Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7056308 | Medical device with elastomeric penetrable wall and inner seal A medical device has an interior for containment of fluids; an opening into the interior, and an elastomeric wall having at least one perforation. The wall comprises a fixedly placed, flexible barrier across the opening. The device also defines a passageway extendin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025750 | Set for blood processing A tubular medical set as main blood flow tubing, a connected, flexible branch tube, a flow restriction device to suppress pressure pulses. The device is positioned to control flow through the branch tube. The flow restriction device permits substantially free, unhin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6823650 | Method for forming a bag with mesh wall Bags for produce or the like are prepared by advancing a thermoplastic sheet and a mesh sheet, each having an upper edge, along a process line. The plastic sheet has a bottom portion which is folded to define a lower edge of the thermoplastic sheet at a fold line. O... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6799622 | Heat seal die for heat sealing plastic sheets Bags for produce or the like are prepared by advancing a thermoplastic sheet and a mesh sheet, each having an upper edge, along a process line. The plastic sheet has a bottom portion which is folded to define a lower edge of the thermoplastic sheet at the fold line.... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6794659 | Rapid high throughput spectrometer and method A fluorescence spectrometer comprises a laser and at least one beam splitter positioned to receive a light beam from the laser and to divide it into several first light beam portions. Dichroic mirrors are positioned to separately receive the first light beam portion... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6755801 | Dialysis pressure monitoring with clot suppression Pressure is sensed in blood flow tubing by placing an aqueous, preferably isotonic, substantially cell-free solution into branch connection tubing (branch tube) that connects in branching relation with the blood flow tubing at one end. The branch connection tubing m... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6517508 | Set for blood processing A combined arterial and venous blood tubing set is provided for transport of blood between a patient and a blood processing unit. The set comprises an arterial set component comprising arterial tubing having an arterial patient connector at one end and an... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6206954 | Blood set and chamber A combined arterial-venous blood flow set comprises connected lengths of flexible tubing for receiving blood from a patient, for conveying the blood to a blood processing device such as a dialyzer or an LDL filter, and for returning the blood to the patie... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6187198 | Automatic priming of connected blood sets A blood processing system (e.g. a dialysis system) having a blood processing unit (e.g. a hemodialyzer) and tubular arterial and venous blood flow sets (10, 14) may be primed by temporarily connecting together the ends of the sets and then passing priming... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6165149 | Reusable blood lines Blood lines for hemodialysis and other blood handling procedures may be reused by placing connectors intermediately along the length of the blood lines so that the lines can be disconnected to separate out reusable portions thereof. Specifically, the bulk... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6011390 | Sensor chip with magnetoresistive wheatstone bridges for determining magnetic field directions An arrangement for a magnetoresistive sensor chip has two Wheatstone brid to determine the sine and cosine of the angle formed between a chip edge and the direction of the magnetic field. All resistances of the bridges consist of a plurality of magnetore... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5071413 | Universal connector A universal connector is described, being capable of both connection with female luer connectors and penetration of resealable-diaphragm connection sites. The connector comprises a tubular member defining a first tubular section having a distal end capabl... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5061365 | Medical fluid flow set A medical fluid flow set comprises flexible flow tubing having a plastic "pillow" connected in-line with the flow tubing through opposed, generally parallel first and second longitudinal ports. By this invention, the plastic pillow comprises a single, blo... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5047021 | Male luer lock medical fitting A male luer lock fitting, having an elongated nozzle and an internally threaded locking ring mounted around the nozzle. The locking ring has complete freedom to rotate about the nozzle axis, and limited freedom to translate along the nozzle axis. The leng... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4983178 | Lancing device An integrated lancing device comprises a generally U-shaped spring member defining a pair of arms having free ends. A lance blade is carried in transverse position on one of the arms adjacent the free end, the one arm defining a trigger projection typical... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4969891 | Removable vascular filter A vascular filter for capturing blood clots in the vascular system of a patient. The filter is adapted for removable installation through an entry site, and comprises a wire member, plus a filter member permanently attached to one end of the wire member. ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4966600 | Surgical securance method A method for surgically securing body parts with a cable, typically making use of crimping pliers which comprise a pair of operating handles and connected, opposed jaws. The jaws define opposed recesses for carrying and crimping a tubular crimp member by ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4958911 | Liquid crystal display module having housing of C-shaped cross section A liquid crystal display module defines a housing of essentially C-shaped cross-section for improved economy and for connection, protection, and support of the liquid crystal display and backlighting elements. Additionally, the drivers for the LCD may be ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4923604 | Chemical reformer A system for continually reforming sewage and other organic materials into liquid oils and gases by pyrolysis using the contained and entrained water in the inorganic and organic constituents of the sewage. This application is a division of now U.S. Pat. No. 4... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4900208 | Roofing fastener A fastener for insulated roofing comprises a non-metallic, screw-threaded shank, having a penetrating point at one end of the shank and a transverse plate carried at the other end of the shank. The shank and transverse plate are preferably integrally meth... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4898732 | Inhibiting of tumor growth with an antagonist of the renin-angioten-sin system A method of inhibiting tumor growth in a patient which comprises administering to the patient an effective dose of a pharmaceutical antagonist of the renin-angiotensin system of the patient.... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4896467 | Window well cover A one-piece plastic window well cover comprised of a side wall having upper and lower edges and a bottom wall integrally connected to the side wall adjacent the lower edge, so that the window well cover defines a container. The upper edge of the side wall... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4866282 | Irradiation of blood products A thin film of white blood cells is irradiated with ultraviolet radiation predominately of a wavelength of 280 to 320 nanometers, and preferably at an intensity of 4 to 15 milliwatts per square cm. At such a radiation intensity it is not necessary to agit... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4847274 | 4-Phenylthiazole derivatives The present invention relates to 4-phenylthiazole derivatives, namely 2-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-4-phenylthiazole and its addition salts. These derivatives act on the CNS and are useful as sedatives.... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4842692 | Chemical reformer A method and system of continually reforming sewage and other organic materials into liquid oils and gases by pyrolysis using the containing and entrained water in the inorganic and organic constituents of the sewage.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842728 | Chemical reformer A method and system of continually reforming sewage and other organic materials into liquid oils and gases by pyrolysis using the contained and entrained water in the inorganic and organic constituents of the sewage.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4840485 | Frequency domain cross-correlation fluorometry with phase-locked loop frequency synthesizers Frequency domain cross-correlation fluorometers may be improved over present designs by providing a coherent signal at one frequency to means for detecting luminescence from a sample, which is elicited by light modulated at another frequency, in which the... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4829002 | System for metering nutrient media to cell culture containers and method A system for metering nutrient media to cell culture containers includes a media flow conduit which defines at one end means for substantially aseptic communication with the source of the media. In a preferred embodiment, sterile connectors may be used fo... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4816961 | Electrical switch, in particular for the control of cap outfits and fittings The switch comprises, incorporated in its casing (2), an upper circuit board (16) which carries a control electronic circuit (18) and a lower circuit board (24) which carries power components, such as relays (26), for the feed power supply of the apparatu... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4807327 | Dirt deflector for cleaning heads A cleaning head for an air flow type cleaner defines an open-faced chamber for facing the surface to be cleaned. An air recirculating conduit draws air from the chamber through a first port in the chamber adjacent one end thereof. A baffle in the cleaning... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4808106 | Flex gate A mold comprises a molding chamber, a sprue aperture communicating with the chamber for introducing molding compound into the chamber, and a mold gate for regulating molding compound flow through the sprue aperture. In accordance with this invention, the ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4805348 | Flat lapping machine Described herein is a flat lapping machine capable of precision-abrading simultaneously flat surfaces on the front and rear sides of a work in the fashion of lapping, polishing and grinding machines. The present invention contemplates to provide a flat la... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4802549 | Central rotating terminal for vehicles A vehicle has first and second drivers' seats and a control console, the control console carrying a plurality of individual controls and display means. The drivers' seats are in side-by-side relation. By this invention, a pivot carries the control console... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4801946 | Grid antenna A grid parabolic antenna formed of a peripheral hoop and a plurality of metallic reflector ribs arranged in planes substantially parallel to each other and connected to the hoop. The reflector ribs each have an elongated cross-sectional configuration, wit... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4797109 | Coiled wire interconnector An electrical interconnector comprises an outer housing defining a first aperture; a rotor member occupying the first aperture in rotational relation to it; the first electrical connection carried on the outer housing; a second electrical connection carri... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793494 | Break-apart container A break-apart container which comprises: abutting first and second compartments, the first and second compartments each defining a facing wall that lies against the facing wall of the outer compartment in face-to-face relation. The facing walls may be sea... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4792163 | Secondary lock for medical tube coupling A secondary lock for preventing separation of a pair of connected tubular members comprises an elongated body which carries a toothed rack. A first transversely extending retention member is carried adjacent one end of the body, with a sliding member slid... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4789218 | Spring-biased fiber optic contact A fiber optic contact comprises a fiber optic cable having a first free end, and a sleeve member surrounding the first free end and proportioned to support the first free end in abutting relation with a second free end of another fiber optic cable for opt... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4785988 | Attachment of lead to elongated conductor A solder button may be attached to an elongated conductor by substantially surrounding a portion of the conductor with a mass of solder. The mass of solder may be crimped or heat welded into fixed position onto the elongated conductor, which is typically ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4776807 | Compliant contact An electrical contact having a compliant section for mounting the contact on a circuit board in a plated-through hole. The compliant section includes a section having a configuration which deforms upon insertion into the circuit board hole and creates pos... | 10/11/1988 |
