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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088142 | Sinus membrane perforation patching material carrying instrument A sinus membrane perforation patching material carrying and insertion instrument, comprising a central support for a quantity of a sinus membrane patching material and moveable outer supports spaced laterally outward of the central support for laterally supporting a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7837707 | Internal procedure for closing sinus membrane perforations An internal sinus procedure for patching a perforation in patient's sinus membrane comprising the steps of (i) creating an opening in the sinus floor of a patient to expose the portion of the sinus membrane including the perforation, (ii) inserting a quantity of a s... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7753750 | Electrically powered balanced buoyancy and velocity of movement controllable life-preserving vest and transport system An electrically powered and balanced buoyancy and velocity of movement controllable life preserving vest and transport system. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7662188 | Internal sinus manipulation (ISM) procedure for facilitating sinus floor augmentation in dental procedures An internal sinus manipulation procedure for augmenting bone of a dental patient between the floor of the patient's sinus and a raised portion of the patient's sinus membrane comprising exposing a portion of the patient's sinus membrane immediately adjacent the floo... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7465124 | Method and apparatus for installing underground pipe A ground piercing pipe tool for carrying and depositing pipes of different inner diameter under a ground surface, comprising a ground piercing tip and impact-receiving end cap respectively connected to forward and rear ends of a rod and characterized by at least one... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458900 | Sports swing training aid An air resistance appliance that is easily attached to the shaft of a golf club or a baseball bat and that is quickly and easily collapsed into a small, lightweight package for storage or transport with the user as in his or her golf bag. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7217197 | Golf swing training device A small lightweight golfers' aide comprising low-level high frequency physical vibration generator within a housing for transmitting the vibrations to a golfer as physical vibration patterns indicative of a preferred swing tempo for the golfer. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207749 | Method and apparatus for installing underground pipe A method and apparatus employing an axially elongated ground piercing tool for forming an in-ground tunnel under a surface structure with forward axial movement of the tool in the ground under the structure with a pipe carried by the tool for depositing in the tunne... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175813 | Volume adjustable manual pipette with quick set volume adjustment A volume adjustable pipette, comprising a plunger mounted for movement in a housing to and from a stop to aspirate a fluid into and dispense the fluid from a tip extending from the housing. An axially moveable volume setting member in the housing defines the stop an... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6967004 | Pipette with improved pipette tip and mounting shaft A pipette tip and mounting shaft combination in an air displacement pipette, the combination comprising a pipette tip mounting shaft having a radially stepped exterior comprising adjacent substantially cylindrical portions of different diameter and an annular sealin... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6878595 | Technique for suppression of latchup in integrated circuits (ICS) The present invention relates to a technique that can be used to reduce the sensitivity of integrated circuits to a failure mechanism to which some integrated circuits (ICs) are susceptible, known as latchup. The present invention relates to a scheme for suppressing... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6871557 | Pipette device with tip ejector utilizing stored energy A pipette for use with a pipette tip to aspirate and dispense a quantity of liquid, comprising a housing, a pipette tip mounting shaft extending from the housing to receive a pipette tip, a pipette tip ejector mechanism for ejecting the pipette tip from the mounting... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6745636 | Pipette with improved pipette tip and mounting shaft An air displacement pipette having axially spaced annular sealing and lateral support zones and regions on the pipette's mounting shaft and tip, respectively, the annular sealing zone comprising an annular sealing surface outward of an outer surface of the mounting ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6737023 | Pipette with improved pipette tip mounting shaft An air displacement pipette having axially spaced annular sealing and substantially cylindrical lateral support zones on the outer surface of the pipette's mounting shaft for mating with axially spaced annular sealing and substantially cylindrical lateral support re... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6645433 | Ergonomic return springless manual air displacement pipette An ergonomic, manually precisely controllable return springless air displacement pipette relying upon the friction of a piston seal to maintain a plunger unit of the pipette in any axial location established by a user of the pipette.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6568288 | Pipette with improved pipette tip and mounting shaft An air displacement pipette having axially spaced annular sealing and substantially cylindrical lateral support zones and regions on the pipette's mounting shaft and tip, respectively, in combination with means for insuring uniform depth of mounting shaft... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6532837 | Pipette device with tip ejector utilizing stored energy A pipette for repeatedly aspirating and dispensing a predetermined quantity of liquid. The pipette includes a hollow body having first and second extremities. The second extremity is adapted to removably receive the pipette tip. An ejector is carried by t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6476597 | Ionizing dose hardness assurance technique for CMOS integrated circuits A method for testing IC devices for radiation hardness in a non-destructive manner, comprising subjecting a device under test (DUT) originally in an insensitized state, to a state in which the DUT is more sensitive to adverse effects of ionizing dose radi... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6428750 | Volume adjustable manual pipette with quick set volume adjustment A volume adjustable manual pipette having a hand-holdable housing supporting (i) an electronic digital display and associated position sensing and control circuitry, (ii) a plunger unit and (iii) a quick set volume adjustment mechanism for simultaneously ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6365110 | Blowout springless manual air displacement pipette with mechanical assist for aiding in locating and maintaining pipette plunger at a home position A blowout springless manual air displacement pipette including a mechanical assist for generating a mechanical force opposing a return spring force on a plunger unit to aid a pipette user in locating and maintaining the plunger unit at a "home" position w... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6352673 | Ergonomic return springless manual air displacement pipette An ergonomic, manually precisely controllable return springless air displacement pipette relying on the friction of a piston seal to maintain a plunger unit of the pipette in any axial location established by a user of the pipette.... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6299841 | Bilaterally symmetrical battery powered microprocessor controlled lightweight hand-holdable electronic pipette A bilaterally symmetrical lightweight hand holdable battery powered microprocessor controlled electronic pipette including an axially elongated hollow housing having a vertically extending longitudinal axis. An upper portion of the housing includes a forw... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6286678 | Refill pack for pipette tip racks and improved pipette tip support plate for use in such packs and racks A refill pack of light weight low mass material containing an array of replacement pipette tips for a reusable tip rack. The refill pack comprises a support plate with an array of holes containing pipette tips arranged in an organized manner and including... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6254832 | Battery powered microprocessor controlled hand portable electronic pipette A battery powered, microprocessor controlled portable electronic pipette, comprising a hand holdable housing supporting a battery, a linear actuator for driving a plunger lengthwise in a cylinder to aspirate and dispense fluid into and from a pipette tip ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6248295 | Pipette with improved pipette tip and mounting shaft combination An air displacement pipette having axially spaced annular sealing and frusto-conical lateral support zones and regions on the pipette's mounting shaft and tip, respectively, in combination with structure for insuring uniform depth of mounting shaft penetr... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6197259 | Easy eject pipette tip A plastic pipette tip easily and firmly mountable on and easily ejectable from a pipette mounting shaft of a pipette by application of relatively small axial mounting and ejection forces of about six and three (3) pounds respectively. The pipette tip incl... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6171553 | Pipette with improved pipette tip and mounting shaft An air displacement pipette having axially spaced annular sealing and substantially cylindrical lateral support zones and regions on the pipette's mounting shaft and tip, respectively, in combination with structure for insuring uniform depth of mounting s... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168761 | Pipette with improved pipette tip and mounting shaft An air displacement pipette having axially spaced annular sealing and substantially cylindrical lateral support zones and regions on the pipette's mounting shaft and tip, respectively, in combination with structure for insuring uniform depth of mounting s... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6045757 | Membrane filter pipette tip A membrane filter pipette tip comprising a hollow tube having a relatively large open upper end for seating on a lower end of a pipette tip mounting shaft of a pipette device and having a relatively small lower open end for passing fluid into the lower en... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6007779 | Refill pack for pipette tip racks A refill pack for storing and dispensing pipette tips into an empty tip rack. The refill rack comprises a hand-gripable carrier for an array of pipette tips releasably secured relative to the carrier such that after hand positioning the array of tips on t... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6001260 | Collapsible apparatus for compressing packing material in liquid chromatography columns and methods of use Longitudinally collapsible apparatus for compacting packing material within a tubular liquid chromatography column. The apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member and a movable support member. The movable support member is releasab... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5997113 | Hand foldable and portable furniture A hand foldable and portable article of furniture comprising planar back and right and left side members hinged at edge surfaces thereof such that the right and left side members swing between a folded position with the side members on a back of the back ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5979675 | Hanger for supporting a plurality of pipettes adjacent a horizontal support surface A hanger for supporting a plurality of pipettes adjacent a horizontal support surface. The hanger comprising contiguous mounting and pipette supporting portions. Each supporting portion comprises a pair of substantially parallel, laterally separated suppo... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5968453 | Reagent cartridge A single compartment, non-wedged shaped reagent cartridge for use in an automated clinical chemistry analyzer. The cartridge comprises a hollow relatively narrow reagent compartment formed by an axially elongated, bottom, an axially elongated top, a front... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950739 | Earth piercing apparatus An earth piercing apparatus comprising a metal drive tool having a pointed forward end and an axially extending cavity at a rear end. The cavity includes a forward chamber and a female thread in an inner wall of the cavity adjacent the chamber for receivi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5900654 | Radiation hardened charge coupled device A structure and method is described for fabricating a nuclear radiation induced damage resistant P-type buried channel charge-coupled device (P-BCD) which converts an optical image focused thereon into a time varying electrical signal. The invention uses ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5849248 | Adjustable volume pipette with improved volume adjustment lock mechanism A volume adjustable pipette for aspirating and dispensing precise volumes of liquid comprising an elongated hollow hand-holdable housing supporting a plunger for turning and for axial movement within the housing the pipette including (i) an upper stop whi... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5807524 | Pipette tip with pipette surface contamination protector A replaceable pipette tip comprising a pipette surface contamination protector comprising an upwardly extending projection connected by the shoulder to the proximal end portion for laterally spacing the pipette device from a tube which contains or which i... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5792618 | Liquid single-component substrates for detection or assay of horseradish peroxidase Colorless single component TMB reagents for the detection of HRP and their processes of manufacture including the encapsulation of substrate within a cyclodextrin cavity are described.... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792424 | Manual pipette with delayed-action home position latch A manual pipette including a delayed action home position latch for engaging only after the plunger unit of the pipette has moved downward through its home position to thereafter releasably connect a moveable bottom stop member to the plunger unit to move... | 08/11/1998 |
