Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180203 | Direct heating tube and method of heating fluid using same Provided is a direct heating tube which has a sufficient heating rate and a sufficient cooling rate, and has no cold spots therein, making it possible to ensure a uniform temperature distribution in the whole part thereof or a temperature distribution having a desir... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173196 | Method of coating a stent with a polysaccharide layer and associated stents The invention concerns methods of coating stents and stents produced in accordance therewith. The object of the invention is to provide methods of coating stents with a polysaccharide layer which has improved adhesion capacity on the substrate surface of the implant... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167910 | Bone screw and associated assembly and methods of use thereof A bone screw assembly comprises a bone screw having a shaft and a head, a stabilizer retainer, a set screw, and a housing having a proximal opening, biased to one side, and a distal opening that open on an interior cavity. The stabilizer retainer has a cylindrical c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8060196 | Device for determining thoracic impedance An electromedical implant includes a measuring signal generator, an impedance measuring unit to determine the impedance of human or animal tissue, a control unit which, for controlling the measuring signal generator and the impedance measuring unit, is at least indi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8029709 | Liquid core capsules and methods of synthesis thereof through interfacial polymerization A process for the encapsulation of liquid particles within nanometer thick polymer shells utilizes an interfacial free radical alternating copolymerization process. Encapsulating a liquid material includes providing a mixture comprising the liquid material to be enc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020716 | Apparatus for organizing and storing sports equipment A rack for drying, storing or organizing sports equipment includes a central post having a vertical axis, a plurality of holes substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis, and a plurality of tier members adapted to be inserted into one or more of the holes. The... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002236 | Remotely controlled lockout device A remotely controlled lockout device for an in-line gas flow control valve has a control shaft adapted to be operatively connected to a gas flow control valve and operable between a gas flow control valve open and closed position and a rotatable lock member operativ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7972845 | Human antibodies against LPS derived from transgenic xenomouse The invention described herein provides for human antibodies produced in non-human animals that specifically bind to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The invention further provides methods for making the antibodies in a non-human animal, expre... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7885784 | Object-tracking and situation-analysis system A situation analysis system for detecting and tracking moving objects within a limited space over a predetermined time period and for analyzing object combinations and episodes in relation to time as well as situations during the period of time, includes at least on... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884305 | Weld bead shape control Disclosed are techniques and compositions for arc welding consumables such as electrodes that reduce the energy otherwise required for the welding. Particularly, the techniques and electrode compositions can reduce the extent of contamination of weld metal in an arc... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7865242 | Patient device The invention relates to a patient's device having an at least unidirectional, wireless interface for receiving a data signal. The wireless interface is adapted to receive medical or operational data from a medical device, in particular an implantable medical device... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862606 | Stents made of a material with short elongation at rupture The invention relates to stents made of a material with an elongation at rupture of 30% or less and with a tubular base body which entirely or in parts comprises structural segments which are interconnected in longitudinal direction of the stents by means of transve... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7828541 | Motor driven mold A mold includes a controller and core actuators that may independently drive a plurality of mold cores positioned with the mold. Sensors may be included whereby the mold cores are positioned in the mold core responsive to the sensor feedback. The core actuators may ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7814600 | Corrosion protection system for a construction including a stay cable The invention relates to a corrosion protection system for a stay cable construction including a multiplicity of tension members made of parallel steel tensile elements, extending between a first anchorage and a second anchorage, and comprising two opposite ends, th... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7794478 | Polyaxial cross connector and methods of use thereof A connector device for a spinal stabilization apparatus comprises a first elongated member having first and second ends, and is adapted to engage a first spinal stabilizer rod proximal to the first end of the elongated member and is further adapted to engage a spina... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7740107 | Maintenance platform A maintenance platform for suspension on support cables, in particular for maintaining rotor blades of wind turbines, wherein the maintenance platform is formed by at least two sub-platforms defining a working plane, wherein said sub-platforms are swivably connected... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727272 | Bearing structure A one-piece expandable flat bearing structure formed by at least partially elastically deformable struts which are separated from each other by openings in the bearing structure. The bearing structure can assume at least one compressed condition and at least one exp... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722987 | Galvanic cell A battery having a housing assembled from multiple parts, of which one housing part is implemented like a vessel having an initially open front side and the other housing part is a closure part, which closes the vessel-like housing part on its initially open front s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722545 | Surface structure for a catheter sliding surface The invention consists of a surface structure for a friction or sliding surface of a catheter (10) or guide wire (12) characterized by a plurality of recesses (18) distributed on the surface for accommodating a friction-reducing fluid and by sli... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7655242 | Defensin-inducing agents This application provides, in part, novel polypeptides and nucleic acids that affect induction of defensins, and methods of making and using same. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7568301 | Article display device A device (10) for carrying and displaying articles includes a cover portion (11) and a base portion (12) interconnected by a spine (13). The base portion (12) includes a pedestal (20) with pockets (32) formed therein.... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7510871 | Alzheimer model for drug screening The present invention relates to methods and reagents for drug screening. Screening methods are disclosed employing neuronal cells that have been treated so as to exhibit characteristics associated with a re-entry into the cell cycle. One treatment approach comprise... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7473227 | Apparatus for the treatment of sleep apnea The invention concerns a medical device for implantation in a body, comprising a stimulation unit, a sleep detector unit having at least one signal input which is adapted to detect a sleep condition of the body and to produce a sleep signal, an apnea detector unit w... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7442375 | Compositions of beta-defensin inducing agents The disclosure provides, among other things, beta-defensin related agents for the treatment and prevention of viral infections, and particularly HIV infections. The disclosure provides methods for identifying additional beta-defensin related agents and for improving... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431685 | Method and device for investigating substance libraries The aim of the invention is to investigate the bonding of substances to target molecules. This is achieved by means of a densely packed device wherein various target molecules are bonded in a large number of sample areas. Cross-contamination and evaporation need to ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425342 | Odourless garlic supplement comprising an enteric coating and a deodorising layer A garlic supplement comprising: (a) one or more cores comprising garlic; (b) an enteric coating encasing the core(s) which is insoluble at pH less than about 5 but soluble at a pH greater than about 5; and (c) a deodorizer applied external of the core. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7330759 | Biventricular cardiac pacemaker for cardiac resynchronisation therapy The invention concerns a cardiac pacemaker comprising a stimulation pulse generator (RVP; LVP) for biventricular stimulation of a heart, which is to be connected to at least one right-ventricular electrode for the stimulation of a right ventricle of the heart and to... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7294370 | Aligned lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal films An aligned film comprises a dried mixture of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal material and a dopant selected from the group consisting of dyes having a molecular weight within one order of magnitude of the liquid crystal material and block co-polymers. An exampl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7262953 | Electrolytic capacitor An electrolytic capacitor having a low impedance characteristic, having a high withstand voltage characteristic of 100V class, wherein the electrolytic capacitor provides an excellent high temperature life characteristic and an excellent leakage characteristic. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7194310 | Electromedical implant for intercardial coronary therapy The invention concerns an electromedical implant for intracardial coronary therapy comprising an implant housing in which functional component parts of the implant, namely a circuit, a battery and the like, are disposed. It is characterized in that the battery (1... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189265 | Composition for simultaneously lightening and coloring hair utilizing bleach-stable acid and basic dyes A composition of certain dyes with a category-2 hair bleach can simultaneously lighten hair up to seven levels and deposit various shades of color in a single step. The dyes are bleach-stable derivatives of azo, triarylmethane, thiazine, or nitro dyes. When linked a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7130695 | Arrangement for and method of monitoring, calibrating and optimizing a control of an electromedical implant An arrangement (10) for monitoring and adjusting a control of an electromedical implant (12) by means of an external control and evaluation unit (14) is made up of the electromedical implant, the external control and evaluation unit and a centra... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127302 | Electrode lead An intracardial electrode lead comprises a distal end, a proximal end and an elongate electrode lead body which includes a helical coil having a lumen and a sheath enclosing the helical coil. The distal end of the electrode lead carries a an electrode. The electrode... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7110828 | Intravascular electrode line An intravascular electrode line is provided with a shaping suitable for fixing in a blood vessel. The shaping is three-dimensional and has line portions enclosing an elongated hollow space, with a pitch direction that is different in relation to the longitudinal dir... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7085606 | Epicardial electrode An epicardial electrode which is suitable, in particular, for use with a cardiac stimulation device, comprises an electrode body which has a stimulation surface adapted to bear against the cardiac tissue and to stimulate a part of the heart, that is to say a partial... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7011648 | Device for implanting catheters A device for implanting catheters has a tube with a wall and a wire. The tube is intended to be introduced into a body so that at least one catheter can be inserted for implantation through the tube. The wall of the tube has an inside surface and an outside surface.... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004968 | Stent The invention concerns a stent comprising a longitudinal axis (12) and a peripheral wall (14) which is formed at least over a part of the length of the stent (10) by a lattice-like carrier structure (24) which is open at two ends. The car... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6982011 | Method for producing improved cold-rolled strip that is capable of being deep-drawn or ironed, and cold-rolled strip, preferably used for producing cylindrical containers and, in particular, battery containers The invention relates to a method for producing improved cold-rolled band that is capable of being deep-drawn or ironed and that has a carbon content of less than 0.5 weight %. The invention also relates to a cold-rolled band that can be produced by such a method, a... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976993 | Stent A stent, in particular a coronary stent, for expansion from a first condition into an expanded second condition in which it holds a vessel in an expanded state, comprising a tubular body whose peripheral surface (1) is formed by a number of support portions (... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978173 | Device for influencing cell-growth mechanisms in vessels of a human or animal body A device for influencing cell-growth mechanisms in vessels, in particular blood vessels, of a human or animal body, wherein to influence the cell growth mechanisms there is provided an excitation device (5; 5″′) which is adapted to produce stimulation cur... | 12/20/2005 |
