined together closely in the kidney to form the vital essence and energy stored in the kidney. Kidney essences promote reproduction and growing development, take part in sanguification, resist the invasion of exogenous pathogens, and are the material bases of various skill activities of a human body.

Pulsed excitation light including a wavelength that can excite a fluorescent material contained in living matter is generated. The fluorescence lifetime of the fluorescent material is longer than or equal to 4.8 nanoseconds. A predetermined position in the living matter is illuminated with the pulsed excitation light. Further, light including fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent material excited by illumination with the pulsed excitation light is received. The lifetime of the fluorescence included in the received light is calculated by time-resolving the intensity of the fluorescence. Further, the oxygen concentration of the living matter is measured based on the lifetime.

The invention belongs to the field of optical technology and especially relates to a plane diffraction based grapheme surface special light beam generator applied to a special light beam generation and light beam reshaping field. According to the invention, silicon dioxide is adopted as the substrate; the substrate is provided with coupling grating arrays and nano groove arrays arranged periodically and a single grapheme layer is spread on the substrate, thus the generator is formed. The SPP special light beam generator is high in mode constraint capability, super long in light beam propagation distance and is significant in micro-optical particle operation and light beam reshaping. Due to the good tenability and material flexibility of the grapheme, dynamic adjustment performance of the device is realized and practical operation is facilitated. The generator can work in an middle-infrared band and a terahertz band. Moreover, since the SPP waves of the terahertz band are exactly in a sensitive band of living matters, so that the plane diffraction based grapheme surface special light beam generator has great application potential in the biosensing field.

The invention discloses an electrolyte additive of a high-pressure solid lithium iron phosphate battery and an electrolyte containing the additive, wherein the electrolyte additive comprises organic phosphorus esters with the following general formula: C9H19C6H4O (CH2CH2O) n; C9H19C6H4O (CH2CH2O) n; PO(OH)2, n=3-12; the electrolyte additive also comprises at least one kind of Vinylene carbonate, vinyl fluorocarbonate or 1, 3-propanesulfonic acid lactone and ethyl sulfite; The additive and that electrolyte, non-aqueous organic solvents form the electrolyte with the appropriate ratio, The electrolyte additive has the following advantages: By adding wetting additive, the surface tension of the electrolyte can be reduced, the wettability and permeability of the electrolyte to the electrode sheet and the membrane can be improved, the wetting time can be shortened, the production cost can be saved, the wetting effect can be improved, the interface impedance of the battery can be reduced, theutilization efficiency of the living matter can be improved, the battery capacity can be improved, and the discharge rate characteristic can be improved. Moreover, the impregnation additive has the advantages of high heat resistance stability, high chemical stability and low combustibility, and can improve the stability of electrolyte.

The present disclosure relates to a method for separation of solid particles from a waterbody. Preferably, the present disclosure relates to a method, wherein a combination of chemicals including coagulant(s) and flocculant(s) are employed for said separation of solid particles, wherein suitable examples of solid particles are living organisms and non-living matter, wherein living organisms include autotrophs such as phototrophs, which are either microscopic or macroscopic in nature (algae). The disclosure thus particularly relates to method of chemical coagulation and flocculation for separating solid particles, preferably either algae or bacteria or both from a waterbody. The present disclosure also provides for an alternate method, wherein the aforesaid method of coagulation and flocculation is combined with electro-coagulation and / or pH modulation strategies for separation of said solid particles in any sequence.

A health-care paint, comprising the following components by weight: 170-230 parts of magnesium oxide, 130-170 parts of diatomaceous earth, 230-270 parts of white cement, 70-90 parts of dispersible latex powder, 5‑9 Part of cellulose ether, 50~70 parts of germanite, 50~70 parts of hexacyclite, 25~35 parts of tourmaline, can also additionally add 10~20 parts of composite nano Material, the composite nano material is selected from one or more mixtures of nano silver, nano zinc oxide, nano magnesium oxide and nano titanium dioxide. The health-preserving paint of the present invention can generate far-infrared rays and negative ions, and far-infrared rays can cause human cells and body fluid molecules to produce a resonance effect, dilate capillaries, and speed up blood flow, thereby increasing the oxygen content of the body and activating macromolecular life substances such as proteins , increase tissue repair and regeneration capabilities, improve human immunity; negative ions have anti-oxidant properties, can reduce free radicals, and slow down human aging. The health-care paint can be used on indoor walls.

A system forms a cardiac conduction block at a location in a heart of a patient without substantially ablating cardiac tissue. The system includes a delivery system coupled to a source of material that is substantially non-ablative with respect to cardiac tissue. The delivery system delivers the material to the location, and the material at the location forms a conduction block without ablating the cardiac cells there. The material may include living cells, such as for example skeletal myocytes, and / or may include a non-living matter such as biopolymers such as a fibrin glue agent, or collagen agents. An expandable member with needle assembly is used to deliver the material so as to form a non-ablative circumferential conduction block at a location where a pulmonary vein extends from an atrium.

Biological measurement and detection systems are disclosed, and methods for using the device. One exemplary system is configured to measure the intensity of light reflected from a sensor after a biological or non-living object is disposed in proximity to or remotely from the sensor. One exemplary method of using the biological detection system demonstrates the influence of living, biological objects (e.g., man's palm, laboratory animals, apple, etc.) on the system's indications of light intensity. The disclosed devices and methods can be used for a non-contact evaluation of a functional state of biological objects.

In a pH measurement method, pulsed excitation light including a wavelength that can excite a predetermined fluorescent material contained in living matter is generated. The fluorescent material acts as coenzyme in oxidation / reduction reaction in vivo. Further, the intensity of the pulsed excitation light does not damage a tissue nor a cell in the living matter, and does not substantially change the pH of the living matter. Further, a predetermined position in the living matter is illuminated with the pulsed excitation light, and light including fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent material excited by illumination with the pulsed excitation light is received. The lifetime of the fluorescence is calculated by time-resolving the intensity of the received fluorescence, and the pH of the living matter is measured based on the lifetime.

The invention discloses nutrient pulp enhancing hematopoietic system functions and a preparation method thereof, and particularly relates to a health care product enhancing the hematopoietic system functions and a preparation method thereof, which belong to health care products. The nutrient pulp enhancing the hematopoietic system functions is a product obtained by specially processing raw materials including medical stone, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce leaves, sea-tangles and the like. The nutrient pulp enhancing hematopoietic system functions and the preparation method have the advantages thatthe nutrient pulp enhancing the hematopoietic system functions is produced by utilizing natural plants and raw mineral materials, products are safe in use and has remarkable health care effect after being inspected, and trace elements and vitamins provide a biological activity basis for production of compound living matter. The nutrient pulp enhancing the hematopoietic system functions ensures energy supply of hematopoietic tissues and organs, promotes advanced recovery of the hematopoietic functions, is suitable for people who are often contacted with radioactive contamination, and has good effect on health care of other various people.

The invention discloses a preparation method and application method of a light water retention material. The light porous water retention material which is prepared by using phosphogypsum solid wasteas a raw material has an extremely excellent water absorption rate and water retention rate and heat preservation, and when compared with the water absorption rate of soil free of the light water retention material, the water absorption rate is improved by more than one time, and the water retention rate is increased by 70-111%. In addition, overground biomass and underground biomass are also promoted, improvement of the physiological characteristics, such as promotion of synthesis of intracellular chlorophyll, of living matter can also be improved, activity of antioxidant enzymes is improved, and nutrient metabolism in plants and the like are regulated, so that a good regulation effect on physical, chemical and biochemical properties of the soil is achieved. Therefore, the water retention material is a water retention material which has good performance and low price and is capable of achieving repeated recycling of the solid waste.

An apparatus and method that utilizes a radiation source and a simulated microgravity to provide combined stressors. The response of cells / bacteria / viruses and / or other living matter to the combined stressors can be evaluated to predict the effects of extended space missions. The apparatus and method can also be utilized to study diseases and to develop new treatments and vaccinations.

Provided is a method for the sterilization of a biological preparation including desired viable biological entities. The method includes irradiating a dried (e.g. freeze-dried) biological preparation with UV radiation at an intensity and for a duration sufficient to reduce the amount or activity of living-matter contaminants in the biological preparation, the intensity and duration selected such that at least part of the desired biological entities in the sample remains viable. The described method is particularly suitable for the reduction of the amount or activity of contaminants such as bacteria or viruses from biological preparations including red blood cells or platelets.

The invention relates to a biosensor, and in particular relates to a high-sensitivity environmental compensation type capacitive surface stress biosensor. The problem that the conventional surface stress biosensor has low signal to noise ratio and low sensitivity is solved. The high-sensitivity environmental compensation type capacitive surface stress biosensor comprises a substrate, wherein an active supporting film and a reference supporting film are respectively fixed on the upper surface of the substrate; a first bottom electrode is arranged in the inner cavity of the active supporting film; the first bottom electrode is fixedly attached to the upper surface of the substrate; a first top electrode is fixedly attached to the outer top surface of the active supporting film; the first bottom electrode is dead against the first top electrode; a second bottom electrode is arranged in the inner cavity of the reference supporting film; the second bottom electrode is fixedly attached to the upper surface of the substrate; a second top electrode is fixedly attached to the outer top surface of the reference supporting film; and the second bottom electrode is dead against the second top electrode. The high-sensitivity environmental compensation type capacitive surface stress biosensor is suitable for detection and monitoring of living matters and chemical substances.

The present invention discloses a transient sensor using molybdenum disulfide and a method of manufacturing the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the transient sensor using molybdenum disulfide includes a water-soluble substrate; a water-soluble insulating layer deposited on the water-soluble substrate; an electrode layer formed of any one of molybdenum (Mo) and magnesium (Mg) and formed on the water-soluble insulating layer; and a channel layer formed of molybdenum disulfide and formed on the water-soluble insulating layer to be connected to the electrode layer. In addition, when the transient sensor is inserted into living matter, the transient sensor can be dissolved within a critical time in the living matter.

This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for measuring whether organic matter is present or whether or not organisms (cells or tissue) are alive using infrared absorption spectroscopic analysis. The measurement apparatus of the invention includes an infrared light source for radiating infrared rays on a sample, an infrared detection unit for detecting the infrared rays transmitted or reflected from the sample, and a determination unit for identifying an amide infrared absorption peak of the sample using the detected infrared rays and for determining whether organic matter is present or whether organisms are alive or not in the sample using the identified amide infrared absorption peak. In this invention, a reagent is not used, simple measurement is performed, quantification is feasible, and the presence or absence of cells or tissues and changes in the life and death can be consecutively measured for the same sample.

The invention relates to a Chinese medicine method for curing fatty liver and erosion symptom and a traditional Chinese medicine composition which is formed by decoction pieces prepared through Chinese traditional medicine and based on the cognition of natural change law of 'east promotes wind, wind promotes wood, wood promotes sour and sour promotes liver' in the traditional Chinese medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine composition can improve the meta-acid environment of body fluid so as to eliminate a series of acidization-caused abnormal representation of living matter, change the state that fat is accumulated and can not be metabolized and ablated, and repair the normal fluid combination in hematopoietic tissue organ cell, or the Chinese medicine method can also serve as life environment adjustment therapeutic agent for immunologic abnormality and body fluid acidization, inflammatory diseases manifested by liver pimelosis, fibrosis and cirrhosis, hypertension, atherosclerosis, pulmonary fibrosis and cancers.

The invention specifically discloses a method for preparing a high-performance PAL (phenylalanine ammonia lyase) material by using non-metallic mineral palygorskite, which is characterized in that the method is implemented by using a flexible crushing principle and a flexible crushing technique, as well as no-drug high-speed liquid flow depolymerized dispersion, separated purification and concentration processes, and crushing, superfine milling, purifying, drying and classifying processes. The deeper meaning of the high performance of the PAL material is embodied in the level of physical scientific research, namely, crossing the boundary of living matters and non-living matters, therefore, the method disclosed by the invention provides a support for new revolution of life science, material science and energy science.

The invention discloses a cell beauty preparation, and the technical problem to be solved is to treat gynecological diseases and qi and blood caused by chloasma, senile plaque, pigmentation, acne, alopecia, psoriasis, vitiligo, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, frailty, cold and dampness Deficiency, low immune function, cerebral anemia, cerebral hypoxia, fatigue and menopausal syndrome. This product is made of the following raw materials in mass ratio: ants 1-6000, pearl powder 1-3500, motherwort 1-2000, angelica 1-1500, bee pollen 1-2500, medlar 1-3000. Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides necessary and sufficient life substances to human tissue cells by nourishing the kidneys and essence, replenishing qi and nourishing blood, clearing the meridians, ensuring the integrity of the cell structure and the normal progress of metabolism, and making the tissue cells full of youth. Vitality, delaying the aging process of cells, and solving wrinkles, pigmentation, memory loss, and lack of energy caused by the inability of cells to carry out normal life activities.