Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7727272 | Bearing structure A one-piece expandable flat bearing structure formed by at least partially elastically deformable struts which are separated from each other by openings in the bearing structure. The bearing structure can assume at least one compressed condition and at least one exp... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7599159 | Voltage-resistant MOS switch A voltage-resistant switch comprising a first switching contact and a second switching contact, and an MOS switching transistor having a source terminal, a drain terminal and a gate terminal, wherein the source terminal of the MOS switching transistor is connected t... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596535 | Apparatus for the classification of physiological events An apparatus according to the invention for the classification of physiological events has a signal input for the input of a physiological signal representing or constituting a physiological event and a classification unit 1 for classifying the physiological ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7587244 | Spring contact element A contact arrangement for connecting an electrode line to an implantable device, comprises an electrical connecting socket with a socket longitudinal axis and at least one opening for the insertion of a plug along the socket longitudinal axis. The arrangement includ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7507237 | Catheter The invention concerns a catheter for intravascular application, comprising a shaft extending along the catheter longitudinal axis from the proximal end to the distal end and having a fluid-tight shaft wall and at least one lumen which is adapted to guide a fluid an... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7474922 | Multi chamber capture detection The invention relates to a pacing system, in particular an implantable pacemaker for pacing multiple chambers of the heart and sensing signals from the myocardium of multiple chambers of the heart which will allow the verification of a cardiac evoked response result... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7450990 | Stimulation device with stimulation outcome monitoring A device for electrostimulation of body tissue through a stimulation electrode, in which a stimulation outcome is detected, at least after delivery of a stimulation pulse, on the basis of detecting a drop in a voltage over time or a rise in a short-circuit current o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7127302 | Electrode lead An intracardial electrode lead comprises a distal end, a proximal end and an elongate electrode lead body which includes a helical coil having a lumen and a sheath enclosing the helical coil. The distal end of the electrode lead carries a an electrode. The electrode... | 10/24/2006 |
