Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6942413 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 09/13/2005 |
| D504610 | Side gusseted flexible beverage pouch with shaped body | 05/03/2005 |
| D504323 | Flexible beverage pouch with fitment | 04/26/2005 |
| 6877531 | Automotive fluid servicing apparatus A servicing apparatus for exchanging fluid between a serviceable automobile component and new and used fluid tanks and including a manifold with a fluid circuit defining a plurality of pathways connecting a plurality of ports whereby fluid is directed through the fl... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6863201 | Backpack for carrying hard-shell headgear A specialized backpack including a backpack body with a storage compartment having an openable region and a back panel including a headgear mounting flap with a cuff forming an opening through which a dome a hard-shell head gear with a rim may be passed through to r... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6854505 | Speed reducer for retractable screen systems A retractable screen mechanism is disclosed for covering an opening. The retractable screen mechanism comprises two tracks mounted on opposing sides of the opening. A screen comprises a screen material mounted on a frame having two flexible opposing sides correspond... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6830082 | Fluid servicing apparatus with dielectric sensing control system A fluid servicing apparatus with new and used fluid tanks for exchanging fluid with a serviceable vehicular subsystem having a fluid reservoir includes a control system with dielectric sensing capabilities to monitor the fluid level within the tanks and, based upon ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6800089 | Mechanical attachment method of cover materials on stents The present invention relates to a stent comprising a structural support and a polymeric film or sheet or tube. The structural support comprises an outer surface that is roughened patterned. The polymeric film or sheet or tube is retained to the structural support b... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6761786 | Process of making a balloon for an intraluminal catheter Medical devices such as catheter balloons, stent covers and vascular grafts formed of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The devices are formed from polyethylene that has been processed so that it is microporous and has an oriented node and fibril structure. T... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6761732 | Catheter apparatus for treating occluded vessels and filtering embolic debris and method of use A catheter apparatus includes a lesion dilating member disposable at a lesion position in a vessel (e.g. a patient's artery) which is dilatable to open the vessel at the lesion position. An emboli-capturing assembly having a perfusion member and filter is displaced ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6761708 | Radiopaque marker for a catheter and method of making A catheter having a radiopaque marker and a method of forming the radiopaque marker on the catheter component. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of making a radiopaque marker on a catheter component comprising depositing a first layer of radiop... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6702834 | Embolic protection devices An embolic protection device for use in a blood vessel when an interventional procedure is being performed in a stenosed or occluded region to capture any embolic material which may be created and released into the bloodstream during the procedure. The de... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6488688 | Stent deploying catheter system and balloon catheter An intravascular catheter system for properly implanting a stent in a body lumen generally comprising a catheter having an elongated shaft with an inflatable balloon formed of compliant material and a stent mounted on the working length of the balloon. Th... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6364126 | Magnetic refrigerator organizer A time-saving display board including a magnetic backing surface for placement upon a surface such as a refrigerator door and further including a region for recording notes and the like and another region of overlapping display sleeves for selectively ret... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6264671 | Stent delivery catheter and method of use A deformable sheath is attached to a catheter and introduced intravascularly to be expanded against an arterial wall and entrap plaque therebetween. A stent is subsequently deployed within the expanded sheath and the sheath is then withdrawn from within t... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6143196 | Oxygen generating formulation with high structural integrity The chlorate/perchlorate based oxygen generating compositions contain about 0.5-15% by weight of metal powder for use as a fuel selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt and mixtures thereof; about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of at least ... | 11/07/2000 |
