Abstract:
Methods, reagents and kits are provided for the production and use in detection assays of labeled nucleic acid molecules wherein a labeling molecule is attached directly to the 3' end of the nucleic acid molecules.
Abstract:
An impeller includes a hub and at least one blade supported by the hub. The impeller has a stored configuration in which the blade is compressed so that its distal end moves towards the hub, and a deployed configuration in which the blade extends away from the hub. The impeller may be part of a pump for pumping fluids, such as blood within patients. A blood pump may include a cannula having a proximal portion with a fixed diameter, and a distal portion with an expandable diameter. The impeller may reside in the expandable portion of the cannula. The cannula may have a compressed diameter allowing percutaneous insertion into patients. Once at a desired location, the expandable portion of the cannula may be expanded and the impeller expanded to the deployed configuration. A flexible drive shaft may extend through the cannula for rotationally driving the impeller within the patient.
Abstract:
A method of constructing a highly labeled linear polymeric molecule for use in any desired application, and linear polymeric molecules of such structure. The polymeric molecule is a nucleic acid constructed from a large number of one or more types of monomeric oligonucleotide units that are attached together to form an extended strand. Within each polymer, at least one type of monomeric unit is provided which is bound to or designed to bind to a label moiety, providing a polymer with a large number of repeat sequences designed for labeling purposes, resulting in extremely effective signal carrying molecule of considerable versatility.
Abstract:
A mounting device (10) for securing transport patient connected equipment, specifically an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) (22), in the typically crowded medical transport vehicle. An engagement stud (20) on the IABP (22) slides into a spring-loaded latch (40) connected to a vehicle mounted base (11). The engagement stud configuration allows the user to engage the IABP (22) from any desired direction, i.e. slide the pump (22) from any of the four sides onto the mount (11). No effort is required from the user beyond the pushing motion for locking the IABP (22) onto the mount (11).
Abstract:
Methods are provided for blocking non-specific and specific hybridization of nucleic acid samples on a microarray. The method of the present invention comprises applying a blocking reagent to the microarray, wherein the blocking reagent comprises modified nucleotide bases, preferably LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid -modified bicyclic monomeric units with a 2'-0- 4'-C methylene bridge). In further embodiments, the method includes applying a mixture including: a) a cDNA reagent obtained from mRNA of a target sample, the cDNA having a capture sequence; b) a dendrimer with a label for emitting a detectable signal and a second nucleotide sequence complementary to the capture sequence; and c) an blocking reagent containing LNA to a microarray, for producing a detectable signal from said label whereby a hybridization pattern is generated on the microarray.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for blocking non-specific and specific hybridization of nucleic acid samples on a microarray. The method of the present invention comprises applying a blocking reagent to the microarray, wherein the blocking reagent comprises modified nucleotide bases, preferably LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid -modified bicyclic monomeric units with a 2'-0- 4'-C methylene bridge). In further embodiments, the method includes applying a mixture including: a) a cDNA reagent obtained from mRNA of a target sample, the cDNA having a capture sequence; b) a dendrimer with a label for emitting a detectable signal and a second nucleotide sequence complementary to the capture sequence; and c) an blocking reagent containing LNA to a microarray, for producing a detectable signal from said label whereby a hybridization pattern is generated on the microarray.
Abstract:
An intra-aortic balloon catheter (1) having a gas lumen insert (100) disposed within its gas lumen (3) during insertion of the catheter (1) into the blood vessel of a patient. The gas lumen insert (100) facilitates insertion and helps prevent kinking of the catheter (1).
Abstract:
A method for providing for the detection of nucleic acids by incorporating complementary labeled dendrimeric molecules into the target or probe nucleic acid strand. This method will capture sequences which are attached to one of the nucleic acid strands and sequences that are hybridized to carry the labeled molecule. A schematic diagram of this assay is depicted in Figure 2.
Abstract:
A hemostasis device (30) for percutaneously sealing a puncture (14) in the wall of a blood vessel (16) includes a rigid post (40), and a foot (60), a seal (80) and a retaining member (100) mounted on the rigid post. The hemostasis device may be deployed in the puncture so that the foot is positioned within the blood vessel. Tension is applied to the rigid post to hold the foot against the inside surface of the blood vessel. The retaining member is then pushed along the length of the rigid post, advancing the seal to a deployed state against the outside surface of the blood vessel. The puncture in the blood vessel is sandwiched between the foot and the seal in the deployed state. The rigid post, foot, seal and retaining member may all be formed from a resorbable polymeric material.
Abstract:
A system is provided for joining two tubular structures by a surgical stapling procedure. The system includes a series of sizers (900), a specifically designed graft (10, 50), a loading unit (100) , a wand (300) , a surgical loop (400) and a stapling instrument (500). The sizers are for determining the diameter of a target aorta and the availability of a sufficient transected aortic length to perform a stapling procedure. The loading unit holds the graft in position in the body and deploys a circumferential line of staples (150) through the graft and an overlapping end of the aorta. The graft may include a side port (20) by which the loading unit holds the graft during the stapling procedure, and which may be closed once the stapling procedure has been completed. The wand may be used to introduce the loading unit and graft into the body, to position them within the transected aorta, and to hold them in place during the application of the surgical loop. The surgical loop may include a band (416) formed from a flexible material and having a width greater than its thickness so as to facilitate the formation of an annular loop. With the surgical loop holding the aorta and graft in relative overlapping positions, the wand may be removed from the loading unit and the stapling instrument may be assembled thereto. The stapling instrument includes a plurality of anvils (518a, 518b, 518c) which may be closed to form a circle overlying the aorta, and a trigger mechanism (670, 802) for firing the staples. When fired, the staples are deployed radially outward through the graft and aorta, whereupon their free ends are bent inwardly by staple returns (528) on the anvils. As a result, a plurality of staples may be simultaneously deployed quickly and accurately in a circumferential pattern so as to join together two tubular structures. The system may be used in either an open surgical procedure or laparascopically.