Recently Issued Patents : 2005

	EP1159614B1: Diagnostic Methods for Asthma Inventors: Stan Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., Weikia Wu, David Schmitt Issue Date: 12/28/2005 Brief Description: Diagnosing and prognosing diseases associated with the activation of eosinophils, e.g. asthma.
	US6953462: Apparatus for Implantation into Bone Inventor: Isador Leiberman, M.D. Issue Date: 10/11/2005 Brief Description: An implantable bone anchor that is resistant to toggling and being pulled from the bone. The anchor includes helical spikes that extend from the surface of the anchor and are engagable with the bone.
	DE60111508C0: Ventricular Assist System Secondary Impeller Inventors: David Horvath, Leonard Golding, M.D. William Smith Issue Date: 7/21/2005 Brief Description: Cardiac assisting device has blood pumped from inlet to outlet by a primary impeller with a secondary impeller preventing blood stagnation.
	US6911916: Method and Apparatus for Accessing Medical Data Over a Network Inventors: Gang Wang, Joseph Hahn, M.D., Amante Mangaser, David Roe, Charles Steiner, Darrin Uecker Issue Date: 6/28/2005 Brief Description: A single interface data retrieval method for accessing many disparate forms of medical data over a local area network, wide area network or direct connection.
	DE60020257C0: Continuous Particle and Molecule Separation with an Annular Flow Channel Inventors: Maciej Zborowski, Ph.D. Jeff Chalmers, Lee Moore Issue Date: 6/23/2005 Brief Description: Annular separation channel for use in separating particles, e.g. metals, includes two sequential spaces respectively bonded to cylindrical walls, and third space partially bound by two walls.
	EP1267959B1: Ventricular Assist System with Secondary Impeller Inventors: David Horvath, Leonard Golding, M.D. William Smith Issue Date: 6/15/2005 Brief Description: Cardiac assisting device has blood pumped from inlet to outlet by a primary impeller with a secondary impeller preventing blood stagnation.
	EP1224023B1: Continuous Particle and Molecule Separation with an Annular Flow Channel Inventors: Maciej Zborowski, Ph.D. Jeff Chalmers, Lee Moore Issue Date: 5/18/2005 Brief Description: Annular separation channel for use in separating particles, e.g. metals, includes two sequential spaces respectively bonded to cylindrical walls, and third space partially bound by two walls.
	US6884591: Peripheral Marker of Blood Brain Barrier Permeability Inventors: Damir Janigro, Ph.D., Marc Mayberg, M.D., Gene Barnett, M.D. Issue Date: 4/26/2005 Brief Description: Detection of blood brain barrier permeability for diagnosing diseases such as neuronal distress. The method comprises detecting levels of S100 beta protein in blood samples and compares the result to control levels.
	US6885888: Electrical Stimulation of the Sympathetic Nerve Chain Inventor: Ali Rezai, M.D. Issue Date: 4/26/2005 Brief Description: Method affects physiological disorders by stimulating specific locations on the sympathetic nerve chain via an electrode adjacent or in communication with ganglions on the nerve chain.
	ZA0402461A: Skin Lesion Exciser and Skin-Closure Device Therefor Inventors: Michael Banbury, M.D., Jillian Banbury, M.D. Issue Date: 3/29/2005 Brief Description: Skin lesion exciser for excising skin tags, moles, lesions and other discrete patches of skin from humans or animals, has moving engagement portion and blade for excising lesion simultaneously as skin is closed by closure device.