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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| 7442669 | Oxidation catalysts comprising metal exchanged hexaaluminate wherein the metal is Sr, Pd, La, and/or Mn The present invention provides metal-exchanged hexaaluminate catalysts that exhibit good catalytic activity and/or stability at high temperatures for extended periods with retention of activity as combustion catalysts, and more generally as oxidation catalysts, that... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435362 | Redox-switchable materials The invention relates to redox-switchable material comprising a redox-active moiety adsorbed, bonded or both, to a semiconductor material. Among the preferred redox-active moieties disclosed herein are ferrocenes, acridines, and quinones though any such moiety may b... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7411019 | Polymer composites containing nanotubes The present invention relates to polymer composite materials containing carbon nanotubes, particularly to those containing singled-walled nanotubes. The invention provides a polymer composite comprising one or more base polymers, one or more functionalized m-phenyle... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7363818 | Programmable vibrator A pneumatic vibrator for generating a series of force impulses whose frequency, duration, magnitude and shape can be statically and dynamically programmed by varying mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic parameters or a combination thereof. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361728 | Electrically conducting materials from branched end-capping intermediates The present invention relates to a class of conducting oligomers and polymers and to a method for the preparation of the same. The conducting oligomers and polymers contain an end-capping group, which is non-electrically conductive and contains at least one branch p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358361 | Biophosphonate compounds and methods for bone resorption diseases, cancer, bone pain, immune disorders, and infectious diseases Bisphosphonate compounds and related methods of making and using are disclosed, including pyridinium-1-yl, quinolinium-1-yl, and related compounds. The activity of compounds is disclosed in the context of functional assays such as Leishmania major farnesyl di... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343904 | Canister close valve device Disclosed herein is a canister close valve device for opening or closing a passage of a canister collecting evaporation gas evaporated in a fuel tank and a passage communicating with the atmosphere. The canister close valve device includes a housing which has a firs... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342664 | Scanning double-beam interferometer Scanning interferometer and method of using same providing for rapid, reliable detection of chemical compounds that are readily implemented in low-cost, portable configurations for application in a variety of monitoring and detection applications. A scanning double-... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7299698 | Vibration test module having controllable vibration attributes The present vibration test module enables a test engineer in the field of vibration test systems to precisely implement a vibration environment that is applicable to a wide range of applications and performance characteristics. The vibration test module comprises ad... | 11/27/2007 |
| 6705794 | Display form having magnetically attachable parts Forms for display of clothing and the like with magnetically attachable parts are provided. The magnetic joints comprise a magnetic assembly with a depth-of-pull sufficient to cause the attachable part to begin to pull toward the form at a distance preferably greate... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6268198 | Cellulases and coding sequences The present invention provides three fungal cellulases, their coding sequences, recombinant DNA molecules comprising the cellulase coding sequences, recombinant host cells and methods for producing same. The present cellulases are from Orpinomyces PC-2.... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268202 | Strains of coniothyrium minitans having ଲ-glucanase activity Strains of the aerobic mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans having high levels of ଲ-glucanase activity have been obtained. Preferred strains have been deposited at the American Type Culture Collection under accession numbers 74415, 74416, 7441... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268552 | Transgenic seedless fruit comprising AGL or GH3 promoter operably linked to isopentenyl transferase or tryptophan monooxygenase coding DNA The present invention provides methods and DNA constructs for the genetic engineering of plant cells to produce plants which produce substantially seedless fruit in the absence of exogenous growth factors (auxins or cytokinins) and in the absence of polli... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6156309 | Insecticidal compositions and methods Insect viruses capable of killing at least one target insect pest quicker than previously described viruses and methods for conferring that phenotype of faster killing are provided. Further improvement in the speed of killing is obtained when the virus of... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5668294 | Metal resistance sequences and transgenic plants The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding a metal ion resistance protein, which are expressible in plant cells. The metal resistance protein provides for the enzymatic reduction of metal ions including by not limited to divalent Cu, d... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5663060 | Hybrid human/animal factor VIII A hybrid human/animal coagulation factor VIII is produced by isolation and recombination of human and other non-human mammalian factor VIII subunits or domains, or by genetic engineering of the human and animal factor VIII genes. Subunits or domains of fa... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5634835 | Electroluminescent display panel An improved dielectric layer of an electroluminescent laminate, and method of preparation are provided. The dielectric layer is formed as a thick layer from a ceramic material to provide: a dielectric strength greater than about 1.0×106 V/m; a diel... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5598982 | Cantilevered swing jaw crushing apparatus Provided herein is a cantilevered swing jaw crushing apparatus comprising a main frame, two jaws mounted on the main frame for crushing material passing through the apparatus, means for driving the jaws in a crushing action and a bearing support, wherein ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5583209 | Hybrid human/porcine factor VIII A hybrid human/porcine coagulation factor VIII is produced by isolation and recombination of human and porcine factor VIII subunits, or by genetic engineering of the human and porcine factor VIII genes. Subunits of factor VIII that have been purified from... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5559038 | Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry determination of oxidized sulfhydryl amino acids Method for quantifying the amounts of oxidized sulfhydryl amino acids, particularly cysteine sulfinic acid, cysteic acid, homocysteine sulfinic acid and homocysteic acid, for example, in biological samples are provided. The oxidized sulfhydryl amino acids... | 09/24/1996 |
