Thermedics Inc.

Geno LLC

Thermo Electron Technologies Corp.

Tecomet, Inc

Cyterra Corporation

Thermolase Corporation

Safe Hydrogen, LLC

Viasys Healthcare, Inc.

Jonathan L Rolfe

David H Fine

Michael Szycher

Stephen J MacDonald

David B Wheeler

George Jarvis

Robert E Lynch

Joseph Buturlia

David P Rounbehler

John S Beaty

Donald J Dempsey

Mark Amrich

David R Rounbehler

Nikolai I Tankovich

Christopher A Larsen

Andrew W McClaine

Paul W Fairchild

Kurt A Dasse

Zhong-Quan Zhao

Vladimir G Kolinko

Michael Gerry

Mike Lefebvre

John Lee, Jr

Susan Murrell

Allen Hunter, Ii

Amanda J Reynolds

Mark P Amrich

Robert Cairns

Ravi K Konduri

Stephen J Macdonald

David Wheeler

Joseph A Buturlia

Inhalation of low levels of nitric oxide can rapidly and safely decrease pulmonary hypertension in mammals. Precise delivery of nitric oxide at therapeutic levels of 20 to 100 ppm and inhibition of reaction of nitric oxide with oxygen to form toxic impurities such as nitrogen dioxide can provide effective inhalation therapy for pulmonary hypertension.

Method and apparatus for nitric oxide generation

Nitric oxide delivery system

Controlled generation of nitric oxide

Textured surface having micro recesses such that the outer surface overhangs the micro recesses. Embodiments of the textured surface include sharp edges for promoting bone deposition and growth within the micro recesses, protrusions of varying depth from the surface that include overhangs, and micro recesses that are at least partially defined by complex ellipsoids.

Textured surface having undercut micro recesses in a surface

A porous structure having a plurality of bonded sheets each sheet having at least one aperture that partially overlaps an aperture of at least one other sheet. A method of producing a porous structure including stacking a plurality of sheets each sheet having a multiplicity of apertures, and bonding each sheet to its adjoining sheet. An open-pore network structure having a multiplicity of sheets each having a repeatable pattern. At least a portion of each sheet is bonded to the web of an adjacent sheet. The porous area of at least one of the sheets is askew to the porous area of at least another of the sheets. An open-pore structure having a multiplicity of bonded sheets, each sheet having a repeatable pattern defining a multiplicity of perforations, and a plurality of apertures defined by the repeatable pattern, the apertures extending through the perforations of at least two adjacent plates.

Assembled non-random foams

A composition comprising a carrier liquid; a dispersant; and a chemical hydride. The composition can be used in a hydrogen generator to generate hydrogen for use, e.g., as a fuel. A regenerator recovers elemental metal from byproducts of the hydrogen generation process.

Storage, generation, and use of hydrogen

A surgical implant having a datum surface for engaging tissue. Embodiments of the surgical implant include a recess in an original datum surface having a sharp undercut ovoid configuration and a multiplicity of recesses that are interconnected.

Method for producing undercut micro recesses in a surface, a surgical implant made thereby, and method for fixing an implant to bone

Methods of applying laser light to the skin, and apparatus therefor, include methods for removing hair, for synchronizing hair growth, for stimulating hair growth, for treating Herpes virus, for reducing sweat and body odor, for in situ formation of a chromophore in hair ducts, for reducing light loss at the skin surface, for grafting of hair stem cells, and for removing keloid or hypertrophic scars. The hair removal methods include controlling the proportions of photomechanical and photothermal damage by selection of laser parameters, chromophore particle size and/or pulse duration, with optional dynamic skin cooling. Additional hair removal methods include infiltrating a photoactivated drug into hair ducts and exposing the skin to sunlight or administering an anti-proliferative agent into hair ducts, for example, by encapsulating the anti-proliferative agent in a slow release vehicle. The methods of treating Herpes virus, reducing sweat or body odor, and removing keloid or hypertrophic scars include infiltrating a light-absorbing contaminant into hair ducts or other openings in the skin and illuminating the contaminated skin section. The methods for stimulating hair growth include grafting of cloned auto hair stem cells the hair ducts or administering methionine to a skin section to increase hair growth. Apparatus useful in performing these methods include devices for making a smooth optical boundary between skin and air or for dividing a light beam into a plurality of smaller light beams, and dressings for use before, during and after laser illumination.

Methods and devices for inhibiting hair growth and related skin

Disclosed are integrity-enhanced thermoelectric devices and methods of their preparation. Such devices have the following characteristics: (1) there is, on average, no greater than about 10% incidence of function loss (failure) of the device on application to the device of a substantial impact or distortion force or corrosion exposure, and (2) the device have at least about 85% of the thermal performance of thermoelectric devices without integrity enhancement (i.e., thermal conductivity across the integrity-enhanced devices is significantly less than 0.0021 Cal-Cm/Cm.sup.2 Sec .degree.C., and is less than or equal to about 0.0015 Cal-Cm/Cm.sup.2 Sec .degree.C.; empirically expressed as maintenance of at least a 40.degree. C. temperature differential over the intra-plate distance which is about 3/16 to about 1/4 of an inch.). Integrity enhancement techniques are described, including the method of embedding components of standard thermoelectric devices in syntactic foam materials, such as those formed of resins and balloon elements.

Integrity-enhanced thermoelectrics

A method for the manufacture of ultrafine particles or atom clusters is disclosed. The ultrafine particles of size between about 10 to 1000 Angstroms are formed by the disruption of the crystal lattice or micrograin structure of the metal, alloy or intermetallic compound in one or both of two spaced electrodes by a high frequency, high voltage, high peak current discharge. The ultrafine particles are not subjected to fractionation as in evaporative processes and accordingly are remarkably predictable in both particle size, distribution of sizes and atomic composition, and also are readily transportable in carrier gases.

Method for manufacturing ultrafine particles

Method and apparatus for manufacturing ultrafine particles

A perfume patch comprising a fragrance-emitting member having a fragrance dispersed within an ultra-thin polyurethane membrane. A layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to adhere the member to a surface. The polyurethane is formed from a diisocyanate, a macroglycol, and an acrylyl chain terminator to which a photoinitiator and a fragrance oil are added prior to curing. A barrier layer may be applied by an adhesive or other suitable means to prevent migration of the fragrance oil to the adhesive so that no residue of adhesive remains on the surface. The perfume patch preferably includes a support for the fragrance-emitting member for ease in application and handling.

Perfume patch

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North Easton, MA, United States of America

Jonathan L Rolfe