Stapler
I claim: 1. A stapler adapted for joining living tissue, said stapler comprising an elongate body having front and rear ends, a guide surface adjacent said front end, and an anvil transversely centere... Read More
Inventors: Struble, Kent R.;, Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (Saint Paul, MN) |
Method for making flying surfaces
The foregoing and other objects of the invention are accomplished by employing a panel of stiff, light weight plastic material such as expanded styrene foam to form a one-piece frame of a flying surfa... Read More
Inventors: Renger, Larry H.;, Assignee: Mattel, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA) |
Power saw guide assembly
It has now been found that the foregoing and related objects can be readily attained in a power saw guide assembly which includes a base member adapted for mounting on saw table or the like and having... Read More
Inventors: Girardin, Gaston A.;, Assignee: |
Sharpener for compass leads and pencil leads
Proceeding therefore to describe the invention in detail, reference to the accompanying drawings will show a substantially open topped cylindrical container 10 having a base 11 and a surrounding wall... Read More
Inventors: McMillan, Colin W.;, Assignee: |
Knife handle
OF THE INVENTION With reference to the drawing wherein like numerals represent like parts throughout the several FIGURES, a retractable blade knife handle in accordance with the present invention is ... Read More
Inventors: Weimann, George F.;, Assignee: The Stanley Works (New Britain, CT) |
Hemostatic article and methods for preparing and employing the same
This disclosure includes by reference the drawing and disclosure of my copending application 907,899 (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,238,480). The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved pad or spon... Read More
Inventors: Sawyer, Philip N.;, Assignee: |
Sickle cell therapeutic treatment
In accordance with the present invention, a process is provided for treating sickle cell disease including the step of withdrawing whole blood substantially continuously from a patient. During the wit... Read More
Inventors: Cullis, Herbert M.; Dorsey, Evelyn E.;, Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. (Deerfield, IL) |
Balloon catheter assembly
This invention will be explained with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the distal portion of the occluding balloon catheter according to this invention. As seen from this ... Read More
Inventors: Ishida, Toshinobu; Tanabe, Susumu;, Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
One-way valve for leg urinals or the like
The present invention provides a one-way valve for leg urinals and the like that is highly sensitive to permit forward flow of even drop-size volumes of liquid and yet is normally closed and insures a... Read More
Inventors: Griffin, Raymond E.;, Assignee: |
Medical device
I claim: 1. A medical device comprising: a first relatively hard ball section, said first ball section having a smooth peripheral surface; a second relatively hard ball section, said second ball secti... Read More
Inventors: James, Eugene;, Assignee: |
Synthetic membrane for wound-dressings
I claim: 1. Synthetic membrane or skin containing poly-aminoacids usable for wound-dressings consisting of two integral layers of which at least one is resorbable by the body, the first internal layer... Read More
Inventors: Bichon, Daniel;, Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Carouge, CH) |
Anti-thrombogenic retentive catheter
What is claimed is: 1. A method of producing an anti-thrombogenic retentive catheter with a negatively charged surface, which comprises coating a polyvinylchloride or polyethylene catheter with a solu... Read More
Inventors: Braun, Bernd;, Assignee: Intermedicat GmbH (Emmenbrucke, CH) |
Flexible coated article and method of making same
The invention is a surgeon's glove with improved vapor transmission properties which is formed with a coating of hydrophilic hydrogel polymer on the internal surface of said glove such that perspirati... Read More
Inventors: Podell, Howard I.; Goldstein, Albert;, Assignee: Podell; Howard I. (New Rochelle, NY) |
Method of making molds with xenogeneic collagen/mineral preparations for bone repair
We claim: 1. A process for coating the pores in a porous calcium phosphate mineral material with collagen, which process comprises pumping a collagen dispersion through the mineral material, which mat... Read More
Inventors: Piez, Karl A.; Pharriss, Bruce B.; Chu, George H.; Smestad, Thomas L.; Hendricks, Diana;, Assignee: Collagen Corporation (Palo Alto, CA) |
Gamma irradiation of collagen/mineral mixtures
We claim: 1. A method for treating a bony defect, comprising: contacting the bony defect with a formable composition comprising 2-40% reconstituted fibrillar atelopeptide collagen and 60-98% calcium p... Read More
Inventors: Smestad, Thomas L.; Prows, Daniel; Chu, George H.; Hendericks, Diana M.; Brown, Debera;, Assignee: Collagen Corporation (Palo Alto, CA) |
Process for making non-crystalline sugary materials from sugar and glucose syrup
What I claim is: 1. A method of manufacturing non-crystalline sugary matter for confectionery from crystalline sugar and liquid glucose comprising separately introducing the crystallized sugar and the... Read More
Inventors: Spriet, Francois;, Assignee: Creusot-Loire (Paris, FR) |
Tamper discouraging system
I claim: 1. A tamper discouraging system, comprising: a catheter having an elongated shaft and a hollow connector at a proximal end of the shaft; a drainage tube having an adapter at an upstream end o... Read More
Inventors: Dye, John F.;, Assignee: The Kendall Company (Boston, MA) |
Glass tube and thermoplastic resin finger grip sleeve assembly
I claim: 1. A glass tube and non-glass finger grip arrangement for use particularly in packaging and subsequent dispensing of chemicals, comprising a length of substantially constant diameter die-form... Read More
Inventors: Tischlinger, Edward A.;, Assignee: MPL, Inc. (St. Louis, MO) |
Injection syringe with separate one-piece finger rest
What is claimed is: 1. An injection syringe comprising: a. a cylindrical barrel having a forward end forming a head and an open rear end; b. the barrel having a finger rest region in the vicinity of i... Read More
Inventors: Hennings, Werner;, Assignee: Bunder Glas GmbH (DT) |
Disposable syringe sleeve
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for use with a hypodermic syringe having a syringe body with a tip extending directly therefrom and a hypodermic needle shaped to fit over the tip, the hypodermic n... Read More
Inventors: Miller, Gabriel M.; Cowen, Timothy B.; Palin, Philip R.;, Assignee: Cilco, Inc. (Huntington, WV) |
Syringe having two component barrel
A syringe assembly of the present invention includes a hollow cylindrically shaped barrel defining a bore, an external side, an internal side, a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being o... Read More
Inventors: Imbert, Claude;, Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ) |
Sliding fireplace andirons
I claim: 1. In a heating unit of the type which includes a room air recirculating passageway and includes a fire enclosure defined in part by a bed plate, the improvement wherein the bed plate include... Read More
Inventors: Moncrieff-Yeates, Alexander J.;, Assignee: |
Drop sensing unit and associated drip chamber for IV fluid administration
The present invention solves the need that exists and resides in an improved drop sensing unit and dedicated or associated drip chamber. Retaining means on the chamber and sensing unit provide for pos... Read More
Inventors: Knute, Wallace L.;, Assignee: Ivac Corporation (San Diego, CA) |
Intubating pharyngeal airway
What is claimed is: 1. An intubating airway, comprising: a. A curved tubular longitudinally extending body member, said body member having a curved longitudinally extending side opening, defined there... Read More
Inventors: Berman, Robert A.;, Assignee: |
Endotracheal support and stabilization device
OF THE INVENTION The endotracheal support and stabilization device of the invention is for a person 1, and especially an infant, as shown in FIG. 1, having a head 2 with a face 3 in front of the head... Read More
Inventors: Colley, Donna J.; Easterwood, Michael L.;, Assignee: |
Endotracheal tube holder
The improved endotracheal tube holder disclosed herein provides a rigid support member shaped to fit over the firm ridge of the patient's nose with cutout openings for the nostrils. This member includ... Read More
Inventors: Foster, Billy R.;, Assignee: |
Airway
The main object of the present invention is to provide an expandable airway which eliminates the disadvantages of the prior art devices and which enables one to easily and quickly remove the airway fr... Read More
Inventors: Rind, Bruce;, Assignee: |
Built in assembly for stabilizing and securing intravascular needle or catheter like device
A fitting for using intravascular emplacement of a needle or catheter like instrument comprises the catheter and needle on one end of the hub which to be attached to a connecting fluid line. Stabilizi... Read More
Inventors: Joishy, Suresh K.;, Assignee: |
Physiotherapy healthy device
The present invention is a health promoting device having a shade with a covering canvas. A conduit located in a base structure is connected to a herb tank. There are numerous orifices mounted on a be... Read More
Inventors: Lin, Shin-Hsiung;, Assignee: |
Positionable tissue interfacing device for the management of percutaneous conduits
The invention comprises a tissue interface device designed to be placed onto a separate percutaneous conduit and positioned along the conduit length to a desired anatomical site for effective infectio... Read More
Inventors: Yamamoto, Ronald K.; Pesotchinsky, Sophia;, Assignee: Vitaphore Corporation (San Carlos, CA) |
Obesity Surgery 
