Bizarre Patents
Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088077 | Tinnitus testing device and method Objectively measuring tinnitus in human and animal subjects. A subject is exposed to an alteration in a sound pattern otherwise qualitatively similar to the subject's tinnitus and a startle reflex is induced. The subject's acoustic startle response is obtained and u... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7914540 | Material retrieval device and method of using A medical device configured to be inserted into a patient's body to retrieve material from the patient's body includes a basket assembly. The basket assembly is configured to transition between various states including an expanded state and a collapsed state. The ba... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7557142 | Therapeutic use of methionine to reduce the toxicity of platinum-containing anti-tumor compounds Methods of preventing or reducing ototoxicity in patients undergoing treatment with therapeutically effective amounts of platinum-containing chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin or aminoglycoside antibiotics are provided. The methods comprise administering an e... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7423065 | Therapeutic use of methionine-derivitives to reduce the toxicity of noise Methods of preventing or reducing hearing or balance loss and damage to ear cells in patients who have been exposed to toxic levels of noise are provided. These methods comprise administering an effective amount of a methionine protective agent, such as D-methionine... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7071230 | Therapeutic use of D-methionine to reduce the toxicity of noise Methods of preventing or reducing hearing or balance loss and damage to ear cells in patients who have been exposed to toxic levels of noise are provided. These methods comprise administering an effective amount of a methionine protective agent, such as D-methionine... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6806257 | Flavones as inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and potassium channel activators The present invention is directed to a method for inhibiting expression of either iNOS or COX-2, or both in mammals using flavone compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention is also directed to a method of activating K+... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6262243 | Nucleic acids encoding antimicrobial peptides A peptide which comprises a tryptophan triplet, is between 10 and 34 amino acid residues in length and exhibits antimicrobial activity is provided, together with pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical compositions containing, and methods utilizing, such pe... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6104956 | Methods of treating traumatic brain injury by vagus nerve stimulation Methods of modulating brain neural plasticity, improving memory and learning, improving recovery from traumatic brain injury, preventing epilepsy, treating memory disorders and chronic memory impairment, and treating persistent impairment of consciousness... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5994308 | Broad spectrum antimicrobial peptides containing a tryptophan triplet and methods of use Peptides exhibiting antibacterial and/or antifungal activity are provided which comprise a tryptophan triplet and are between 10-34 amino acid residues in length. Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical compositions containing the peptides, as well as metho... | 11/30/1999 |
| 4950658 | Method of medical treatment of Alzheimer's disease This invention relates to a method for improving memory and accompanying symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders of memory. The method includes the steps of dosing a patient with 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate sometimes r... | 08/21/1990 |
