Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128632 | Delivery of multicomponent compositions The invention relates to devices and kits for the controlled delivery of viscous, multi component compositions. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7947044 | Surgical instruments for shaping spinal endplates The present invention relates to surgical instruments particularly suitable for preparing vertebral endplates during spinal interbody surgical procedures. Methods of using such instruments are also disclosed. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7589133 | Stabilizers for polymerizable biocompatible materials The present invention provides polymerizable biocompatible materials stabilized by amino acids or reducing salts to improve shelf life. Methods of stabilizing a polymerizable biocompatible material that inhibit auto polymerization of the material over time are also ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7544196 | System and kit for delivery of restorative materials Novel kits are provided for the delivery of restorative or injectable compositions into an intraosseous space or surgical defect comprising cannulae for accessing an intraosseous space, mandarins insertable into the cannulae and movable therein, one or more catheter... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7534451 | Bone restorative carrier mediums Biocompatible bone graft material having a biocompatible, resorbable polymer and a biocompatible, resorbable inorganic material exhibiting macro, meso, and microporosities. ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531004 | Pliable conformable bone restorative A pliable bone restorative having an osteoconductive foam that at least partially surrounds a biocompatible mesh and the foam comprises a biocompatible, resorbable polymer and calcium phosphate. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 5939039 | Methods for production of calcium phosphate Uniformly sized and shaped particles of metal salts are provided comprised of one or more metal cations in combination with one or more simple oxoacid anions and a general method for the controlled precipitation of said metal salts from aqueous solutions.... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5914356 | Bioactive load bearing bone bonding compositions Novel fillers comprising combeite glass-ceramic are provided, along with filled polymerizable resin composites. Further provided are methods for making the combeite crystallite-containing novel fillers for use in hardenable, biocompatible bone restoration... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5681872 | Bioactive load bearing bone graft compositions Novel fillers comprising combeite glass-ceramic are provided. hardenable restorative compositions comprising particulate combeite glass-ceramic provide improved biocompatibility in bone restorations. Hard, shaped bodies for orthopaedic, dental and other u... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5658332 | Bioactive granules for bone tissue formation Methods for forming osseous tissue in defects in sites in the appendicular skeleton or sites exhibiting reduced metabolic state using bioactive glass granules containing 40 to 58% SiO2, 10 to 30% NaO, 10 to 30% CaO, and 0 to 10% P2 O... | 08/19/1997 |
