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...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 |
| 5711020 | Method for remediating environmental contaminants A method and composition for the remediation of environmental contaminants in soil, sediment, aquifer material or water wherein contaminants are first reduced with a reducing agent found in sediment and are then oxidized to environmentally safe products. ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5707173 | Fluid collection device A disposable back table collection device having a container with an open end and at least one layer of an absorbent material positioned within the container. The open end of the container is sealed with a cover containing a leak resistant injection site.... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5705393 | Reagent composition for measurement of ionic strength of liquid samples The present invention provides a reagent composition for measurement of ionic strength of liquid samples (especially for measurement of specific gravity of urine), which contains at least one phosphoric diester, at least one pH buffering agent, and at lea... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705335 | Design of drugs involving receptor-ligand-DNA interactions It has been discovered that the degree of hormonal activity of candidate ligands correlates better with degree of fit into DNA than with the strength of receptor binding, and that the receptors in the steroid/thyroid hormone/vitamin A and D family alter t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5700850 | Colorant compositions and colorant stabilizers A light-stable colored composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation, to be mutable. The rad... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5701352 | Tone suppression automatic gain control for a headset An improved automatic gain control circuit for a telephonic headset having a gain control stage in the audio signal path to attenuate tones, in which the gain is controlled by a control signal. A peak filter and an average filter generate signals proporti... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5695996 | Artificial organ culture system The present invention provides an artificial organ system comprising an endothelial cell layer, an epithelial cell layer and an artificial microporous membrane disposed between and indirect contact with the endothelial cell layer and epithelial cell layer... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5695038 | Drop safe A drop safe for receiving and temporarily storing currency or other valuables from a cash register or point-of-sale terminal. The drop safe uses bill acceptors to transfer cash into sealed cassettes within the safe. An envelope drop assembly allows transf... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5696298 | Polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers with improved biological activity The present invention comprises novel preparations of polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers which retain the therapeutic activity of the commercial preparations, but are substantially free from the undesirable effects which are inherent in the prior... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694023 | Control and termination of a battery charging process A method and an apparatus for adjusting the process of charging a battery so as to charge the battery as rapidly as possible while avoiding overheating of or damage to the battery. The method provides for applying a charging pulse (C1) which provides an a... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5692038 | Method for identifying the source of a telephonic communication A method for identifying the source of a communication, including the steps of: receiving the communication on a calling line; identifying the calling line number associated with the calling line; accessing a database to provide an identity for the source... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690037 | Lightweight foldable pallet and related lifting apparatus A pallet having a substantially inelastic flexible load-supporting platform and a plurality of support blocks for maintaining the platform above a ground support. To transport the pallet and its load from place to place, a lifting assembly has a pair of f... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688644 | Nucleic acid probes for candida parapsilosis and methods for detecting candidiasis in blood Provided is an isolated double-stranded nucleic acid consisting essentially of the nucleotide sequences defined in the Sequence Listing by SEQ ID Nos:5-9. These are the ITS2 sequences for C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata and C. kru... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685152 | Apparatus and method for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy A thermal energy storage and conversion system that captures thermal energy from solar collectors, stores thermal energy in a first heated medium, converts a portion of stored thermal energy to mechanical energy by utilization of a heat engine, converts a... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685248 | Bias correction device for a textile strip A device to remove any bias in the position of a cut line on a continuous strip of cloth. The device has at least two detecting devices located along a predetermined path to detect the position of the cut line and a straightening bar to tilt the continuou... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685754 | Method of generating a reactive species and polymer coating applications therefor A polymer coated fiber, a polymer-coated web, and a method of coating a fiber or a web. The fiber or web is coated with a composition comprising an admixture of unsaturated polymerizable material and a photoreactor, and the composition on the fiber or web... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685899 | Process for conditioning kaolin clays prior to removing impurities Kaolin clays are conditioned for the removal of colored titaniferous impurities by (A) first mixing the kaolin clay with a collector to condition the impurities, in the absence of a dispersant, but in the presence of sufficient water to yield a mixture ha... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5686425 | Composition and method for revitalizing scar tissue A composition and method are provided that are effective in revitalizing scar tissue by introducing a bioactive substance having angiogenic activity into the scar tissue. The bioactive substance can be introduced by itself, or it can be introduced into th... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5686503 | Method of generating a reactive species and applications therefor A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a polymolecular photoreactor to radiation, in which the polymolecular photoreactor comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. The... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685743 | Connector housing for an air bag connector and a method for contacting a connector housing A connector housing for an air bag connector and a method for contacting an air bag connector. A connector housing having at least two sections is provided with locking elements for a pre-lock-in position and a final lock-in position. In the pre-lock-in p... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5684510 | Method of font rendering employing grayscale processing of grid fitted fonts A method of displaying characters on a pixel oriented grayscale display device having a predetermined pixel resolution employing parametric, geometric glyph descriptors is disclosed. The process supports a client process that passes a request for a partic... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683843 | Solid colored composition mutable by ultraviolet radiation A solid colored composition which includes a colorant and an ultraviolet radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the ultraviolet radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to ultraviolet radiation, to be mutable. The ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5681380 | Ink for ink jet printers An improved ink suitable for ink jet printing comprising, a mixture of a colorant, an arylketoalkene stabilizing compound or a photoreactor, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the colorant is light-stable. When the photoreactor is combined with a wavelength-se... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5681812 | Methods and compositions for reducing multidrug resistance The present invention comprises methods and compositions for reducing or eliminating multidrug resistance in cancers or certain infections by drug resistant microorganisms in patients. According to the method and composition of the present invention, a no... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5680582 | Method for heap coalescing where blocks do not cross page of segment boundaries A computer method and system for coalescing free space in a heap data structure. In preferred embodiments, the heap comprises a plurality of sequential pages (segments), and each page is logically divided into blocks of memory that are either free or allo... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679940 | Transaction system with on/off line risk assessment A check acceptance system provides interactive authorizations and off-line terminal approvals. A merchant uses an interactive transaction terminal to communicate with a check acceptance service's authorization host computer. The terminal includes an elect... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679938 | Methods and systems for interactive check authorizations A check acceptance system provides interactive authorizations and off-line terminal approvals. A merchant uses an interactive transaction terminal to communicate with a check acceptance service's authorization host computer. The terminal includes an elect... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679403 | Soil conditioner and a process for its preparation The invention relates to a freely flowable, soil conditioner consisting of a granular perlite with a coating on the externally accessible surface of the perlite grains of unfired clay. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the soi... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5677708 | System for displaying a list on a display screen A system for displaying a list of items containing information or alternative choices associated with a subscriber service of an interactive network system. At least one item in the list is displayed in its entirety. The items at the border of the list ar... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5678012 | Method and system for selecting a video piece from a database A system and method for selecting a video piece from an assortment of video pieces available over an interactive network uses a graphical interface in connection with a database on which each of the available video pieces is characterized by categories an... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5673741 | Curtain rod with attachment surfaces A telescoping curtain rod and associated draperies that have attachment surfaces such as two-piece hook-and-loop fasteners commonly referred to as a VELCRO fasteners. The curtain rod includes an outer frame, an inner frame slidably mounted within the oute... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674911 | Antiinfective polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers and methods of use The present invention comprises novel preparations of polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers which retain the therapeutic activity of the commercial preparations, but substantially reduce the undesirable effects which are inherent in the prior art pr... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5672815 | Method and apparatus for measuring outside dimensions and the center of gravity of a package A non-intrusive method and apparatus for determining the center of gravity of a package, while the package is moving. A multi-segment conveyor is used having segments at differing slopes relative to each other, along with sensors used to approximate the t... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5673401 | Systems and methods for a customizable sprite-based graphical user interface An object-oriented system for generating and displaying control items that allow users of an interactive network to recognize and select control functions via a graphical user interface. The manipulation of the control items on a display screen is linked ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5672555 | Kaolin-potassium acetate intercalation complex and process of forming same A process for intercalating potassium acetate molecules in kaolin clay particles to achieve delamination has been developed by mixing kaolin clay particles, potassium acetate and water. A maximum intercalation, and hence a maximum degree of delamination, ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5670310 | Methods and compositions for differential diagnosis of acute and chronic hepatitis c virus infection The present invention provides antigenic peptides which bind anti-HCV antibodies for the differential diagnosis of acute and chronic HCV infection. The invention further provides a method of differentiating acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection in... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5669320 | Adjustable template for textile finishing apparatus An adjustable template for maneuvering a textile product. The template includes a template base with several template shoes movably mounted along the sides of the base. The position of the template shoes with respect to the template base is adjusted in re... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5667150 | Pulverizing, filtering, and transporting apparatus A pulverizing apparatus including the use of air, which acts as a reducer, screen, and conveyor, without the need for an external fan or conveyor. A pair of disc assemblies each including a plurality of cutting elements are rotated relative to each other,... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5665679 | Method of desiccating potato vines with copper alkylenediamine There is disclosed a method of desiccating potato vines. The method comprises applying to potato vines an effective amount of an aqueous solution of a copper-alkylenediamine complex, such as a copper-ethylenediamine complex.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5664972 | Electrical contact element The invention pertains to an electrical contact element composed of a perforated piece of sheet metal that has a connection region (3) for an electrical connection on one end and a contact region (2) with a polygonal cross-sectional spring-arm base (7) wi... | 09/09/1997 |
