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Automatic Bed Maker

An automatic bed maker which uses the expansion of inflatable bladder to straighten, align, and tuck-in bed-cover assembly.

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Attorney: Brewer; Alice A.


Number of patents: 17
Last date: February 14, 2006

NumberTitleIssue Date
6997344Automated mechanical mechanism for a blood glucose sensor dispensing instrument
A sensor dispensing instrument adapted to handle a sensor pack containing a plurality of sensors and to perform a test using one of the sensors. The sensor dispensing instrument includes an outer housing and a disk drive mechanism contained therein for rotating the ...
02/14/2006
6960287Underfill detection system for a test sensor
A test sensor having a pair of electrodes and a reagent for electrochemically measuring the concentration of the analyte in a liquid sample. The test sensor comprises a capillary channel for collecting the liquid sample and a conductor disposed outside the capillary...
11/01/2005
6911130Electrochemical sensor
An optical reagent format with a precise capillary channel is made by molding a format on a carrier of a precise predetermined thickness. The carrier includes an insert at least a portion of which is molded in the format. Once the format is made, the insert is detac...
06/28/2005
6752817Split pressure ring for lancing device and method of operation
A pressure ring for a lancing device for holding open a skin puncture while collecting a blood sample includes a collar that fits onto the end of a lancing device. A skirt is provided on the collar and a flared portion depends from the skirt. At least one axial slit...
06/22/2004
6051586Sulfonamide substituted chroman derivatives useful as beta 3 adrenoreceptor agonists
This invention related to novel sulfonamide substituted chroman derivatives which are useful in the treatment of beta-3 receptor mediated conditions....
04/18/2000
5972680Glucose transporter vesicle aminopeptidase
An aminopeptidase which is a component of GLUT4-containing vesicles in the natural state, and which cleaves insulin. The claimed protein has an apparent molecular weight of approximately 110 kD in its deglycosylated form and a predicted molecular weight o...
10/26/1999
5146944Dual pump metering dilution apparatus
Apparatus for dilution of one liquid with another, such as a pesticide concentrate diluted with water, wherein dual piston displacement pumps are each actuated respectively by a coil spring and by an opposed hydraulic actuator with a piston powered by the...
09/15/1992
5120846Process for preparing phosphorothioates and phosphonoates in a three-phase system
The present invention is directed to the preparation of certain phosphorothioates and phosphonoates by means of a process which employs a three-phase system for the reaction of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal phenate, pyridinate or pyrimidinate wi...
06/09/1992
4929744Process for preparing heteroaromatic methyl)-2,2'-bi-1H-imidazoles
This invention relates to a process for preparing (aryl) or heteroaromatic methyl)-2,2'-1H-biimidazoles. Reacting an appropriate alpha-brominated or alpha-chlorinated, substituted or non-substituted, methylated monoaromatic ring compound with 2,2'-bi-1H-i...
05/29/1990
4927939Cardiotonic aroylthiazolones
Aroylthiazolones enhance myocardial contractile force and are useful as cardiotonics in the treatment of heart failure....
05/22/1990
4894389Novel aminoalkyl-substituted heterocyclic sulfur compounds
The invention relates to novel aminoalkyl substituted heterocyclic sulfur compounds which are useful as antihypertensive agents....
01/16/1990
4886811Qunolyloxazole-2-ones useful as proteinkinase C inhibitors
This invention relates to novel quinolyloxazole-2-ones which are useful as protein kinase C inhibitors, effective in the treatment of hypertension and asthma. This invention also includes a novel procedure for producing an intermediate ketone compound inv...
12/12/1989
4847288Allenyl amines
The present invention relates to compounds which are allenyl amines, more specifically, ଲ-ethenylidene-(substituted)ethanamines, possessing antihypertensive activity. They are prepared by a noval reaction of a protected N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)-4-met...
07/11/1989
4839375(Aryl or heteroaromatic methyl)-2,2'-bi-1H-imidazoles and their use as anti-hypertensive agents
This invention relates to novel (aryl or heteroaromatic methyl)-2,2'-1H-biimidazoles; to a process for their production comprising of reacting an appropriate alpha-brominated or alpha-chlorinated, substituted or non-substituted, methylated monoaromatic ri...
06/13/1989
4824832Sulfhydryl containing tricyclic lactams and their pharmacological methods of use
This invention relates to conformationally rigid sulfur containing tricyclic lactams, to the intermediates and processes useful for their preparation, and to their pharmacological effects in inhibiting angiotensin converting enzyme, in treating reperfusio...
04/25/1989
4803210Cardiotonic tricyclic oxazolones
Tricyclic oxazolones enhance myocardial contractile force and are useful as cardiotonics in the treatment of heart failure....
02/07/1989
4788301Novel allylic amines
This invention relates to novel ଲ-methylenethiophenethanamines which are mechanism-based inhibitors of dopamine beta-hydroxylase useful as antihypertensive agents....
11/29/1988
 
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