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The use of texaphyrins for ocular diagnosis and therapy is provided, especially use of photosensitive texaphyrins for photodynamic therapy of conditions of the eye characterized by abnormal vasculature, such as macular degeneration, or pterygium, for example. The photosensitive texaphyrin may be a free-base texaphyrin or may be metallated with a diamagnetic metal. Preferably, the photosensitive texaphyrin is metallated with lutetium. Due to the dual wavelength absorption of texaphyrins, i.e., at 400-500 nm and at 700-800 nm, especially about 732 nm, as compared to porphyrins, texaphyrins are more effective and versatile for use in humans as compared to porphyrins. Texaphyrins serve as effective contrast agents in ocular angiography.
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Catheters and other medical devices include a non-metallic member having paramagnetic ionic particles fixedly incorporated therethrough in order to provide enhanced detectability when viewed by magnetic imaging regardless of the orientation of the non-metallic member in the magnetic field. Catheters are usually formed from polymeric tubing, and the paramagnetic ionic particles are usually formed from paramagnetic ions incorporated with water or other proton-donating fluid into carrier particles, such as zeolites, molecular sieves, clays, synthetic ion exchange resins, and microcapsules. Catheters and other medical devices include a non-metallic member having small iron and/or superparamagnetic particles fixedly incorporated therethrough or thereover in order to provide enhanced detectability when viewed by magnetic imaging. Catheters are usually formed from polymeric tubing, and the iron and/or superparamagnetic particles at or near the surface of the catheter interact with the water protons of the surrounding patient's body to provide image enhancement regardless of the orientation of the polymeric or other non-metallic material in the magnetic field.
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Methods for cancer chemosensitization are provided. Texaphyrins are new chemosensitizers for enhancing the cytotoxicity of chemotherapeutic agents. The enhancement appears to be P-glycoprotein-independent since texaphyrins are effective in both a P-glycoprotein-expressing and a P-glycoprotein -nonexpressing cell line. Methods are provided for the treatment of cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, carcinoma, and sarcoma using a texaphyrin as a chemosensitizer.
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A backlight assembly for use in a transmissive display system is described. The backlight assembly includes a light source that illuminates a light chamber. A transmissive display is positioned adjacent the light chamber so that light that exits the chamber illuminates the transmissive display. The backlight assembly may include one or more specular reflectors and one or more other optical elements to ensure that the light that exits the light chamber has the desired spatial uniformity, polarization, color, and/or angular distribution
摘要:
Shaped refractive articles having compound curved surfaces enable a light source to provide substantially uniform illumination of a linear or planar target. The refractive articles can comprise an input edge or face and an output edge or face, the input edge or face having at least one shaped notch or cavity that can at least partially envelop a light source, wherein the notch or cavity has at least two oppositely signed curved portions shaped to provide substantially uniform illumination of a target by the source. The articles can also be optically coupled to and at least partially envelop a light source, and can have an output edge or surface having at least two oppositely signed curved portions shaped to provide substantially uniform illumination of a target region by the source. The shaped articles can be used in, for example, lighting devices, frontlights, backlights and electronic displays.
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A wedge-shaped light extractor having a light-redirecting surface with a plurality of projections having a riser segment, a plateau segment, and a facet segment, with land segments flanking the projections. The projections improve extraction efficiency, thereby facilitating use of available light from a light source.
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The invention relates to the field of radiation sensitizers and the use of texaphyrins for radiation sensitization and other conditions for which X-ray radiation has proven to be therapeutic.
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A weld pool viewing system including optical elements for enhancing the weld pool image is positioned at an angle relative to the axis of a welding torch to extract image information pertaining to the interface of the weld pool with a workpiece to control the welding parameters.
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An elastomeric composition is prepared containing an amorphous propylene/hexene copolymer and an elastomer selected from styrene butadiene styrene block copolymers.
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An elastomer composition is prepared containing a maleated amorphous polypropylene and an elastomer selected from butyl elastomers, crosslinked butyl elastomers, and styrene ethylene butydiene styrene block copolymers.