Kit adapted to facilitate storage and use of splinter-removing materials
I claim: 1. A kit containing equipment and medication adapted to facilitate removal of slivers or like foreign substances from the human body, said kit comprising, in combination, a fluid receptacle a... Read More
Inventors: Harris, Jeanette C.;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for preventing posterior capsular opacification
The method of the present invention is directed to the application of energy to the interior surface of the lens capsule following extracapsular cataract extraction for the purpose of preventing the o... Read More
Inventors: Bretton, Randolph H.;, Assignee: American Cyanamid Company (Wayne, NJ) |
Implantable prosthetic device
The present invention is directed to: (A) the use of a covering for a prosthesis which has high tissue ingrowth, biocompatibility, low reactivity and scar tissue formation and which disorganizes scar ... Read More
Inventors: Ledergerber, Walter J.;, Assignee: |
Process for the thermal decomposition of aluminum chloride hexahydrate to obtain alumina
We claim: 1. A continuous process for the thermal decomposition of aluminum chloride hydrate into solid aluminum oxide and gaseous hydrogen chloride comprising (1) introducing the aluminum chloride hy... Read More
Inventors: Reh, Lothar; Plass, Ludolf; Marchessaux, Philippe;, Assignee: Aluminum Pechiney (Lyon, FR) |
Combined surgical needle-suture device possessing an integrated suture cut-off feature
OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a combined surgical needle-suture method and resulting surgical needle-suture device which provides for separation of the suture from the needle by a... Read More
Inventors: Korthoff, Herbert W.;, Assignee: United States Sirgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT) |
Isobutylene polymer active compound release systems
We claim: 1. In a therapeutic system including a covering layer which is essentially impermeable to an active compound, an active compound reservoir layer and a protective layer which can be pulled of... Read More
Inventors: von Bittera, Miklos; Dhein, Rolf; Meyer, Rolf-Volker; Rupp, Roland;, Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (Leverkusen, DE) |
Method for the preparation of implants, and implants
OF THE INVENTION The present invention has as its object the suggestion of a method for the preparation of implants which is particularly simple and is feasible with conventional equipment available ... Read More
Inventors: Scheicher, Hans;, Assignee: |
Hip prosthesis structure adapted for easy fitting to the patient coxo-femural articulation
Accordingly, the task of the present invention is to overcome the above mentioned drawbacks by providing a hip prosthesis which can be provided with a coupling portion or member of any desired length,... Read More
Inventors: Cremascoli, Patrizio;, Assignee: |
Self-telescoping cartridge magazine spring
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, wherein FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view in perspective of a self-telescoping cartridge magazine embodying the p... Read More
Inventors: Seecamp, Lueder;, Assignee: |
Optical system using an ophthalmic lens and an intra-ocular lens to improve the sight of a person suffering from macular degeneration
The present invention consists in a system for improving the sight of a person suffering from macular degeneration comprising a high positive power ophthalmic lens adapted to be disposed in front of t... Read More
Inventors: Mercier, Jean-Louis;, Assignee: Essilor International Cie Generale d'Optique (Fontenay Les Briis, FR) |
Transducer carrier for ultrasonic testing
According to the present invention, a transducer carrier is provided which can support a plurality of ultrasonic transducers against the interior of a tube wall. The carrier includes provision for mov... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, Albert S.; Pappan, Bruce W.;, Assignee: Conoco Inc. (Ponca City, OK) |
Pacing lead with stylet and tapered terminal pin
The general purpose of the present invention is to provide a terminal pin which easily fits into a wire coil of a transvenous pacing lead, and easily accepts passage of a stylet through the terminal p... Read More
Inventors: O'Neill, Edward G.;, Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Stimulation device for acupuncture points
The invention has in particular for object to eliminate said disadvantages of the pressure acupuncture devices previously known and to provide a device ensuring a massage of the acupuncture point rath... Read More
Inventors: Chauve, Jean-Yves; Leguin, Jean M.; Loquet, Jacques; Eugene, Leroux;, Assignee: |
Parallel wall indicator
This invention provides a method and apparatus with which the preparation of two or more teeth may be correlated to achieve accuracy and consistency in the configuration thereof and in this way minimi... Read More
Inventors: Stefanoff, Boris T.;, Assignee: |
Device and method for unclogging drains
I claim: 1. A device for use in unclogging a drain comprising: means for forming a seal around the drain opening, cartridge means having at least two materials retained thereby capable of effecting a ... Read More
Inventors: Petterson, Tor H.;, Assignee: |
Lock alignment tool
What is claimed is: 1. An alignment tool for indentifying and marking the proper location on a closure for the hole to receive the cylinder of a lock of the type having a plurality of laterally extend... Read More
Inventors: Michaels, Bertram;, Assignee: New York School of Locksmithing, Inc. (Hempstead, NY) |
Arterial blood collection device
I claim: 1. An arterial collection device, comprising: an elongated housing having a proximal end, a distal portion, an elongated bottom wall having a pair of opposed sides, and a pair of elongated sp... Read More
Inventors: Villari, Frank K.;, Assignee: The Kendall Company (Boston, MA) |
Surgical sutures
We claim: 1. A surgical suture characterized in that a multifilamentous suture has incorporated in its interstices a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and the other copolymerizable monomer in an amount... Read More
Inventors: Nakajima, Takeaki; Yoshimura, Tatsushiro; Karasawa, Yukihiko;, Assignee: Daikin Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Membrane composite
That which is claimed is: 1. In a body-implantable dispenser for a fluid medicament, the improvement comprising, in combination: a portion of the external wall of said dispenser being defined by a mem... Read More
Inventors: Hauser, Jean-Luc;, Assignee: Cordis Corporation (Miami Lakes, FL) |
Plumbers snake
What is claimed is: 1. A plumbers snake comprising an elongated flexible member having a leading end and a trailing end, means defining a jointed end portion connected to the leading end of said flexi... Read More
Inventors: Kovacs, Julius S.;, Assignee: |
Electrical power supply, fusing apparatus and recording apparatus using the same
It is therefore an object of the present invention to solve the foregoing problems in the prior art. It is another object of the present invention to provide an electrical power supply from which a li... Read More
Inventors: Mitsuya, Teruaki; Hori, Yasuro; Kumasaka, Takao; Nishino, Shinichi; Fumiwara, Shigetaka;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Ambulatory disposable infusion delivery system
It is an object of this invention to provide, and it does provide, an infusion device that may be filled with a fluid, using conventional means such as a hypodermic syringe, with the needle inserted t... Read More
Inventors: Vaillancourt, Vincent L.;, Assignee: |
Biological fluid collection and dispensing apparatus and method
The present invention utilizes a new and different approach to the problems described above by eliminating the need for separate fluid withdrawal and fluid dispensing apparatus thus further minimizing... Read More
Inventors: Sarrine, Robert J.;, Assignee: Helena Laboratories Corporation (Beaumont, TX) |
Splittable catheter composite material and process
OF THE DRAWINGS In FIG. 1, a cross sectional view has been taken as would be seen from the plane normal to axis A A of FIG. 3. More specifically, the catheter 10 includes a body portion 11 and a stri... Read More
Inventors: Wells, Stanley C.;, Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ) |
Retractable syringe
According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, a retractable syringe includes a barrel, one end of which comprises a needle carrier mounting collar. A needle carrier is releasably mounted wit... Read More
Inventors: Zdeb, Brian;, Assignee: Retrax, Inc. (Tomball, TX) |
Vacuum hair cutter
I claim 1. In a vacuum hair cutter, the combination of a scissors-like implement attachable to a hose of a vacuum cleaner or other vacuum source, said scissors-like implement comprising a tube and a f... Read More
Inventors: Clay, Scott Douglas;, Assignee: |
Hinge for furniture
I claim: 1. A cabinet hinge for use in a piece of furniture having a door and a door-supporting wall, said hinge having a door part, an elongated support arm, a linkage pivotingly joining said door pa... Read More
Inventors: Lautenschlager, Reinhard;, Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik (Reinheim, Odenwald, DT) |
Patient cable with distributed resistance protection in conductors
What is claimed is: 1. A yoke and trunk cable for coupling the inputs of an EKG machine to the separate leads from electrodes attached to a patient in such manner as to protect the inputs from current... Read More
Inventors: Rosenberg, Neil A.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Shower receptor drain
I claim: 1. A drain assembly, comprising: a generally cylindrical drain body having a bore extending therethrough, a first flange extending radially inwardly in said bore and defining an opening throu... Read More
Inventors: Cuschera, Casper;, Assignee: |
Rearwardly acting surgical catheter
I have devised a surgical catheter that avoids the problems noted above, encountered by the prior art catheters that cut by moving away from the incision used to insert them. More specifically, in acc... Read More
Inventors: , Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Obesity Surgery 
