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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7465587 | Diagnostic assay device This invention relates to assays for an analyte in a liquid sample such as a body fluid. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for the detection of a ligand in a body fluid such as urine or blood, which includes an immobilization zone fo... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7455248 | Powder delivery device A pistol-shaped powder delivery device consolidates propellant pulse creation, powder storage, powder aerosolization and aerolsolized powdered delivery in a single device while providing dose, pattern and coverage control of the output spray. The single-hand-held, s... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7217254 | Multi-pressure biocompatible agent delivery device and method A device for application of material to a surface, for example, biocompatible material to a tissue surface in a medical or clinical setting, is adapted to receive one or more biocompatible materials and one or more sources of pressurized medical gas, and to deliver ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7044937 | Universal modular surgical applicator systems A modular system is described for construction of fluid applicators for open or endoscopic surgery from modular components. Lengths of tubing of various lengths, and devices to be carried by said tubing, are pre-fitted with standard adapters to mate with each other,... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037490 | Apparatus and method for local application of polymeric material to tissue An apparatus is provided for applying to a surface of mammalian tissue including soft, living tissue an initially fluent material and then activating the material by exposure to an energy source. The material may be a liquid capable of polymerization to a non-fluent... | 05/02/2006 |
| 5743859 | Integrated electrical signal switching and amplifying system A signal management system is disclosed which integrates a patient switching box and an amplification unit into a single compact enclosure sufficiently small to reside by the patient table in an operating unit set up for electrophysiology procedures. The ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 4892233 | Dispensing apparatus The invention disclosed herein is a canister type of measuring and dispensing device featuring interchangeable canister sections and drawers and including a mixing lever in rotational engagement with a drawer holder wherein the drawers are removable from ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4867350 | Measuring and dispensing apparatus A canister type of measuring and dispensing device wherein granular material is dispensed from a plurality of drawers and each drawer preferably has one open compartment and one closed compartment wherein the compartment dispenses a commonly used quantity... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4865593 | Splittable cannula A cannula, such as commonly used for introduction of a catheter through the cannula into a body cavity, includes a plastic tube and an adaptor at one end of the tube. For easy removal of the cannula from around the catheter, the tube and adaptor are split... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4857056 | Auto-flush syringe pump A device for automatically administering predetermined amounts of medication from a syringe through a conduit to a patient is described. This device includes an automatic flushing mechanism which flushes the medication from the conduit after the completio... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4857042 | Body fluid collection device An autotransfusion device usable with a chest drainage unit includes a collapsible fluid collection bag assembly having pliable fluid collection bag, a pair of stiffener members adjacent the opposed sides of the bag, and an enclosure sealingly connected t... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4846819 | Female incontinence device having improved rim structure An essentially leak proof urine collection device to be worn by a female which can be easily and comfortably positioned. The device is basically a receptacle, essentially semi-ovoid in shape, having an ovoid-shaped opening defined by a rim portion to whic... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846814 | Non-whip catheter The angiographic catheter includes a long generally flexible portion of a first material, an intermediate portion of the first material and a second material that is more flexible then the first material and a tip portion of the second material. The long ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4828550 | Enteral feeding and suction tube assembly A suction tube is adapted to receive an enteral feeding catheter through its lumen and has a longitudinally splittable wall to allow the suction tube to be removed from a patient while leaving the feeding catheter in place. In a modified embodiment, the s... | 05/09/1989 |
