8064 results about "Veterinary medicine" patented technology

Methods and compositions for treating or preventing a skin condition, an inflammation, an irritation or an allergy associated with an ectoparasitic infection or infestation on an animal. The methods involve applying to the skin of the animal a pharmaceutical composition that contains a therapeutically effective amount of one or more than one avenanthramide, an optional ecto and / or endo-parasiticidal agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier

The present invention concerns methods and compositions for making and using bioactive assemblies of defined compositions, which may have multiple functionalities and / or binding specificities. In particular embodiments, the bioactive assembly is formed using dock-and-lock (DNL) methodology, which takes advantage of the specific binding interaction between dimerization and docking domains (DDD) and anchoring domains (AD) to form the assembly. In various embodiments, one or more effectors may be attached to a DDD or AD sequence. Complementary AD or DDD sequences may be attached to an adaptor module that forms the core of the bioactive assembly, allowing formation of the assembly through the specific DDD / AD binding interactions. Such assemblies may be attached to a wide variety of effector moieties for treatment, detection and / or diagnosis of a disease, pathogen infection or other medical or veterinary condition.

An improved meal delivery system and a method for delivery of pre-cooked, chilled meals from a central distribution station to a plurality of remote locations in cooperation with an Automatic Guided Vehicle system, and in particular a one-piece, molded, insulated meal-delivery cart for transportation of chilled meals.

Tissue adhesives formed by reacting poly(hydroxylic) compounds derivatized with acetoacetate groups and / or polyamino compounds derivatized with acetoacetamide groups with an amino-functional crosslinking compound are disclosed. The use of the tissue adhesives for medical and veterinary applications such as topical wound closure; and surgical procedures, such as intestinal anastomosis, vascular anastomosis, tissue repair, and ophthalmic procedures; drug delivery; and anti-adhesive applications are described.

A teat preparation station(1) for preparation of teats of milking animals prior to being milked in a milking system (11) equipped with at least one milking stall(13) is provided. The teat preparation station (1) includes a teat preparation area (2) housing at least one milking animal at a time; an exit (4) leading to the milking system; pre-milking equipment (5) provided for automatically pre-milking milking animals in the teat preparation area; and milk quality analyzing equipment (6) provided for automatically analyzing pre-milk from the milking animals.

The invention provides a Chinese herbal medicinal feed additive for preventing and controlling swine infectious disease. The swine feed additive consists of 37 Chinese medicinal herbs, namely, gypsum, rehmannia root, rhinoceros horn, golden thread, cape jasmine fruit, tree peony bark, baical skullcap root, red paeony root, figwort root, common anemarrhena rhizome, forsythia suspensa , platycodon root, liquorice root, common lophatherum herb, amur corktree bark, honeysuckle flower, Chinese pulsatilla root, indigowoad root, heartleaf houttuynia herb, astragalus, szechwon tangshan root, hawkthorn fruit, medicated leaven, barley sprout, radish seed, chicken's gizzard -membrane, Chinese thorowax root, common andrographis herb, philippine violet herb, tuber fleeceflower root, massa medicata fermentata fujianensis, cyrtomium rhizome, tung leaf, tangerine peel, white paeony root, pine needle and indigowoad leaf through scientific compatibility. The feed additive is added into swine feed in the proportion; under the condition of not using any vaccine, the feed additive can effectively prevent and cure severe mixed flu symptoms, infection and other syndromes caused by swine respiratory disease, asthma, contagious pleuropneumonia, swine virus mixed flu, high swine fever, porcine circovirus, swine fever, flu, pseudorabies, salmonellosis, bacillosis, streptococcus, erysipelas, paratyphoid, eperythrozoon, toxoplasm and other multi-pathogeny and provides genuine green food for the market.

An apparatus for the automatic delivery to an animal of a beneficial agent such as analgesia by infusion with the pain of the animal being taken into account when determining the rate of dispensing the agent. As the pain experienced by an animal and therefore its distress is manifested in increased agitation, the apparatus includes elements for the measurement of the frequency and amplitude of an animal's movement and the generation of a trigger signal when the either the frequency or the amplitude exceeds a predetermined threshold. The trigger can be used to generate a visual or audible alarm. The apparatus also preferably includes a dispensing means for delivering doses of beneficial agent to the animal in response to the trigger signal. The apparatus serves primarily to reduce the post-operative distress experienced by an animal by providing for timely administration of analgesic compounds. The apparatus also aids the animal care-giver by reducing the amount of time spent assessing the animal and administering beneficial compounds.

A transdermal device is described suitable for delivery of a pharmaceutical to the systemic circulation through de-epithelialized skin. In its various embodiments the device includes means to prevent the attack of any protein or polypeptide active agent included therein by proteolytic enzymes which exude from the lesion, means to prevent the ingress of bacteria and other cellular debris from the lesion and means to ensure that substantially all said active agent is directed to the de-epithelialized lesion.

A disposable digit cover structured to be applied to envelop a portion of a human finger or toe, i.e., digit, for aiding in prevention of the spread of communicable diseases and cross-patient contamination from pulse oximeter probes. The cover is a flexible, tubular structure of material impervious to the passage of infectious agents, and having one open end and an oppositely disposed closed end, and is sufficiently thin and transparent to light to serve as infectious agent barrier between a human digit and a pulse oximeter probe. The covers are stored in a flattened state in a clean condition with a dispensing package containing a plurality of the covers stacked upon each other and secure to the package. The package includes a closeable opening allowing access to the digit covers. The dispensing package is small enough to be carried in a garment pocket.

The invention provides compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of specialty cannabis.

Compositions of matter that comprise one or more conformational epitopes found on amyloid peptide aggregates, antibodies to such epitopes and methods for making and using the compositions, eptitopes and / or antibodies. The invention includes synthetic or isolated compositions that contain or consist of certain conformational epitopes that are found on peptide aggregates (e.g., toxic peptide aggregates) present in human or veterinary patients who suffer from, or who are likely to develop, amyloid diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease). The invention includes methods for the detection, treatment and prevention of diseases in humans or animals, using such compositions. The invention further includes antibodies which bind to the conformational epitopes as well as methods for making such antibodies and methods for the detection, treatment and prevention of diseases and / or identification of potential therapies (e.g., drug screening) using such antibodies.

Described herein are adjustable-resistance respiratory devices, and particularly nasal devices that have an adjustable expiratory resistance while providing a greater resistance to exhalation than to inhalation. The resistance to exhalation may be manually adjustable by a user or remotely adjustable by a third party. For example, described herein are nasal devices having a greater resistance to exhalation than inhalation that includes one or more resistance-modifying members for modifying the resistance of a nasal device. A resistance modifying member may include a cover, a shutter or an adjustable valve for opening / closing a leak pathway through the nasal device. An adjustable-resistance nasal respiratory device may include a control or controls for adjusting the resistance to exhalation. Methods of adjusting the resistance of a nasal device, and systems including nasal devices allowing the resistance to be optimized and / or adjusted are also described.

Medical devices for insertion into the body of human or veterinary patients, wherein the device comprises a) a working element (e.g. a wire, a guidewire, a tube, a catheter, a cannula, a scope (e.g., rigid or flexible endoscope, laparoscope, sigmoidoscope, cystoscope, etc.) a probe, an apparatus for collecting information from a location within the body (e.g., an electrode, sensor, camera, scope, sample withdrawal apparatus, biopsy or tissue sampling device, etc.) which has an outer surface and b) a continuous or non-continuous coating on the outer surface of the working element. The outer surface of the working element is prepared to create a surface topography which promotes mechanical or frictional engagement of the coating to the working element. In some embodiments the coating is a lubricious coating, such as a fluorocarbon coating or a hydrogel that becomes lubricious when contacted by a liquid. In some embodiments, the coating may expand as swell. Also disclosed as methods for manufacturing such devices.

The invention relates to a eubacterium biforme preparation. The eubacterium biforme preparation is a microecological preparation adopting eubacterium biforme as a main active ingredient. The invention also relates to a use of the eubacterium biforme preparation in treatment on related diseases. The eubacterium biforme preparation can be prepared into a drug composition, a health care product, a drink, a veterinary drug and a feed additive.

An isolated antibody that specifically binds to at least one of canine Interleukin-31 (IL-31) or feline IL-31 is provided. Such antibodies can be in the form of diagnostic and / or veterinary compositions useful for treating a pruritic and / or allergic condition in dogs or cats.

An improved health and safety system for a table saw includes one or more of: a blade guard that protects the operator from the saw blade, and contains and collects sawdust; a proximity detector and emergency saw motor braking means for use in connection with such blade guard; an anti-kickback device for use in connection with such blade guard, a rip fence adapter for use in connection with such a blade guard, and hoses and fittings to connect the dust containment and collection system of said blade guard to a shop dust collection blower or vacuum system. The system protects the saw operator from potential traumatic injury to a hand, and from ingesting potentially carcinogenic sawdust.

The present invention relates to a device and method for the detection of mastitis or other disease from a body fluid of a mammal for example from cow's milk. The device and method relates to a wedge microfluidic chamber for using a minimal amount of fluid and being able to use the device to observe leukocytes in a mono-layer for the purpose of disease detection, cell counts or the like.

The invention discloses a mite killing bactericide and a preparation method of the mite killing bactericide. The mite killing bactericide is characterized in that the camphor tree air purification principle is adopted, the mite characteristics are combined, in the recipe, medicinal alcohol is used as main ingredients, and the first level (A) pure essential oil, herbal medicine and essence are added for preparation and synthesis. The preparation provided by the invention can be used for effectively preventing and killing mites on human and animal skin surface, various articles and indoor space, parasitic mites carrying various bacteria parasitized in human and animal bodies, and bacteria, the treatment and prevention effects on various diseases caused by the mites are realized, and the goal of protecting the health is reached. The mite killing bactericide and the preparation method have the advantages that the symptomatic treatment mode thinking method of the traditional medicine is broken, the occurrence of various diseases can be prevented by adopting the main path of preventing various bacteria carried by the mites from entering human or animal bodies, the matching is reasonable, no toxicity exists in the use process on human and animals, no secondary pollution is caused, no paste oil pollution is caused, colorlessness, dryness and comfort are realized, and the mite killing and the sterilization are efficient and fast.

This document relates to formulations for combating bacterial infections in animals which provide for improved long-acting oral and injectable formulations for systemic delivery of antibiotics, which are designed to achieve high bioavailability.

The invention discloses a test paper strip for the fluorescent bead immunochromatography of veterinary medicine remained in a detected sample and a preparation method thereof. A filter paper, a sample pad, a fiberglass membrane, a pyroxylin membrane and water sucking paper are sequentially stuck on a base plate in related joint; fluorescent beads are sprayed on the pyroxylin membrane for marking a veterinary medicine resistant molecule monoantibody; the pyroxylin membrane coated with a veterinary medicine molecule holoantigen is used as a detection region; the pyroxylin membrane coated with an anti-mouse antibody is used as a quality control region; and the test paper strip is prepared through the following steps: (1) the preparation of the pyroxylin membrane; (2) the preparation of a fluorescent bead pad; and (3) the assembling of the test paper strip. In the detecting process, emitted spectrums pass through a proper optical filter device; and all the emitted spectrums are collected through CCD scanning technology, are congregated, are multiplied and are analyzed through a fluorescence analyzer and relevant software to obtain a quantized fluorescence signal, thereby realizing quantitative detection. The test paper strip is mainly used for the qualitative detection and the quantitative detection of all the veterinary medicine classes in food safety detection.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical or veterinary or nutritional or personal care composition comprising coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), reduced CoQ10, or mixtures thereof and oxygenated dibenzo-α-pyrone or an amino acyl ester thereof. The composition of the present invention is able to support and / or provide therapy to individuals at risk and / or under treatment for dysfunctions of energy metabolism, and specifically, for mitochondrial diseases.

An upgraded inhalator for powder preparations comprises a main body having an inhalation channel, an external opening accessible by a user, and a tank adapted to receive a dose of powder preparation. The tank is opened to establish communication with the inhalation channel. At least one protuberance protrudes or extends towards the inside of the inhalation channel. Each protuberance defines substantially concave impact surface and is arranged on the opposite side to the external opening. The impact surface of each protuberance intercepts the powder preparation during its crossing of the inhalation channel towards the external opening.

The present invention provides compositions for preventing growth and proliferation of biofilm embedded microorganisms on devices comprising: (a) a cationic polypeptide and (b) a bis-gaunide or a salt thereof. The invention further provides methods for preparing medical devices withy such compositions.

The present invention relates to a veterinary zoo-technical drug delivery system (device) for the simultaneous release of two or more active substances, which system releases the active substances in a substantially constant ratio over a prolonged period of time. The drug delivery system can be in different forms, such as e.g. an implant, or a intravaginal device such as a helical coil, a spring or a ring.

A method of treating or preventing a respiratory disease in a pig, the method comprising administering to the pig in need thereof an effective amount of meloxicam or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.