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A therapeutic lens for the treatment of an epithelial defect comprises a layer of therapeutic material disposed over the stroma and / or Bowman's membrane to inhibit water flow from the tear liquid to the stroma and / or Bowman's membrane, such that corneal deturgescence can be restored to decrease corneal swelling and light scattering. The layer may cover and protect nerve fibers to decrease pain. The layer may comprise an index of refraction to inhibit light scatter from an anterior surface of the stroma and / or Bowman's membrane. The lens may comprise a curved anterior surface that provides functional vision for the patient when the epithelium regenerates. The layer of therapeutic material can be positioned on the eye in many ways, for example with a spray that is cured to adhere the layer to the exposed surface of the stroma and / or Bowman's membrane.

An inorganic proton-conducting membrane and a fuel cell comprising this membrane. The fuel cell comprises a fuel anode, an oxidant cathode, and an inorganic proton-conducting membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode. The membrane is composed of a nano-structured network of proton-exchange inorganic particles. The particles form a sufficiently high density of proton-conducting nanometer-scaled channels with at least one dimension smaller than 100 nanometers so that ionic conductivity of the membrane is no less than 10−6 S / cm (mostly greater than 10−4 S / cm ) at 25° C. or no less than 10−4 S / cm (mostly greater than 10−2 S / cm) at 200° C. This inorganic membrane allows a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell to operate at a higher temperature without the need (or with a reduced need) to maintain the membrane in a highly hydrated state. A higher operating temperature also implies a fast electro-catalytic reaction of a fuel (e.g., mixture of methanol and water) at the anode permitting a lesser amount of fuel to cross-over the membrane and, hence, a higher fuel utilization efficiency.

A coating on a balloon of a medical device is provided. The coating comprises a drug and a polymer. Also provided are methods of forming and using the coating.

Improved systems, devices, and methods measure and / or change the shape of a tissue surface, particularly for use in laser eye surgery. Fluorescence of the tissue may occur at and immediately underlying the tissue surface. The excitation energy can be readily absorbed by the tissue within a small tissue depth, and may be provided from the same source used for photodecomposition of the tissue. Changes in the fluorescence spectrum of a tissue correlate with changes in the tissue's hydration.

The present invention relates generally to composition and methods for topical application to skin. More particularly, it relates to treatment of scars and rosacea, and other aspects of skin care. A composition is disclosed having a skin toner for cleansing a skin surface, removing dead skin cells, restoring alkali balance, and shrinking skin pores; and a skin moisturizer for increasing water content in the external layers of the skin.

A process of mechanical separation of embryos from seeds for genetic transplantation employs counter-rotating cylinders together with one or more culling, hydration, separation, and viability testing steps to provide high-throughput of viable, transplantable tissue.

Skin conditioning compositions comprising a C4 to C30 monoalkyl-, dialkyl, monoalkanoyl- or dialkanoyl-substituted isohexide are found to exhibit a marked effect on skin hydration and barrier function homeostasis thereby improving skin appearances.

A phospholipid extract from a marine or aquatic biomass possesses therapeutic properties. The phospholipid extract comprises a variety of phospholipids, fatty acid, metals and a novel flavonoid.

A fluid handling and delivery system useful in generating a fluid stream in the flow path of microfluidic device.

A process of mechanical separation of embryos from seeds for genetic transplantation employs counter-rotating cylinders together with one or more culling, hydration, separation, and viability testing steps to provide high-throughput of viable, transplantable tissue.

A haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of the human eye is disclosed. The haptic secures the lens in an appropriate position within the natural capsule so as to provide optimal visual acuity through the aphakic lens. The haptic ends are designed to position the lens neutrally, anteriorly or posteriorly within the lens envelope. The haptic has a of an anterior retention ring and a posterior retention ring.

The present invention provides innovative methods and techniques for improving seedling germination and plant establishment within wildland and forested ecosystems, cultivated systems, urbanized areas, and areas impacted by wildfire. The invention comprises novel seed coating methods for applying wetting agents (or surfactants), tackifiers, and other beneficial soil and plant amendments, to single seeds or agglomerates composed of pellets containing multiple seeds. The invention can be used to: 1) ameliorate soil water repellency for increasing soil moisture availability; 2) bind seeds to the soil surface in order to prevent loss from wind and water erosion; 3) provide seedlings necessary leverage required for root penetration; 4) improve seedling emergence, by having several cotyledons associated with an agglomerate collectively generate sufficient force to penetrate the soil surface, with particular utility for seedlings impaired by a soil physical crust; and 5) minimize impacts from disturbance by increasing seedling stability.

The invention comprises a concrete form. The concrete form comprises a first panel having a first primary surface for contacting plastic concrete and a second primary surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first panel is made from a rigid plastic sheet or a metal sheet; and a second panel spaced from the second primary surface of the first panel, wherein the second panel is made from a rigid plastic sheet or a metal sheet. The concrete form also comprises a layer of insulating material disposed between the first panel and the second panel. A method of using the concrete form is also disclosed.

The invention belongs to the field of daily chemical goods, and discloses a transparent beauty treatment soap composition. The transparent beauty treatment soap composition includes 5.0-40.0% of aliphatic acid, 0.0-11.2% of an alkali, 1.0-15.0% of an amino acid surfactant, 40.0-70.0% of a crystallization aid, and the balance water; the pH value of the transparent beauty treatment soap composition is 8.0-11.0, and the neutralization of the aliphatic acid and the alkali is 90-100%; and the crystallization aid comprises at least one of alcohols, carbohydrates, and PEG hydrogenation oil and fat. The transparent beauty treatment soap composition which appropriately selects the amino acid surfactant has a very good foaming characteristic, a very good mildness and a very good moistening feeling, greatly improves the foam and the skin feeling and irradiation after washing of a transparent beauty treatment soap using the composition, and allows the transparent beauty treatment soap to have the advantages of very good foaming characteristic, very good mildness, and non-dry and non-tightening good skin feelings after washing.

An ulcer, lymphoedema and DVT treatment device (10) comprises a drive unit (12) adapted to deliver mechanical vibrations at its surface in three orthogonal directions at a frequency in each orthogonal direction of between 15 and 75 Hz and with an amplitude in each orthogonal direction of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm. A pad (110) is connected to the drive unit, and a strap (46) enables the pad to be pressed against the limb of the animal or human. The motor drives an eccentrically mounted weight (22) to provide oscillations of the casing in a radial plane. The device is employed to treat a patient suffering from leg ulcers, lymphoedema and DVT by applying three-dimensional vibrations. A cover (150) is provided to protect the pad (110) from contamination.

A method of preparing parbaked food products, such as pizza crust shells, apparatus and dough formulation used therein, and the product produced by the process. The process comprises the steps of providing a dough including flour, sugar and water, and preferably also a leavening agent such as instant yeast. The dough is rounded, first proofed, panned, pressed and second proofed. The prepared dough piece is then steam hydrated under conditions sufficient to cause moisture absorption and a resultant increase in moisture content throughout the dough. Then the hydrated dough piece is immediately sequentially parbaked until gelatinization of the starch is complete. At least one parbaking condition is adjusted selected from the group consisting of initial dough temperature, oven temperature, parbaking time, dough absorption and dough thickness and coordinated with the moisture content condition of the dough upon completion of the steam hydration for thereby delaying external browning of the dough.

Ophthalmic lenses, such as corneal contact lenses, include a lens body made of a composition including a lens body made of a composition including a first crosslinked polymer material which is water swellable, and a second polymeric material, other than the first material, selected from water soluble polymeric materials, water swellable polymeric materials and mixtures thereof. The second material is physically immobilized by the first material. Such lenses provide increased water retention and / or increased water content and / or increased modulus and / or reduced friction which increases lens wearer comfort. Compositions and methods for providing such lenses and compositions are also provided.

This invention relates to a method of manufacturing the fertilizer made from organic wastes such as food wastes, human excrements, animal excrements, slaugterhouse waste, henhouse waste, fish and shellfish wastes, vegetable wastes and agricultural wastes. Various wastes are mixed and crushed into certain sizes, processes for adjusting the water content, put into the treating tank and digested by mixing a calcined lime. The present invention utilizes a dolomite or mixture of calcined lime and dolomite to provide the first treatment material. This first treatment material is mixed with the supplement material such as charcoal, saw dust, loess, zoelite, chaff, or shell powder to give compost fertilizer. It is also mixed with agricultural products such a watermelons or melons which ferment to provide a special fertilizer for the agricultural product. The treatment material can be added to water and mixed with mugwort, medicinal herb, zeolite, loess, and then extracted to provide a liquid fertilizer. As the various organic wastes are changed to organic fertilizer, the acidified soil is improved, the environmental contamination can be prevented, and the high moisturizing and the fine porous of the soil prevent drought and fertilizer loss so as to raise fertilizing efficiency.

The present invention relates to a method that is useful for improving the appearance, texture and / or moisture of skin. In particular, the methods of the present invention comprise administering a composition comprising Chia Seed oil, Opuntia Ficus Indica extract, or both to stimulate collagen or hyaluronic acid synthesis, or decrease Interleukin-1b synthesis, in the skin.

A viscosity modifying agent is added to a concrete mixture to give the concrete desirable rheological properties. The viscosity modifying agent is incorporated into a foam admixture before it is mixed into the concrete. Because the viscosity modifying agent is a component of the foam admixture, the viscosity modifying agent is dispersed in the aqueous film that forms the foam bubbles. The viscosity modifier in the foam bubbles gives the foam beneficial rheological properties. The viscosity modifier performs more efficiently when included in the foam bubbles as compared to being mixed directly into the concrete. The foam bubbles containing the viscosity modifier can be stabilized using a fluorochemical stabilizer, which is included in the foam admixture. The foam bubbles can be further stabilized with respect to cement mixtures by including a hydration stabilizing in the cement mixture.

The invention relates to an efficient burning furnace with a rotary fluidization grate. The burning furnace with the rotary fluidization grate consists of a feeding system, a burning system and a slagging system; moreover, a waste heat boiler and a flue gas treatment system are connected with the burning furnace to form a complete garbage burning and generating system. The feeding system consists of a feeding hopper, a pre-drying conveying device, an aggregate bin, a chute and a charge distributor. The feeding hopper is a receiving opening for feeding garbage into the burning furnace and is arranged in a garbage storage pit close to one side of the burning furnace. An outlet of the feeding hopper is connected with an inlet of the pre-drying conveying device. A material level switch is arranged in the feeding hopper, and gives an alarm to prompt an operator to feed materials when the material level is lower than a set value so as to ensure that the hopper is not empty. The outlet of the hopper can be selectively provided with a feeding device. The burning furnace has the advantages of high burning speed, high burning efficiency, high slag burning degree, easy control, lower energy consumption, low pollution, low cost and investment conservation, and is applicable to domestic garbage with low thermal value and high moisture; and the garbage does not need to be pretreated.

The invention relates to the field of food drink, in particular to a collagen drink preparation, and aims to overcome the shortcoming of single function of the existing collagen solid drink. The collagen drink preparation comprises the following raw materials: collagen, fructo-oligosaccharide, medicinal and edible extract, food additive, sorbitol and honey, wherein the medicinal and edible extract includes at least two of red date extract, colla corii asini extract, medlar extract, poria cocos extract, lemon extract, lotus leaf extract, hawthorn extract, spina date seed extract and lily extract; the food additive includes any one to three of sweetener, iron supplement, vitamin C, citric acid and L-carnitine; and a preparation method of the collagen drink preparation mainly comprises the steps of: pretreatment, accessory weighing, mixing, drying and sterilizing, soft material preparation, granulation, finishing and the like. The collagen drink preparation provided by the invention can realize the beauty of a skin surface layer and the deep health of an organism, and has the effects of tonifying blood, replenishing qi, improving immunity and moistening intestines to remove toxins.

The invention discloses a moisturizing cosmetic and a preparation method thereof. The moisturizing cosmetic is prepared from the components of rosa damascena extract, rosa canina fruit oil, undaria pinnatifida extract and the like. By adopting the unique prescription, the cosmetic can form a protective barrier on the surface layer of the skin of a user, ensures high skin absorption rate and good moisturizing effect, can effectively prevent the skin from being dry, and has the advantages of no skin stimulus or allergy to the skin, security and effectiveness.

The present invention is an improvement in the treatment of migraine headaches. By administering dihydroergotamine sublingually, major limitations of past treatments are circumvented thereby allowing for higher efficacy and fewer side effects of treatment at lower doses.

The invention relates to a water-holding and cultivating functional compound fertilizer, comprising a nitrogen fertilizer, a phosphate fertilizer a potash fertilizer, a trace element fertilizer, a compound amino acid, a soil conditioner, an organic matter and the like. In addition, the invention relates to a preparation method of the water-holding and cultivating functional compound fertilizer. The invention also relates to use of the water-holding and cultivating functional compound fertilizer for improvement of the growth characters and / or yield of crops.

The invention provides emulsion cream and a preparing method thereof. The emulsion cream is prepared from, in units of the total weight of emulsion cream, 0.1-10% of an emulsifying agent, 0.5-25% of a humectant, 0.01-1% of an aqueous-phase thickening agent, 0.1-10% of an oil-phase thickening agent, 1-30% of fluid oil, 0.01-5% of a skin conditioner and 20-85% of water, and preferably, the emulsion cream is prepared from 3-6% of the emulsifying agent, 5-15% of the humectant, 0. 1-0.5% of the aqueous-phase thickening agent, 1-6% of the oil-phase thickening agent, 10-15% of the fluid oil, 0.5-2% of the skin conditioner and 55.5-80% of the water. The emulsion cream is free of silicone oil, mild, easy to degrade in the human body, free of accumulation, environmentally friendly, nontoxic and harmless and has good emulsifying capacity and does not stimulate the skin.

The invention discloses a special dietary sea food for diabetics. The dietary sea food is prepared by taking the food-borne marine oligopeptides as the main raw material, added by marine bioactive polysaccharides and supplemented with dried marine algae powder, nutrient amino acid, oligosaccharide, nutrients vitamins and minerals, and mixing the substances. The dietary sea food can be produced into powder or particle-like food, and be edible after being dissolved with warm water. The dietary sea food is easy to dissolve, has the greatest biological absorption and maximum bioavailability for ahuman body, high-quality marine protein, activity factors and nutrients are provided for the organism, and the various vitamins and minerals necessary to the human body are supplemented, so as to be beneficial to improving the nutritional status of diabetes. By the interaction of many factors such as food-borne marine oligopeptides, bioactive components in marine bioactive polysaccharides, seaweed powder, amino acid nutrition, the dietary sea food can assist in lowering blood, controlling the blood glucose levels of diabetes, improving immunity and preventing the diabetes complications.

A water-station drink cup for running races has a square cutout at a front or proximal side, and arcuate upper edges along a radius on each side from the top of the verticals of the cutout to a common point on the opposite side. Radiused perforations create fold lines that extend from the bottom of each side of the vertical to meet at that common point. This creates two flaps of a double-radiused ogive shape. The flaps are pushed down one onto the other to close the top, leaving a drink opening at the distal side, corresponding to the square cutout.

A dosage unit for treating constipation in a human patient is described. The dosage unit of the invention comprises a halogenated prostaglandin analog and a pharmaceutically suitable excipient. The dosage unit relieves constipation without substantial side effects.