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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5944134 | Adjustable snowmobile track suspension A suspension system mountable to the chassis of a snowmobile and about which an endless track is carried. The suspension includes a slide frame for engagement with a lower portion of the endless track and one or more springs for urging the slide frame dow... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5899422 | Adjustable furniture leg extension An adjustable furniture leg extension device for use in raising the height of a piece of furniture, such as a chair, table or bed. The device includes a base having a bottom surface for resting on a floor, and an adjustable support member received within ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5897566 | Rotational atherectomy device An atherectomy device for removing tissue from an artery. The device includes a flexible, elongated drive shaft rotatable about a guide wire, the drive shaft having an enlarged diameter tissue removal section. The drive shaft and the enlarged diameter tis... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5893857 | Handle for atherectomy device The invention provides a handle for a rotational atherectomy device, the handle including a guide wire clamp and a turbine brake operatively interconnected with the guide wire clamp so that the brake automatically prevents rotation of the turbine when the... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5862241 | Adjustable headset A headset which is adjustable to two or more different levels of tightness. The headset includes a headband, and one or two earcups, each such earcup having an inner surface for engagement against the head of a user. At least one of the earcups includes a... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5704926 | Flexible catheter The invention provides a catheter capable of delivering drugs or other fluids to a desired remote location in a bodily passageway, such as a small, tortuous artery. The catheter of the invention includes inner and outer tubular layers, and a continuous he... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5692579 | Adjustable snowmobile track suspension A suspension system mountable to the chassis of a snowmobile and about which an endless track is carried. The suspension includes a slide frame for engagement with a lower portion of the endless track and one or more springs for urging the slide frame dow... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5687323 | Dual currency debit card The Currency Exchange Network transaction management and accounting system assists businesses, employees, and consumers to engage in productive economic activity that is not supported by traditional cash- and credit-based transaction systems. The system f... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5639152 | Collapsible LCD projector A portable LCD-type projector for images on a viewing surface such as a projection screen. The projector includes a housing having top, bottom, front and back panels hingedly connected in a parallelogram. The housing panels are movable from a first, gener... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5632387 | Peg racking device A peg racking device for displaying merchandise. The peg racking device includes an elongated shaft having a bracket which is attachable to a wall, and a removable sleeve which is axially moveable along the shaft. The bracket includes lands and the rear e... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5622264 | Gift box for monetary gifts A gift box for a monetary girl. The gift box includes an outer shell with an openable top permitting access to the interior cavity. A removable insert is positioned within the cavity. The insert includes a platform having one or more apertures. The platfo... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5579927 | Peg racking device A peg racking device which facilitates loading of new inventory on the back of the peg without removing the existing inventory from the front of the peg so that the inventory is sold on a FIFO basis. An elongated shaft, the rear end of which is attachable... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5554163 | Atherectomy device A rotational atherectomy device having directional control for selectively removing tissue from an artery (or other bodily passageway or cavity). The atherectomy device includes a rotational atherectomy apparatus having a flexible, elongated drive shaft d... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5542676 | Biosensor feedback device for sporting implements A biosensor feedback device for use in detecting a grip pressure and torque of a hand against a handle of a sporting implement. The device includes a flexible thin film substrate which is conformable to the handle of the sporting implement, and an array o... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5483528 | TDM digital matrix intercom system A time division multiplexing ("TDM") digital matrix intercom system for connecting intercom stations. The system includes a digital switching system receiving audio input communications signals from at least some of the intercom stations, and sending audi... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5472435 | Drainage catheter A kink resistant multi-purpose drainage catheter. A drainage catheter is constructed using kink resistant tubing. One end of the kink resistant tube forms a drain for bodily fluids. The opposite end of the kink resistant tube has a molded LUER connector. ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5458436 | Modular drainage tube construction system A modular junction fitting system for joining ends of two or more lengths of edge-type drainage robing (being of the type that is substantially taller than it is wide in transverse cross-section). The junction fitting of the invention includes a central g... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5443446 | Method and apparatus for in vivo heart valve decalcification A method and apparatus for in vivo removal of calcified deposits from an aortic valve. The apparatus includes an anchoring balloon catheter fixatable across the aortic valve, a tool for removing the deposits, and a mechanism means for securing the tool wi... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5401058 | Reinforced paper tabs Reinforced paper tabs for use in xerographic reproduction equipment. The tabs include a thin reinforcing film that may optionally be recessed into the thickness of the paper sheet, or may merely be very thin with respect to the thickness of the paper shee... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5360432 | Abrasive drive shaft device for directional rotational atherectomy An abrasive drive shaft atherectomy device for removing stenotic tissue from an artery. The device includes a rotational atherectomy apparatus having a flexible, elongated drive shaft having a central lumen and a segment, near its distal end, coated with ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5356418 | Apparatus and method for rotational atherectomy Apparatus and method for performing an atherectomy. The apparatus includes a rotational atherectomy device having a flexible, elongated drive shaft and an abrasive burr carried on the drive shaft. The drive shaft and abrasive burr each include a central l... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5331947 | Inflatable sheath for introduction of ultrasonic catheter through the lumen of a fiber optic endoscope A inflatable sheath for ultrasonic imaging, with a fiber optic endoscope, of a bodily passageway or cavity area of interest. The inflatable sheath, having an ultrasound transducer therein, is introduced into the distal end of an endoscope. Typically the e... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5314438 | Abrasive drive shaft device for rotational atherectomy An abrasive drive shaft atherectomy device for removing stenotic tissue from an artery. The device includes a flexible, elongated drive shaft having a central lumen for receipt of a guide wire therein and around which the drive shaft may be rotated. The d... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5312427 | Device and method for directional rotational atherectomy Device and method for performing an atherectomy. The device utilizes a dual lumen catheter, with a guide wire being receivable in one of these lumens, and a flexible, elongated drive shaft carrying an abrasive burr at its distal end being disposed in the ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5295958 | Method and apparatus for in vivo heart valve decalcification A method and apparatus for in vivo removal of calcified deposits from an aortic valve. The apparatus includes an anchoring balloon catheter fixatable across the aortic valve, a tool for removing the deposits, and attachment means for securing the tool wit... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5190183 | Trash can divider An apparatus for dividing a trash receptacle into sections for the source separation of waste items and recyclable materials. The apparatus is designed to be attached to the top opening of a trash receptacle, and facilitates the use of liner bags placed w... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5190046 | Ultrasound imaging balloon catheter An ultrasound imaging balloon catheter for imaging near a wall of a cavity or passageway. The apparatus includes an elongated catheter having a primary lumen with a distal opening enveloped by the balloon. A pre-shaped ultrasound catheter carrying ultraso... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5181911 | Helical balloon perfusion angioplasty catheter A perfusion balloon catheter which permits blood flow through the balloon even when the balloon is inflated. The balloon catheter comprises a thin-walled, collapsible and inflatable tube that has a proximal, generally straight portion, and a distal, helic... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5171254 | Eye fixation device An ophthalmic instrument for fixating a patient's eye during an ophthalmic procedure. The instrument includes a speculum securable against the patient's bony orbit, and a fixation ring attachable to the patient's eye, the ring including both a mechanism f... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5036939 | Multiple axle drive vehicle with overrunning roller clutch hubs A multiple driven axle vehicle, such as a four-wheel drive recreational vehicle having its front, steerable wheels being optionally driven by providing double acting overrunning clutches in the hubs of the front wheels. A transmission mechanism is provide... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4997370 | Dental model alignment device A mounting and alignment device for removably mounting a dental model or portion thereof to a base cast. The device comprises an alignment collar which is adapted to be fixedly secured to a dowel pin and a dental model, the combination being receivable in... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4995759 | Drainage tube construction A ground drainage system includes a relatively narrow, elongated trench disposed along a roadway (or agricultural field); and a drainage tube construction disposed in the trench. The tube construction including a plurality of longitudinally extending, sub... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4981041 | Measuring and dispensing device A measuring and dispensing device for shortening and similar semi-solid materials. The device includes a scoop having a tubular body with an inner surface, the scoop being open at both ends and having a handle. A plunger is closely receivable in one end o... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4866894 | Stairway construction device A bracket for use in constructing a stairway of the type having stringers and a plurality of treads and risers. The bracket includes adjacent horizontal and vertical portions attachable to tread and riser members respectively, and an upwardly angled porti... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4854628 | Carrying rack for a vehicle A carrying rack mountable on a vehicle, such as a pickup, for carrying bulky and oversized objects. The rack is characterized by including a frame mountable to the bed of the vehicle and including a forward rack member. The frame also includes a pair of s... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4851008 | Bone implant prosthesis with substantially stress-free outer surface A bone implant prosthesis having an outer stress-free surface and a subsurface carried generally beneath and parallel to the outer surface for bearing tensile stresses. The prosthesis of the invention includes a plurality of slots undercutting the outer s... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4826759 | Field assay for ligands Apparatuses and methods are disclosed which can be used in the field (i.e., outside the laboratory environment) to determine qualitatively and at least semiquantitatively the presence or absence of minute quantities of ligand. The apparatus can be in the ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4821866 | Conveyor for a clean room A conveyor for transporting articles to or from a clean room or from one place to another within a clean room. The conveyor has housings extending along either side of the path of conveyor travel. Extending between the housings are conveying members, usua... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4788737 | Adjustable brush glider An adjustable brush glider mountable to a brush block to provide a surface for supporting the brush block a selected distance away from a floor. Complimentary inclined spacers are carried respectively by the brush glider and the brush block. One of the sp... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4781675 | Infusion cannula The disclosure relates to an infusion cannula for infusing fluids into various cavities of the eye. The cannula comprises a tube having first and second ends and a check valve therebetween for allowing fluid flow only toward the first end. The first end o... | 11/01/1988 |
