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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178855 | Variable spatial beam modulator For use with an irradiation system including a radiation source operable to produce a radiation beam towards a target, a beam modulator including a flexible, deformable container at least partially filled with a radiation attenuating fluid, a non-deformable first co... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166698 | Reflex sight for weapon A weapons reflex sight including a display substrate mounted on a weapon, and an optics module, disposed in a housing, the optics module including a computer-generated imagery (CGI) system and optical elements for generating images and projecting a beam of the image... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163024 | Adjustable spinal prostheses Apparatus including a first spinal prosthetic member attachable to a first spinal structure, a second spinal prosthetic member attachable to a second spinal structure and articulating with the first spinal prosthetic member to form an articulating assembly, and pedi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8133232 | Expandable bone device An expandable bone device including first and second bone support elements, a manipulator positioned between the first and second bone support elements and connected to them by link members, the manipulator adapted to move the first and second bone support elements ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118322 | Convertible cycling apparatus Cycling apparatus (10) including at least one front wheel (12) and at least one rear wheel (14) rotatably mounted on axles on a frame (18), a riding sea (20) attached to the frame (18), a drive mechanism (24) coupled ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110812 | Method and system for detecting nitrogenous materials via gamma-resonance absorption (GRA) A method for detecting nitrogenous materials within an object by means of Gamma-Resonance Absorption (GRA), including placing on one side of an object a target containing 13C for bombardment with a proton beam of approximately 1.75 MeV energy, to produce a source of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109997 | Hydrophobic pseudo-endothelial implants for treating corneal edema An ocular implant including a hydrophobic pseudo-endothelial implant and a binding agent applied thereto, the binding agent capable of bonding the implant to a posterior portion of a cornea such that the implant serves as a water barrier enabling dehydration of the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109023 | Shot counter A shot counter includes a firearm with a loaded chamber indicator and a striker status indicator. A first switch operates with the loaded chamber indicator and a second switch operates with the striker status indicator. When the loaded chamber indicator moves it act... | 02/07/2012 |
| D653811 | Depilatory device | 02/07/2012 |
| 8096655 | Hyper-osmotic eye contact lens A hyper-osmotic contact lens designed to compensate for an unhealthy edematous state for treating corneal edema. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096597 | Apparatus and method for collecting and disposing pet waste by incineration Apparatus (10) for pet waste disposal including a portable waste collection receptacle (12) disposed on a handle (13), characterized by a heat source (14) mounted together with the waste collection receptacle (12), capable of incin... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8088105 | Syringe pump A syringe pump including a syringe including a plunger that slides in a body which has a discharge port, a driving mechanism coupled to the syringe, including a cylinder in which a piston slides, and a plurality of biasing devices arranged about the piston operative... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087142 | Pivoting tacker A tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a drive shaft coupled to a trigger, wherein operating the trigger causes rotation of the drive shaft, a magazine that holds a rotary tack rotatingly connected to the drive shaft, and an articulated applicator arm includ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8043233 | Method for monitoring orientation of a maternal pelvis A method wherein a location or position sensor cooperates with a controller or other operating system such that a predefined motion pattern (circular motion, double click, translatory motion, reciprocal motion, and the like, and any combination thereof) of the senso... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042816 | Seal profile The invention relates to the external sealing and joining of piping. More particularly, the invention provides an improved seal profile which is suitable for use inside pipe couplings. The invention provides a twin-lip seal profile particularly useful in combination... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038293 | Optical system for enhanced vision An optical system including a vision device wearable by a user for seeing objects in a field of view (FOV), the vision device comprising a front section with a normal distortion of rays passing therethrough, and an anamorphic optical element extending from the front... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037632 | Identification control of firearm A firearm including a trigger-actuated firing mechanism, a safety device that selectively prevents and permits the firing mechanism to be actuated, and an authentication device that cooperates with the safety device and which recognizes a feature of an authorized sh... | 10/18/2011 |
| D647234 | Solar garden focus lamp | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029506 | Bone fracture treatment devices and methods of their use A bone treatment device comprises a shaft having a tubular wall, a lumen extending within the tubular wall, openings through the tubular wall, and anchoring elements adjacent the openings that can be deployed out of the openings in the presence of an actuating force... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029220 | Blind rivet assembly A blind rivet assembly for securing workpieces having aligned bores with the workpieces having an open surface at an open side and a blind surface at a blind side, the blind rivet assembly including a tubular shell having an enlarged shell head adapted to be in enga... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018124 | Stick-slip piezoelectric motor A piezoelectric motor including a rotor, a stator including a piezoelectric material having axial polarization, the stator including at least three pairs of electrodes spaced from one another on a top end face thereof and a common electrode on a base end face thereo... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016417 | Eye model An eye model including a front positive lens, a rear positive lens, an aperture stop located between the front and rear positive lenses, and a focal plane located rearward of the rear positive lens, wherein the front positive lens has a meniscus shape having an oute... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012176 | Spinal prostheses An article including a spinal prosthesis having a unitary body with at least three attachment points attachable to spinal structure, the unitary body including a flexure assembly positioned between first and second attachment members, wherein flexure of the flexure ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006365 | Device and method for applying rotary tacks A tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a drive shaft coupled to a trigger, wherein operating the trigger causes rotation of the drive shaft, an articulated applicator arm pivotally connected to the drive shaft at a pivot, the articulated applicator arm inclu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997626 | Pipe coupling with auxiliary clamp A pipe coupling including at least one annular clamp housing at an end of a body, the at least one annular clamp housing having an opening for inserting therein a pipe and including clamp members and a tightening element that fastens and tightens the clamp members t... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996474 | Placing email substrings in a new chronological order A method and system for placing, displaying and printing email strings in different chronological orders. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984824 | Sensor assembly A sensor assembly including a sensor including an actuatable element that causes an operation when actuated by a sensor actuator, the sensor including a holder, and a biasing device that imparts a biasing force against the holder that compensates for relative moveme... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7981106 | Electronically-controlled device for release of drugs, proteins, and other organic or inorganic chemicals A device for drug release including a drug reservoir including a gate, wherein opening of the gate releases a drug stored in the drug reservoir, an electronic command and control (C & C) unit in communication with the gate that produces a gate bias voltage and time ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7947063 | Posterior-medial facet support assembly A facet support assembly including at least one rod including an upper portion rigidly fixed to a spinal fastener, and a lower portion configured to support an inferior articular process, wherein when the spinal fastener is secured to a pedicle of a lumbar vertebra,... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947054 | Mesh deployment apparatus Mesh deployment apparatus including a deployment rod having a proximal handle and a distal roller portion, the roller portion having a mesh-sheet attachment member to which a mesh-sheet is attached. The roller portion is articulated with respect to the deployment ro... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946142 | Padlock hasp assembly A padlock hasp assembly including a first hasp member (12) and a second hasp member (14) including interface contours including complimentary shaped protrusions and recesses that mate with one another, and a locking assembly housed in the first hasp me... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945023 | Stereotactic radiotherapy with rotating attenuator A radiotherapy system including a radiation source operable to produce a radiation beam towards a target, an orientation changer operable to change a relative position of the radiation source with respect to the target, and a multileaf attenuator including attenuati... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942889 | Intraocular clip An intraocular clip including first and second hook members extending generally coplanarly in opposite directions from a spine, the spine being formed with an attachment member attachable to ocular structure. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942872 | Blended monopolar and bipolar application of RF energy A system including at least two target electrodes and at least one return electrode, at least two RF power sources in electrical communication with the electrodes and operative to generate RF energy waveforms to the at least two target electrodes, one of the at leas... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930333 | High-speed, true random-number generator The present invention produces strings of true random numbers, extracted from field emission of electrons from nano-size emitters (NSE). Electrons may be produced in a miniature, three-electrode vacuum element that consists of a NSE emitter attached to the cathode s... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925052 | Passive method for wind measurement A method for measuring wind velocity including using a Fourier Transform (FT) and a correlation between a wave vector number and temporal frequency of a wind to calculate wind velocity. Contour line deviations in a series of images of a far object are evaluated by p... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918768 | Man—machine interface improvement A pedal assembly for a bicycle, including a pedal, a crank arm having an axis of rotation of the crank arm, and a variable attachment device that attaches the pedal to the crank arm at an angle of inclination with respect to the axis of rotation of the crank arm, wh... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7894573 | Non-recumbent radiotherapy A method for radiotherapy of a non-recumbent patient, including immobilizing a region containing a target determining a spatial position of the target in a non-recumbent treatment position by applying a formula to images acquired by recumbent-only imaging in a recum... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893412 | Attenuator system for beam modulation An attenuator system for attenuating a radiation beam, including a first attenuating element placed in a path of a radiation beam for attenuation thereof, a second attenuating element placed distal to the first attenuating element for further attenuation of the radi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892204 | Membrane support for drip chamber A drip chamber for intravenous infusion including a support member having a longitudinal axis, two ends and at least one support face distanced from both ends, a membrane joined to the at least one support face, and a support member outlet formed in the support memb... | 02/22/2011 |
