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- n. The molality of an ideal solution that would exert the same osmotic pressure as the solution being considered
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Examples
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The colour depends on its osmolality, which is the technical term for how much stuff is dissolved in the liquid.
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The district court interpreted the patent using the corrected "osmolality" term, finding that the certificate of correction was proper as a matter of law.
Infringement Reversed over Improper Certificate of Correction
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In contrast, "osmolality" refers to the amount of solute per kilogram of solvent.
Infringement Reversed over Improper Certificate of Correction
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The parties sell x-ray contrast media, which are classified by osmolality.
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Bracco makes Isovue and Amersham makes Visipaque (a product with the osmolality of blood, also called iso-osmolar).
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When the litigation started, the patent was issued a certificate of correction from the USPTO, where all instances of the word "osmolarity" were replaced with the word "osmolality."
Infringement Reversed over Improper Certificate of Correction
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Yet we are told that only about 1/3 of cases that meet the criteria that include the urine osmolality criterion a have elevated arginine vasopressin.
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I had considered an osmolality above 100 an important criterion for the diagnosis.
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This means that ADH release is suppressed only at a lower level of serum osmolality than normal.
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The authors of the Clinical Practice Review in the May 17.2007 NEJM Ellison DH and Berl T, MEJM 356;20 p 2064 state that: "Measurement of the serum level of arginine vasopressin is not recommended routinely, because urinary osmolality above 100 mOsm per kilogram of water is usually sufficient to indicate excess circulating arginine vasopressin."
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