Author: claimsbot

1. A F1 hybrid maize variety X13D102 seed, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PHV92 with a second plant of variety PH1V5T, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PHV92 and PH1V5T have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12176 and PTA-121499, respectively.
2. The F1 hybrid maize variety X13D102 seed of claim 1, wherein a seed treatment has been applied to the seed.
3. A method comprising cleaning the F1 hybrid maize variety X13D102 seed of claim 1.
4. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the hybrid maize variety X13D102 seed of claim 1.
5. An F1 plant, plant part, or plant cell produced by growing the F1 hybrid maize variety X13D102 seed of claim 1, wherein the plant part comprises a cell of hybrid maize variety X13D102.
6. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 5.
7. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the F1 plant or plant part of claim 5 and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
8. A method for producing a second maize plant comprising applying plant breeding techniques to a first maize plant, or parts thereof, wherein said first maize plant is the F1 plant of claim 5, and wherein application of said techniques results in the production of said second maize plant.
9. The method of claim 8 comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with itself or another maize plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;
(b) harvesting and planting the seed of the subsequent generation to produce at least one plant of the subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 2-10 generations to produce the second maize plant.
10. The method of claim 8 comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with an inducer variety to produce haploid seed; and
(b) doubling the haploid seed to produce the second maize plant.
11. A converted seed of F1 hybrid maize variety X13D102 seed further comprising a locus conversion, wherein said converted seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PHV92 with a second plant of variety PH1V5T; wherein representative seed of said varieties PHV92 and PH1V5T have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12176 and PTA-121499, respectively; and wherein at least one of said varieties PHV92 and PH1V5T further comprises a locus conversion, and wherein the converted seed produces a plant which otherwise has essentially the same phenotypic characteristics as maize variety X13D102 when grown under the same environmental conditions.
12. The converted seed of hybrid maize variety X13D102 of claim 11, wherein a seed treatment has been applied to the converted seed of hybrid maize variety X13D102.
13. A method comprising cleaning the converted seed of hybrid maize variety X13D102 of claim 11.
14. The converted seed of hybrid maize variety X13D102 of claim 11, wherein the locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, site-specific recombination, abiotic stress tolerance, altered phosphorus, altered antioxidants, altered fatty acids, altered essential amino acids, altered carbohydrates, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance and disease resistance.
15. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the converted seed of hybrid maize variety X13D102 of claim 11.
16. An F1 plant, plant part, or plant cell produced by growing the converted seed of F1 hybrid maize variety X13D102 of claim 11, wherein the plant part comprises a cell of hybrid maize variety X13D102 comprising the locus conversion.
17. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 16.
18. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the F1 plant or plant part of claim 16 and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
19. A method for producing a second maize plant comprising applying plant breeding techniques to a first maize plant, or parts thereof, wherein said first maize plant is the F1 plant of claim 16, and wherein application of said techniques results in the production of said second maize plant.
20. The method for producing a second maize plant of claim 19, comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with itself or another maize plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;
(b) harvesting and planting the seed of the subsequent generation to produce at least one plant of the subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 2-10 generations to produce the second maize plant.
21. The method for producing a second maize plant of claim 19, comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with an inducer variety to produce haploid seed; and
(b) doubling the haploid seed to produce the second maize plant.
22. The F1 plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 16, wherein the plant, plant part or plant cell is a plant part comprising an ear, pollen or ovule.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A force-distributing cranial support comprising:
a concave occipital cup portion and a head strap portion contiguously oriented with said occipital cup portion, said occipital cup portion and said head strap portion further comprising a patient oriented face and an environmental oriented face, said head strap portion adapted to fit around a forehead of an infant whereby said occipital cup is adapted to be brought into contact with a posterior aspect of a head of said infant;
a caudal edge oriented towards a neck of said infant and a cephalic edge adapted to be oriented towards a crown of said head of said infant; and
a gripping material, said gripping material affixed to said patient oriented face and adapted to be oriented to contact said head of said infant whereby said gripping material promotes resistance to movement of said head of said infant relative to said patient oriented face and, hence promotes resistance to movement of said head of said infant relative to said cranial deformation preventing device, wherein said gripping material has a thickness between 10 microns and 10 millimeters;
wherein said occipital cup portion further comprises a force-distributing assembly of one or more force-distributing elements, said force-distributing assembly adapted to distribute a force at a contact point associated with a weight of said head of said infant when said head is placed in said occipital cup portion resting on a surface, whereby distributing the force over an area larger than said contact point reduces peak pressure;
wherein said patient oriented face further comprises a material having hypoallergenic, biocompatible, non-irritating properties.
2. A force-distributing cranial support suitable for a head of an infant comprising:
a head strap portion;
an occipital cup portion operatively attached to said head strap portion, said occipital cup portion further comprising bilateral caudal tabs and bilateral ear accommodating arches oriented between said bilateral caudal tabs and said head strap portion;
a caudal edge adapted to be oriented towards a neck of an infant and a cephalic edge adapted to be oriented towards a crown of a head of said infant;
a gel assembly formed to have a concave shape and comprising a gel element of a semi-solid material, said semi-solid material adapted to distribute a force of said head of said infant applied thereon, said gel element encapsulated within an envelope sealed around a perimeter of said envelope thereby maintaining said gel elements in a fixed orientation and location;
a padded layer forcibly adhered to said gel assembly, said padded layer being flexible, whereby said padded layer takes on said concave shape of said gel assembly; and
a patient oriented face and an environmental oriented face, said patient oriented face comprising a material having hypoallergenic, biocompatible, non-irritating properties, said patient oriented face having a grip-providing substance fixedly applied thereon, adapted to contact said head of said infant, and adapted to facilitate and promote the securement of the force-distributing cranial support during the normal movement of said infant, wherein said grip-providing substance has a thickness between 10 microns and 10 millimeters;
wherein said padded layer and said adhered gel assembly are elements of said occipital cup portion of the force-distributing cranial support;
wherein said head strap portion is oriented relative to said occipital cup portion such that said head strap portion is adapted to be snugly conformable to a forehead of said infant while said occipital cup portion is operatively positioned adjacent to an occipital region of said head of said infant, said cephalic edge configured to be positioned below said crown of said head, whereby said crown of said head of said infant is uncovered and each of said bilateral ear arches are positioned to be proximate a posterior aspect of an ear of said infant.
3. A force-distributing cranial support suitable for a head of an infant comprising:
an occipital cup portion and an operatively attached head strap portion, said occipital cup portion and said head strap portion having a caudal edge adapted to be oriented towards a neck of an infant and a cephalic edge adapted to be oriented towards a crown of said head of said infant, wherein said force-distributing cranial support has a patient oriented face and an environmental oriented face, said patient oriented face comprising a material having hypoallergenic, biocompatible, non-irritating properties;
a gel assembly oriented within said occipital cup portion, said gel assembly comprising a semi-solid material, said semi-solid material adapted to distribute a force of said head of said infant applied thereon, said semi-solid material containedly oriented within said gel assembly; and
a padded layer, said gel assembly proximate said padded layer, wherein said padded layer and said gel assembly are elements of said occipital cup portion of said force-distributing cranial support;
wherein said head strap portion is configured relative to said occipital cup such that said head strap portion is snugly conformable to a forehead of said infant while said occipital cup portion is operatively positioned adjacent to an occipital region of said head of said infant, said cephalic edge positioned below said crown of said head, whereby said crown of said head of said infant is uncovered.
4. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said environmental oriented face further comprises a medial environmental-face component, a first lateral environmental-face component, and a second lateral environmental-face component, said medial environmental-face component, said first lateral environmental-face component, and said second lateral environmental-face component being shaped with convex mutually facing edges such that when said mutually facing edges are affixed, said first lateral environmental-face component to said medial environmental-face component and said second environmental-face component also to said medial environmental-face component, said combined components of said environmental oriented face adopt a concave three-dimensional shape.
5. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 4, said gel assembly further comprising a medial gel element, a first lateral gel element, and a second lateral gel element, said medial gel element, and said first and second lateral gel elements securely maintained within an envelope sealed around a perimeter of said envelope, said gel assembly having flexing seams between said medial gel element and said first and second lateral gel elements.
6. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 5, wherein said envelope comprises a thermoplastic elastomer.
7. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 5, wherein said gel assembly is affixed to an inner surface of said environmental oriented face, said flexing seams of said gel assembly aligning with said mutually facing edges of said medial environmental-face component, said first lateral environmental-face component, and said second lateral environmental-face component, whereby said gel assembly assumes said concave three-dimensional shape of said environmental oriented face.
8. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said occipital cup portion further comprises:
bilateral caudal tabs oriented on either side of said occipital cup portion along said caudal edge; and
bilateral ear accommodating arches oriented between said bilateral caudal tabs and said head strap portion,
wherein each of said bilateral ear accommodating arches are configured to be positioned proximate to a posterior aspect of an ear of said infant when said occipital cup portion is held adjacent to an occipital region of said head of said infant.
9. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, further comprising a grip-providing substance fixedly applied on a portion of said patient oriented face, said grip-providing substance oriented to contact said head of said infant and adapted to facilitate and promote the securement of said force-distributing cranial support during normal movement of said infant.
10. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 9, wherein said grip-providing substance is a silicone.
11. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 9, wherein said grip-providing substance is applied to said patient oriented face on said occipital cup portion in a pattern around a perimeter of said occipital cup portion that leaves a center area of said patient oriented face uncovered by said grip-providing substance, whereby the grip-providing substance is configured such that when said infant is lying in a supine position, the peak pressure exerted on said head of said infant is exerted directly onto said patient oriented face rather than directly onto said grip-providing substance, and is further configured such that said grip-providing substance remains in contact with said head around said perimeter of said occipital cup portion.
12. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said padded layer comprises a polyethylene foam.
13. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said padded layer further comprises a medial pad element, a first lateral paid element, and a second lateral pad element, said medial pad element, said first lateral pad element, and said second lateral pad element being shaped with convex mutually facing edges and being affixed to an inner surface of said environmental oriented face with said medial pad element aligned with said medial environmental-side component, said first lateral pad element aligned with said first lateral environmental-side component, and said second lateral pad element aligned with said second lateral environmental-side component.
14. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said occipital cup portion is dimensioned along an axis described from said cephalic edge to said caudal edge between about six centimeters and about nine centimeters.
15. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 8, wherein said occipital cup portion is dimensioned between said bilateral ear-accommodating arches between about seven centimeters and about fifteen centimeters.
16. (canceled)
17. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, further comprising a caudal rim member, said caudal rim member oriented along said patient oriented face proximate said caudal edge of said occipital cup portion whereby said caudal rim member is configured to lie inferiorly to an occipital protuberance of said head of said infant when said occipital cup portion is held proximate said occipital region.
18. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 17, wherein a grip-providing substance is oriented on said caudal rim member.
19. (canceled)
20. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 5, wherein said gel assembly further comprises an inferior gel element oriented towards said caudal edge and proximate to said medial gel element and said first and said second gel element, said inferior gel element maintained within said envelope.
21. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, further comprising a piping of a flexible piping material and a cord around which said flexible piping material is longitudinally wrapped, said flexible piping material stitched into said common perimeter of said patient oriented face and said environmental oriented face whereby said piping is affixed along at least a portion of said common perimeter.
22. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, further comprising an inner padded layer oriented between said gel assembly and said patient oriented face, said inner padded layer fixedly adhered to said patient oriented face and wherein said padded layer is proximate said occipital cup portion.
23. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said occipital cup portion has a thickness between about 5 millimeters and about 32 millimeters.
24. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said occipital cup portion has a thickness between about 8 millimeters and about 16 millimeters.
25. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said semi-solid material is a hydrogel.
26. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 25, wherein said hydrogel contains a water concentration between about thirty-five percent and about fifty percent, whereby said concentration provides a resistance to flow and a resilience to compression from an externally applied force.
27. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said head strap portion further comprises a first wing and a second wing, each of said first and second wings extending from said occipital cup portion and configured to releasably attach said first wing to said second wing, across said forehead of said infant.
28. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 27, wherein said first wing further comprises a hook mechanism and said second wing further comprising a loop mechanism, said hook mechanism and said loop mechanism oriented to cooperatively operate whereby said first wing is releasably attachable to said second wing.
29. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 3, wherein said head strap portion extends from a side of said occipital cup portion, configured to wrap around said forehead of said infant and to releasably affix to a contralateral side of said occipital cup whereby said head strap is adapted to maintain said force-distributing cranial support in position around said head of said infant.
30. (canceled)
31. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 1, wherein said gripping material has a thickness of between 50 microns and 250 microns.
32. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 1, wherein said gripping material covers a portion of said patient oriented face.
33. The force-distributing cranial support of claim 1, wherein said environmental-oriented face comprises a flexible textile.

What is claimed is:

1. A system for renal perfusion comprising:
a pump configured to pump blood through a patient at subcardiac volumetric rates, said pump having an average flow rate that, during normal operation thereof, is substantially below that of the patient’s heart when healthy;
an inflow conduit comprising flexible tubing having an inner diameter that is less than 25 millimeters fluidly coupled to the pump to direct blood to the pump from a first non-primary blood vessel of the vasculature of the patient; and,
an outflow conduit fluidly coupled to the pump and configured to direct blood directly into a renal artery to maintains or enhance blood flow to a kidney supplied by the renal artery;
whereby connection of at least one of the inflow and outflow conduits to the vasculature may be made subcutaneously to permit application thereof in a minimally-invasive procedure.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the inflow conduit defines a first lumen of a multilumen catheter and the outflow conduit defines a second lumen of the multilumen catheter.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the outflow conduit is a cannula.
4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a cannula coupled with the outflow conduit.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the inflow conduit is configured to couple with a femoral artery.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an additional outflow conduit having an end configured to couple with a non-primary vessel.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the non-primary vessel is a renal artery.
8. A system for renal perfusion comprising:
a pump having an inflow port and an outflow port, said pump configured to pump blood through the vasculature of a patient at an average flow rate that, during normal operation thereof, is substantially below that of the patient’s heart when healthy;
a multi-lumen catheter comprising a first lumen configured to fluidly couple a first blood vessel branching off from a blood vessel connected to the patient’s heart with the inflow port of the pump and a second lumen configured to fluidly couple a renal artery with the outflow port of the pump;
wherein the multilumen catheter enables the system to be applied to the patient at a single cannulation site.
9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:
an inflow conduit configured to fluidly coupled with the first lumen of the multilumen cannula and to fluidly couple with the inflow port of the pump; and
an outflow conduit configured to fluidly coupled with the second lumen of the multilumen cannula and to fluidly couple with the outflow port of the pump.
10. A method for increasing perfusion in a renal artery, the method comprising:
providing fluid communication between a pump and an inflow conduit and between the pump and an outflow conduit;
fluidly coupling said inflow conduit with a first location of the vasculature using a minimally invasive surgical procedure;
advancing a distal end of the outflow conduit to a location proximate a renal artery; and
operating said pump to direct blood from the first location to the renal artery at volumetric rates that are on average subcardiac to increase perfusion through the renal artery.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein fluidly coupling the inflow conduit comprises fluidly coupling the inflow conduit to a first femoral artery.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising connecting at least one of said inflow and said outflow conduits to said pump.
13. The method of claim 10, further comprising a multilumen catheter at least partially defining said inflow conduit and said outflow conduit.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A photosensitive alkali-soluble resin comprising a compound of formula (I):
wherein
n1 is an integer selected from the group consisting of 30 to 200;
n2 is an integer selected from the group consisting of 1 to 8;
R1 selected from the group consisting of \u2014H, \u2014O(CH2)n3OH, \u2014O(CH2)n4OCOCH\u2550CH2, \u2014N(CH3)2, \u2014CnH2n+1 and \u2014SCH3;
n3 is an integer selected from the group consisting of 1 to 6;
n4 is an integer selected from the group consisting of 1 to 5;
n is an integer selected from the group consisting of 1 to 12;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of \u2014H and \u2014CH3; and
R3 is selected from the group consisting of \u2014H and \u2014CH3.
2. The photosensitive alkali-soluble resin of claim 1, wherein
R1 is selected from the group consisting of \u2014H, \u2014O(CH2)2OH, \u2014O(CH2)2OCOCH\u2550CH2, \u2014N(CH3)2, \u2014C12H25 and \u2014SCH3.
3. A method of preparing a photosensitive alkali-soluble resin comprising:
a) copolymerizing ethylene oxide with \u03b1-hydroxyalkyl phenyl ketone to obtain a first intermediate product;
b) copolymerizing the first intermediate product with a copolymerization product of glycerin acrylate, styrene and maleic anhydride to obtain the second intermediate product; and
c) oxidizing the second intermediate product to produce the photosensitive alkali-soluble resin, wherein the molar ratio of the ethylene oxide to the \u03b1-hydroxyalkyl phenyl ketone is 1:1 to 8:1; the molar ratio of the glycerin acrylate, the styrene and the maleic anhydride is (1-1.2):(1-1.2):(1-1.3); and molar ratio of the ethylene oxide to the glycerin acrylate is (0.5-6.1):1.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein 3-mercapto propionic acid is used in the copolymerization of the ethylene oxide and the \u03b1-hydroxyalkyl phenyl ketone with a molar ratio of 3-mercapto propionic acid to ethylene oxide of (0-0.1):1; and a mercapto-based chain transfer agent is used in the copolymerization of glycerin acrylate, styrene and maleic anhydride with a molar ratio of mercapto-based chain transfer agent to the glycerin acrylate of (0-0.4):1.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the \u03b1-hydroxyalkyl phenyl ketone is selected from the group consisting of HMPP and HHMP.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein a) is carried out at a temperature of 70 to 120\xb0 C.; and b) is carried out at a temperature of 70 to 100\xb0 C.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein, in c), the oxidization is carried out by adding a material selected from the group consisting of K2FeO4, dimethyl sulfoxide and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.
8. The method of claim 4, wherein the copolymerization of both a) and b) is carried out in a solvent selected from the group consisting of di(propylene glycol) methyl ether acetate and ethyl 3-ethoxypropionate.
9. The method of claim 4, wherein the products obtained after the copolymerization of both a) and b) are settled in a solvent selected from the group consisting of petroleum ether, toluene and cyclohexane.
10. The method of claim 4, wherein the mercapto-based chain transfer agent selected from the group consisting of dodecyl thiol and mercapto ethanol.
11. A color photosensitive resist comprising the photosensitive alkali-soluble resin of claim 1.