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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| 7498766 | System and method for authenticating a battery Described is a system and method for authenticating a power source. The system comprises a battery including a first encryption engine storing a first key, and a battery charger including a microcontroller and a second encryption engine storing a second key. When th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7389711 | Gear housing of driving device equipped with motor A driving device includes a motor, and a gear housing secured to the motor. The gear housing accommodates reduction gears. Rotation of the motor is reduced by the reduction gears before being transmitted to an output shaft supported by the gear housing. A support cy... | 06/24/2008 |
| 6904483 | System and method for priority inheritance A method for controlling priority inheritance in a computer system is described, the method including testing a priority inheritance variable associated with a task, and lowering the current priority of a task when testing the priority inheritance variable indicates... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901589 | System and method for determining a root cause of a failure A system, comprising a receiving module to receive a request to load a component, a stack to record the request and a loader to fulfill the request, wherein when the request has been fulfilled the request is removed from the stack and when the loading of the compone... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6880030 | Unified exception handling for hierarchical multi-interrupt architectures A unified interrupt handling system and method is provided for an embeddable processor having multiple interrupt types. An instruction is inserted into the first vector address that disables the second interrupt mode. At the second vector address, an other instructi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6738806 | Method and system of deploying an application between computers A method of deploying an application for shared execution between at least one alternate computing resource and a device interconnected by a communication medium. The method including the categorizing of the application into device objects and server objects, where ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6652344 | High intensity discharge lamp with single crystal sapphire envelope A high intensity discharge lamp constructed with a tubular envelope composed of single crystal sapphire in which a continuous non-flash arc is created across multiple electrodes to generate a radiation emitting plasma. The lamp may operate at higher tempe... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6648897 | Flexible vacuum grabber for holding lesions A grabbing device includes a transparent flexible cup that can be placed adjacent to a selected region of an inner surface of a body cavity. The flexible cup is visually put in place by the surgeon, and a vacuum is applied to draw a selected amount of tis... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6629630 | Non-circular resection device and endoscope A proximal housing for a full-thickness resection device (FTRD) is provided with a plurality of chambers through which fasteners are introduced into a portion of tissue to be resected. The proximal housing has a noncircular cut-out opposite the plurality ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6607504 | Percutaneous access Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605078 | Full thickness resection device An operating head for a full thickness resection system includes a first optical device disposed on a distal portion thereof and having a viewing area extending distally of the distal portion and a working chamber extending within an exterior wall of the ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601749 | Multi fire full thickness resectioning device The FTRD described comprises a removable cartridge body that contains a new load of staples and a new blade for use in the FTRD. The cartridge body can be removed and replaced with a new one once the staples have been used. Rotation of a main shaft by the... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595316 | Tension-adjustable mechanism for stethoscope earpieces A tension-adjusting mechanism for the elongated earpieces of a stethoscope comprises a neckpiece and, for each earpiece, a pivot mechanism portion between the proximal end of the earpiece and the neckpiece, a spring mechanism portion between the proximal ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6581460 | Method and device for direct digitizing microwave signals A method and a device for directly digitizing microwave signals reflected on a filling product surface of a filling product present in a receptacle, wherein the microwave signals reflected on the filling product surface are scanned, and the analog values ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6490616 | Method and apparatus for incremental download from server to client A method and system for transferring objects between computers, especially a server and a device in a Java environment, is provided. A server connected to the device interrogates the device to determine whether the device has the available resources to ac... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6483237 | High intensity discharge lamp with single crystal sapphire envelope A high intensity discharge lamp constructed with a tubular envelope composed of single crystal sapphire in which a continuous non-flash arc is created across multiple electrodes to generate a radiation emitting plasma. The lamp may operate at higher tempe... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6478210 | Method and device for full thickness resectioning of an organ A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mount... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6445940 | Ceramic single-plate capacitor EEG electrode A dry electrode, which is a single-plate capacitor, is particularly adapted to be placed on a patient's scalp to detect brain waves in an EEG system. The electrode comprises a metal disk sandwiched between very thin and relatively thicker layers of cerami... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439446 | Safety lockout for actuator shaft A safety lock-out to prevent rotation of a rotary actuator is described. When an axial distance between a first and a second portion of an actuated mechanism exceeds a selected distance, the lock-out prevents the rotation. The safety lock-out includes a s... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6343731 | Method and device for full thickness resectioning of an organ A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mount... | 02/05/2002 |
