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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5627161 | Method for treating tumors with UDPG UDPG shows tumor-specific inhibition of PRPP and this suggests that this action might prove to be useful in combination therapy with inhibitors of purine and pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis in various rescue regimens. High levels of PRPP in tumors were gr... | 05/06/1997 |
| 4990137 | Closed wound drainage system with clearing port and method for sterile clearing of closed wound drainage system The present invention relates to a closed wound drainage system with a clearing port connected to the system, having a permeable membrane for sealable passage of a needle therethrough for injection of fluid into the system in order to flush the system wit... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4950477 | Method of preventing and treating pulmonary infection by fungi using aerosolized polyenes This invention concerns a method of preventing a pulmonary infection by a fungus in a subject susceptible to infection by the fungus comprising administering to the subject an amount per dose in an aerosol spray of a polyene or a pharmaceutically acceptab... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4880811 | Use of C-5 mono-substituted barbiturates to treat disorders of uric acid metabolism The present invention provides a method for decreasing the bodily content of uric acid in a subject which comprises administrating to the subject an effective content-decreasing amount of a barbiturate compound mono-substituted at the carbon-5 position. T... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4791371 | Apparatus useful in magnetic resonance imaging Apparatus are described which is useful in continuous operation of magnetic resonance imaging studies. The apparatus permits examination of subjects without repositioning of the subject and produces more accurate studies than previously possible.... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4773909 | Multi-lumen high profile mammary implant A surgically implantable, multi-lumen, high profile mammary implant includes a first, flexible, lumen at least partly and filled with a soft gel material and having a front wall approximating the shape of a human breast and a second, firmer flexible lumen... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4671254 | Non-surgical method for suppression of tumor growth This invention relates to a method for the non-surgical treatment of tumors. The method of this invention involves the use of shock waves to effect subcellular destruction of tumor cells, to alter their tumorigenic potential, and to suppress tumor growth.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4650487 | Multi-lumen high profile mammary implant A surgically implantable, multi-lumen, high profile mammary implant includes a first, flexible, elastic lumen at least partly filled with a soft gel material and having a front wall approximating the shape of a human breast and a second, firmer, flexible ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4646258 | Sampled N-path filter An N-path filter has a number N of parallel resistive-capacitive filter sections. A switching arrangement connects each filter section periodically into an input signal path through the filter. The switching arrangement also triggers a sample and hold net... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4570639 | Discontinuity detector A discontinuity detector detects a sudden change or discontinuity in a medium moving relative to the detector such as a liquid plug in a gas flowing along a conduct, an air bubble in a liquid, or a change form one liquid or gas to another. It has a sensor... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4493892 | Solvent system for peroxidase inhibitor reagent for fecal occult blood determinations A process and reagent for determining the presence of fecal occult blood in a test sample using a guaiac-peroxidase test matrix and a means for inhibiting peroxidase enzyme interferences which combines the partial denaturing of peroxidase enzyme protein u... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4492124 | Sampling system for stool analysis A sampling system for stool analysis provides an elongated handle and a cylindrical coring device, said handle including means for releasibly holding said coring device. The coring device is inserted into the stool to collect a representative sample. The ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4484582 | Electrolytic fluid flow rate method and apparatus A system for measuring the flow rate of electrolytic fluids includes a flow cell which has a cylindrical flow channel receptive of the fluid flow to be measured and a pair of spaced apart electrodes configured to conform to the cylindrical surface of the ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4450838 | Jet ventilator control system A jet ventilator control system produces a periodic pulse signal either asynchronous or synchronous with a patient's pulse rate. It is proportional in frequency to the number of jet ventilation pulses to be applied to the patient per unit time and is digi... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4440176 | Digitally programmable cardiac synchronized high frequency jet ventilator control system A delta modulator has its feedback loop components selected to put the delta modulator into slope overload in response to the QRS wave of an EKG signal for detecting the same.... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4425914 | Humidifier-injector for jet ventilator A humidifier-injector for use with a jet ventilator.... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4325382 | Process and apparatus for the real time adaptive filtering of catheter pressure measurements A process and apparatus for measuring the catheter fluid pressure of a patient wherein a pressure transducer is used to convert the pressure into an electrical signal and a pressure indicator indicates the pressure corresponding to the electrical signal. ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4198982 | Surgical stapling instrument and method A method and a surgical stapling instrument for the stapling together of the free ends of two hollow organs. The instrument comprises an elongated tubular body, a base unit concentrically connected to the body and a head unit mounted to the body and conce... | 04/22/1980 |
