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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4567899 | Cuff pressure controller for blood pressure measurement apparatus A blood pressure measurement instrument controlled by a microprocessor has an inflatable cuff, a pump for inflating the cuff, an acoustic sensor and amplifier for processing auscultatory sounds and supplying signals to a microcomputer, a display for displ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4538074 | Power switch An improved power switch circuit for turning on manually and for turning off either manually or automatically a battery operated electronic instrument. The circuit includes one manual momentary contact on/off switch, a bilateral switch or transmission gat... | 08/27/1985 |
