Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4590936 | Microsurgical instrument A microsurgical instrument has a stationary jaw part that is connected via a tube with a stationary handle part, and also has a rotatable jaw part that is attached to a rotating rod supported in the tube. The rotating rod is caused to rotate by means of a... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4574802 | Surgical instrument for cutting tissue, in particular cartilage In a surgical instrument for cutting tissue and having a jaw part that comprises a stationary, U-shaped curette and a cutting part which is secured on a rotating rod rotatably supported in a tube carrying the curette, the rotating rod is according to the ... | 03/11/1986 |
