"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5735000 | Infant bathing apparatus with faucet guard An infant bathing apparatus including a cushioned body having a cavity surrounded on all sides except one by the body. The sides and bottom of the cushioned body are formed from a water permeable outer layer joined to a water permeable inner layer having ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5624434 | Laser preparation of recipient holes for graft implantation in the treatment of icepick scars A method of treating ice pick scars is provided in which the epidermal layer surrounding an ice pick scar is ablated to provide a recipient hole into which skin is grafted. Smoothing of the skin after grafting may then be performed with permanent rejuvena... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5539817 | Wide area centrex toll service with novel translation A method of providing multi-switch business group (MBG) services at each of a plurality of locations is described. The MBG services can be provided for calls made from a calling party served by an originating switch at one location to a called party serve... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5505693 | Method and apparatus for reducing friction and heat generation by an ultrasonic device during surgery A surgical instrument for removing tissue, such as a cataract, from a patient's body includes a hollow vibrating needle surrounded by one or two hollow infusion sleeves. Methods and apparatus for reducing friction between the surface(s) of the sleeve(s) a... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5411502 | System for causing ablation of irradiated material of living tissue while not causing damage below a predetermined depth A system for causing uniform ablation of irradiated material of living tissue while not causing damage below a predetermined depth where laser radiation is provided sequentially and continuously in a predetermined pattern is disclosed.... | 05/02/1995 |