...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057807 | Use of botulinum toxin therapy for treatment of recalcitrant voiding dysfunction The present invention related to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions. This is accomplished by administration of at least one neurotoxin. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7910315 | Early detection of hemangiosarcoma and angiosarcoma A variety of methods, compositions and kits are provided for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of hemangiosarcoma in dogs and angiosarcomas in humans. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7560265 | Compositions for regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha The present invention relates to compositions relating a nucleic acid encoding an interleukin 18-inducible cytokine termed tumor necrosis factor-alpha inducing factor (TAIF) or interleukin-32 (IL-32). In particular, the present invention provides vectors for express... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7553686 | AlOatomic layer deposition to enhance the deposition of hydrophobic or hydrophilic coatings on micro-electromechanical devices Micro-mechanical devices, such as MEMS, having layers thereon, and methods of forming the layers, are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include forming a layer including an oxide of aluminum over at least a portion of a micro-mechanical device, and coating the ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7418179 | Surface plasmon devices A device including an input port configured to receive an input signal is described. The device also includes an output port and a structure, which structure includes a tunneling junction connected with the input port and the output port. The tunneling junction is c... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7354706 | Use of photopolymerization for amplification and detection of a molecular recognition event The invention provides methods to detect molecular recognition events. The invention also provides methods to detect the presence of or identify a target species based on its interaction with one or more probe species. The methods of the invention are based on ampli... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7271754 | Digital pulse-width modulator A digital pulse-width modulator is provided that receives a digital command input signal and a secondary control input signal and provides a pulse-width-modulated output signal. The pulse-width-modulated output signal comprises a pulse-width that corresponds to an i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7196526 | Matched delay line voltage converter A method and apparatus for measuring or converting voltage, the method comprising: applying an input voltage to a primary delay line; applying a reference voltage to a timer delay line; propagating a delay signal through the primary delay line; propagating a timer s... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7148669 | Predictive digital current controllers for switching power converters The present invention provides a method for producing a controlled output voltage for a switching power converter under current control using pulse width modulation, the switching power converter including a predictive digital current-mode controller and a digital p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6911638 | Wavefront coding zoom lens imaging systems A wide-angle zoom lens with as few as two plastic elements codes the wavefront produced by the imaging system such that the imaging system is substantially invariant to aberrations related to misfocus. Signal processing is used to decode the wavefront to form the fi... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6804287 | Ultrashort pulse amplification in cryogenically cooled amplifiers A laser amplifier system amplifies pulses in a single “stage” from ˜10−9 joules to more than 10−3 joules, with average power of 1-10 watts, and beam quality M2 | 10/12/2004 |