Accurate distance amplitude compensation
The preferred embodiment of the invention provides a distance amplitude compensation system for use in correcting the output from an ultrasonic pulse echo circuit used for testing materials for discon... Read More
Inventors: Sharpe, Donald E.;, Assignee: Automation Industries, Inc. (Greenwich, CT) |
Pipeline joint tester
According to the invention, the ability of pipe joints to retain fluids under pressure is tested by rolling along a lower portion of the pipeline an annular frame smaller than the interior of the pipe... Read More
Inventors: VanderLans, Gerald G.;, Assignee: |
Connection between two different parts of a person's protective covering
I claim: 1. A connection between two parts of a flexible protective covering for a person, with one of said parts having an opening therein facing the other part, said connection comprising an elastic... Read More
Inventors: Pampuch, Klaus;, Assignee: Auergesellschaft GmbH (Berlin, DE) |
Sound deadening in ultrasonic heel attacher
It is one of the various objects of the present invention to provide an improved method of carrying out a process which involves a member being vibrated against a workpiece at ultrasonic frequency, in... Read More
Inventors: Foster, John C.;, Assignee: USM Corporation (Farmington, CT) |
Pool sweep brush
What is claimed is: 1. In an automatic cleaner for a swimming pool comprising an elongated flexible hose having a discharge nozzle and supplied with water at sufficient pressure to create a water jet ... Read More
Inventors: Stephenson, Thomas G.;, Assignee: |
Metachromatic dye sorption means for differential determination of leukocytes
OF THE INVENTION This invention which is a continuation-in-part of a parent application U.S. Ser. No. 129,680 filed Mar. 12, 1980, which was based upon the discovery of a group of unique metachromati... Read More
Inventors: Kass, Lawrence;, Assignee: |
Chromatographic method for determining fouling tendency of liquid hydrocarbons
OF THE INVENTION Hydrocarbon streams used in refinery operations, in particular, crude oils, are composed of two major parts; high molecular weight asphaltene (fraction insolubles in paraffinic solve... Read More
Inventors: Dickakian, Ghazi B.;, Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc. (Linden, NJ) |
Method for elimination of selected cell populations in analytic cytology
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a number of advantages and objectives are attained. Primarily, the present invention permits the detection and quantification of multiple su... Read More
Inventors: Saunders, Alex M.; Chang, Chin-Hai;, Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Paramus, NJ) |
Heart rate detection utilizing autoregressive analysis
A system for analyzing and displaying the heart rate of a patient is illustrated in FIG. 1. EKG 101 is responsive to electrodes 106, 107, and 108 to generate an analog EKG signal containing the QRS c... Read More
Inventors: Prezas, Dimitrios P.; Zimmerman, III, Gustavus H.;, Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Lung water computer system
A single beam of VIS and IR radiation is chopped and filtered at bandwidths centered on the absorption peaks of ICG and DHO tracers injected in a patient's blood. The blood is passed through a densito... Read More
Inventors: Neufeld, Gordon R.;, Assignee: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) |
Asphalt content gauge with compensation for sample temperature deviations
The present invention is based upon the recognition and discovery that in measuring samples such as hot asphalt, the error introduced by temperature variations in a sample is a function not only of th... Read More
Inventors: Regimand, Ali;, Assignee: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Wrist support apparatus
A first rigid elongated plate has first and second ends, the first end hingedly attached to and adjoining the first end of a rigid link. The second end of the link is hingedly attached to and adjoinin... Read More
Inventors: Knowles, Jr., Miles V.;, Assignee: |
Boot buckle
The present invention avoids the disadvantages of the prior art by means of a novel, quick-release buckle for an athletic boot, particularly the outer sheel of a molded ski boot, which is constructed ... Read More
Inventors: Chalmers, Edward L.;, Assignee: The Garcia Corporation (Teaneck, NJ) |
Shield assembly for an area of an animal to be protected
These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by a protective shield assembly comprised of semicylindrically-shaped members hingeably mounted to one another and provided with inwardly ... Read More
Inventors: DeAngelis, Barbara; Jacobsen, Howard; Jacobsen, Edwin;, Assignee: |
Cylindrical transducer ultrasonic scanner
I claim: 1. An ultrasonic imaging device, comprising transducer means for transmitting ultrasound pulses into a structure to be imaged and receiving ultrasound scattered by said structure and generati... Read More
Inventors: Foster, Francis S.;, Assignee: Ontario Cancer Institute (Toronto, CA) |
Ultrasonic test instrument
This invention relates to an ultrasonic test instrument for the nondestructive testing of materials comprising a transmitter, a receiving amplifier and wide-band test probes having different nominal f... Read More
Inventors: Opara, Ulrich;, Assignee: Krautkramer-Branson, Inc. (Lewistown, PA) |
Method of reducing monochromatic interference in continuous wave seismic prospecting
This invention is a system for reducing the effect on seismic data records of a monochromatic interference signal present in the area in which seismic prospecting is conducted. A continuous wave of se... Read More
Inventors: Cunningham, Allen B.;, Assignee: Exxon Production Research Company (Houston, TX) |
Thigh mounted lower back support belt
An object of the present invention is to support the lower back by urging the spine straight while at the same time allowing natural movement of the upper torso. Another object of the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Kirschenberg, Bruce H.; Platt, Richard L.;, Assignee: |
Sacrum support device
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of support devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved sacrum support device. As such, the gener... Read More
Inventors: Harris, Don W.;, Assignee: |
Surgical orthopedic back support garment
I claim: 1. A surgical orthopedic support garment, comprising: a body member of generally tubular configuration formed of non-elastic fabric material adapted to encase the lower torso of the wearer, s... Read More
Inventors: Osborn, Margaret R.;, Assignee: |
Thoracic-lumbar-sacral corrective orthosis ("TLSO") corrective back supporting brace and chair side support buttress
The invention disclosed herein solves the problems outlined above by providing a unique and novel TLSO back brace with a rigid arcuate back brace portion with a lumbar support cushion, a number of att... Read More
Inventors: Avihod, Eli;, Assignee: Medisol U.S.A., Inc. (South El Monte, CA) |
Back support belt apparatus and method
OF THE INVENTION Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the application drawings, a back support belt configured and operable in accordance with the currently contemplated best mode of my invention is ind... Read More
Inventors: Danzger, Joshua;, Assignee: Charm-Tex Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) |
Pelvic reduction device
What is claimed is: 1. A method for applying substantial opposing forces against the hips of a patient for anatomical reduction of the pelvic bones of the patient, the method which comprises the steps... Read More
Inventors: Buser, Byron Maxwell; Buser, John Paul;, Assignee: |
Electrodynamic sound converter
What we claim is: 1. An electrodynamic pulse echo sound converter for transmitting and receiving sound pulses when checking materials, which includes in combination an electromagnet having a core with... Read More
Inventors: Kopineck, Hermann J.; Bottcher, Wolfgang;, Assignee: Hoesch Werke Aktiengesellschaft (Dortmund, DE) |
Ultrasonic inspection and deployment apparatus
The invention is an apparatus for ultrasonic inspection of a metal specimen combining several features which together make a high degree of data repeatability and automation feasible. It is intended t... Read More
Inventors: Michaels, Jennifer E.; Michaels, Thomas E.; Mech, Jr., Stephen J.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States (Washington, DC) |
Surface acoustic wave sensors
An object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide sensing diaphragms suitable for the measurement of pressure and related phenomena which overcome various of the disadvantages identified ab... Read More
Inventors: Sinha, Bikash K.; Gouilloud, Michel;, Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (New York, NY) |
Device for rheoplethysmography by occlusion
We claim: 1. A device for rheoplethysmography by occlusion adapted in particular to the study of vascular behavior of a lower limb of a patient comprising pressure-applying means for causing occlusion... Read More
Inventors: Piquard, Jean-Francois;, Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (Paris, FR) |
Surgical shield
Generally, the present invention provides a blanket or shield which is comprised of at least one first and at least one second outer metallic sheets, preferably of an aluminum foil, which has sandwich... Read More
Inventors: Teeple, Edward;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for monitoring respiratory performance
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The drawings show a respirometer 10 which comprises a casing 11 in which a circular chamber 12 is formed. A rotor 13 is mounted for rotation within the chamber 12 and comp... Read More
Inventors: Williams, Garnet M. E.; Hollis, James E. L.;, Assignee: Ferraris Development and Engineering Company Limited (London, GB2) |
Portable spirometer with improved accuracy
We claim: 1. In a spirometer including a passageway, a flow sensor means for generating electric flow signals representing a rate of gas flow from a proximal end to a distal end of said passageway, sa... Read More
Inventors: Hankinson, John L.; Viola, Joseph O.; Ebeling, Thomas R.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health (Washington, DC) |
Cosmetic Surgery 
