Container with overwrap
It is an aim of the present invention to provide a display tray which is made up of a plurality of identical modular display units joined together in a predetermined selected number. It is a further a... Read More
Inventors: Geraedts, Joseph G.;, Assignee: General Foods, Limited (CA) |
Curved roll having sealed torsional coupling between roll sections
Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A curved roll having an axle, a series of bearings received on said axle and axially spaced apart ther... Read More
Inventors: Gallant, James O.;, Assignee: SW (Delaware), Inc. (Providence, RI) |
Apparatus for guiding, holding or moving longitudinal elements
The present invention consists of apparatus useful for guiding, advancing, belaying or retracting an element of indeterminent length, such as webbing, rope, cable, chain, wire, etc., and more particul... Read More
Inventors: Bishop, Bernard F.;, Assignee: |
Nail feed mechanism
What is claimed is: 1. A nail feed mechanism for use in power operated nailing guns of the type having a nail guiding barrel, a nail magazine, for carrying a strip of nails, wherein such nails are joi... Read More
Inventors: Leistner, Herbert E.;, Assignee: |
Device for driving nails and similar fastening elements
OF THE INVENTION In FIG. 1 a device for driving fastening elements is illustrated including a housing 1, a motor, however, only the drive shaft 2 from the motor is shown for reasons of simplicity, an... Read More
Inventors: Gloor, Peter; Gschwend, Hans; Mark, Fritz; Matt, Lukas;, Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Schaan, LI) |
Riser removal device
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a riser removal device for castings which overcomes the inefficient and hazardous method of riser removal encountered heretofore. This is ac... Read More
Inventors: Kerns, Victor L.; Sager, David A.;, Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated (Chicago, IL) |
Assembly line conveyance
The present invention has been devised with a view to substantially eliminating the problem inherent in the prior art method discussed above and has for its essential object to provide an assembly lin... Read More
Inventors: Harada, Saburo; Fujinaka, Tatsuo;, Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation (Hiroshima, JP) |
Substitute blood vessel and a process for preparing the same
What is claimed is: 1. A process for preparing a heterograft substitute blood vessel comprising digesting a properly pretreated pig blood vessel with a digesting solution containing an animal proteoly... Read More
Inventors: Miyata, Kaneyasu; Amano, Izumi; Iwai, Takehiko; Asahi, Tetsuya;, Assignee: Miyata; Kaneyasu (Nagoya, JP); Amano; Izumi (Nagoya, JP); Toda; Kohei (Osaka, JP) |
After-treatment of dyeings with reactive dyes on cellulose fiber materials
We claim: 1. A process for the after-treatment of dyeings with reactive dyes on cellulose fiber materials, wherein the after-treatment is carried out using an aqueous solution of a cationic condensate... Read More
Inventors: Fikentscher, Rolf; Heimann, Sigismund; Mertens, Heinrich; Schneider, Siegfried; Vescia, Michele;, Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Ludwigshafen, DE) |
Lancing device
That which is claimed is: 1. An integrated lancing device which comprises: a generally U-shaped spring member defining a pair of arms having free ends; a lance blade carried in transverse position on ... Read More
Inventors: Schnell, William J.;, Assignee: Invictus, Inc. (Chicago, IL) |
Device for coagulation of biological tissues
OF THE INVENTION A device for coagulation of biological tissues comprises a casing 1 (FIG. 1) made of metal, e.g. DURALUMIN (a high strength aluminum alloy containing 4% copper, 0.5% magnesium, 0.25-... Read More
Inventors: Fedorov, Svyatoslav N.; Krutov, Sergei V.; Soloviev, Sergei A.; Alexandrova, Olga G.; Korshunova, Nadezhda K.;, Assignee: |
Endoscope insertion cannula assembly
The present invention provides an insertion cannula assembly with a locking mechanism for holding an endoscopy instrument in a desired orientation with respect to an insertion cannula tube. The lockin... Read More
Inventors: Santangelo, John A.; DiGiantommaso, Michael;, Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. (Randolph, MA) |
Suture knot pusher
Key Words and Definition Intertwine--when two free ends of the suture material are looped over one another once or twice. Throw--one or more intertwine. Knot--two or more throws laid in succession on ... Read More
Inventors: Tuason, Leo B.;, Assignee: |
Device for rolling of cigarettes
OF THE DRAWINGS This cigarette rolling device has flat, block-shaped basic structure 1 which is open on the top. The two end areas 3 of basic structure 1 extend over its upper edge and form stops 3a.... Read More
Inventors: Meinunger, Helmut;, Assignee: Gizeh-Werk GmbH (Bergneustadt, DE) |
Tensioning, twisting and cutting device for sutures
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a new device for joining, tensioning, fixing and severing sutures in, for example, approximation of the sternum after median sternotomy, using... Read More
Inventors: Santos, Manuel V.;, Assignee: |
Surgical suturing machine
We claim: 1. A surgical suturing machine for connecting tissue edges having outer surfaces using suture thread, comprising: a surgical suturing machine housing; needle means carrying the suture thread... Read More
Inventors: Moll, Philip; Schlondorff, Georg;, Assignee: G.M.Pfaff Aktiengesellschaft (DE) |
Thread trimming device for a lockstitch bar tacking sewing machine
The present invention has been made from a viewpoint of such conventional technical problems to provide a thread trimming device for a lockstitch bar tacking sewing machine comprising an arm shaft 9 w... Read More
Inventors: Nakayama, Koichi; Hiratsuka, Katsuo; Ayuta, Masanori;, Assignee: The Singer Company N.V. (Curaco, AN) |
Endoscopic instrumentation kit and package therefor
The present invention provides a novel endoscopic or laparoscopic instrumentation kit which makes available, in various combinations, the necessary equipment for effecting a laparoscopic surgical proc... Read More
Inventors: Decarie, Andre P.; Brown, David L.; Malinowski, Stanley J.; Dunklee, Douglas M.;, Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT) |
Multiple-wire electrosurgical electrodes
An object of the invention is medical, dental, or veterinarian cutting instrument construction that reduces the requirements for maintaining even pressures on multiple cutters. Another object of the i... Read More
Inventors: Ellman, Alan G.; Garito, Jon C.;, Assignee: |
Atherectomy device with angioplasty balloon and method
Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide an atherectomy device that is particularly well suited for reducing stenosis materials that occlude a blood vessel. Another obj... Read More
Inventors: Mueller, Richard L.; Farley, Brian E.; Pfeiffer, James F.;, Assignee: Devices for Vascular Intervention, Inc. (Redwood City, CA) |
Catheter device utilizing a laser beam laterally directed by a high index prism in a liquid medium
A laser energy delivery catheter for lateral transmission of laser energy in a liquid medium is contemplated by the present invention. Laser energy is transmitted through an optical fiber to a prism w... Read More
Inventors: Saadat, Vahid; Loeb, Marvin P.; Crawford, L. Dean;, Assignee: Trimedyne, Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
Method for manufacturing bearings or other anti-friction elements formed of lubricant contained polyacetal
What is claimed is: 1. A method of making bearings or other anti-friction elements characterized by comprising the steps of uniformly mixing at the normal room temperature polyoxymethylene or copolyme... Read More
Inventors: Horikawa, Masayuki; Takata, Yataro; Sumiyoshi, Kikuo;, Assignee: Oiles Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Guarded skin hook for surgical use
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a guarded surgical skin hook which includes a protective guard for selectively covering and uncovering the prongs thereof during a surgical p... Read More
Inventors: Abidin, Michael R.; Lehmbeck, Steven P.;, Assignee: Bloom; Leonard (Towson, MD) |
Packaged synthetic absorbable surgical elements
The present invention provides a sterile packaged synthetic absorbable suture filled with a stabilizing agent, preferably a mixture of glycerol and calcium lactate, packaged in a suture retainer dispo... Read More
Inventors: Kaplan, Donald S.; Hermes, Matthew E.; Muth, Ross R.; Brown, David L.; Holzwarth, Henry A.;, Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT) |
Body implantable lead with stiffening stylet
The above features and advantages of the present invention, as well as other, are accomplished by providing a body implantable, intravascular lead of the type having a lumen for receiving a stiffening... Read More
Inventors: Rose, Maria M.;, Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Steerable surgical devices
The invention provides a steerable surgical device comprising an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member surrounding the inner tubular member. A distal end of at least one of the inner and ou... Read More
Inventors: Heaven, Malcolm D.; Klapper, Robert C.;, Assignee: Advanced Surgical Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Laparoscopic surgical clamp
What is claimed is: 1. A surgical clamp having a longitudinal configuration and an axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end of said clamp, the clamp comprising: a support structure; firs... Read More
Inventors: Sackier, Jonathan M.; Jones, Michael L.; Dolendo, Edward E.;, Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation (Laguna Hills, CA) |
Body profiled surgical drainage appliance
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, a surgical drainage appliance 10, in accordance with the invention, comprises an approximately ellipsoidal plate 12 defined by a major axis 14 and a min... Read More
Inventors: Carrington, Russell S.;, Assignee: |
Wound closure device
The invention provides a suture device comprising a hook needle and a guide member. The needle has a distal portion extending between a longitudinally extending manipulating portion and a longitudinal... Read More
Inventors: Heaven, Malcolm D.; Schrayer, Howard;, Assignee: Advanced Surgical, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Method for performing a surgical closure of a skin incision or wound and means for carrying out the method
What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A method for performing a surgical closure of a open skin incision or wound presenting two opposite skin edge portions to be held together, c... Read More
Inventors: Broome, Albert;, Assignee: Brava Patient Och Invent AB (Trollhattan, SE) |
Obesity Surgery 
